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Question: If you live abroad, how do you buy an iPad?

post #1 of 7
9/23/10 at 7:18pm
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Hello.

 

I live in Brazil and I want to buy an iPad. It is simple as that.

 

Unfortunately, due to a mix of Brazilian excessive taxes and lack of Apple support regarding the iPad here, if I want to buy the cheapest iPad available (16 gb and wifi only), I have to pay approximately 900 dollars. Which is precisely why I refuse to buy the mentioned gadget in Brazil.

 

So I ask you guys: where can I buy an iPad? Do you recommend any online store that ships to Brazil? I tried ebay, but for some reason the prices are quite above the expected (~90 dollars above).

 

Regards,
Luiz

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post #2 of 7
9/23/10 at 8:17pm

Perhaps a relative or a friend can buy it for you and ship it Brazil? I bought a medical equipment once then FedEx it to another country and declared it as an item worth $1 because it was a used equipment (it was actually new) and paid no import tax.

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post #3 of 7
9/23/10 at 8:26pm
Go read through the thread in the Member's Lounge about sellers here only wanting to ship CONUS. There are a few posts in it about services that give you a US address to ship to and then they will send the package abroad to you.
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post #4 of 7
9/24/10 at 2:22pm

Book flight to the US and back.

Then go there, buy one before you return back home.

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post #5 of 7
9/25/10 at 10:47am

Lol, he would probably need a US visa. On his return, don't declare the iPad purchase or it would be tax.
 

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Originally Posted by krmathis View Post

Book flight to the US and back.

Then go there, buy one before you return back home.

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post #6 of 7
9/25/10 at 12:52pm

by abroad ill take it you mean not in the US. 

 

so ifi wanted to buy one id either go to john lewis or order one off amazon.


Edited by mark2410 - 9/25/10 at 2:21pm
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post #7 of 7
9/25/10 at 1:20pm
Originally Posted by wuwhere View Post

Lol, he would probably need a US visa. On his return, don't declare the iPad purchase or it would be tax.


Yeah, most probably.

Hard easy/hard that is to get for a brazilian citizen I do not know.

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