Amazon.co.za is live

lol. I just quickly checked out some PC component prices. It's ridiculous. And no... Not in a good way.

Like this humble 8GB 4060 from MSI

R11,609.00

R8,499.00

R8,236.00

Are they smoking crack?

Hell even Takealot has it for less
R8,999
Checked for some art supplies for my wife. Also highly inflated, about the same price as Amazon International with fees shipping and duties.
 
Yeah I'm avoiding Hisense since they misbranded specs, apparently SA gets the third world spec stuff.
Nope the only real differences are the American models, but generally it's the same as other areas and if you avoid the entry level models you'll be fine (general advice for all brands)
 
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Nope the only real differences are the American models, but generally it's the same as other areas and if you avoid the entry level models you'll be fine (general advice for all brands)
I remember there was one model and people were furious because half the specs on the box weren't included in the local model. Dodgy.
 
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Amazon South Africa has launched

Amazon’s South African marketplace has quietly gone live, offering shoppers free delivery on their first purchase.

In addition to direct delivery, Amazon is also supporting 3,000 pickup points at launch.
Its not free... either that or they are penalising me because I have ordered on the .ca and .UK versions of the site.
 
I remember there was one model and people were furious because half the specs on the box weren't included in the local model. Dodgy.
Do you happen to remember if they were looking at the US model vs the rest? Cause that's happened a few times, but even Samsung does that with phones.
 
Think the service will be short lived if we ever get slapped with sanctions, so don't count Takealot out just yet. If you're a seller, keep your local channels open, just to be smart about things.
 
Noticed that products sold and fulfilled by Amazon is free delivery and next day sometimes which is really cool if it all works.

R70 delivery for non Amazon sold products.

Although not much deals or cheaper. I hope as time go by they'll add more deals or give out a voucher here and there
I ordered some books, will see how it goes. Next day delivery was R75 and thursday was R70.
Was impossible to order these before so quite amazing if it works.
 
Checked for some art supplies for my wife. Also highly inflated, about the same price as Amazon International with fees shipping and duties.
Maybe they'll still launch with a splash, as opposed to this quiet launch. Who knows? The deals seem okayish, and there's few enough of that, that it's easy to go through. The rest - Just wut?
 
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