High end Sony Laptops

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I'm considering imposrting some high end Sony laptops and have a few questions.

Is there a market for Blu-Ray in SA yet?
How big is the market for high end laptops and where would I find ppl interested in buying them?
How is Sony support handled in SA?

These laptops aren't available in SA yet, why wouldn't companies like Rectron sell them? Checked the price list this morning.

Now the specs. The manufacturer's description is a bit long so I'm using one from a site that did a review on the laptop.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/17/sonys-blu-ray-equipped-vaio-ar-laptop-reviewed/


Surely one of the most highly-anticipated notebooks of the year, Sony's Blu-ray-sporting Vaio VGN-AR190G offers a lot of compelling features for HD buffs on paper -- 1,920 x 1,200 WUXGA+ Xbrite display, HDMI out (cable and DVI-adapter included), 200GB worth of storage, and of course that high definition optical drive -- but specs don't mean much if the machine can't perform in the real world.

Thus we've been eagerly awaiting the first reviews of this 8.4-pound, 17-inch model, and much to our delight, it seems to work almost exactly as advertised. Laptop magazine was lucky enough to get a pre-release unit for putting through the old benchmark torture test, and came away very impressed with the high resolution, anti-glare screen and video output quality, pretty impressed with the performance of the 2.0GHz T2500 Core Duo CPU and nVidia GeForce Go 7600 GT graphics, and not all that impressed with the 2-hour battery life, inconveniently-placed trackpad/mouse buttons, and pokey 1.0x Blu-ray burning speed. Still, the simple fact that you can burn to an HD optical disc at all puts the AR190G in a class by itself and makes it more attractive than Toshiba's Qosmio G35-AV650 with read-only HD DVD, but Laptop still feels that even the burner and the better screen don't quite justify the extra $500 you'll have to thrown down for the Sony.


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To make this worth my while I'll have to sell them at around R15 000- 17 000.

I am getting my first unit later this week, they are bought straight from the manufacturer so they are completely legit and come with a year warranty.

What do I need to be aware of in order to help me spot a scam?

I am a final year engineering student and have recently started a partnership company, we do maintenance contracts and data protection and recovery.I do sell the odd computer here and there but mostly just replace parts for our service contracts.

This importing thing is completely new to me, any tips will be appreciated.
 
Hi.

The reason Rectron doesn't sell them is because Sony SA aren't bringing them in yet. As far as I know, they will be bringing them in early next year.
As far as I know as well, Sony SA won't do any support for imported laptops ... so make sure you will be able to service any problems yourself.

The best thing you can do to prevent any scams or fraud is when you sell to someone, make sure they either pay you cash ... or accept on EFT or direct bank deposits ... for direct bank deposits ... when they fax or show you the deposit slip ... phone up the bank and double check that it was cash that was deposited and not a cheque, because they can deposit a cheque and change the deposit slip to look like cash ... very easy to do if you fax.

Make sure the money is in your account before sending any laptops. Don't accept cheques at all ... even with the 7 day clearance. .. you can still be scammed.

Also ... find out how much import duties will be ... if you cheat the government ... they could find you and you will be liable for some hefty fines.

I've seen the blu-ray laptops ... and they are really awesome, and there will always be people who will be interested, grey or not ... just make sure you will be able to do after sales service support ... and phone sony to double check if the warranties apply here.

Regards

Itai
 
Good news about them only coming in next year, open market jayyy :)

The price I want to sell them for includes the shipping duties, would I waste my time by trying to sell the laptops to established resellers beause of SONY SA not importing them yet?
 
Toko said:
Good news about them only coming in next year, open market jayyy :)

The price I want to sell them for includes the shipping duties, would I waste my time by trying to sell the laptops to established resellers beause of SONY SA not importing them yet?
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Established resellers will not buy them or sell them because they are grey. I also wouldn't sell them on my shop because they are grey, and myself and many other stores promise customers non-grey products. Other resellers that do sell them usually import them themselves. Best places to try are small shops on the side of the road that aren't franchises. Maybe even try the shop in the domestic terminal at the airport ... they sell all sorts of imported sony laptops ... you might get lucky.

Otherwise you'll prob have to just sell them to consumers yourself.
 
Blu-ray will pick up in SA as soon as they hit the DVD stores or would that change to Blu-ray stores?
 
Lol ... how about just movie stores ... then they won't be biased ;) ... I can't see blu-ray disappearing any time soon ... I just hope those two movie companies screw it up for blue ray, cause I prefer it to HD DVD
 
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