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Buying hardware internationally?
Any opinions on buying hardware internationally? By this I mean either
getting a foreign supplier to post the stuff to you, or bringing back the stuff whilst on holiday. It seems that hardware in general is cheaper if one buys directly from some Asian countries. During my brief stopovers in some countries, I checked the prices of the hardware there. E.g. Foreign price: AMD 939-pin 3200+ £103 incl tax; UK price £122 incl. VAT Foreign price: AMD X2 4600+ £385 incl tax; UK price £442 incl. VAT The differences would obviously stack up the more pieces of hardware you buy (either for a processor farm or even for a complete system) I'm not sure about if & how much tax Customs would slap on for importing such items for personal use...and whether bringing it in your hand luggage or contacting the suppliers to post it to you would make a difference. Of course sorting out defective parts through international post becomes a real pain. I'm uncertain about the US but in the UK, consumers could probably use their credit card companies as a "buffer" via the Consumer Credit Act (thus dealing with their CC company instead of the retailer). |
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Buying hardware internationally?
You need to be especially careful in situations like this due to import
tarriffs, security concerns (import/export of "encryption" software and/or hardware), and counterfeit items. "AN O'Nymous" wrote in message oups.com... Any opinions on buying hardware internationally? By this I mean either getting a foreign supplier to post the stuff to you, or bringing back the stuff whilst on holiday. It seems that hardware in general is cheaper if one buys directly from some Asian countries. During my brief stopovers in some countries, I checked the prices of the hardware there. E.g. Foreign price: AMD 939-pin 3200+ £103 incl tax; UK price £122 incl. VAT Foreign price: AMD X2 4600+ £385 incl tax; UK price £442 incl. VAT The differences would obviously stack up the more pieces of hardware you buy (either for a processor farm or even for a complete system) I'm not sure about if & how much tax Customs would slap on for importing such items for personal use...and whether bringing it in your hand luggage or contacting the suppliers to post it to you would make a difference. Of course sorting out defective parts through international post becomes a real pain. I'm uncertain about the US but in the UK, consumers could probably use their credit card companies as a "buffer" via the Consumer Credit Act (thus dealing with their CC company instead of the retailer). |
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