The smarter way to buy from the USA

BUYFORME ORDER OF THE DAY
Are you ready to design your own collections?  You can make sure to stand out from the crowd by designing your own All Star sneakers online at converse.com.  If you are an international user, you can customize your sneaker, however you are not able to ship it to an international country so you will have to either ship it to BundleBox or process a BuyForMe Personal Shopper Request.

CUSTOMIZE YOUR CONVERSE ALL STAR ONLINE
You start by picking the color, and the style.  You will then design the inside as well as the outside.  At check out, you complete the sneaker with your size and you are then able to copy the URL, or share your design and process a Concierge BuyForMe request with BundleBox.

The concierge service with BundleBox will buy the Converse pair of shoes on your behalf and then check it in your BundleBox suite.  You are then able to ship to destination, be it the United Kingdom, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Brazil or Indonesia.  Do not hesitate, design your sneaker now and place your BuyForMe order!

Customized Coolidge Mid - Price: $80.00

IMPORT FROM THE USA
Importing shoes from the USA is getting popular and popular.  The import duty rate depends on the material of the upper and the style of the shoe/material of sole.  The sneaker that we have designed is a sporty sneaker with textile upper and rubber sole. Importing this design to Sweden will have an import duty rate of 16.9% and an import VAT rate of 25%.  The same Converse All Star to Russia bears an import duty rate of 10% and a VAT rate of 18%.  The DutyCalculator states that private buyers can import items into Russian Federation duty free, up to a combined value of €1000.00 per month.  That’s great news!

Happy bundling

The BundleBox Team

BUYFORME ORDER OF DAY
Hi!  We have just placed an order for this amazing pair of jeans:   LEVI’S Guys 514 Slim Straight Premium on Zappos.com and we thought it would be good to share.

BUY LEVI’S JEANS ONLINE FROM THE USA
Fact: Levi’s Jeans are an affordable deal in the USA.  Is it perhaps because of their legendary past?
Fact: Levi’s Jeans are often on sale in the USA.  Great deals!
Fact: Levi’s Jeans retail price almost doubles overseas hence retailers do not ship to international countries.

If you and your friends would like to wear cool Levi’s jeans at a reasonable price, buy them from the USA.
The next steps: make sure you get your size right, register on BundleBox and place your BuyForMe order:  we will process the order on your behalf and notify as soon as your jeans deliver to your BundleBox Suite.

LEVI'S GUYS 514 SLIM STRAIGHT PREMIUM - Price: $68.00

Levi's 501 Mens / Women Original - Price: $42.99

IMPORT DUTY AND VAT
Jeans have a high import duty and VAT rate of 27% to France.  However, duty result is nil if the total value of your products does not exceed €150.00.  In that case only import VAT will be assessed and paid.  Import VAT to France is 19.6%.  Check on the DutyCalculator, run your own import duty and VAT calculation and find the best strategy to optimize import duty and VAT charges.  The DutyCalculator covers most countries in the EU and Russia.

Happy bundling

The BundleBox Team

SHIPMENT OF THE DAY
We have shipped another Motorola Xoom today - The Motorola Xoom looks set to be one of the most desired (and priciest) tablets of 2011, so it’s no surprise that early adopters (bloggers and developers) are rushing to get one.

BUY ONLINE MOTOROLA XOOM
The Motorola Xoom retails for $799.99 on the Motorola Store without contract.  Unfortunately, the coupon that DroidLife uncovered to save 25% off no longer works.  That was a deal!  The coupon made happy several quick and opportunistic users.

Motorola Xoom Android Tablet - Price $799.99

IMPORT FROM THE USA
The Motorola Xoom weights 2 kgs and you can check the BundleBox international shipping rates here.

Tablets are zero-rated on duty charges.  Therefore import VAT charges are the only fees that apply.  Import VAT charges to UK total £109.46, to Germany €123.74, to Sweden SEK1461.88.

Happy bundling

The BundleBox Team

BUY FOR ME ORDER OF THE DAY
Supreme New York Store has just reopened on March 3rd and we have immediately placed a couple of BuyForMe orders: one for a Schott Leather Motorcycle Jacket and one for a Lightweight Plaid Flannel Shirt.  Limited quantities, unique styles are the characteristics of Supreme New York.  So hurry up before it gets too late!

BUY ONLINE FROM SUPREME NEW YORK
Start shopping with BundleBox BuyForMe Concierge service.  Supreme New York does not accept payments from international credit cards, however BundleBox can buy on your behalf.  Register and place a BuyForMe order, we will purchase on your behalf within 24 hours and check your goods in your BundleBox Suite.  Need more information?  Discover how easy it is.

Schott Custom Perfecto Leather Jacket - Price $598.00

Supreme New York Plaid Shirt Dark Royal - Price $118.00

Supreme New York is the home of New York City Skate Culture.  Skaters, Punks, hip-hop heads all gravitate towards Supreme.  Over its 16 years of history, Supreme has worked with some of our generation’s most groundbreaking designers, artists, photographers and musicians to define its authenticity and attitude.

The latest testimonial for Supreme is Lady Gaga, shot by Terry Richardson.

Lady Gaga Shot by Terry Richardson for Supreme

Browsing the online Shop of Supreme New York is a rather unique experience as well, we clicked on “shop” and then “view all”: shirts, t-shirts, jackets, leather jackets, trousers, pants, hoodies.  As well as skateboards, hats and Accessories.

Supreme Assortment View All

IMPORT FROM THE USA
BundleBox is a parcel forwarding service that provides a USA address to buyers and fashionistas overseas.  Buyers can therefore purchase their goods and ship them to their USA address at BundleBox where the parcels get consolidated to save on shipping charges.  The import duty rate for importing Schott Leather Motorcycle Jacket from United States into Germany, UK, Ireland, Netherland, and most of the European countries is 4% - the commodity code for a leather jacket is 4203100000.  The import VAT rate to Germany is 19%.  The import duty to Russia is however 18% and the import duty VAT is 18%.  Learn how to calculate import duty and VAT charges on the DutyCalculator.

Happy bundling

The BundleBox Team

Hi All -

Last night the iPad2 was announced, and, like last year, immediately the BuyForMe orders started tickling in.

With the launch of the first iPad last year, we made over a thousand Apple fans outside the USA happy by getting their hands on an iPad early, before the iPad was released in their country. We worked extremely hard to circumvent all hurdles that Apple put in place to prevent this, but at some point Apple must have figured us out, and canceled all the remaining orders.

This year it seems to be a bit different. The Ipad2 is white, lighter, has video and is super fast. Also the time that Apple fans outside the USA would have to wait to get their hands on the new iPad is less. Just two weeks. What is the same is the maximum order of two iPads per customer. That makes it very hard for us to offer our normal BuyForMe concierge service.

We do not know yet what hurdles Apple puts in place this year, to prevent Apple fans from outside the USA to get their iPad early. We will do our best to fulfill the BuyForMe requests we have received so far, on a first come, first serve basis, but we can’t promise anything. Until we know more about Apple’s hurdles, we won’t take any new BuyForMe orders, to avoid disappointment. If this changes, we’ll let you know via our blog

Happy Bundling

Andre & the BundleBox team

We have recently shipped the Epson 8700UB from the USA.  The 8700UB replaces 8500UB and is the “bigger brother” of Epson.

Epson 8700UB 1080P Home Theater Projector on YouTube

REVIEW
Perfect for home theater and gaming, this projector has gained great PR reviews from consumer search (that names the Epson Home Cinema 8700 UB the “Top-quality 1080p projector“),  HDTV Magazine (”It is a great piece of equipment and really lives up to the “Home Cinema” name.  You’ll love it.”), Projector Central, Projector Reviews.

SHOP ONLINE
The best price that we have found online is on Visualapex.  The Epson Home Cinema 8700UB Projector is in stock and retails at $1,999.99.  The offer includes the following extras:  a FREE Lamp Offer ($300 Value),   $1899 after $100 mail in rebate, a complimentary Dust Cover ($29 Value).

Home Cinema 8700 UB for $1,999.00

We have found other competitive deals.  The retail price is $2,199.00 on Crutchfield.  A couple of interesting Buy it Now listings on eBay.com for $1,987.00 and $1,988.00.   And we eventually found many interesting alternatives on Amazon.com .

DELIVER INTERNATIONALLY
Even if Visualapex does not ship outside of the USA, people can deliver worldwide with BundleBox.  BundleBox is the parcel forwarding service that provides a USA address to buyers overseas.  Buyers consolidate their purchases and save on shipping charges.

The dimensions of the Epson 8700UB Projector are 19.00in x 20.00in x 11.00in for a total chargeable weight of 12.47kg and an actual weight is 10.30kg.   Therefore the shipping costs to Ireland amount to €116.34 and the import VAT to €335.16.

No import duty is due to the European Union as projectors are duty free items.  The commodity code of a projector imported from the USA to the European Union is 8528691000.  You can calculate the total landed cost, that is the cost of the item plus the cost of the shipping plus import duty and VAT charges, with the BundleBox total landed cost calculator .

Happy bundling

The BundleBox Team

The new Android Phone from Motorola is heating up at BundleBox.   More and more users have been requesting information, buying, placing Personal Shopper requests and shipping the Motorola Atrix 4G from the USA to UK, Germany, Poland, Brazil, Czech Republic and Thailand.  We deliver worldwide from our BundleBox address (in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) in 2-3 business days at the cheapest shipping rate with our BundleBox PAK via FedEx Express.

PRODUCT SPECS
The new Atrix Android is powered by the Android 2.2 platform, offers a 1 GHz dual-core processor and the ability to connect to AT&T’s ultra-fast 4G mobile broadband network.   It comes with some great features:  a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash and auto focus, 1 GB of DDR2 RAM (which is twice the RAM of most smart phones), text-to-speech capabilities including read-out of text and e-mail messages, voice commands and a fingerprint sensor for added security.

Motorola Atrix 4G Android Phone

Moreover, people can make the Motorola Atrix even smarter by connecting it to a docking station that looks like a laptop.   The Motorola Laptop Dock has an incredibly thin design but has no CPU, so that users can access a full physical keyboard and monitor.

Motorola Laptop Dock

Another unique dock enables the user to have an enhanced and more interactive computer-like experience. The Motorola HD Multimedia Dock has three USB ports, an HDMI port that connects the Atrix to a keyboard, mouse, speakers, and monitor.

Motorola HD Multimedia Dock

BUY ONLINE WITHOUT CONTRACT
People can buy online the Atrix 4G without contract from many retailers, or online marketplaces.  We have been using eBay and Amazon Wireless.

• eBay
It is worthwhile to start on ebay.com as the number of sellers that have listed the Atrix 4G has been increasing over the past weeks.  There are now over 900 listings and the cheapest Buy It Now price that we have spotted is $ 590.00.  Will that listing still be live? And, some auctions started at $ 0.99 - Good luck!!!

• Amazon Wireless
Amazon Wireless is definitely another online site to check out.  The Motorola Atrix 4G is for sale as a replacement phone (that is - without a carrier contract!) at $ 599.99.   The Motorola Atrix 4G has been shipping from Amazon within 24 hours from completing the order with UPS.  This is the amazing service level that we usually experience with any orders on Amazon.

DELIVER WORLDWIDE WITH BUNDLEBOX PAK
Motorola Atrix 4G delivers worldwide in 2-3 business days at the cheapest rate with BundleBox PAK

BundleBox is a leading mail & parcel forwarding service that provides a real USA address (not a PO Box!) to international customers, so they can ship all their purchases to their BundleBox Suite, consolidate and save on shipping charges.

So if you go ahead and process your order with Amazon and assuming Amazon keep up with their incredible speed - the Atrix 4G could be in your BundleBox suite in 2 business days, and eventually deliver to your front door in 2-3 business days with FedEx Express.  Wow - this is fast! We like that!  How do we make it?  Given its weight and its dimensions, the Motorola Atrix 4G fits in a BundleBox PAK and enjoys the fastest shipping service at the lowest shipping rate!

Register now! The registration is free, you get $15.00 off your first shipment and a great service.  Moreover, users can avoid nasty surprises by pre-paying import duty and VAT charges to the following Countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom.

Motorola Atrix on Amazon Wireless

TOTAL LANDED COST - IMPORT DUTY AND VAT CHARGES
First and foremost,  the import duty charge on smart phones is nil to the European Union.  However, VAT charge will add up and it varies by country.

Some estimates: the total landed cost (retail price plus shipping charges plus import VAT charges) to Czech Republic is Kč 14,377.08 .  The total landed cost will be NOK 4,648.81 to Norway - SEK 5,430.59 to Sweden - £ 500.81 to UK.

The total landed cost to the Russian Federation however is RUR 20,628.83 - As Russian private buyers can import items into Russian Federation duty free, up to a combined value of €1,000.00 per month.

The docking station has however an import duty rate of 4.5% to the European Union and a different commodity code.  For these 2 reasons, the Atrix and its dock station have to be treated separately for import duty and VAT calculation purposes.  Find an example of how a calculation for a bundle works here.

We hope this helps,

Happy bundling

The BundleBox Team

We have recently shipped a new fancy iPad cover from the USA.  It is an Ori GorillaMobile and we delivered to Germany this time.  This is not a new item for us, so we have been doing some research and here are some cool iPad covers that we have been shipping outside of the USA.

iPad covers have been recently proliferating, and this is no wonder given that most of the users spend from 2-5 hours on their iPad every day.  Not only does an iPad cover help the user stand out from the crowd, but also allows a more comfortable experience.

The most recent iPad cover that we have delivered is a light-weight lift-off GorillaMobile Ori.  Inspired by Origami, designed for comfort.  Check out Ori GorillaMobile cover videos on YouTube.  Really intriguing.

GorillaMobile Ori iPad Cover

Fusion of Ideas designed an armored iPad cover in carbon fiber.  4 models:  racing, metal, classic, and color.

iPad cover in carbon fiber

Last but not least, a stylish and a little posh DODOcase for iPad - which is truly handcrafted in San Francisco! Buy in one click and drop it in your BundleBox here!

Handcrafted iPad cover

If you like these covers and would like to buy them all, try BundleBox! Bundle your items and save on shipping costs.  Now with $15.00 off your first shipment.

Enjoy your iPad, enjoy your iPad cover and happy bundling!

The BundleBox Team

With Spring Break just around the corner we have been checking out what is being bundled from the USA! Perhaps you are more of a yoga bunny or maybe a full on ski break is right up your street!

Spring is on the Way!

Abercrombie & Fitch USA have got some great yoga bottoms perfect for retreats and general Spring Break lounging! Complete with the stylish logo we love the relaxed style and gorgeous heather grey colour of these as well as the versatility to wear at different times of the day.

The perfect Yoga Bottoms! $46

In the USA the Lulu Lemon website is a one stop shop for everything yoga. We love the stylish and durable clothing for both men and women.

Lulu Lemon Yoga Clothing USA

If a ski trip is calling to you make sure to surf by the Moose Jaw website and grab a fantastic bargain! The super-cool jacket from The North Face is perfect for the slopes but also keeping toasty warm in the evening!

The North Face Jacket from Moose Jaw! $239

What ever you get up to during Spring Break we hope it is fun, relaxing and enjoyable!

Happy Bundling,

The BundleBox Team.