JOBO CPE-3 substitute

Qianhao

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Yeah, why not. The main question is whether it'll still be worthwhile if you add shipping, VAT and duty clearance costs.
Yes, the same problem, I thought. Now I am thinking about whether I should go back to China at holiday and brought it to the UK in a checked suitcase.
 

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You could do that; technically it's illegal, IDK what the odds te of your suitcase being picked out for it. I don't think I'd risk it personally - too much hassle.
 

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You could do that; technically it's illegal, IDK what the odds te of your suitcase being picked out for it. I don't think I'd risk it personally - too much hassle.


I don't understand what risks there might be? For me, the only risk is that the box might get dropped and something might break. After I got a Jobo, I came across this chinese imitation of Jobo, and I'm inclined to think that if I hadn't been lucky enough to buy the original Jobo, I would have tried its chinese copy.
 

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I don't understand what risks there might be?

Customs becoming nasty with you and having to go through a lot of paperwork and ultimately paying up to be able to import the device. It'll depend on the country you're traveling to and how customs work there. I know around here checks have picked up sharply in recent years.
 

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is this theory or practice
It's a gold bar and an inexpensive device.
Ultimately, if you have any preconceived ideas, the device can be disassembled into several parts and placed in your carry-on luggage.
 

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I don't know about Russia, but I know where I live I wouldn't risk it given the effectiveness of customs here.

I don’t want to get into an argument, I think anyone who is interested will be able to draw the right conclusions.
 

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I don’t want to get into an argument

Good, because there's no reason to have an argument on how you and I have different perceptions on how customs work in our respective (and very, very different) countries. As with most things in life, anyone can decide for themselves what they want to do.
 

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you can ship it from china. as a chknese, i can tell you that there's a lot of company can do this. Buy it from taobao and ship it to their warehouse, they will pack it and ship this to your place. about 89+39/500g in cny.
 

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I guess USA still has punitive tariffs with PRC in effect, because when shipping is added, USA cost for that processor is nearly 1500 AUD.

The Bilibili.com video I linked to was posted just a few days ago, maybe not yet available to purchase?

lift ones were available around half a year before
 

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As said many times, depends on where you are. Around here, customs have caught up with the habit of the population to buy from China, and they have a pretty effective system in place for tax collection.

yeah, but the most expensive model was less than 500 usd i think, so i don't think there can be much tax
 

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It can still be worthwhile, yes. $USD 500 item price in China would mean we'd generally pay around €650-€750 when all's said and done in terms of shipping, taxes & clearance costs. Ca 5 years ago that would be the price of a CPE2 on the 2nd hand market around here - if you could find one. I imagine prices have gone up now.
Maybe I should cash on that Jobo I've got sitting idle here; I can't quite recall last time I used it. Must have been around September or so.
 

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TAKUMI HOME LAB US STOCKIST.

 
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Cat Labs now has this listed as a stocked item, so they may now be distributors in the US. It appears the link provided above is to a vendor in China, so they may not be the official importer and you'd have to pay tariffs on the purchase. Not sure, though.
 
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