Buying Apple

[Macwizard]

Hi all

I'm keen to buy another Mac, but not locally this time, tired of swallowing Core's price B$. Does anyone here have any advice regarding mail forwarding companies such as myus.com etc. or are there any other techniques to use in getting a Mac into South Africa at a reasonable price? Thanks in advance.

 

[somedude]

Have you looked at buying used? Lots of people go Mac, then can't get comfortable on the platform, and sell, taking a huge knock. What spec are you looking at? I know at least 2 guys with late '09 15" MBP Unibodies they're trying to get out off.

 

[Macwizard]

Thanks but I'm not looking at MBP's

Have you looked at buying used? Lots of people go Mac, then can't get comfortable on the platform, and sell, taking a huge knock. What spec are you looking at? I know at least 2 guys with late '09 15" MBP Unibodies they're trying to get out off.

Apple 27" iMac Desktop Computer
Quad-Core 2.8GHz Intel Core i7
8GB (4x2GB) RAM
1TB Hard Drive
8x SuperDrive DVD Burner,
SD Card Slot
ATI Radeon HD 4850 Graphics
27" LED Backlit 16:9 Widescreen Display
iSight Camera, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR802.11n Airport Extreme Wi-FiWireless Keyboard & Magic Mouse
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

 

[Macwizard]

Anything?

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks

 

[DuckieZA]

You might want to take a look at http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?232053-27-quot-i7-iMac

I can't speak from experience but I would be very careful about directly importing very expensive consumer electronics, especially from the support/warranty point of view. As an example, I have a 15" MBP whose motherboard blew. The motherboard was replaced by the dealer, out of warranty, for free - but only because it came through Core (the motherboard had a known issue that Apple covered out of warranty).

Remember that even if you get it cheap overseas, it will most likely be stopped by Customs and you will land up paying duty & VAT which will probably bring the price close to SA retail.

 

[Macwizard]

You might want to take a look at http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?232053-27-quot-i7-iMac

I can't speak from experience but I would be very careful about directly importing very expensive consumer electronics, especially from the support/warranty point of view. As an example, I have a 15" MBP whose motherboard blew. The motherboard was replaced by the dealer, out of warranty, for free - but only because it came through Core (the motherboard had a known issue that Apple covered out of warranty).

Remember that even if you get it cheap overseas, it will most likely be stopped by Customs and you will land up paying duty & VAT which will probably bring the price close to SA retail.

Thanks for the info, but there aren't any import duties on computer hardware as far as I know, just the VAT.

 

[ponder]

Thanks for the info, but there aren't any import duties on computer hardware as far as I know, just the VAT.

(Price+10%) + 14%=Final cost
or
Price*1.1*1.4=Final cost

Then there is also a small clearing fee but it's a fixed value of something like R25.