Buying a graphics card from Amazon

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giovannidc

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I was wondering if anyone has ever bought any electronics from Amazon in the US. No one in South Africa has stock on a graphics card I really want and I see I can buy it on Amazon and save like R700 (Thats after the import fees deposit and UPS priority shipping).
 
giovannidc said:
I was wondering if anyone has ever bought any electronics from Amazon in the US. No one in South Africa has stock on a graphics card I really want and I see I can buy it on Amazon and save like R700 (Thats after the import fees deposit and UPS priority shipping).
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I haven't but if you say what graphics card it is then maybe people here can help you look for the card here. It will make your life easier should something go wrong with the card. But like I said, I haven't bought electronics from Amazon myself.
 
It was the ASUS ROG MATRIX-HD7970-P-3GD5. I even looked at the normal Asus HD7970-DC2T-3GD5, but that is also scarce.
 
Yeah I ask wootware. But they dont have stock and couldn't tell me when they were going to get :(
pc-components.co.za never came back to me.
 
would u take the Asus HD7970-DC2T-3GD5 if u can get it local ?
 
Also, the Customs guys aren't always jacked up. If they misclassify it, it may cost you more in import duty and become a huge pain in the butt to get it adjusted. If the saving isn't massive and you can find stock, just buy it locally and save yourself the heartache.
 
giovannidc said:
I was wondering if anyone has ever bought any electronics from Amazon in the US. No one in South Africa has stock on a graphics card I really want and I see I can buy it on Amazon and save like R700 (Thats after the import fees deposit and UPS priority shipping).
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Will Amazon US ship electronics to SA, AFAIK Amazon UK won't? ComX list 3 brands.
 
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Argh what nonsense
You won't have any hassles with customs, or the shippers.
Just order from Amazon direct, no worries at all.
 
Thanks. I placed the order with Amazon so lets see what happens. I needed to pay an import fee deposit which according to amazon lets the courier company handle the import tax payment on my behalf. If the tax is less than the deposit I'm refunded and if its is more, then Amazon pays the difference.
 
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giovannidc said:
Thanks. I placed the order with Amazon so lets see what happens. I needed to pay an import fee deposit which according to amazon lets the courier company handle the import tax payment on my behalf. If the tax is less than the deposit I'm refunded and if its is more, then Amazon pays the difference.
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Good luck with DHL (who Amazon uses AFAIK). They took from Wednesday 11am to Sunday 3pm to send my customs invoice for a graphics card posted from the US.
 
giovannidc said:
They using UPS for my delivery. I'm paying bit more for priority shipping so lets see how this experiment turns out.
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It will be just fine. You will probably receive the item on Thursday/ Friday at the latest. Worse case scenario UPS call you for your ID number for customs, most times nah.
 
Customs is where he might pay...

I ordered something that was R300.
Free shipping, got excited.
Customs nailed me R89!
Post office wouldn't release the item till I paid the R89
 
Customs can be a bitch.
My wife ordered bras to the value of R1600.
We paid R1750 in customs duties.
 
I've had good experience ordering stuff from Amazon.co.uk, but I've never tried Amazon.com for international orders. What strikes me as odd is how random it is if they will ship certain items to you. Like, I was looking at cameras - some cameras they would ship, some they wouldnt. No idea why or why not.
 
Yes, I'm just uploading them with my throttled mweb account.
I should have them done by next year Feb 29th.
 
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