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Wodu Wakiri
#11 Posted : Monday, August 22, 2011 10:41:51 AM
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seppuku wrote:
I see lots of very well priced stuff on e-bay. Never bought anything there. I wonder if anyone here has, and whether it makes any cost savings after transportation and tax.



For computer hardware it is definitely cheaper because they are exempt from duty and VAT.
For most other things you'll have to do a cost benefit analysis and compare ebay/amazon to local pricing. If the item you want is not available locally,then you dont have much of a choice.
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YesuWangu
#12 Posted : Monday, August 22, 2011 11:02:10 AM
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QW25071985 wrote:
seppuku wrote:
I see lots of very well priced stuff on e-bay. Never bought anything there. I wonder if anyone here has, and whether it makes any cost savings after transportation and tax.


first of all international shipping will set u back $40.00 . Then the amount u'll pay for duties is absurd to say the least. Itsnt worth the hussle.


Still leaving alone customs...
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McReggae
#13 Posted : Monday, August 22, 2011 11:10:31 AM
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Joined: 6/17/2008
Posts: 23,365
Location: Nairobi
jaribu wrote:
Mpesa will charge you 1 bob to check your mpesa balance!


Simply try sending an amount you are sure you do not have, you will then get your balance for free!!!!
..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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YesuWangu
#14 Posted : Monday, August 22, 2011 11:13:05 AM
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McReggae wrote:
jaribu wrote:
Mpesa will charge you 1 bob to check your mpesa balance!


Simply try sending an amount you are sure you do not have, you will then get your balance for free!!!!


Touche!

Give a big allowance to your guess, e.g. in terms of several tens of thousands, just to be sure.
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kiriita
#15 Posted : Monday, August 22, 2011 11:22:30 AM
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McReggae wrote:
jaribu wrote:
Mpesa will charge you 1 bob to check your mpesa balance!


Simply try sending an amount you are sure you do not have, you will then get your balance for free!!!!


Agreed. You can also get it free by getting an ATM withdrawal authorization you have no intention of using.
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livie
#16 Posted : Monday, August 22, 2011 2:04:00 PM
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Joined: 11/1/2008
Posts: 834
kiriita wrote:
McReggae wrote:
jaribu wrote:
Mpesa will charge you 1 bob to check your mpesa balance!


Simply try sending an amount you are sure you do not have, you will then get your balance for free!!!!


Agreed. You can also get it free by getting an ATM withdrawal authorization you have no intention of using.



try buying a million bob worth of credit....works for me all the time...
If you are going to be thinking only one thing, you might as well be thinking big. -Donald J . Trump
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GGK
#17 Posted : Monday, August 22, 2011 2:47:11 PM
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Location: Ruiru
Enyewe, if people spending a bob to check MPesa Balance is an issue, times are hard.

Keep the bargain ideas flowing..
"..I am because we are. "― Ubuntu, Umtu,
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Pierce
#18 Posted : Monday, August 22, 2011 3:12:46 PM
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GGK wrote:
Enyewe, if people spending a bob to check MPesa Balance is an issue, times are hard.

Keep the bargain ideas flowing..


Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
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Djinn
#19 Posted : Tuesday, August 23, 2011 6:47:10 PM
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McReggae wrote:
jaribu wrote:
Mpesa will charge you 1 bob to check your mpesa balance!


Simply try sending an amount you are sure you do not have, you will then get your balance for free!!!!

Applause
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pesh cash
#20 Posted : Wednesday, August 24, 2011 4:56:27 PM
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Joined: 6/1/2011
Posts: 47
Location: Nairobi
kiriita wrote:
McReggae wrote:
jaribu wrote:
Mpesa will charge you 1 bob to check your mpesa balance!


Simply try sending an amount you are sure you do not have, you will then get your balance for free!!!!


Agreed. You can also get it free by getting an ATM withdrawal authorization you have no intention of using.


this is really bright! Laughing out loudly

the bank charge i totally don't get is salary processing.... my employer has transferred money to my account, charged by his bank and so what am i being charged for? equity has the lowest charge 100/= for savings accounts.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. ~Winston Churchill
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