Importing cpu / gpu from abroad - tax and customs?

[longboy]

Sites and recommendations?

Prices are too high in South Africa. I was wondering if we can import ourselves.

Thanks

 

[RedViking]

You could. But shipping and tax might make it slightly cheaper or more expensive and without local warranty.

 

[longboy]

You could. But shipping and tax might make it slightly cheaper or more expensive and without local warranty.

Do you know of trustworthy sites that offer safe shipping?

 

[RedViking]

Do you know of trustworthy sites that offer safe shipping?

Amazon com or UK perhaps. That way there are no surprises. Amazon will include it and you can see what you will pay.

Another option is to use a trustworthy store and use something like Aramex (Global Shopper I think ). You have to pay the taxes once it is here before they release it (I think )

 

[RedViking]

Aramex global shopper

Anyone having big problems with Aramex recently? Been 11 days waiting in customs at OR Tambo, no contact from them (not even to ask for ID, which has happened every other time Ive got a parcel!?) Contact with them ends with a "contact this email address..." Or " we will contact you"... Which...

mybroadband.co.za

 

[RedViking]

I think @Rouxenator have mentioned https://www.ship7.com/ for US/UK.

 

[geezer]

I would as a last resort buy something like that from another country.

If you do your homework and look out for good deals, you could get it cheaper local. Look at the example below.
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Palit-GeForce-SUPER-NED407S019K9-1043D-Graphic/dp/B0CSDSQW56
Wootware local: https://www.wootware.co.za/palit-ge...x-192-bit-pcie-4-0-desktop-graphics-card.html
The same item will cost you much more (>R1000) when importing and buying local will give you local support.

 

[Mirai]

Sites and recommendations?

Prices are too high in South Africa. I was wondering if we can import ourselves.

Thanks

You can definitely import a CPU and a GPU.

The issues are local warranty.

Usually it won't be available. But maybe if you register it on say Asus maybe it will work locally who knows.

You can import yourself.

For example you can use Amazon.com, amazon.ca, amazon.co.uk, amazon.co.jp and amazon .fr or de to import items. Some items can be shipped to you directly using courier and you have to pay duty/tax upfront. That's the total you will pay.

For these items Amazon does usually allow 30 days of returns, sometimes for free, so check it the item says, FREE INTERNATIONAL RETURNS.

Here is an item which ships to SA:

https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Gaming-RTX-4090-Slim/dp/B0CHBVHQRQ/

It will cost $1949.99 plus $423.05 as shipping, duty and tax. That's all you pay in you import this card.

There are also items on Amazon or other sites which don't ship to SA. There you can use a service like MyUS or AramexGlobalShopper or Buyee and get the item that way. You will need to pay duty/tax to the courier.

Ebay and B&H Photo Video shop some items internationally as well. Sometimes it's with tax prepaid or where you have to pay tax in SA. They may also offer returns but that will usually mean you will need to ship the item back.