Should i pay this much tax ?

[khan ayaz]

so recently i bought a phone month ago from sadar Kit only it's a 2015 flagship and is not P.T.A approved but the dukan dar told me it's pta approved but he wasn't giving me a warranty. still i bought it cuz. and now he isn't picking up my calls and if he does either he's arguing me nonsense and his shop it's closed.

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so should i pay this much tax ? or it's just pta are out of their mind asking for this much tax.any guidance will be helpful.

 

[Nomiforu]

This dirbs system is fu*ed up. I just can't believe how these retards are expecting us to pay huge fees. No wonder everybody tries to dupe the system. Just check my attachment. 7-8 year old phone & they are asking for 8k.
Bro no point in getting it unlocked. These fu**tards think every device imported into this country is stolen or some shit. How can you ask somebody to pay these huge fees on top of their purchasing costs. If they cannot even have such simple sense then may God save our country.

 

[murtaza12]

so recently i bought a phone month ago from sadar Kit only it's a 2015 flagship and is not P.T.A approved but the dukan dar told me it's pta approved but he wasn't giving me a warranty. still i bought it cuz. and now he isn't picking up my calls and if he does either he's arguing me nonsense and his shop it's closed.

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so should i pay this much tax ? or it's just pta are out of their mind asking for this much tax.any guidance will be helpful.

Why didn't you check yourself if it's approved or not?

Now the only choice is to pay the tax amount or get another phone that's already registered.

 

[khan ayaz]

he wasn't letting me check there in the shop i asked him 4-5 times that's is it approved ? he was consistently saying it's approved so, i thought maybe it's approved until i got home and send imei to 8484 so.
yea. and this is galaxy note 5 which is in the market about 20-25k isn't that tax is wayyy too much ?

 

[murtaza12]

he wasn't letting me check there in the shop i asked him 4-5 times that's is it approved ? he was consistently saying it's approved so, i thought maybe it's approved until i got home and send imei to 8484 so.
yea. and this is galaxy note 5 which is in the market about 20-25k isn't that tax is wayyy too much ?

DIRBS system is broken. I read that they were charging 9k tax on a phone valued at 2500 rs.

Go visit the shop yourself and show the shopkeeper.

 

[smaaz]

[MENTION=42544]murtaza12[/MENTION] Bro I have a very old S4 mini duos and gave it to my servant It was in use like 2 years ago for 2 years, now when turned on it says imei valid but not approved, if it was used locally shouldnt it be already in their database ?

 

[murtaza12]

[MENTION=42544]murtaza12[/MENTION] Bro I have a very old S4 mini duos and gave it to my servant It was in use like 2 years ago for 2 years, now when turned on it says imei valid but not approved, if it was used locally shouldnt it be already in their database ?

Doesn't count. If it was used after October 2018, then it would've been automatically approved.

DIRBS didn't even exist 2 years ago so there was no way that could've helped.

 

[XPremiuM]

53,711??? That's not tax, that's you funding the government.

You can find Note 5 kit from Market for around 20k-22k. PTA Approved.

For 53k you could buy a brand new box pack Pocophone with full warranty...

 

[khan ayaz]

yes they are, but i got it for 18k. and the i think visiting the shopkeeper isn't going any justice because when he gave me that 3 days warranty i found out that this phone isn't approved and was gonna return the device in an instant. but his shop was closed for straight 4 days, i kept re-visiting his shop and tried to call him so yea he talked me with gali baloch. so i got scammed.

 

[golabucha]

Doesn't count. If it was used after October 2018, then it would've been automatically approved.

DIRBS didn't even exist 2 years ago so there was no way that could've helped.

True .any phone that was used with a sim before December 31 2018 was automatically registered on dirbs .any phone bought and activated after this date without pta approval needs to be registered after paying tax

 

[smaaz]

I jut laughed LOL

Your application for Certificate of Compliance to Technical Standards (COC) has been submitted. Your brand name is: samsung gt-i9192 and model name is :gt-i9192 with IMEI(s): 357967055603640. Your PSID against your device is: 20000880180190623 and total custom duty is (Rs): 9174.0000. The device will remain in pending state until the duty is paid for it.

Its a S4 mini that might just cost 3k in market and they are asking Rs.9174

 

[khan ayaz]

better to root and change imei. imo but could get jailed if we do that. do they think we are sons of nawaz sharif or some freakin rich landlords ? if tax for 1-3k that would be reasonable. it but 9k for that phone PTA niiga what ? ? :laugh1:
better buy another phone in that price lmfao.

 

[devnull]

so recently i bought a phone month ago from sadar Kit only it's a 2015 flagship and is not P.T.A approved but the dukan dar told me it's pta approved but he wasn't giving me a warranty. still i bought it cuz. and now he isn't picking up my calls and if he does either he's arguing me nonsense and his shop it's closed.

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so should i pay this much tax ? or it's just pta are out of their mind asking for this much tax.any guidance will be helpful.

so you basically got scammed. decide on whether it makes more sense to spend that money on a brand new pta approved phone or on this old PoS that you got stuck with. i think you'll find that a new phone is a better choice. no point in throwing more good money after bad.

 

[devnull]

better to root and change imei. imo but could get jailed if we do that. do they think we are sons of nawaz sharif or some freakin rich landlords ? if tax for 1-3k that would be reasonable. it but 9k for that phone PTA niiga what ? ? :laugh1:
better buy another phone in that price lmfao.

ah this is a good idea. i suggest buying a cheap pta approved dumb phone to get a genuine imei number and using that. don't try to buy an imei number from some shopkeeper or you'll find that blocked in the future too because a dozen phones are using it

 

[gamer11]

ah this is a good idea. i suggest buying a cheap pta approved dumb phone to get a genuine imei number and using that. don't try to buy an imei number from some shopkeeper or you'll find that blocked in the future too because a dozen phones are using it

someone bought s8, got blocked, tried this and working fine for now.

 

[HughWebb]

Hi there! It's important to remember that PTA approval is required for all phones imported into Pakistan. This means that if your phone was not PTA approved, it is technically illegal. However, many people still buy phones without PTA approval because they can be cheaper. If you bought your phone from a shop, you should be able to get a refund or exchange if the phone is not PTA approved. However, if you bought your phone from an individual, it may be more difficult to get your money back. You better reach out to a law company for advice or to guys from thefinitygroup.com. It's not quite their job, but once they helped me sort out this kind of problem! Cheers!