PSA: Amazon has FREE Shipping to Trinidad

SuperMan9999 · Postby **SuperMan9999** » July 14th, 2025, 11:40 am

If you don't have passport you can use the last 6 digits of your ID Card

They take out the Tax as soon as you place the order and the average delivery time from time of order to having it in your hands is half the time a Skybox takes

Orders of $49 US and over qualify for free shipping to Trinidad they send it with DHL which is by far the most superior shipping company they have like 3 Jumbo Jets servicing Trinidad alone.

Clearance in customs takes 1 Day MAX because of an agreement Amazon has with our government and customs.

I shipped a 34 pound Gaming Monitor FREE to Trinidad.

When searching for items click legible for free shipping to sort it properly, if they charge Vat on something that does NOT have Vat you get automatically refunded so many items like computer parts Amazon will charge Vat but then automatically refund you 10 days after you receive the item.

Amazon will falsely show a delivery date like over 2 weeks, ignore this, it takes 10 days to get your items from the second you click order.

redmanjp · Postby **redmanjp** » July 14th, 2025, 12:06 pm

yeah i realized this some weeks ago

they have an agreement with our govt? :shock:

i thought govt was trying to discourage online shopping hence OPT?

so with no OPT AND no shipping fees, it should be cheaper than with skybox?

Strugglerzinc · Postby **Strugglerzinc** » July 14th, 2025, 6:54 pm

I need a new 20 ton bottle jack (air/hydraulic and cant find locally) for my press. It weighs about 36 lbs.

Skybox estimate is 1458.65
Amazon says 768 (110usd) shipping and taxes deposit

DMan7 · Postby **DMan7** » July 14th, 2025, 7:41 pm

Only some items qualify for free shipping not all, in addition to that the items in your cart needs to exceed $49 to get thru with free DHL shipping to Trinidad which includes custom fees estimate. The good thing about this is that with the Skybox if you order many items in 1 order they will likely split it up and you will be charged for each item separately whereas even tho they split up the shipment for DHL you still only pay for the final thing at checkout only and no future costs worries.

redmanjp · Postby **redmanjp** » July 14th, 2025, 7:45 pm

but are you still charged OPT for direct amazon shipping?

DMan7 · Postby **DMan7** » July 14th, 2025, 8:04 pm

^ Customs fees deposit on checkout covers all that apparently.

MaxPower · Postby **MaxPower** » July 15th, 2025, 7:19 am

Hard luck for all these business that love to buss price.

Close up allyuh shop

ADONI · Postby **ADONI** » July 15th, 2025, 10:50 am

Whattt!!! i gonna try. Fricking Skybox does take forever. Sometimes I does forget what I ordered by the time items arrive...

redmanjp · Postby **redmanjp** » July 15th, 2025, 11:27 am

MaxPower wrote:Hard luck for all these business that love to buss price.

Close up allyuh shop

skybox businesses gonna lose customers.

VexXx Dogg · Postby **VexXx Dogg** » July 15th, 2025, 8:47 pm

Just tried it on a couple misc house items I needed. Estimate came in lower than current skybox rates, and shipping was free because it was over

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Let’s see how jt goes

alfa · Postby **alfa** » July 15th, 2025, 9:18 pm

Tried it for the first time recently, you have to provide a postal code in your local address. TTPOST has an online form for that where you plug in google map coordinates or whattsapp a location to a number they will send you. The rest is straightforward.

Package comes via DHL and you pay upfront to Amazon the landed price. My item came much cheaper as it was heavy and skybox woulda bus price. Will definately use going forward

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » July 15th, 2025, 9:27 pm

so dhl and the customs officers there use the exact amazon invoice to work out duties?

alfa · Postby **alfa** » July 15th, 2025, 10:04 pm

pugboy wrote:so dhl and the customs officers there use the exact amazon invoice to work out duties?

Not sure how it works but the price Amazon quotes you is the final price at your doorstep. Temu works the same way

wingnut · Postby **wingnut** » July 15th, 2025, 11:11 pm

Some things supposed to be duty and vat free yet its still estimating import fees like laptops and security cameras

Would you get refunded in cases like that when it reach down here

Chimera · Postby **Chimera** » July 16th, 2025, 6:24 am

What shipping dates allyyh getting though

The few items I look at giving delivery times 2 weeks after

INDAVID WORKSHOP · Postby **INDAVID WORKSHOP** » July 16th, 2025, 6:48 am

Good info guys,

Regards

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » July 16th, 2025, 6:59 am

that’s the thing, i wonder if Amazon have a real good arrangement with customs to stick to their quoted calculation at checkout
because when it starts to get hectic i doubt them officers have time to follow amazon calculation to the dot.

wingnut wrote:Some things supposed to be duty and vat free yet its still estimating import fees like laptops and security cameras

Would you get refunded in cases like that when it reach down here

dean_spleen09 · Postby **dean_spleen09** » July 16th, 2025, 7:08 am

test order with some clothes , eta august 8th

VexXx Dogg · Postby **VexXx Dogg** » July 16th, 2025, 10:10 am

Chimera wrote:What shipping dates allyyh getting though

The few items I look at giving delivery times 2 weeks after

same.
Continental orders to my skybox would've been dispatched within 24-48 hours for me. I ordered these 2 days ago and it still hasn't shipped.

j.o.e · Postby **j.o.e** » July 16th, 2025, 10:34 am

Don’t be troubled guys. System working I’ve brought it over

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Dizzy28 · Postby **Dizzy28** » July 16th, 2025, 11:16 am

alfa wrote:Tried it for the first time recently, you have to provide a postal code in your local address. TTPOST has an online form for that where you plug in google map coordinates or whattsapp a location to a number they will send you. The rest is straightforward.

Package comes via DHL and you pay upfront to Amazon the landed price. My item came much cheaper as it was heavy and skybox woulda bus price. Will definately use going forward

TTPost don't stick. Filled out the form and got the postal code number in like 5 mins.

SuperMan9999 · Postby **SuperMan9999** » July 17th, 2025, 1:42 pm

redmanjp wrote:yeah i realized this some weeks ago

they have an agreement with our govt? i thought govt was trying to discourage online shopping hence OPT?

so with no OPT AND no shipping fees, it should be cheaper than with skybox?

It is vastly cheaper than any skybox, there is no OPT and NO Shipping cost

My monitor would have cost $1000 TT to ship to Trinidad I paid nothing by letting Amazon ship it free.

SuperMan9999 · Postby **SuperMan9999** » July 17th, 2025, 1:48 pm

DMan7 wrote:Only some items qualify for free shipping not all, in addition to that the items in your cart needs to exceed $49 to get thru with free DHL shipping to Trinidad which includes custom fees estimate. The good thing about this is that with the Skybox if you order many items in 1 order they will likely split it up and you will be charged for each item separately whereas even tho they split up the shipment for DHL you still only pay for the final thing at checkout only and no future costs worries.

Yeah got screwed like this a few times, the split it up and caused me to pay so much excess money with skybox

Now when it splits up with DHL and is free shipping it doesn't matter cause Amazon absorbing all that added shipping expense, NOT me

SuperMan9999 · Postby **SuperMan9999** » July 17th, 2025, 1:50 pm

VexXx Dogg wrote:
Chimera wrote:What shipping dates allyyh getting though

The few items I look at giving delivery times 2 weeks after

same.
Continental orders to my skybox would've been dispatched within 24-48 hours for me. I ordered these 2 days ago and it still hasn't shipped.

Amazon always gives you some insane shipping date to Trinidad but in reality it ships and gets landed in a little over half the time it takes with a Skybox so no matter how you slice it its still way faster to get it in your hands in Trinidad via DHL on Amazon

SuperMan9999 · Postby **SuperMan9999** » July 17th, 2025, 1:51 pm

wingnut wrote:Some things supposed to be duty and vat free yet its still estimating import fees like laptops and security cameras

Would you get refunded in cases like that when it reach down here

Yes Amazon automatically refunds you.

SuperMan9999 · Postby **SuperMan9999** » July 17th, 2025, 1:52 pm

alfa wrote:Tried it for the first time recently, you have to provide a postal code in your local address. TTPOST has an online form for that where you plug in google map coordinates or whattsapp a location to a number they will send you. The rest is straightforward.

Package comes via DHL and you pay upfront to Amazon the landed price. My item came much cheaper as it was heavy and skybox woulda bus price. Will definately use going forward

Not really, I used 00000 as Zip Code and it worked fine

Been shipping free on Amazon for over a year now, DHL always call before they come.

pjfred · Postby **pjfred** » July 17th, 2025, 8:59 pm

I tried recently but they are asking for passport Information, has this happened to any of you?

DMan7 · Postby **DMan7** » July 17th, 2025, 9:02 pm

pjfred wrote:I tried recently but they are asking for passport Information, has this happened to any of you?

Just upload your passport information not a big deal.

MaxPower · Postby **MaxPower** » July 17th, 2025, 9:09 pm

Out of Ten Trinis…..

How many would support local and pay the exorbitant prices so the sellers can eat a food and feed their family?

VexXx Dogg · Postby **VexXx Dogg** » July 17th, 2025, 10:52 pm

MaxPower wrote:Out of Ten Trinis…..

How many would support local and pay the exorbitant prices so the sellers can eat a food and feed their family?

I would support local for actual local made / grown/ produced.

Not buy-markup-resell. firetruck the middleman BS

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