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Sending a mobile phone to Cambodia?

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I have a couple of unused smart phones I was going to mail to phnom penh for my partners brothers, I have been advised by DHL that the receiver needs a import permit from the ministry to collect them? Has anyone had any experience in this subject?. (Sending from Australia) is it true?
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Looking at the Customs tariff, cellular base stations, telephonic switchers, routers, transmitters and the like are notated as needing a permit from the MPTC but phones themselves are not.
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Thanks for the reply, it did seem a bit over the top .
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It'd probably be easier to sell the phones back home and then send your guy the cash via transfer
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Don't know about sending them in but I tried sending them out and it's illegal, by air anyway, because of the batteries. They were always stopped at the airport.
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Grand Barong wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:35 pm I have a couple of unused smart phones I was going to mail to phnom penh for my partners brothers, I have been advised by DHL that the receiver needs a import permit from the ministry to collect them? Has anyone had any experience in this subject?. (Sending from Australia) is it true?
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I left my mobile phone in a hotel in Singapore, didn't realize till to late at the airport, they could post phone to australia at a cost ( forgotten the amount but it was high ) but without the battery, it wasn't worth it.
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BklynBoy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:11 pm
Grand Barong wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:35 pm I have a couple of unused smart phones I was going to mail to phnom penh for my partners brothers, I have been advised by DHL that the receiver needs a import permit from the ministry to collect them? Has anyone had any experience in this subject?. (Sending from Australia) is it true?
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where are you located? you can PM me if interested because I am leaving NYC july 30th
He's in Australia.
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annejanes wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:03 pm Don't know about sending them in but I tried sending them out and it's illegal, by air anyway, because of the batteries. They were always stopped at the airport.
Same here. I once accidentally put a mobile phone in a parcel from Bangkok and it was put on hold because of that. Sell and send money.
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Seems like a lot of hassle.
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