Total cost of ownership when buying Nexus One in Singapore

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When buying the Nexus One from Google Web store in Singapore, we have to pay more than the US consumers.

First of all, we need to pay the price for the phone, that’s USD529 + the country specific AC adaptor that costs USD19.99.  We have to pay the shipping cost for USD28.32 as well.  Before we get the phone, we have already paid Google USD577.31 and it is about SGD808.

Some lucky users have got the phone from Google after paying the freight forwarder SGD68 for GST, the Good and Service Tax that a consumer will have to pay to the Singapore custom when importing anything from oveseas with a high value.  So the Singapore users pay around SGD876 for the phone (phew!) and it is about USD625.  At the moment, the consumers in Singapore have no choice but to order it directly from Google as no operator in Singapore is selling the phone at the moment.

Well, I have ordered my last week and I have been notified that the phone is being shipped to me now.  And I am expecting to get it within these 2 days.  How about you?  Have you ordered and gotten yours already?