The Official Skybox Thread: Take 2

[Chimera]

Sounding like that driver come to make a special type of delivery for your mom
7.20 pm u saying u know

apparently dem websource delivery drivers wukking overtime- one pull up 7:20pm on Saturday at my house, not for me but for my mom. i still waiting on my cctv camera weeks now

[widdyphuck]

Sounding like that driver come to make a special type of delivery for your mom
7.20 pm u saying u know

apparently dem websource delivery drivers wukking overtime- one pull up 7:20pm on Saturday at my house, not for me but for my mom. i still waiting on my cctv camera weeks now

Same thing I saying. Websource delivered a package to me Saturday and driver say the latest they does deliver is until 5pm..

[pugboy]

u thinking aloud

Sounding like that driver come to make a special type of delivery for your mom
7.20 pm u saying u know

apparently dem websource delivery drivers wukking overtime- one pull up 7:20pm on Saturday at my house, not for me but for my mom. i still waiting on my cctv camera weeks now

[christopherwilliams2]

Did anyone order a phone from apple.com and ship it to Websource recently?

currently have one in transit....but with Aeropost.

[intelMAX]

Did anyone order a phone from apple.com and ship it to Websource recently?

currently have one in transit....but with Aeropost.

Okay cool, looking to order one soon. I'll see how it goes.

[S_2NR]

Did anyone order a phone from apple.com and ship it to Websource recently?

currently have one in transit....but with Aeropost.

the tax breaks were finalised?

[intelMAX]

Did anyone order a phone from apple.com and ship it to Websource recently?

currently have one in transit....but with Aeropost.

the tax breaks were finalised?

Copied from CSF Couriers Limited Facebook Page.

Exciting news! We are happy to advise that effective January 1st, 2021, amendments to the legislation exempting taxes on mobile and digital equipment as well as cell phones have been implemented.
In the recent National Budget Speech, the Honourable Minister of Finance indicated that in order to facilitate technological transformation in the country, tax exemptions would be provided on equipment for digitisation. This means that exemptions would go beyond laptops and tablets and would now include these devices.
Please note in order for you to be able to access these exemptions the date of your CSF invoice must be January 1st, 2021 and after. Anything dated December 2020 would not be eligible for these exemptions regardless of if you collect or pay for the item in January 2021.
For more information on what types of equipment has an exemption, you can check out the Legal Notice here http://news.gov.tt/.../Legal%20Notice%2 ... 420%20of... and/or contact anyone in our helpful Customer Support Team.

[Arcmanov]

Does anyone know if they are also removing VAT from computer parts? Or does anyone have a breakdown of what items they mean by "mobile and digital equipment, cell phones, software and accessories"?

Unfortunately, there's still no firm confirmation on this from anyone. I asked my courier (Foxx) via email and they replied...

"Your email was received, however Customs has not officially informed couriers/importers of these changes, we are still awaiting a directive from them in order to proceed.
Please note for computer parts and accessories there are no Custom duties however you will still have to pay OPT tax and VAT as these are parts thereof and not a complete product as a laptop or Tablet.

Once Customs have finalized these changes we will update all accordingly.
Thank you."


...so according to Foxx, that's a 'no'.

[Zalos]

Just received a router that had no tax/duties/opt, only paid freight.

[Dave]

Not bad!
Encouraging

[daron]

paid 193.00 to clear to dog shampoo for 32us
ibc express
i personally found it to be to expensive.

[Arcmanov]

Just received a router that had no tax/duties/opt, only paid freight.

So Foxx copy of the legal memo on the slow starship from Beta Quadrant or wha...or dey jus on s#1t?

[pugboy]

seabox have a bunch of stuff for me to collect tomorrow
no vaseline required
seems the skybox companies are where the customs officers sharpen their teeth and send the junior officers by sea cargo.
#nogoatmouth

[Dave]

See they are not shipping items from Miami for a bit due to Covid among the staff there.

[pugboy]

covid pretty bad over there
spoke to a person working for pas cargo over there

it is very very common for workers falling sick and missing days with covid
esp amongst the type of workers who in wide circulation contact with other persons
eg cargo truck delivery guys

See they are not shipping items from Miami for a bit due to Covid among the staff there.

[Strugglerzinc]

seabox have a bunch of stuff for me to collect tomorrow
no vaseline required
seems the skybox companies are where the customs officers sharpen their teeth and send the junior officers by sea cargo.
#nogoatmouth

This is seaboxtt? How is the current experience/timeframe?

[pugboy]

it’s 2 weeks or so

i have no problems waiting
and their service is good

they have a $25 processing fee which means the smallest item will end up around $60-70
even with zero opt

seabox have a bunch of stuff for me to collect tomorrow
no vaseline required
seems the skybox companies are where the customs officers sharpen their teeth and send the junior officers by sea cargo.
#nogoatmouth

This is seaboxtt? How is the current experience/timeframe?

[car]

We good to go with cell phones.

[Kronik]

We good to go with cell phones.

Bess!

[st7]

what would the Oculus Quest 2 fall under? anyone ever shipped one or similar VR hardware in?

[car]

what would the Oculus Quest 2 fall under? anyone ever shipped one or similar VR hardware in?

This may fall under gaming consoles and the likes of it.

[Arcmanov]

Was not charged VAT, OPT, or duties for a PC case, AIO and PSU, so it look like we good to go for PC parts being exempted as well.

The only issue is the lag time from order to delivery.

[Chimera]

paid $130 last night to clear $40k in phones

GREAT IS THE PNM
GREAT IS IMBERT
GREAT IS ROWLEY

[pugboy]

That sounding light in weight

4 phones ?

paid $130 last night to clear $40k in phones

GREAT IS THE PNM
GREAT IS IMBERT
GREAT IS ROWLEY

[Gladiator]

paid $130 last night to clear $40k in phones

GREAT IS THE PNM
GREAT IS IMBERT
GREAT IS ROWLEY

Aye, delete this post nah.... the spies in here gonna report you and just now you would have to prove you going to school to get a tax break...LOL

[pugboy]

Anybody know offhand what is the duty on foodstuff, eg finished products ?

[Chimera]

4 lbs 8 phones

[Blaze d Chalice]

So hear nah, I seeing everybody posting their 0% tax phone receipts.

But what is the situation with these skybox, allour paying in TTD normal?
I thought they send out some notice about how they could only pay in USD.

Enlighten me nah, because I don't want to spend the USD them Vene giving me.

Anybody know offhand what is the duty on foodstuff, eg finished products ?

The closest thing I could find was 20% +12.5% on customs website but that only say food supplements, not even a snack.

[paid_influencer]

So hear nah, I seeing everybody posting their 0% tax phone receipts.

But what is the situation with these skybox, allour paying in TTD normal?
I thought they send out some notice about how they could only pay in USD.

Enlighten me nah, because I don't want to spend the USD them Vene giving me.

Anybody know offhand what is the duty on foodstuff, eg finished products ?

The closest thing I could find was 20% +12.5% on customs website but that only say food supplements, not even a snack.

One air cargo line (AmeriJet) started requiring payment in USD about 2 years ago. The loss of that line reduced air freight capacity and increased shipment times from usually 1-2 days after reaching Miami to about 4-7 days. (Yes, there was a time when you could order something on Monday and get it in your hands by Wednesday).

IIRC, most skybox companies shifted to state-owned Caribbean Airlines, which still accepts TTD, but has a less frequent cargo schedule.

The sea-freight issue is another thing entirely that hasn't hit yet. Gonna be interesting because the USD-only cargo lines are 90% of the capacity. Hopefully the PNM government makes behind-closed-door-deals with some party-favored providers to give them the forex and we can all ship with these providers.

edit: when I type it out, this sounds banana-republic level bad. but here we are

[Chimera]

Lol thats for container shipping that you have to pay in usd

Skyboxes are local companies and have to take their payment in tt.