Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: casacluggo on May 01, 2014, 17:32:26 PM
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I don`t know if it has been raised on CBC before, but if you buy on E Bay from abroad, ie, Blighty, What is the position re, customs or the likelyhood of receiving it ? :)
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It depends on what you're buying and its value.
The main problem that we had when purchasing from the UK was persuading the seller that a request to ship to Turkey wasn't a scam. Once we got over that hurdle it wasn't much of a problem.
There were a few occasions when items got held up by Customs but it was just a case of going down to the harbour offices and paying the duty / bribe / fine. ;)
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We used to buy on UK Ebay when we lived in Turkey - mainly Playstation games for the kids (ok and me) and I must say I don't recall ever not getting one through - better success rate than post in general. As KKOB says, a lot depends on value and the games were only a few quid each.
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There is a turkish version called Gittigidiyor.com it works in the same way and you do not have to worry about not getting it as everything is done in Turkey.
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Most of the stuff on Gittigidiyor is "Buy It Now".
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So is nearly everything I buy on eBay :)
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You're obviously buying the "wrong" stuff then ! ;)
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There is a turkish version called Gittigidiyor.com
Gittigidiyor is 93% owned by Ebay
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There is a turkish version called Gittigidiyor.com
Gittigidiyor is 93% owned by Ebay
So it's even more like Ebay and your point.