im going to london this sat does any1 knows any shop there that sells iphone cheap? or anywhere else in europe coz im going on an euro trip but at the end ill stay at london for 10 days. how many phones can i bring back. how do u bring back without our malaysia gov tax charges? it cant be a scam coz im gonna buy it buy cod method! they offering me 200 pounds for iphone3g 16gb unlock and sim free. i just need any advice on how to avoid tax coz they airport custom will charge 30% full of the ihpone price. means if i buy it 1500 + 30% tax= 1950

200 pounds for iphone 3g?????!!!!!!. Pure scam.....

u ask every passenger help u seludup carry the iphone. ask them to declare as their's

200 pounds for 16gb mate? are you sure? Bt its not offially unlocked if its from the UK, as ALL UK sets are locked with O2 ONLY.

O2 is selling 16gb for 399.99 pounds.

Make sure it's the real deal before you COD. Sounds a bit dodgy sorry to say. But just a heads up for you.

I'm not so sure about how the taxes here work....

Goodluck and let us know how it works out for you.

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Added on September 23, 2008, 7:17 amJust FYI, as far as i am concerned the mobile market in UK is very different if compared to M'sia. Ppl don't go to places to get their phones, ppl usually sign a contract with a telco (e.g O2, vodafone, 3...etc) to obtain phones (even i myself is on a contract with O2), although there are ppl who uses Pay & Go but sorry to say I actually don't know any cheap places that sells iphone.

But do look around in Europe perhaps you can get better deals than in UK... London=expensive in all terms.

Enjoy ure trip though!

-Ridd

This post has been edited by ridd: Sep 23 2008, 07:17 AM

c0ol bean awesome too

is that for real?? too good to be true unless they selling the smuggle from factory

no, they are scam, there no phone with that price, but you still can go and meet him/her in person and buy check buy only, please dont put deposit or etc, because i thinking of scamming there.

200pund? for 16gig? gudluck...

dun forget, you are visitor to that country, even if u COD... u wudnt know what would happen and who you can contact for emergency...

oh, 16GB arr..? no no dont buy it, its sure scam, there are no iphone 16gb with that price, and never wil be( contract free and unlock etc )..TS, better not buy it, seriously like seaedge said.. its a scam, CONFORM scam..

This post has been edited by TakanoKyohei: Sep 23 2008, 09:58 AM

if u really want to COD, COD it infront of Police station

and make sure it is not HiPhone 16gigabits

This post has been edited by psyeo: Sep 23 2008, 10:41 AM

be careful, if u dun mind, lets us know how u come to know of the seller

U can put 2 in luggage and pants pocket 2.

PM me when u get back lets COD

is every country custom will charge 30% tax? and is there any other tax that will be charge other than airport tax if i buy iphone in other country?

if you bring 1, say to them that is your personal stuff, then they will not charge you.

Dude, London is the land of SCAM...ppl overe there just want your $$$ especially if you are a foreigner in the country. Where are you going to COD anyways?
If you say somewhere near Camden then you can forget about your 200 pounds iPhone. There are a lot of fakes, cheats, thieves...all kinds in/near Camden, so never COD over there. Despite saying all that Camden has its own uniqueness, personally i don't like going to camden but there's a lot of cheap things over there.

my fren told me to avoid camden as well

did my degree in the UK and camden town is a place to avoid at all cost except camden market..cheap leather jacket there hehehe

all the best to you to get ya iphone

p/s ure going to the UK and u wrote down contrank? or was it kontrank? contrack??

This post has been edited by Corvinux: Sep 23 2008, 07:00 PM

no.. it is contlack

crack is more precisely

bro if u can get that price...i dont mind buying 10 or 20 units from u.



but i doubt that u can get it

corvinux, not me, my wife is there at the moment

my engrund is pariah one, queen alicipet type, so pris forgip my lauya engrund

woot! sowwy ma engrish aint gewd no wowries mate..wifey in UK? u now single mingle..? parrtaayyy time luv~!

y aw engrund sow gud wan... aw cum fwom osfort?

party ur kepala lar... nowadays have to do the housechores all by myself.... jialat sial.....

haiya..

hayai! typical malaysian mentality ini!

same here, my senior malaysians will utter some derogatory racial comments about that area to discourage us from going there

racism or hooligan?

If I am not wrong you can only get iPhones from O2. No other service provider carries it. My friend bought a 16 gig yesterday and I saw with my own eyes, the price came out to £399.99 (iPhone) + £10 for the credit top up= £409.99. I really doubt you can get it for half that price.

Yup, I second that, my eldest brother also got the 16GB iphone with that price, his uncle buy it for him..but its locked version as far as i know..

Haha...No point on it..

@TS

if u really can get that price drop me a pm bro..i wanna get few sets from u..LOL

i don`t think so.....

haha..its just a sarcastic comment for TS..not really serious on getting it..if he really do can get it at that price then congrats to him..

hope its not a scam....good luck TS

sugarboi, ur fren tat unit, the 10 pounds can last how long?
cos my wife current prepaid from orange is eating the credits like crazy, she seldom use to call, but one moon, she may need to top up to 20-30 pound

any idea which is more worthwhile?
now dem headache to take the iphone or not

when i was studying in uk, most of my peeps opted for O2 pay-as-you-go.

what does your wife predominantly use her credit for? calls? txts? internet browsing? video calls?

please list them down for me in order to suggest.

ya, tats why im asking her to go for O2 pay and go
15 pound top up, got abt 500 minutes call to landline and o2 mobile.
so i was wondering landline means wat? local calls? if call to orange mobile how? cos its not stated very clearly

problem is this, i stil can get another iphone from spore, but if send to her, later customs kacau also susah, and she isnt sure she would be back for xmas or not. so if she gets it there, the pay n go would be more worthy as compare to the 18 moons contract, pening betul

occasional call and text only, no video calls

nokia, still waiting for ur advice ler,....

sorry mate. missed your post by accident.

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Added on September 28, 2008, 1:21 pmworking on it right now

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Sep 28 2008, 01:21 PM

Tutup jer la. TS pun dah blah.

yeah...jus close this thread.

woi, im expecting an asnwer from rabbit lar, kenot close yet

UK landline - the conventional house/office phones (like telekom). as opposed to the non-geographical numbers (starting with 0845 etc) and they cost a bomb to calls; in a region of 50p per minute. landline numbers are particularly useful if you want to use those international calling calls as they yield much more minutes, compared to dialing the toll free 0800 number instead

registered postcode - applicable to your desired postcode, for example CF23 represents the cathays area of cardiff, wales.

off-peak mins - self explanatory i suppose?

UK texts - cross network (applicable to other UK networks for example vodafone, 3, orange)

O2 mobiles - you cannot never tell from one's mobile number which network he/she is using, due to the number portability system (again self explanatory). your wife will have to ask the person in advance. hence my contact names usually go like this, BlackBerryBloke HP (Orange), Nokia2003 HP (Vodafone)

Unlimited texts to O2 mobiles - free texts to O2 lines (but it could be misleading as they usually have a quota/limit; standard industry practice)

call international landlines and mobiles from the UK - self explanatory.




i sure do hope the information above helps.

anyway, in the UK, you always get for what you pay.


orange and 3 might be cheaper, but their coverage area and call quality are very poor (and occasional rude customer service consultants)

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Sep 28 2008, 02:01 PM

nokia, thanks a lot
probelm is this, if she calls her fren on an orange, wat are the charges? i cant seem to find an answer for that

lets say she paid for 15 pound, 100 minutes to call int landline and mobile, means she can call back msia for 100 minutes for free?

wat are those non geographical numbers? my wife aint very good at all these, i have to make decisions for her, shes is curently very p1ssed of with her bank, THB i think.
she spend an hour at the phone shop yesterday only to find out she cant register for the iphone due to some address incompatible issue

@ rx330


calling a friend on orange (assuming your wife is on o2) is considered as calls to other UK networks.

things have indeed changed since i got back a few months ago, but exact charges can easily be obtained from her pay-as-you-go starter pack or simply head into any o2 or carphonewarehouse stores (the o2 sales consultants are very helpful)

non-geographical numbers are numbers which starts from 08xx (with the exception of toll free numbers; 0800). avoid them at all costs

i think you were referring to to Lloyds (TSB). all banks in the uk are the same i reckon (except for first direct, if i can bank with them forever, i will. yes they are that good).

here are some very possible reasons on why your wife has failed to obtain a contract:

1. o2 and vodafone are usually very strict (as opposed to 3) and require a very good credit rating to obtain a contract.
2. in regards to 1, since your wife is still new there, her credit rating is still low. yes, the very same credit rating which allows one to apply for loans etc.
3. your wife is holding a SOLO debit card, and not a maestro.
4. the place which your wife is currently staying has been blacklisted by the credit rating agency. meaning, previous occupants have committed numerous frauds. this scenario is very typical in student residential areas.
5. address incompatible issue could be the problem here (though not typical) as some areas especially in the scotland rural areas have multiple post codes for the house. hence this messed up with the system as different organisations subscribe to different database providers.
6. your wife does not pay any utility bills (for example land line, water, gas or electricity) as these bills can easily be used as a strong proof of address.


i can recommend a solution here. o2 practices this recommend-a-friend-under-you thingy (though this is obviously not the correct term). this is where, you sign up under an existing customer, and he/she agrees to take responsibility or be held liable if your wife decides to forgo the contract. however, the neat thing here is, a separate bank account can be arranged (usually via direct debit and a small fee waiver could be offered as an incentive), therefore your wife only pays for her usage and is totally independent of her friend.







This post has been edited by nokia2003: Sep 28 2008, 04:00 PM

well, my wife had bad experience with both tsb and O2

well, the issue is this, she change her housing address, TSB said it was updated, but in O2 system, wen they checked, its still the old address. O2 cant process the registration based on this error.

funny, i browsed the page a few times, but i still cant find out how much calls to other network charges. y is there 1000 minutes, and also another 150 off peak minutes?