Quote from: ajiz138 on July 11, 2023, 01:44:45 PM

Quote from: Ryu_Ar1 on July 10, 2023, 03:16:05 PM

But a few weeks later there was a call from my country's Customs saying that my package had been delayed and that I had to pay approximately $35 for my package to be sent immediately.

I also bought Trezor on the official website at the beginning thinking that I would not be asked for shipping by the sender but after the goods arrived I was confirmed that I had to pay approximately $35 for this item to be sent immediately, I was forced to pay and the goods arrived at my home, but I was also surprised to have to pay a large customs fee, maybe that has become a regulation.

But strangely when I bought goods from GazetaBitcoin at a more expensive price that I bought on the Trezor site only asked for $2 to redeem it, I was a little strange how come the goods were cheaper the customs bill than the big price?

Is buying from individuals and companies different? Ah well.

But congrats on the first wallet my friend. Cheesy

Hey man, we're having the same problem, it's just that I'm not paying for it and you're paying for it, which makes the results different. But with things like this then it does mean that the person calling me is genuine from customs not a scam and it has been validated.
Honestly maybe it's about taxes to enter a country but I'm not too sure about this kind of thing and indeed to make some purchases for another hardwere wallet in the future (not too sure about the time but will definitely look for a new hardwere wallet) especially if it comes from an official site maybe I will learn about taxes or customs in my country so as not to be too surprised and know systematically about shipping from abroad.

Quote from: Heisenberg_Hunter on July 11, 2023, 03:18:22 PM

Though Safepal has never open-sourced their software, they are planning to do so in the near future but the backing from Binance is one of the biggest selling point for them. On the other hand, the first wallet which you have purchased (Trezor) is completely open source including it's hardware and software which allows us to verify the code rather than trusting the makers blindly in storing our assets.

Since you are unable to find an official reseller for Trezor/Ledger in your country yet, it is always better to purchase them straight from the official website instead of trusting Amazon where the fake sellers deliver us with malicious products which can be risky for storing larger amount of funds. With regards to storing the seedphrase, one viable solution for storing them safely is to engrave them in simple metal washers and to load them onto a screw and locking them with a nut at the bottom.

@fillippone has written a great detailed thread on Securing Your Seed Phrase with Washers and it has helped really a lot of people in storing the seeds safely in a secure location. You can purchase a Blockmit Jig from cryptocloaks for $8 instead of 3D printing them on your own as well. The maximum cost for creating such a secure way of seed storing would cost no more than $25 for you and probably you can reuse the Jigs and Metal stamps for recreating your seeds indefinitely.

True, this is one of my considerations to buy on the official website directly rather than having to buy on E-commerce which in the end this is not too sure in security because the price is also not too much different even better directly on the official website if there are no resellers. I thought about this only that I did not know about the taxation system on goods coming in from abroad which surprised me before but indeed when I find out about this I will probably try to buy again.

Btw thanks for the link you provided I will see that as new teaching material again for me.

Quote from: m2017 on July 11, 2023, 03:39:21 PM

After the unsuccessful and canceled purchase of trezor, you had to choose hardware wallet among the many other ([BIG LIST] Hardware wallets (80+)) that currently exist. So what was the reason for the choice in favor of SafePal? What advantages did you see in this device?

I know almost nothing about this device, so you could share your opinion, after your personal experience of using it: what you like and what you don't like.

This topic is best placed in section Hardware wallets.

It turns out there's still a lot I haven't explored on this forum because there are so many new links I've received as good references now.

The reason I've answered that in my previous post although it might not satisfy you too much because that reason is purely from my conditions.
For reviews I may still not be able to provide reviews for now because there must be some experiments first but it does not rule out the possibility that I will review this after I use this wallet for some time.