That is provided he bring in for you. If he sent by post/courier you will still be subjected to customs examination and possible hold up. One trick you can use ask him just to send you the phone with an alternative box and all accessories opened up. In this way it will resemble a set not meant for resale. I use this when I bought a PDA ( worth US500) from ebay and same time under declared it at US300 - the unit I received I noticed was  with Msian customs stamp,  opened and checked but I need not pay a single sen extra

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Added on May 4, 2011, 9:45 am
VAT is applicable once you buy in UK irrespective where you wish it to be sent in UK. VAT is not necessary if set is directly exported out from UK. If you buy in UK and declared it at airport leaving the country, you can claim back the VAT paid. I have 2 children in London ( one working and another studying ) - they'd been buying stuffs for me from UK. Infact my daughter said she can buy for me if I can wait till year end  when she plan to come back.

although i love the android OS in particular..

but the freedom of jailbreaking is just freaking awesome..and of course, number of apps..but as a phone, i dnt think its suitable..

i love the ipad, but not the iphone as a phone in general
BTW,ANY1 SELLING THE SGS2 HERE?!?!??!?!?!

I REALLY WANT ONE
AND if i get the ONE from UK, can i USE IT HERE?? please reply asap...im asking my fren to get it...hes coming back soon
AND why not just use stock rom and flash? not useful?

if u upgrade is it WAYYY better??

pls state the advantages and disadvantages..tq..

i'm hoping digi will be selling it... and suspect it could be.

from an article in PC World:

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Added on May 5, 2011, 4:41 pm

not sure if this if 'official channel' or not... But from Amazon UK, price would be £498.27. That's like almost rm2.5k.

its rather sad, why on earth does someone that has to wait even more or with more hassle buys the phone then one who can get it quicker.

Im talking bout us peninsula here, ccm and orangepillow sabahans have to take another transit for their sgs2 to arrive to sabah, whereas for us, once reached klia, it goes to glenmarie and to us.

so wtf???? sabahans and sarawakian rumors r true.... they got more balls then us.....

some of u guys working why sked to pay more???
I see my sis not sked, see the ip4, and then just throw the card down to get the phone, somore it was like 3k at that time for a 32gb, what a ripe off......
i thought most white collar workers like that lol...

student like myself different issue... got a financial controller(aka empress dowager) to control us.....

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Added on May 5, 2011, 8:04 pmBTW: I noticed that Clove has cleared all the backlog I think.

coz the notice has been edited to Now In Stock.

I would wait a little longer for the price to be at least reasonable, or telco plans, since I've waited for so long, might as well wait a little bit longer, rather than paying RM300~RM500 more then after 1 week the price is lowered to RM300~RM500, not an innovator myself (Yes they are called innovator at this point of time)

1 thing is, we haven't see the performance of SGS2 with Tegra 2 processor, and we don't know which processor we are getting. Don't care about the benchmark that compare Tegra 2 in other phones with SGS2 Exynos, that won't be accurate because it is in different handset.
If Exynos > Tegra 2 in SGS2, I would want to get the Exynos version. However the thing I worry is that if I didn't get it on the first batch, then second batch might be Tegra 2 version then     

How can you tell it will only be a tiny bit of difference in performance?
We'll see when we have them in the market and someone do a thorough comparison.
But we can presume Tegra 2 is better in gaming, Exynos is better in video playback and browser performance.
However, we still can't tell.

wait lah. waited so many months already, what is waiting a few more weeks

not to say i dont want 2.33k, lookin at the competition, this is really risky, and im like carrying cash, come with friends also no point, if they got parang how??? somore nigerians, u know they run alot from one village of a continent across a mountain to another village, they run fast..

not trying to be racist here, just smth that was rather plowed into me by my pap...

better order it now before the weekends start..at least they still can ship it by friday and reach msia on monday or tuesday..

there is warranty, but u've to send it to UK..

anyway i also got offered rm2.6k for local AP set.. dis one confirms trustable as i know this guy..

the question is.. should i buy it? or not..

i guess i rather wait.. so most probably i'll pass..

it says 3 business days but the items still in shipping(in the plane) in weekend

at least thts my case when i bought my SGS from clove which dispatch on friday and get it in monday(melbourne)

Oh btw, samsung gives this thing a 2 yrs international warranty according to the handtec Q&A.

Just got updated that i can get none warranty sets around RM2500.
Would anyone be interested considering no warranty?

for the first time i found facebook useful! i just came across my cousin's page and he's coming back next week. issit true the vat can be refunded / claimed back? if yes, anyone interested to buy? i dun wanna make any profit.. just to share with u guys..

Here is all ur answers.

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalW...tyType=document

Uncle google never fails you.

(b) Non-EC residents studying or working in the UK or EC residents may also qualify to use the scheme if they intend to permanently leave the EC for a minimum period of 12 months. To qualify under this provision you must:

    intend to leave the UK with the goods by the last day of the third month following that in which the goods were purchased for an immediate destination outside the EC; and
    remain outside the EC for a period of at least 12 months; and
    export the goods having produced them, their receipts and the VAT refund document to Customs at the point of departure from the EC.