any reliable online stores that ship pc hardware internationally?

[Space_Chief]

Lol,

Maybe try to get these guys
http://www.memorydepot.com/11227-04-40G.htm $484
to price match it to NewEgg's price.

They have a $20 USPS not insured shipping on the thing to South Africa.
And $90 Fedex. Add customs and brokerage.

Actually Memory Depot looks cool. They offer cheap USPS shipping which is nice.... for cheap things.

 

[HDS]

You cannot buy from Newegg. They do not accept credit cards outside the US.

 

[Space_Chief]

You cannot buy from Newegg. They do not accept credit cards outside the US.

Provantage does ship to SA though.

 

[lived666]

You cannot buy from Newegg. They do not accept credit cards outside the US.

I have no issues with my FNB issued credit card, check out with paypal just fine, though they have verified my us addresses.

 

[Deadmanza]

I literally don't know anyone in SA that has a premium PC.

Premium is this case referring to owning an enthusiast level end GPU single or crossfire/sli.

I don't consider the GTX 760 premium at all, it's more mid-high range.

The fact is, we get paid less than muricans and we pay more, so you really need to be rich to have a premium setup in SA.

You don't know very many people then...

Step on over to Carbonite and you will find numerous individuals with enthusiast setups.

 

[rorz0r]

Lol, +1 Everyone on carbonite seems to have "premium" pcs (except me of course)

 

[Megamuffin]

You guys keep talking about tax on amazon, but i see nothing about paying extra tax just to certian states in the US because of new laws but nothing international... and people who have bought from amazon dont say anything about extra prices besides the shipping costs

 

[Space_Chief]

You guys keep talking about tax on amazon, but i see nothing about paying extra tax just to certian states in the US because of new laws but nothing international... and people who have bought from amazon dont say anything about extra prices besides the shipping costs

Amazon global shipping includes tax prepayment.

If sent by USPS, sometimes you can avoid tax. Sometimes customs people don't levy taxes. This happens less often now but in the past they'd frequently ignore parcels declared as "gift".

 

[Megamuffin]

exactly so lets say i want to buy:
http://www.amazon.com/MSI-DisplayPo...F8&qid=1401494688&sr=8-2&keywords=MSI+GTX+760

Shipping rates to south africa:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=596186

so thats 269.99$ + 39.99$ = 309.98$
which in rand = R 3277.79

if i were to buy a 760 4GB OC edition here that costs around 4500-5000 rand:
http://www.pricecheck.co.za/search/?search=Gtx+760+4gb

even the 2GB OC editions are around 3500-4000 rand...

i dunno maybe im not seeing things right here but thats a huge amount of money saved even if you take the most expensive shipping.

this seems too good to be true though, there must be some other costs? but as far as VAT i cant find anything about it and as the guy said its included in the shipping.

 

[lived666]

amazon have three shipping options to SA, the first is a budget option usually with i-parcel/fedex. the second with DHL and the third is UPS expedited - usually arrives within 2 -3 days - the second is also sometimes with i-parcel though - they are a tad slow.

Anyhow so if you do a demo checkout to SA on MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Gaming OC 4GB, your rates in R from Amazon with export vat included as follows:

shipping option 1:

Items: ZAR 2,938.40
Shipping & handling: ZAR 176.74
Total before tax: ZAR 3,115.14
Estimated tax to be collected: ZAR 0.00
Import Fees Deposit ZAR 436.10
Order total: ZAR 3,551.24

shipping option 2:
Items: ZAR 2,938.40
Shipping & handling: ZAR 252.93
Total before tax: ZAR 3,191.33
Estimated tax to be collected: ZAR 0.00
Import Fees Deposit ZAR 446.76
Order total: ZAR 3,638.09

shipping option 3:
tems: ZAR 2,938.40
Shipping & handling: ZAR 579.11
Total before tax: ZAR 3,517.51
Estimated tax to be collected: ZAR 0.00
Import Fees Deposit ZAR 492.47
Order total: ZAR 4,009.98

 

[Space_Chief]

exactly so lets say i want to buy:
http://www.amazon.com/MSI-DisplayPo...F8&qid=1401494688&sr=8-2&keywords=MSI+GTX+760

Shipping rates to south africa:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=596186

so thats 269.99$ + 39.99$ = 309.98$
which in rand = R 3277.79

if i were to buy a 760 4GB OC edition here that costs around 4500-5000 rand:
http://www.pricecheck.co.za/search/?search=Gtx+760+4gb

even the 2GB OC editions are around 3500-4000 rand...

i dunno maybe im not seeing things right here but thats a huge amount of money saved even if you take the most expensive shipping.

this seems too good to be true though, there must be some other costs? but as far as VAT i cant find anything about it and as the guy said its included in the shipping.

It's all. If tax is prepaid, it's prepaid. There are no extra fees on Amazon Global or Ebay PBI shipping.

I did some comparisons earlier and the price for the Vapor-X 980 card was the same as the local price. So this varies. Your top end items will prolly cost the same. It's the cheaper editions which may be cheaper than here, I guess.

 

[Space_Chief]

amazon have three shipping options to SA, the first is a budget option usually with i-parcel/fedex. the second with DHL and the third is UPS expedited - usually arrives within 2 -3 days - the second is also sometimes with i-parcel though - they are a tad slow.

Anyhow so if you do a demo checkout to SA on MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Gaming OC 4GB, your rates in R from Amazon with export vat included as follows:

shipping option 1:

Items: ZAR 2,938.40
Shipping & handling: ZAR 176.74
Total before tax: ZAR 3,115.14
Estimated tax to be collected: ZAR 0.00
Import Fees Deposit ZAR 436.10
Order total: ZAR 3,551.24

shipping option 2:
Items: ZAR 2,938.40
Shipping & handling: ZAR 252.93
Total before tax: ZAR 3,191.33
Estimated tax to be collected: ZAR 0.00
Import Fees Deposit ZAR 446.76
Order total: ZAR 3,638.09

shipping option 3:
tems: ZAR 2,938.40
Shipping & handling: ZAR 579.11
Total before tax: ZAR 3,517.51
Estimated tax to be collected: ZAR 0.00
Import Fees Deposit ZAR 492.47
Order total: ZAR 4,009.98

It's quite funny how huge the price difference is between UPS expedited and FedEx economy. My Neato vaccum cleaner (estimated VAT at R400 according to FedEx) is being shipped by FedEx Economy. FedEx Express would have cost an extra $20. That's for a 7.6kg parcel.

 

[Megamuffin]

amazon have three shipping options to SA, the first is a budget option usually with i-parcel/fedex. the second with DHL and the third is UPS expedited - usually arrives within 2 -3 days - the second is also sometimes with i-parcel though - they are a tad slow.

Anyhow so if you do a demo checkout to SA on MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Gaming OC 4GB, your rates in R from Amazon with export vat included as follows:

shipping option 1:

Items: ZAR 2,938.40
Shipping & handling: ZAR 176.74
Total before tax: ZAR 3,115.14
Estimated tax to be collected: ZAR 0.00
Import Fees Deposit ZAR 436.10
Order total: ZAR 3,551.24

shipping option 2:
Items: ZAR 2,938.40
Shipping & handling: ZAR 252.93
Total before tax: ZAR 3,191.33
Estimated tax to be collected: ZAR 0.00
Import Fees Deposit ZAR 446.76
Order total: ZAR 3,638.09

shipping option 3:
tems: ZAR 2,938.40
Shipping & handling: ZAR 579.11
Total before tax: ZAR 3,517.51
Estimated tax to be collected: ZAR 0.00
Import Fees Deposit ZAR 492.47
Order total: ZAR 4,009.98

The same range GPU's i could find in SA: http://www.pricecheck.co.za/offers/63286358/Asus+Gtx760+4gb+256bit+Rog+Striker+Edition/
http://www.pricecheck.co.za/offers/60155871/Gigabyte+Gtx+760+Windforce+Oc+4gb/

thats still 600-800 rand saved on most expensive shipping and that 4k cost is the same as you would get for a 2GB edition here in SA

 

[Megamuffin]

anyways im going to give amazon a shot see what happens everything looks cheaper any way you put it especially if your just shipping 1 thing thats not that heavy.

just hope it doesnt get damaged in the shipping process thats all im worried about and thats why i started this thread to see if products get to you in good condition, but seems asif it turned into a price debate

 

[lived666]

anyways im going to give amazon a shot see what happens everything looks cheaper any way you put it especially if your just shipping 1 thing thats not that heavy.

just hope it doesnt get damaged in the shipping process thats all im worried about and thats why i started this thread to see if products get to you in good condition, but seems asif it turned into a price debate

Yeh, of course its cheaper and nope it wont get damaged in shipping, amazon pack well, go for it.

 

[Space_Chief]

anyways im going to give amazon a shot see what happens everything looks cheaper any way you put it especially if your just shipping 1 thing thats not that heavy.

just hope it doesnt get damaged in the shipping process thats all im worried about and thats why i started this thread to see if products get to you in good condition, but seems asif it turned into a price debate

if it fails, you'll have to courier it to Amazon for a replacement (very expensive). Then SARS will hammer you on the reshipped card. I don't know if Amazon declares reshipped items well or if SARS trusts them to pass them through without VAT; of if they'd swallow the VAT charge on your behalf.

That's the only risk I'd worry about.

But if you're not gonna overclock and the brand is good and unlikely to fail (I've had 2 out of 5 GPUs fail and one also giving problems. I don't oc).

 

[UsernameLadiesMan217]

Good luck OP, let me know how this turns out, lots of goodies from the states that aren't available here.