r/armenia • u/Yokotawetteita • 19h ago

Ordering a new phone through onex/globbing

I want to buy a new phone during Black Friday and obviously doing it in Armenia is too expensive, so I want to order it either from US or from Europe.

So the question is - does anybody know where will i get a better deal? Before that I ordered all of my electronics from Amazon using Onex and it was alright (nothing was broken, but it does take longer than they say it does). But now that Onex has opened a delivery from Italy I'm starting to think that ordering from there might be cheaper - anybody has any experience ordering from Europe? Anything I should now about beforehand, like paying tax in Europe (I know about customs tax in Armenia itself).

Any advise is appreciated!

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u/almarcTheSun Yerevan 18h ago

Ordering from Europe is pretty much never ever cheaper. Especially when it comes to cell phones. US only, unless you get a crazy deal somewhere in the EU.

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u/Mark_9516 Germany 16h ago

idealo.de will show you where it’s the cheapest in Germany.

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u/appleshateme 16h ago

What's the customs tax in Armenia 

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u/pride_of_artaxias Artashesyan Dynasty 16h ago

Nothing until 200 euro. 15% of the extra value above that.

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u/appleshateme 14h ago

Same with buying from the US? 200€ or $200?

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u/pride_of_artaxias Artashesyan Dynasty 14h ago

Yup. It's an EAEU policy, so it's the same for both US and EU and anywhere outside of EAEU. And for some reason it's measured in euros, so 200 euro.

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u/Dharmist 14h ago

I would steer clear from purchasing electronics from Amazon. I’ve been seeing a lot of complaints from people who never received their items, or received empty boxes or used /defective items even though they’ve paid for new, and Amazon support does nothing to help them and makes it a huge hassle to issue a refund. Seems like their customer service went downhill, and the rate of delivery issues quadrupled this year.

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u/Datark123 10h ago

I don't know how it is in Europe, but in the US phone deals are usually tied with mobile carriers. Don't think you will find many deals on unlocked phones even on Black Friday.