Some buying advice needed for overseas buying

[Ankit Sharma]

So to begin, I am looking to buy a new laptop from the USA and get it to India via a relative. Anyone have any idea on things I'd need to know? Or someone who's done this overseas thing before? Preferably India?
Also this is the laptop I've currently picked out. Comments and recommendations on an alternative(if one) will be appreciated.

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[Himommies]

I woudnt do it because with customs you might get stuck for a couple of months.

[Ankit Sharma]

On 4/16/2017 at 2:00 AM, Himommies said:

I woudnt do it because with customs you might get stuck for a couple of months.

Couple of months? I've never heard about that happening before! What's that about?

[Pendragon]

On 4/15/2017 at 4:14 PM, Ankit Sharma said:

So to begin, I am looking to buy a new laptop from the USA and get it to India via a relative. Anyone have any idea on things I'd need to know? Or someone who's done this overseas thing before? Preferably India?

 

Don't keep it in the box. Or it's a "new" product. And applicable to customs tax. Take it out and put it in your suitcase like a regular laptop. Now its a personal item. You can avoid declaring it this way (note this is technically illegal, but 100% impossible to enforce because customs cannot simply claim it's a new laptop). 

[Ankit Sharma]

Just now, Pendragon said:

Don't keep it in the box. Or it's a "new" product. And applicable to customs tax. Take it out and put it in your suitcase like a regular laptop. Now its a personal item. You can avoid declaring it this way (note this is technically illegal, but 100% impossible to enforce because customs cannot simply claim it's a new laptop). 

I did think of that myself and I will keeo it in the box but in an unopened box, I once got a phone that way. But since that was way smaller, I was mildly anxious..

[Pendragon]

5 minutes ago, Ankit Sharma said:

I will keeo it in the box but in an unopened box

um. that makes a new item and applicable to tax.

[Himommies]

12 hours ago, Ankit Sharma said:

Couple of months? I've never heard about that happening before! What's that about?

I don't know if this specficall aplies to that.But I bought a pAck of yugioh cards of ebay.it got stuck in customs for 2 months