Purchasing phones in Bali is not the same as at home. Most phones are pre-paid and even contract phone accounts dont come with a free phone. Prepare to spend an hour or two getting a new phone sorted...
✌I bougt a IRP 800.000 phone and a local SIM on the sellers name (terima kasi🙏 nice friendly seller) and IRP 500.000 DATA and put the phone on english language and used the phone as Mobile hotspot for my own phone from home 👍 Before I left Bali I gave the indonesian phone away to a nice Balinees person.
Interesting, I didn't realise you had to pay tax on a phone that you were bringing into the country if you choose to reside here. For my trip in January I can have dual sims on my iPhone so I accessed my Thailand Dtac service without any problem.s The Oppo phones seem to be getting better and better and are not too expensive. Similar things happen in Thailand - also takes ages and so many processes - keeps people in a job - I see three people helping you here!
Hi Muzza, we're coming over in a week's time for 2 weeks from UK, do we need to do this sim swap thing or can we just turn roaming off and use WiFi? Seems confusing
Not many places to get wifi except from your hotel. Most buy a temporary sim. $20 and have full data. Contact kw tours as they donate a 5kg of rice for every sim if you mention me
iPhones are supposed to be the same price around the world. They won’t sell you the same iPhone for a certain price at one location and a different price at another. The company has the phone cost the same price in one country as compared to another. That is if you are looking at exactly the same phone at different stores.
I bought a phone in Malaysia and come to learn that it’s made for Malaysian area and Russia, but cannot use it in USA. It was in 2020 that I bought the phone and returned to America and had not been back to that part of the world. The phone I bought in Malaysia is worthless to me here in USA. Lol. Hopefully it will still work whenever I return to that part of the world.
We can so relate to this video especially from the 10 minute mark onwards 😖your spot on. Here is our experience buying two new phones in Bali. In Australia, on line we register our IPhone in readiness to convert for permanent use, thinking on arrival we just need a sim card change over as the phone was old and it didn’t warrant tax. We were wrong, we need to go to the customs counter to complete transfer IN the airport. So if you leave the airport you have approximately 6 weeks to go immigration to switch your phone over to work in Indonesia,BUT as well as a number of documents you need your boarding pass!!!!! …So off to Ibox an iPhone retailer & TELKOMSEL office = 3.5 hours of fun. Nearly 5 months on our 2 old Australian iPhone still work fine without a SIM card can do everything on them but only on wifi. Our experience, but yours could be very different. It’s Bali 😆
$3 000 dollars? Dollars is US money. Did you mean Rupiah? The latest iPhone 15 pro max is $1,500 USD. I don’t understand what you mean by saying $3,000 dollars.
If your number expires after 3 months you can buy a new sim card number for $5 bucks and you can have 2 companies dual network telekomsel and smartfrei d let's say but when recharge you must manually switch it over. 3g for a phone absolutely stupid. Keep your oz phone buy a $200 to $300 lokal phone.
Lol I work in Indonesia and I know exactly what you are saying mate, I say it each day that a little bit more dies inside me dealing with them Lol. A totally different kind of people that you have to learn to deal with because if you don't you will lose your mind and your cool Lol. Great vid mate 👍
Electronic City Bali, upstairs in discovery mall. I was in and out and good to go. Phone worked in bali amd Australia fpr year's. I think i still havd it in a draw somewhere.
This rule is crazy to be honest. A work colleague was stopped at the airport because of her phone and was forced to pay duty because it was a newer model and she was Indonesian returning from holidays.
Every personal passenger goods, per person on every arrival, is granted import duties, excise, and taxes exemption of USD 500.00 on their personal goods (personal effect) that were purchased or obtained abroad and will remain in Indonesia.
Crazy rule. The funniest thing she purchased the phone on facebook market place for $300aud then was stung for $220 tax for the phone. On top of this they did a full search of her baggage just looking for other taxable items, the whole process took over an hour. You would think maybe they would have some better things to seach .
✌I bougt a IRP 800.000 phone and a local SIM on the sellers name (terima kasi🙏 nice friendly seller) and IRP 500.000 DATA and put the phone on english language and used the phone as Mobile hotspot for my own phone from home 👍
Before I left Bali I gave the indonesian phone away to a nice Balinees person.
Great video myfriend
Interesting, I didn't realise you had to pay tax on a phone that you were bringing into the country if you choose to reside here. For my trip in January I can have dual sims on my iPhone so I accessed my Thailand Dtac service without any problem.s The Oppo phones seem to be getting better and better and are not too expensive. Similar things happen in Thailand - also takes ages and so many processes - keeps people in a job - I see three people helping you here!
Actually in LA, the Samsung store takes hours also. Samsung does this by design.
OPPO MAGIC PHONE WELL PRICED HAD MINE 7 YRS NOW NOT A PROB
The oppo A53 was great for the price of the phone $300 Aud the newer A57 is great I’ve heard approx $350 aud
Hi Muzza, we're coming over in a week's time for 2 weeks from UK, do we need to do this sim swap thing or can we just turn roaming off and use WiFi? Seems confusing
Not many places to get wifi except from your hotel. Most buy a temporary sim. $20 and have full data. Contact kw tours as they donate a 5kg of rice for every sim if you mention me
Oppo is the best by far
I’ve been thinking the same thing because I have to update my phone from a $350 iPhone to a $1,500 USD iPhone Pro Max.
Fyi we are often looking for old iphones in Balu for students etc
Hi Muzza, Kerry from South Africa here, how does it work if we just want a data sim for our 3 week holiday. Does the tax still apply
No. Your phone is good as it is for the first 30 days or more
Just go s23 never again lol trying set everything up again being simple as i am
I like the uneducated trying to educate. Muzza stick to your day job your misleading the newbies to bali
iPhones are supposed to be the same price around the world. They won’t sell you the same iPhone for a certain price at one location and a different price at another. The company has the phone cost the same price in one country as compared to another. That is if you are looking at exactly the same phone at different stores.
google iPHONE PRICES AROUND THE WORLD WILDLY VARIABLE
💯 agree 👍
I go to local shop in Denpasar i bought a samgung $375. .never seen HP for $3000. Hehe.
I bought a phone in Malaysia and come to learn that it’s made for Malaysian area and Russia, but cannot use it in USA. It was in 2020 that I bought the phone and returned to America and had not been back to that part of the world. The phone I bought in Malaysia is worthless to me here in USA. Lol. Hopefully it will still work whenever I return to that part of the world.
Bloody Hell
You need a beer
We can so relate to this video especially from the 10 minute mark onwards 😖your spot on. Here is our experience buying two new phones in Bali. In Australia, on line we register our IPhone in readiness to convert for permanent use, thinking on arrival we just need a sim card change over as the phone was old and it didn’t warrant tax. We were wrong, we need to go to the customs counter to complete transfer IN the airport. So if you leave the airport you have approximately 6 weeks to go immigration to switch your phone over to work in Indonesia,BUT as well as a number of documents you need your boarding pass!!!!! …So off to Ibox an iPhone retailer & TELKOMSEL office = 3.5 hours of fun. Nearly 5 months on our 2 old Australian iPhone still work fine without a SIM card can do everything on them but only on wifi. Our experience, but yours could be very different. It’s Bali 😆
Been there done that. You have to be a priest of patients. Shop wisely. Tools go local hardware . Not Acer. Tekro tool's 👍
Depo
I know your pain😅 everything in Bali is soo complicated. Paying for anything takes 3 times longer then it should. Bali timee. Much patience needed 😂
$3 000 dollars? Dollars is US money. Did you mean Rupiah? The latest iPhone 15 pro max is $1,500 USD. I don’t understand what you mean by saying $3,000 dollars.
Ok, $3,000 Australian dollars. Got it.
Maybe too much Bintang 😂😂
1500 IN usa 2700 in Italy 3300 in Turkey
3,000 in Australian dollars!
If your number expires after 3 months you can buy a new sim card number for $5 bucks and you can have 2 companies dual network telekomsel and smartfrei d let's say but when recharge you must manually switch it over.
3g for a phone absolutely stupid.
Keep your oz phone buy a $200 to $300 lokal phone.
Buy an Evercoss brand smartphone, this is a famous brand on planet Krypton, no famous brand smartphone on planet Earth can compete with Evercoss..
Lol I work in Indonesia and I know exactly what you are saying mate, I say it each day that a little bit more dies inside me dealing with them Lol. A totally different kind of people that you have to learn to deal with because if you don't you will lose your mind and your cool Lol. Great vid mate 👍
😂 😂 grinned right through this. I'll bring my old Samsungs to donate next trip. Glad you got your new phone sorted
Muzza will I get so frustrated buying a laptop in Bali .
This will drive me nuts
😅😅😅
Go and have a couple of beers big Muzz
Google pixel 9 is the shisnit best phone I've ever had
They should have a bar in there😂😊
The lack of logic and common sense would drive me nuts 😂
Muppets in bali😂
How do you go, Muzza if you buy duty-free on the way in?
i think you still have to pay the duty in Bali to get it into their local system
Electronic City Bali, upstairs in discovery mall. I was in and out and good to go.
Phone worked in bali amd Australia fpr year's.
I think i still havd it in a draw somewhere.
Hey Muzza why not get one out of Oz from what your going through and from what I know as well it’s got to be easier!
because then you have to pay 40% of the phones value again to use it for more than 30 days in Bali. they lock out after a short period of time
This rule is crazy to be honest.
A work colleague was stopped at the airport because of her phone and was forced to pay duty because it was a newer model and she was Indonesian returning from holidays.
@@TheSOTRON yes another stupid Indo rule.
Every personal passenger goods, per person on every arrival, is granted import duties, excise, and taxes exemption of USD 500.00 on their personal goods (personal effect) that were purchased or obtained abroad and will remain in Indonesia.
Crazy rule. The funniest thing she purchased the phone on facebook market place for $300aud then was stung for $220 tax for the phone.
On top of this they did a full search of her baggage just looking for other taxable items, the whole process took over an hour. You would think maybe they would have some better things to seach .