PSA: Amazon has FREE Shipping to Trinidad

[SuperMan9999]

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.

[redmanjp]

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?

[Strugglerzinc]

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]

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]

but are you still charged OPT for direct amazon shipping?

[DMan7]

^ Customs fees deposit on checkout covers all that apparently.

[MaxPower]

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

Close up allyuh shop

[ADONI]

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

[redmanjp]

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

Close up allyuh shop

skybox businesses gonna lose customers.

[VexXx Dogg]

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 [emoji[emoji6][emoji6]] usd

Let’s see how jt goes

[alfa]

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]

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

[alfa]

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]

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]

What shipping dates allyyh getting though

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

[INDAVID WORKSHOP]

Good info guys,

Regards

[pugboy]

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.

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