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| Thread ID: 81141 | 2007-07-18 01:06:00 | July 22.......Intel CPU price drop | SolMiester (139) | PC World Chat |
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| 569948 | 2007-07-19 08:16:00 | I mean, okay a video card can have issues, and you may want to RMA, however a CPU, RAM, HDD are all fairly safe products to buy without worry of returning. What do you guys think? thre's nothing to say your ram, hdd nor cpu are going to be flawless either. is there even any evidence of video cards being more prone to failure than a motherboard? that said, you could buy a few of all your parts and sell the extras on trademe to cover the cost of your own bits:2cents: |
motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 569949 | 2007-07-19 11:55:00 | On further inspection, once you add on GST, Newegg prices are about the same as here even with this fantastic exchange rate (sorry exporters :D) | george12 (7) | ||
| 569950 | 2007-07-19 12:36:00 | what's the story with gst when you buy from overseas anyway? i always assumed if you were buying an item from the states it was tax free, but now i think about there's no way we'd get off that easily :lol: | motorbyclist (188) | ||
| 569951 | 2007-07-19 21:19:00 | thre's nothing to say your ram, hdd nor cpu are going to be flawless either. is there even any evidence of video cards being more prone to failure than a motherboard? that said, you could buy a few of all your parts and sell the extras on trademe to cover the cost of your own bits:2cents: Well, no not flawless, however less to go wrong with them. A viideo card is made up of hundred of components which run almost at max with lots of stress. I had known plenty of RMA video cards, especially in the last 3 years. RAM,HDD & CPU are pretty much enclosed components. I have yet to rec a dud cpu or RAM modules. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 569952 | 2007-07-19 21:20:00 | what's the story with gst when you buy from overseas anyway? i always assumed if you were buying an item from the states it was tax free, but now i think about there's no way we'd get off that easily :lol: Under $400 you dont pay GST! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 569953 | 2007-07-19 21:21:00 | I'm considering it carefully. There are decent savings to be made, certainly. With a lot of products it might be possible to do an RMA directly to the manufacturer here in NZ (via their NZ service agent, which I think most manufacteres have). Even if it isn't possible, it may be worth buying overseas. Were you thinking of buying from the US or Australia, or the asian countries that the parts are made in? I was thinking newegg |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 569954 | 2007-07-20 04:11:00 | If you're not paying GST, buying from newegg is a good deal. But if I did it, I would be importing too much stuff to get away with not paying GST, and most things end up the same price as local pricespy-leading stores. | george12 (7) | ||
| 569955 | 2007-07-22 21:54:00 | The bad news is Newegg doesnt frieght outside the US..... The GOOD news is Q6600 in NZ has dropped from $923 to $423.....say hello to my next cpu.......whaaaaaa! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 569956 | 2007-07-22 22:11:00 | You people are late with the news, too bad I've ordered mine already. :lol: You people have to wait till August :lol:. | PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
| 569957 | 2007-07-22 22:14:00 | Incredible yet my friend ordered one on Saturday and is having his PC built tomorrow. Yeah, real late!!!! One whole day!!! | beeswax34 (63) | ||
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