On Friday 13 August 2010 03:10 AM, Shamit Verma wrote:
Its quite straightforward. You order on a site like dealextreme.com and pay with paypal / credit card.
Most of the times items are shipped with Govt mail and it takes 3 - 5 weeks for delivery and there is no shipping cost.
You can choose for faster shipping like UPS, but that would obviusly cost more.
Postal dept has International mail department that would notify you about customs duty once item reaches India.
Usually there is no duty for items valued upto 10000.
This is very nice. I was under the impression that getting things from abroad required an import license etc. Has anyone used the same method to order stuff from US and European websites? During my pen friend days in school/college I used to hear tales of how post personnel would open packets, replace the expensive items with junk, re-seal them and deliver them like original.