Recently released flagship phone from Samsung. 64GB version sold on Vaya's eBay store for $1199. Use current Grays/Vaya promotion with coupon code C20SHOP to get 20% off, and you'll have it for $959.20 delivered. Note that you need to change "Plan" to "No plan - phone only".
The phone would be grey imported from Hong Kong, and the estimated delivery would be between Wed. 10 May. and Mon. 15 May.
That's right, poor form OP- I thought you'd know better! (jks, pls don't ban me)
I'm sorry, but I can't help but notice the acronym OP been used heaps, and I have no clue what it means, could you please tell me.
Sure thing. OP stands for Original Poster- the first person to start the discussion/thread.
And technically, scotty is the OOP given he founded this site.
In fact, I would also call him the President too, so he'd be known as the PO..
Didn't we have too many bad reviews and complaints about Vaya eBay Store?
Doesn't seem that bad? There are also people saying they had no problems with Vaya at all in that thread.
Also, don't forget that a vocal minority might not be representative of the entire store.
It's a bit worrying if customers received a phone that had existing login details. How true that is, not sure, but for this money, still concerning.
Paypal greatly favours the buyer.
In any case, you shouldn't fixate on that 1 example while ignoring all the other comments posted by people saying they had no problem with their purchase. I bet you any store you've ever purchased anything from and are 100% satisfied with, someone would have had some sort of issue with them in the past.
I'd rather pay an extra $60 for the local stock with 2 year, much less hassle warranty.
Who is selling it for $1020?
Ah my bad. I can't do math, should have said $90. But mobileciti were selling it for $1050, but that seems to have expired. here
Still a valid point though. I'd pay the extra for local warranty.
@Stahh:
I bought the Mobileciti deal last night with VR. I haven't used TRS before - am I right in thinking that you could get 10% off the Mobileciti deal (Aus store, stock) but no refund on this Vaya one? That'd make it cheaper for the Aus stock!
@ZJack: yeah not too sure how imported products are charged or if you can claim yes.. if you have an invoice which shows you paying tax and also has to state your address if over 1k than you should be able to claim TRS.
@ZJack: As long as you are going overseas you can claim TRS. It's not quite 10% off. If you do the math it's closer to 9%.
And if you bring it back you will have to pay gst back to customs because it's over $900.
@errorius: Don't forget that they take depreciation into account. It'll be a used phone, they'll deduct 20 or 30% according to the TRS counter person I spoke to a while back. So it'll be under the threshold.
Didn't know about that. Thats a good thing to know. Thanks.
@eug: Correct. I took a $1300 camera kit overseas last year. When returning, I declared it, and they were like 'yeah, not really worth taxing because of depreciation. A similar thing with my laptop a year before: told them it was a $1500 MacBook, and the customs officer waved me through.
Spend a little more for local stock, that's a lot to fork out for no local warranty.
vaya offers 12 months local warranty by sending the defective product to their sydney premise
What I like about local warranty is that you can get a replacement unit. My friend just sent his S6 in for a USB port that doesn't charge properly. They just gave him a replacement phone.
Not always the case.. my Moto Z is in for repair at the moment will see what they decide, repair or replace.
@eug: You do realise your phone isn't sent to Samsung for repair, rather a repair agent that may repair for several different brands.
@CLoSeR: You do realize manufacturers have different agreements with repair agents right? Motorola might not have a policy of replacing phones if they're easier to take apart or something.
@eug: Please let me know if a replacement warranty program exists with Samsung, as far as I know Samsung have the right to repair or replace under warranty. I know many Samsungs which have been repaired under warranty, not replaced. Samsung is not like Apple where they will replace your iPhone if it fails. Yes perhaps in your friends case Samsung replaced his phone, my point is that there is no guarantee they will replace it under warranty.
@CLoSeR: Do note that I said you can get a replacement unit, not you will get a replacement unit. It is up to them. I've had my S5 repaired once, then replaced when the problem wasn't fixed.
With my Note 2, I called them to get the screen replaced after I broke it. I got a quote over the phone, sent it to them, a week later they called and said the screen won't be available for a while, they'll just send me a brand new phone in a box.
Telstra has a different arrangement with Samsung (and HTC). They will just replace the phone, even for phones purchased outright. So if you want Apple-like service, buy your phone outright from Telstra. My other friend sent his 20-month-old scratched-up Note 2 for a faulty USB socket. They replaced the phone for him. I've had two HTC Ones swapped as well.
@CLoSeR: I got immediate replacements for my Samsung S3 from Officeworks because I didn't accept some minor cosmetic defects.
@Fobsessive: I had a cosmetic defect on my S6 (there was a faint mark under the rear glass panel from memory) and got it replaced on the spot. Can't remember where from.
My Galaxy Gear from JB had a power button that seemed a bit wobbly. I brought it in on the 30-day mark and they replaced it on the spot with a brand-new one. Turns out the button is designed like that. Whoops!
I've bought plenty of parallel-imported devices too though, I just keep in mind that any issues would be harder to deal with.
@Fobsessive: Yeh thats like a DoA replacement inside 30 days, I'm talking about issues later in warranty period.
hahaha.. yeh like Kogan warranty.
Imagine if ebay wasn't footing the 20%. They'd be selling HK stock for the same price as local 2 year warranty. Crazy.
Anyone worried about the red tint issue on S8 screen ?
Not at all. You can adjust the color balance in the phone's settings. You can do that on the S7 too.
It's a common problem with phones, even on iPhones.
Would prefer to buy the S7 for half the price. Doubt there are any major technological advances between the two models.
Have you compared the 2? Is the price difference worth it, probably not. But the s8 is somewhat more technologically advanced.
The key word here is "major". I would argue there are really no ground breaking improvements to warrant the price difference.
http://www.techradar.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s8-vs-samsung-g…
That's totally subjective. There may be no major improvements to you and that's perfectly fine.
Other people might find the improvements worth it though, like having double the onboard storage (some things just can't go to the sd card), a larger screen that supports HDR, a faster processor, better video stabilization, better low-light performance, a much better front facing camera that now has autofocus, and a more power-efficient processor.
I would argue there are really no ground breaking improvements to warrant the price difference.
http://www.techradar.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s8-vs-samsung-g…
BTW, that article you linked concluded with this:
On paper the Samsung Galaxy S8 sounds like a huge improvement on the Samsung Galaxy S7 in some areas, with the screen being the real highlight.
It’s a lot bigger, without making the phone itself massive, and with a new aspect ratio and HDR support it's a genuinely different experience to use.
Elsewhere, the design has been refined and there's quite a lot more power in the Galaxy S8.
It does say the S7 is still a good phone if you want to save some money though.
@eug: yes sounds great on paper but how much of a difference would this make when using the phones in real life for everyday tasks
@Ryder: You skipped over the whole first part of my reply. If you don't think any of the points I listed matter to you, then just stick with the S7. Successive iterations of phones aren't for everyone - sometimes it's fine to skip a year. I think most people do that as phones come on 24-month plans.
Agreed. I do think the S8 looks great, but I'm concerned that having the fingerprint sensor on the back next to the camera is a really bad idea. The screen is sexy but apps need time to adjust better to multitouch. I see too many apps that stop responding if you have a at stray thumb or palm touching the screen.
Probably all minor issues that will be resolved over time or in the next version, but the S7 is functionally 95% the same for half the price.
If you can find it for $600 local (that is half the local price of the S8 — though to be fair, that would be equivalent to the S7 Edge model, not S7), it's not a bad deal.
Agree. I currently use my S7 always on power saving mode, have up to 8 browser tabs open, several apps, etc and no (noticeable) lag. Can't justify an upgrade even though the S8 does look very pretty.
Hmm not sure about getting a brand new not yet "released" phone as a grey import (dont get me wrong all my phones recently have been grey imports).. but if an issue pops up with this model of phone you may have a huge headache on your hands (or head).. :)
My concern about Grey Market Samsung Phones isn't so much about getting genuine faults repaired but getting the phone fixed after accidental damage.
I believe there has been a recent case on OZB where Samsung Australia won't fix Grey Market Phones nor would the Grey Market seller assist to fix it either.
I'd buy locally. You will be able to pick one up for less than this locally in a few months time.
Surprisingly I had an opposite experience. The capacitive buttons of my s6 stopped working and we shipped it back to Kogan who didn't want to fix it cause of water damage. When we took it to Samsung they said there was no water damage and were happy to replace the grey stock with an Australian model.
Possibly older models. I think the issue was with the S7.
But I can see why Samsung Australian don't want to fix grey market models which may be different to the Australian models.
How did you manage to get Samsung AU to replace your HK model with AU model? Stories I've been told is, they won't even give you time of the day if it's a grey import.
I just asked them to have a look at it and they took it away to check for any water damage. They then came back saying the s6 was out of stock and that we'd have to wait for a replacement which we got a few weeks later. I don't think I did anything different.. This was the Sydney store.
Funny thing was I approached Kogan about it and they advised me that they didn't check the water indicators but since I didn't have the phone anymore they couldn't explain why they concluded water damage.
In hindsight I wish I preordered the Note 7 even though I didn't want one. I would have got to keep the 256GB MicroSD card (worth over $200), and they'd give me a voucher to buy S8 or Note 8 for 50% off. I totally would have profited from that. Profit.
There's always gotta be one in any Samsung post.
That's a lot for a grey import. Before 20% off, they would have been charging $1199, which is the same price as local stock. Vaya really charges the same price as local stock for HK imports?
The 20% off saving only gets you the usual saving you would get from buying a grey import.
No deal.
Don't forget about Vaya on ebay! Thoroughly dishonest - selling refurbished phones as new and asking for login details https://sites.google.com/view/vayafakeebay/home
Hi there, is this shop reliable? From this discussion, people all had bad review for this company, but I checked the eBay store, they all received positive feedback from buyers … I just want to buy a cheap s7.
hi there, I am interesting about vaya Iphone 7 which is delivered from the HongKong,
however, the question is :
the model of “Gobi baseband” of vaya iphone 7/7 plus is
~~~A1660 A1661 or A1778 A1784 ?~~~~
I don't wanna buy any A1778 A1784 version iphone7
who knows??
thanks
Max
A1660 A1661 or A1778 A1784
thanks
You're welcome
Wait until the price drops!
Didn't we have too many bad reviews and complaints about Vaya eBay Store?
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