If anyone is looking at getting dsmlink for their 1g or 2g I found a great deal on ebay from the seller 2gturbogst. The buy it now price is $516 US plus $12-14 to ship to Canada. The reg price is $585 shipped. I already checked with Thomas at dsmlink and these are the real thing & you will get all the same support as if you had bought it directly from dsmlink. He has 10 of each for sale (well 9 2G's beacuse I just bought one ) Just a heads up for everyone.

2G
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...9&category=42604&sspagename=WDVW

1G
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...2&category=42604&sspagename=WDVW

Thats a saving of a whopping $80! ... Well, I think I`ll hold off. I mean if $80 was keeping me from getting dsmlink v2 all this time, I might as well pick a different hoby besides cars. I would consider it if the price was maybe $400, but 600 is still too much for me, even with a $80 savings, but thanks for the tip.

Well for those who were going to get it anyway, that $80 can be put towards some fresh NGK plugs, a stainless braided clutch line, and a new Autometer gauge. If its legit, good find .

Well its not like dsmlink ever goes on sale, so I thought thats a pretty good savings. Especially since guys are asking atleast that much used. Better the money in my pocket then theirs. Plus I know how cheep dsm'ers are

How does that work? You have no contact with DSMLink directly when you purchase it off eBay. When you put your order into Tom, he sends you your user name and password back to you via email for the forums.

To register, Tom will ask you to provide the serial number off the chip. If it's a legitimate serial number, he will then add you to the register you.

Ya I talked to Thomas first to make sure they were legit, he told me ya he set this guy up & they are legit. He said the guy was probably selling them cheeper because its a new company and he wants to get his name out. You can buy dsmlink from different vendors, he said what happens is the vendor you purchased dsmlink from will send him your info such as email etc. & they'll register you.

will it get nailed with duty fees at the boarder because of the high value?

That depends on what the value is declared at. Im pretty sure you can email him and tell him to send a gift with $10-20 value. After all it is just a chip and cable.

Yeah, because on the offical dsm link site it says that they "will not mark as a gift".If these guys will even more money saved!

There is no duty on items shipped UPS Express. DSMLink charges $20, didnt cost me a cent more.

Alright thats cool then.

I think you mean there is no brokerage charge. Duty and brokerage charge are two different things.

There would be no duty in any case, as it is made in the USA. There would just be taxes. Also, Blaine is correct, it is the brokerage fee that is included with UPS air...Duty is payable to the government like a tax, UPS would normally just collect it for the government, same as they would with taxes.

I asked him to put a lower value or sample/gift to save on the brokerage & taxes but I guess I'll find out when I get it. Alot of US vendors will do this, as I have received alot of packages from the US that I didn't have to pay anything. Either way its being sent by Global Priority Mail so if I do get charged it will be alot less then UPS, who have crazy brokerage charges. Unless of course its sent UPS Express which includes all brokerage fee's.

Chris you lucked out on getting express shipping for $20 its usually alot more then that (50+) since if UPS does your brokerage their fees for just that would be atleat double.

If you are getting something small and light from the US (like a CD), it is worth it to pay a couple extra dollars shipping for "Express", or air shipment, as that way UPS includes the brokerage!

You shouldnt get nailed with any sort of fees or taxes if the sender can use US Postal Service (USPS).. I never did. On the other hand, I have yet to find a way of getting things over the border using UPS without paying anything.

I have received items such a big shiny turbo's marked "Birthday Gift" and I still get the sh!ty end of the stick every time.

I have another package coming from RRE for me, if someone can please figure out by Monday how to avoid any charges with UPS, please let me know

But for the guys buying dsmlink, I would ask that if you purchase this, ask the guy to walk over to the postal office and send using regular US Mail, you will not be charged brokerage.

Yes, thats what I meant. I got mixed up, thanks for correcting me.

With UPS it doesn't matter if its marked birthday gift or not, basically you still get screwed . RRE puts the actual value that you paid on their commercial invoice so you wont get a break from them. I'm luckey cause I can use my broker at work with my UPS shipments which saves me alot on the brokerage compared to what UPS charges & I usually only have to pay one tax instead of two.

Well so far, so good. I just received my registration & password etc. from Thomas at DsmLink.

watch it with having things marked as gifts , if your package gets lost in the mail , or stolen , you can never recover the actual value of your package , since it was marked down to lets say , 50 $ when in reality it was worth 600 $

The value that they mark for the customs paperwork is the value for customs only, this is the amount you pay taxes on. It has nothing to do with the amount you get back if the package is lost or damaged. They only cover $100 I believe, or maybe its less? unless you get aditional insurance for the "real" value. If you make down the item is worth $1000 on the customs paperwork you wont get $1000 if the package is lost you will get their base amount unless the package was insured, which some people dont understand. Another example is when I sent my injectors to the states to get cleaned. I put a customs value of $1.00 and a n/c repair so the receiver wouldnt have to pay brokerage/taxes but I paid extra to put additional insurance coverage of $500 so that if something happened I was properly covered.

Thought I would update everyone. The seller was great I purchased the dsmlink on thursday or friday & he shipped the following monday I had it in about a week & everthing looks great. Been playing around with the software & its looks pretty easy to use, can't wait to get the car out of storage and start tunning. It looks like he has also raised his price abit, think its $523 now, still a good saving though.