Deals on Amazon (How to buy them)
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Well after posting my first ever deal from Amazon, people are continuously asking the same and same question every time they come through a new post related to Amazon. So, I thought maybe why not just make a page regarding buying from Amazon. I will be discussing only products you can buy through Amazon Global. All other sellers dont include tax which happens to be too much. So, here it goes.
Basically you can know in three ways about the eligible products.
First way is to search for the product you are interested in on Amazon’s search box and add it to your cart. You’ll be asked to sign-in to your Amazon account. In the next screen, you will see if that product is eligible for AmazonGlobal Saver Shipping or not. There if any import duties will be given,it will be shown in your cart.
Second WayBut the issue is, not all products are eligible for Global shipping. So, I’d suggest you to search for the category of the product, rather than the specific brand. For example, instead of searching for Nikon D3100, search for DSLR and then click on the department Camera & Photo on top left, and finally the “Amazon Global Eligible” link below International Shipping on left sidebar. This will list all the eligible products under that category. Hence makes it easier for you to find the product you might like to purchase under AmazonGlobal Saver Shipping program.
You can repeat the process for different category of products or even for different models of a specific brand.
Third Way Use this extension.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/does-...
After installing,something like this will appear on every product’s page of Amazon.
Click there. Select country as India from dropdown and then click check shipping.After that it will show a list like this.
Just check under the name in the list if “AMAZON” is mentioned or not. If not then the product is not eligible for “Amazon Global”.
And the best thing about this extension is it tells you final price from all sellers sorting it in ascending order. So, if you wanna really buy something you can opt for other sellers. But, in that case you have to deal with Customs on your own.
Well, if a product is eligible for Amazon Global(which basically means Amazon has this item in their warehouse and can ship this item by themself) then you have a choice of Free Shipping for cart value above 125$ and for cart value below 125$ you can expect a shipping cost ranging from 3$ to 30$ depending on the item you have in your cart.
Here’s the link for Amazon Page :-
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display....
This is he best thing regarding Amazon Global. They charge an extra Import duty in shopping cart which makes it easier for us, receiving hassle free our product. This charge also depends on what is your item. But, this is most of the times less than what you will pay in India to customs.
Blasting info Guys
If the import duties paid by the courier guys are less than what you paid. You will be refunded the difference back to your bank account automatically which you used to order but this may take a month or so.
So, for products below 200 $ you can buy now at a much cheaper rate and even at the price of US by making the cart above 125$ and selecting free global shipping and then getting all the import fees back.
If its more than what you paid, you wont have to pay anything. Amazon will bear it.
Link :
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display....
Well I contacted Amazon after one dimer’s random complain and I got it sorted out. Every single bit of it. Here is the summary :-
1.Products which are listed under Amazon Global and if those are available in your country from the same manufacturer then the manufacturer can never reject the warranty. That means you will be getting International Warranty.
2.For products like you mentioned graphics card and those which are not supplied in our country, for those if any damage occurs you have to return it back to Amazon.
You will get it repaired or your full refund if its still under warranty.
3.And, about the shipping part. If the problem occurred from your side,mishandling the product then the shipping cost will not be refunded. But, if the product got stuck(stopped working) on its own then you will get your full refund on shipping cost in which case you have to send the scan of original bill you paid to courier guy.
I think after this, it should be clear that in no way you are stuck with any product until and unless you [Removed] that up yourself in which case no one is going to give you refund of your shipping cost.
If someone has any doubts feel free to pm me and I can send him the chat transcript I had with Amazon CC.
Here is the list of cards which can be used for payment (includes Debit and Credit)
Visa
Master Card
Discover Network
American Express
Diner’s Club (U.S. billing addresses only)
JCB
NYCE
STAR
Visa, MasterCard, or American Express pre-paid credit or gift cards
Amazon Store Card
Link :-
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display....
Well its for some obvious reasons
1. Products are available at a much cheaper rate than India. Save Money.
2. Quality of the product is outstanding against what you will get in India.(This is applicable mostly for Shoes clothes and all)
3. Guarantee that the product will be shipped to you according to the plan you choose. Not like Snapdeal and others keeping you hanging around for no reason. If the courier company fails to deliver, you just file a complaint and another item will be on its way the next working day and with highest priority.
If anyone wants to add something in this, just comment and I will add.
Deal Wiki
Deals on Amazon (How to buy them) – Thanks a lot to stuggard1795813 for the ultimate guide
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Go through the below procedure on how amazon works on Shipping, Warranty Import duties/Customs & much more
How the Amazon works
1.How to know whether a particular product is shipped to India or not
- First way is to search for the product you are interested in on Amazon’s search box and add it to your cart. You’ll be asked to sign-in to your Amazon account. In the next screen, you will see if that product is eligible for AmazonGlobal Saver Shipping or not. There if any import duties will be given,it will be shown in your cart.
- But the issue is, not all products are eligible for Global shipping. So, I’d suggest you to search for the category of the product, rather than the specific brand. For example, instead of searching for Nikon D3100, search for DSLR and then click on the department Camera & Photo on top left, and finally the “Amazon Global Eligible” link below International Shipping on left sidebar. This will list all the eligible products under that category. Hence makes it easier for you to find the product you might like to purchase under AmazonGlobal Saver Shipping program.
- You can repeat the process for different category of products or even for different models of a specific brand.
- Third Way Use this extension.
- https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/does-... - After installing,something like this will appear on every product’s page of Amazon.
- Click there. Select country as India from dropdown and then click check shipping.After that it will show a list like this.
- Just check under the name in the list if “AMAZON” is mentioned or not. If not then the product is not eligible for “Amazon Global”.
And the best thing about this extension is it tells you final price from all sellers sorting it in ascending order. So, if you wanna really buy something you can opt for other sellers. But, in that case you have to deal with Customs on your own.
2.What is the Shipping Cost ?
- Amazon Global(which basically means Amazon has this item in their warehouse and can ship this item by themself) then you have a choice of Free Shipping for cart value above 125$ and for cart value below 125$ you can expect a shipping cost ranging from 3$ to 30$ depending on the item you have in your cart.
- Here’s the link for Amazon Page :- http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display....
3.What about Import duties/Customs?
- They charge an extra Import duty in shopping cart which makes it easier for us, receiving hassle free our product. This charge also depends on what is your item. But, this is most of the times less than what you will pay in India to customs.
- If the import duties paid by the courier guys are less than what you paid. You will be refunded the difference back to your bank account automatically which you used to order but this may take a month or so.
So, for products below 200 $ you can buy now at a much cheaper rate and even at the price of US by making the cart above 125$ and selecting free global shipping and then getting all the import fees back.
- If its more than what you paid, you wont have to pay anything. Amazon will bear it.
- http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display....
4.What about Warranty on Products ?
1. Products which are listed under Amazon Global and if those are available in your country from the same manufacturer then the manufacturer can never reject the warranty. That means you will be getting International Warranty.
2. For products like you mentioned graphics card and those which are not supplied in our country, for those if any damage occurs you have to return it back to Amazon.
You will get it repaired or your full refund if its still under warranty.
3. And, about the shipping part. If the problem occurred from your side,mishandling the product then the shipping cost will not be refunded. But, if the product got stuck(stopped working) on its own then you will get your full refund on shipping cost in which case you have to send the scan of original bill you paid to courier guy
5.Mode of Payment?
Visa
Master Card
Discover Network
American Express
Diner’s Club (U.S. billing addresses only)
JCB
NYCE
STAR
Visa, MasterCard, or American Express pre-paid credit or gift cards
Amazon Store Card
6.Most Importantly – Why to buy from Amazon ?
1. Products are available at a much cheaper rate than India. Save Money.
2. Quality of the product is outstanding against what you will get in India.(This is applicable mostly for Shoes clothes and all)
3. Guarantee that the product will be shipped to you according to the plan you choose. Not like Snapdeal and others keeping you hanging around for no reason. If the courier company fails to deliver, you just file a complaint and another item will be on its way the next working day and with highest priority.
To be true most of the products built for American market is far more better than built for ours/others 
My personal experience is i bought a HP Laptop on Amazon at Dec 2009 still far it working good (I am typing in it.)
But my friends who bought dell in India giving lot of troubles after an year. Since Americans seems quality conscious companies for their reputation build brand there with quality where here we are treated with a different grade it seems from my point!
Purely my opinion buddies! 
does indian credit cards or debit can be used for buying like icici ,hdfc..
ajit27 wrote:
does indian credit cards or debit can be used for buying like icici ,hdfc..
yes
jhbalaji wrote:
To be true most of the products built for American market is far more better than built for US
My personal experience is i bought a HP Laptop on Amazon at Dec 2009 still far it working good (I am typing in it.)
But my friends who bought dell in India giving lot of troubles after an year. Since Americans seems quality conscious companies for their reputation build brand there with quality where here we are treated with a different grade it seems from my point!
Purely my opinion buddies!
I too have one HP G60 from Us bought on Nov,2008 and its still as perfect as was then. I never had a single problem. In India, all my friend’s Dell have way back betrayed them and those who bought HP were also not spared. Except 2-3, maximum of them lost there screen, some motherboard and they always had problem. In Nov,2008 I remember HP started giving a Camera worth 5000 with every Laptop and many friends of mine that time just because of the camera. And, now they all regret it.
You can just take same Adidas shoe, one bought from India and one from US and you will be stunned by the difference in quality. Here, it seems they send all the rejected product to sell.
jhbalaji wrote:
To be true most of the products built for American market is far more better than built for US
My personal experience is i bought a HP Laptop on Amazon at Dec 2009 still far it working good (I am typing in it.)
But my friends who bought dell in India giving lot of troubles after an year. Since Americans seems quality conscious companies for their reputation build brand there with quality where here we are treated with a different grade it seems from my point!
Purely my opinion buddies!
It is a fact.
Nokia did this with its mobiles. It supplied mobiles with high radiation emissions to countries like India since Govt hadn’t specified.
Coke and Pepsi change their formula in US after cancer reports. No change apparently in India http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodand...
Well I had a bad experience with electronics I had bought from Ebay Global Buy, although I think it was my fault.
The thing with electronics bought from US is that the chargers that are supplied with the electronic product are meant to work on 110V, but the electrical supply here in India is 220V. So the chargers don’t work. I bought a rechargeable Philips shaving razor from US through Global Buy, but never bothered to check the voltage thing. One week later I was stuck with my shaver without a proper charger. So guys, if you buy an electronic product from US make sure that you have a voltage down regulator. You can find one on ebay.:http://www.ebay.in/itm/Step-Down-Voltage-conver…
Just my two cent guys. Happy shopping!
Oh and btw, thanks for clearing many of my doubts stuggard1795813 regarding amazon. Really nice presentation. Voted up!
ajit27 wrote:
does indian credit cards or debit can be used for buying like icici ,hdfc..
Yes as answered by jlnithwf it can be used but only VISA and MASTER, no MAESTRO.
2. What is the Shipping Cost ?
Well, if a product is eligible for Amazon Global(which basically means Amazon has this item in their warehouse and can ship this item by themself) then you have a choice of Free Shipping for cart value above 125$ and for cart value below 125$ you can expect a shipping cost ranging from 3$ to 30$ depending on the item you have in your cart.
So that means anything available at amazon above 125$ will have free shipping?
Can the cart have multiple products?
If it is, is this offer available only for limited period?
:P
dilliboy87 wrote:
Well I had a bad experience with electronics I had bought from Ebay Global Buy, although I think it was my fault.
The thing with electronics bought from US is that the chargers that are supplied with the electronic product are meant to work on 110V, but the electrical supply here in India is 220V. So the chargers don’t work. I bought a rechargeable Philips shaving razor from US through Global Buy, but never bothered to check the voltage thing. One week later I was stuck with my shaver without a proper charger. So guys, if you buy an electronic product from US make sure that you have a voltage down regulator. You can find one on ebay.:http://www.ebay.in/itm/Step-Down-Voltage-conver…
Just my two cent guys. Happy shopping!
Thanks dilliboy for your review and the link. Surely will add this in my post.
pranjalmaini wrote:
h4. 2. What is the Shipping Cost ?
Well, if a product is eligible for Amazon Global(which basically means Amazon has this item in their warehouse and can ship this item by themself) then you have a choice of Free Shipping for cart value above 125$ and for cart value below 125$ you can expect a shipping cost ranging from 3$ to 30$ depending on the item you have in your cart.
So that mean anything available at amazon above 125$ will include free shipping?
Can the cart have multiple products?
If it is, is this offer available only for limited period?
Yes, you have to just add up your cart’s value to 125$ and you will get free shipping.
But,only by Amazon Global Eligible Products
Till now Amazon hasn’t informed anything about the expire of this offer in near future.
VU nice info
Gr8 post stuggard1795813, very useful for all the dimers…
You are now one of my favs on forums..
Looking forward to such posts..
Kudos to you bro..
Enlightening discussion. VU.
@stuggard
first of all nice presentation…
Till now i have a lot of perceptions abt amazon and its shipping….
Thank U buddy…
I don’t say this post has lot of info, but sure what ever it has is valuable.. It should be sticky…
Yes, you have to just add up your cart’s value to 125$ and you will get free shipping.
But,only by Amazon Global Eligible Products
Till now Amazon hasn’t informed anything about the expire of this offer in near future.
Yes, tried it, but there are few tweaks for adding multiple products,
1. The seller should be the same
2. It should be Standard shipping
pranjalmaini wrote:
Yes, you have to just add up your cart’s value to 125$ and you will get free shipping.
But,only by Amazon Global Eligible Products
Till now Amazon hasn’t informed anything about the expire of this offer in near future.
Yes, tried it, but there are few tweaks for adding multiple products,
1. The seller should be the same
2. It should be Standard shipping
The seller should be same ? Product which only Amazon ships which are obviously under Amazon Global.
And, yes there is a weight limit also to this. I think 5 pounds. I will just let you know after confirming it.
Well I confirmed it and its 125$ and heres the link.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display….
desi_punjabi wrote:
Gr8 post stuggard1795813, very useful for all the dimers…
You are now one of my favs on forums..
Looking forward to such posts..
Kudos to you bro..
If it helps then that is only what I want. 
desi_punjabi wrote:
Gr8 post stuggard1795813, very useful for all the dimers…
You are now one of my favs on forums..
Looking forward to such posts..
Kudos to you bro..
If it helps then that is only what I want.
3dspider wrote:
@stuggard
first of all nice presentation…
Till now i have a lot of perceptions abt amazon and its shipping….
Thank U buddy…
I don’t say this post has lot of info, but sure what ever it has is valuable.. It should be sticky…
Thanks 3d Spider. And, ya if you want me to add some more info, I will be glad to do that.
VU
nice info
cant give karma now anyway..
Blasting info Guys about Customs
If the import duties paid by the courier guys are less than what you paid. You will be refunded the difference back to your bank account automatically which you used to order but this may take a month or so.
So, for products below 200 $ you can buy now at a much cheaper rate and even at the price of US by making the cart above 125$ and selecting free global shipping and then getting all the import fees back.
If its more than what you paid, you wont have to pay anything. Amazon will bear it.
Updating this in my topic.
Cheers guys. This is just great.
Happy Shopping.
stuggard1795813 wrote:
Blasting info Guys about Customs
If the import duties paid by the courier guys are less than what you paid. You will be refunded the difference back to your bank account automatically which you used to order but this may take a month or so.
So, for products below 200 $ you can buy now at a much cheaper rate and even at the price of US by making the cart above 125$ and selecting free global shipping and then getting all the import fees back.
If its more than what you paid, you wont have to pay anything. Amazon will bear it.
Updating this in my topic.
Cheers guys. This is just great.
Happy Shopping.
great bro…..do post if you found any steal deal….;)
bro do u know any good deal of tab ??
jhbalaji wrote:
Oops, You cannot give karma again right now ;-}
given on ur behalf….;)
saranslach152 wrote:stuggard1795813 wrote:
Blasting info Guys about Customs
If the import duties paid by the courier guys are less than what you paid. You will be refunded the difference back to your bank account automatically which you used to order but this may take a month or so.
So, for products below 200 $ you can buy now at a much cheaper rate and even at the price of US by making the cart above 125$ and selecting free global shipping and then getting all the import fees back.
If its more than what you paid, you wont have to pay anything. Amazon will bear it.
Updating this in my topic.
Cheers guys. This is just great.
Happy Shopping.
great bro…..do post if you found any steal deal….;)
bro do u know any good deal of tab ??
Well I will post if I come across one. Btw what’s your range and any particular specifications you want ?
vu +karma
is there any other special charge..if we use any credit or debit card ..for conversion from rupee to dollar
say if today 1 usd = 55 inr..i want to buy a 30 dollar product ..so price will be 55 X 30= 1650 inr..or some additional money will be added to this price..other than shipping ..
ajit27 wrote:
is there any other special charge..if we use any credit or debit card ..for conversion from rupee to dollar
say if today 1 usd = 55 inr..i want to buy a 30 dollar product ..so price will be 55 X 30= 1650 inr..or some additional money will be added to this price..other than shipping ..
I think it will be between 56-57 and so you can calculate then. Exact percentage I dont know but maybe between 2-4%.
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Vu p!
Oops, You cannot give karma again right now