Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Information and Services in Turkey Section => Television & Satellite in Turkey => Topic started by: Gilly1 on January 23, 2011, 14:51:11 PM
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Hi, Has anybody tried taking tv over to Turkey on the plane? We have taken things over all shapes and sizes but never anything as delicate as a tv. There are so many bargains around at the moment and they are so expensive over in Turkey. Just wondered if anyone had successfully taken one over.
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Whoops sorry Scunner, I think I put this in the wrong section.:(
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By the time you pay the import duty in Turkey it isn't such a cheap option having said that I did see someone on the plane one year with a 19in telly in his hand luggage
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Yes it is a gamble - if you don't get stopped (and you probably wouldn't), it's a great idea but as Graham says - if you do and get clobbered for the duty it won't be good economics. I'd probably do the smaller tv in hand luggage if I was to do it. Actually, I got stopped just the once after the final leg of a Turkish Airlines Heathrow - Istanbul - Dalaman flight and I bought a dvd + vhs player in the UK. The customs guy found it and lifted it up to see what was underneath (ham and cheese as I recall :) ) then thanked me and cleared off!
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The tax depends on the size of the screen. Guess if it's cheap enough and you don't mind dumping it at customs if caught with it it's worth it. I suppose you could put it in pretty wrapping paper and say a Turkish friend asked you to deliver a birthday present to his his elderly mother - you may be luck and they won't open it or tax you :-)
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Thanks guys. I was thinking of a larger one so will probably have a look at Erins spot to see what he could do one for.
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Think you would be better to look into either Migros or Kipa. Eren Spot are great for furniture and white goods, but we found the price of their televisions not as good as the big supermarkets. We bought a flat screen 26" T.V. in Migros for 450 YTL last year. Later we saw similiar ones and also bigger ones in Kipa at very good prices.
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Sok (part of Migros) have quite a large screen TV in at the moment 249TL - it's NOT a flat screen model though
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Vestel are worth a look for TVs - they are one of the biggest manufacturers of televisions in Europe now. If you think they aren't going to be as good as a Sony or Toshiba, you may be surprised to hear that there is a decent chance that they made those for them too.
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Cheapest place for T.Vs in Fethiye is Techno spa just along from the otogar 42inch Samsung/Toshiba/Panasonic 1200 Lira at todays exchange rate 2.50 these are good prices
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We brought a 20" tv over in a hard shell suitcase surrounded in bubble wrap. Not a problem.
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We also brought one over last year in our suitcase, just wrapped in bubble wrap and some bath towels. It was only a year old, but we had replaced it with a bigger one at home. We took a chance thinking it may be taken from us, but no problem at all. It has a built in dvd player, which is great for films in our apartment. Take the chance Phil! :)
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I find the customs don't like things in boxes, if you can put whatever it is in your luggage they don't seem to bother you.
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we took a 20 inch flat screen over in hand luggage. Bubble wrapped and in a Tescos heavy duty bag.Put the base in main luggage, managed to get it in the over head locker on the plane. I didnt give import duty a thought (ooops!!) Glad I didnt or I would have looked guilty walking through with it.:D
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Can anyone give me an update on information on buying a flat screen 26in TV with earphone socket.
I read on this tread that Kippa and Migros were selling them for 450TL back in Jan
We only visit the apartment for several weeks in the year so we do not want to be tied up with monthly payments.
Can anyone tell me if you can make one off payment for satalite TV
Would very much appreciate your help.[?]
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You can get free to air satalite for a one of payment nilesat would give you a few english channels including fox movies and BBC world news
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We took a 32" tv into Turkey,did get stopped at customs and had to pay, but it was not having to pay the price but the aggrivation it caused, they siezed the tv on a friday at 5.00pm and we had to go back to Dalaman on Monday to collect the tv, but it wasnt just a matter of paying we spent half a day in Dalaman sorting out the paperwork, just not worth the aggro, go to Errins spot
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we bought ours from Sok... 32 inch flat screen with a free wall mount and 2 year warranty for 599tl.
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Taking TVs to Turkey sounds rather like coals to Newcastle; Turkey manufactures more than half of Europe's TVs.
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I would definitely buy one over there. Migros always going to be cheaper.
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Not entirely 'coals to Newcastle' though - unless most of that coal was rebranded as foreign coal, then returned to Newcastle, once import duties had been added to the price :-\
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Thanks all for your advice so far most helpful
We are over on 17th so we can have a look round for a TV then(we do have one but the big backed type:-\
we did consider bringing one over but now we know they are just as cheap in Turkey and it is not worth the risk or hassle .....
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Tekno, who are in the building in front of the otogar in their latest magazine have every size of TV from 56cm - 140cm (& I have no idea what that is in "old money")at prices from 399tl - 5219tl. Everything 15% indirim
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Us "oldies" struggle with metric. Speaking personally, I still work in "old money".
56 cm I think equates to 22" and 140 cm works out at roughly 56" (thats some tv screen lol)
Not bad prices quoted from Tekno. Certainly not worth the hassle and potential fine and import duty if you are stopped by customs at Dalaman.
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quote:
Originally posted by mibur
Us "oldies" struggle with metric.
Just speak for yourself, young whippersnapper.
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From my experience, not worth it..Iwouldnt bother bringing such commodities as TV, Washer , Dryer etc into Turkey for, yes, half of those supplies are produced in Turkey and sold to Eu and Eastern Europe. In any case, there is always room for bargaining in Turkey which makes shopping fun rather than a necessity...
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OOps sorry Colwyn, no offence meant. I was speaking generally about "us oldies" (me included)
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we bought a 42in from bekir the same make and model as the one we have in england the price was cheaper in england,they are still expensive
but try bekir in fetiyhe great fella and cheaper then most places
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2.54mm to the inch if that helps.
Thats proper inches too, not mens inches!!
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keng38 i think you meant 2.54cm to 1"
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quote:
Originally posted by mibur
OOps sorry Colwyn, no offence meant. I was speaking generally about "us oldies" (me included)
That's OK Mibur, I have difficulty telling my bushels from my fahrenheits.
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Does anyone know approx how much a one off payment:nilesat would cost and are you able to get BBC1 so we can watch the F1
Thanks [?]
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Nilesat, we paid 230TL for dish, receiver and installation earlier this year (Ovacik).
BBC1, no not on this sat.
F1 on another channel, not sure about live but did see a re-run race on one of the free sports channels.