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| Thread ID: 103040 | 2009-09-10 07:39:00 | know any Good online pc sites? | smithinator (15240) | Press F1 |
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| 808555 | 2009-09-10 07:39:00 | I would like to know if there are any good American online PC sites ( that have a good range of PC components ) that are able to ship there products to NZ, Thanks :). |
smithinator (15240) | ||
| 808556 | 2009-09-10 08:18:00 | Newegg.. | Blam (54) | ||
| 808557 | 2009-09-10 08:34:00 | they don't ship overseas | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 808558 | 2009-09-10 08:41:00 | http://www.shipito.com/ | Blam (54) | ||
| 808559 | 2009-09-10 10:52:00 | Tiger direct (http://www.tigerdirect.com/) does overseas orders, but need to contact them on what process to use. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 808560 | 2009-09-10 11:10:00 | http://www.shipito.com/ I wonder if anyone here has used the service. Sounds very good and not to costly. |
notechyet (4479) | ||
| 808561 | 2009-09-10 12:12:00 | I never thought about overseas buying for PC parts. Are they that much cheaper? Maybe for higher end stuff but then again while the NZD is pretty good it has dropped from the peak days and that when you buy from reputable stores you escape sales tax in the states but they declare everything in the postal so NZ Customs will charge you GST at 12.5% and release goods only to you when you have paid, the goods generally get put on hold at Auckland International Airport. They start charging GST when the amount converted to NZD of that 12.5% is $50NZ or more. Don't forget about postal. Even a video card the packaging is quite bulky. My guess is that a video card may cost least $50US. I tend to buy photography gear from the states and they are cheaper but the usual stuff in NZ has greatly improved esp the parallel import stores compared to say 2003. Only the higher end stuff are much cheaper or the more unique, less popular gears. Even the $1500 digital SLRs are not bad in NZ once you add in postal and import tax. If you are looking at $2500NZ or more cameras or non zoom lenses or $1,000+ lenses they may be cheaper abroad and likewise film gear which aren't popular in NZ to begin with. Interesting I just got a cellphone and I was told that there are some shops in NZ (parallel import) that can be cheaper than buying overseas in person, dunno how true. But a Nokia E75 I got usually $1250 in retail stores I got for under $700, I mean how cheap can overseas be...... dunno how they do it thou. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 808562 | 2009-09-10 12:40:00 | Nomad as you say, the dearer for items or more unique, then the cheaper generally from overseas. I found for mid priced camera's from overseas online orders, there was not much difference than here; maybe they are price fixed by the corporate manufacturer's. But for common mass produced items, such as watches, CD's, cell phone batteries, I have bought significantly cheaper online abroad particularly if you buy twin sets; e.g. 2 cellphone batteries and desktop charger much less than one battery here. Don't know about significant savings on small personal orders for PC parts. But if they are significantly less (for at least mid priced items), they may be refurbished, as I found out once. |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 808563 | 2009-09-11 09:01:00 | would the site shipito be able to ship a product from newegg? | smithinator (15240) | ||
| 808564 | 2009-09-11 09:17:00 | would the site shipito be able to ship a product from newegg? You were given a link. Why not check out the whole site? Specifically here:- www.shipito.com You give Newegg an address in California, which for the geographically challenged is in the USA and thus not overseas from Newegg. You give shipito your NZ address and when the item arrives they send it to you and charge you a fee in the process. Does that make it more plain? |
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