Congrats on having your first hard wallet and looks like you surely are worried and taking care well of your bitcoins which might you consider holding for the long term since you bought a bitcoin hard wallet. Anyway, just don't forget to research how to protect and secure your crypto assets with that wallet because nowadays you also need to have updated knowledge concerning protecting your hard wallet because hackers and scammers always come out with new ideas to steal your bitcoins from you.

What you wrote here is not too clear to me, but take note that backing up your seed phrase on paper takes the same process in a software wallet as in a hardware wallet, you must have a back up of your seed phrase written down and stored in more than one location. What do you mean by "copying the existing seed"? The seed phrase in either an Electrum software wallet or a recommended hardware wallet isn't pre-generated, it will be generated as you set up the wallet.

At least assuming that you want a hardware wallet to further secure your assets, it's still a good thing, although there's still some debate about whether or not Safepal is recommended.
That's a good thing in my opinion even if there are some conditions where you have some problems about this before so you decide to buy this wallet.
I also have safepal and am still using it at the moment even though it is with sober bitcoins But so far I am quite fine as long as we are careful and not careless in the seed I still feel it is worth using.

This is not true, wallets don't get weaker the longer you use them, but what can happen is that the wallet developers can introduce bad implementations as time goes on, this is what happened to Wasabi, Ledger and even Trezor, if that happens you can stop using the wallet and switch to a different one that still maintains the BTC standard.

If you are using a recommended open source wallet that didn't make any negative changes to how they operate, there is no need changing wallets regularly, you should only do that when it is necessary. Take note that spreading your assets into too many wallets gives you the problem of too many backups.

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.

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.

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.

Oh damn I didn't know safepal was so corrupted in fact I didn't know it at all, so this seems like good news to me to save. Luckily I bought a bitbox and am really happy with my purchase

1. I would suggest looking into reputable package forwarders in your place. For instance, if you wanna buy smth in the USA but they don't ship to your place, you can use the address of the package forwarder in the USA. After your parcel arrives at their warehouse, the package forwarder can now ship them to you.

2. Try to look into https://wallets.thebitcoinhole.com/ for discounts. In addition, a couple of months from now, black friday sale comes and we can expect another wave of discounts.


Better to learn it I'd say. I'm not sure about your place but in my hometown, there are people who overcharge so they can keep a portion of the fee  

otherwise maybe check if your item price was wrongly declared.

It requires email to sign up. A noncustodial wallet will not require email and nothing like signup or sign in. Is XGo a custodial wallet? I was unable to sign up to know if it is a custodial wallet, but I do not like the wallet at all.

Among bitcoin wallet, I can not point more than Electrum, Sparrow, Bluewallet, Passport and Trezor. There are other better ones too, but XGO is not among but to give convenience.

Ledger is no more a good wallet. The company do not care about their customers privacy at all and they support users to backup their seed phrase with third parties.

Your hardware wallet purchase seems like a rollercoaster, so I know your suffering. I smile thinking about your gift stalled in customs. However, these situations happen to everyone, especially in overseas transactions.

For years, I've used bitcoin and swore by hardware wallets. As you stated, electrum can be dangerous if you're not careful with seed preservation.

Its smart to obtain a hardware wallet. Crypto security's gold standard. That extra protection will benefit your bitcoin investments. Remember, its more than bitcoin. A wallet that supports various coins is beneficial. Diversify your portfolio whenever you desire.