Looking to purchase 9800 Pro from US

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Although you can get a price there, its of little use unless you want a
friend in the US to make the purchase - they wont ship internationally.

Paul
 
Pete D said:
Bullshit Paul, how hard would it have been to type in www.newegg.com and
get a price?
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Much simpler than posting to this newsgroup which is just one reason why I
don't think the use of "laziness" is correct - given that, how could it be?.
If on the other hand the OP wanted more useful links to companies which will
ship internationally (Newegg wont) or "hot specials" (which often aren't
widely publicised - unless you know where to look that is), then that would
be information much more easily obtained from those in the market of that
country.

I believe (although it wasn't stated) that thats the sort of info the OP was
hoping for.

Paul
 
Couldn't agree more. the effort used by the OP in all follow-up messages
could have been used more efficiently in searching for the information
themselves, no offence to them personally, but there comes a time when you
need to do things for yourself.
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You're not seeing the point - which is sometimes to best/most appropriate
deals aren't publicised widely on the web. All the web searching in the
world isn't going to find those deals if the search engines aren't onto them
(or the wrong one is used). Good on Bobby for trying to get a better deal
than the high price offerings hes so far been able to find in the UK. If
more people did that then the people who sell ATI gear here may actually
come up with more competitive prices.

Paul
 
Pete D said:
Also getting all your info from a public newsgroup is not that smart,
surely better to have at least some info and then ask some pertinent
questions.
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Who said anything about him getting ALL his info here - a wise man would use
any provided links as a starting point and go from there.

Paul
 
Sean said:
I completely agree. I've followed this thread (just like me to follow
something like this and not the news!) and think Bobby should go on ahead
and find a price via online merchants.

Otherwise, Bobby, want my BBA 9800 pro for $300? =)
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I completely disagree. Which online merchants to use comes into the equation
big time and that info is more well known from people in the home market. As
well as people who won't help others to succeed but instead complain,
another of my pet hate behaviours is when people post with prices
automatically assuming I know which $ they're talking about. $300 in Hong
Kong is quite different to $300 in Australia or the US and a $300 (Hong
Kong) would be a very cheap 9800 Pro (about £20). :-)

Paul
 
You'll definitely regret buying from the states if, for example, you
open the box and find a box of batteries in there, instead of the
video card.

Even if you buy using a credit card, you have no protection at all,
except for the goodwill of the company you buy from.

Do yourself a favour and spend a few quid extra buying it in the UK.

You know it makes sense.

Jiminy Cricket
 
While its true that "horror stories" like this occur, its much less likely
to occur if the purchase is made with a reputable supplier. I've purchased
many items from the USA (& even one from Canada). The worst I've had is my
Canadian motherboard (bought through eBay used from a home company supplier)
arrived with a broken CPU retention clip (which I replaced with a £2 cheapie
U.R.M. bought here in the UK).

It comes down to a simple question, is the OP willing to take the risk that
IF it goes wrong, he'll have very little consumer protection - in exchange
for the savings that can be made. I think its worth it just to send the
message to local sellers that their prices should be on-par with those in
the USA and it should NEVER be cheaper for an individual to home import
gear, because anything else just doesn't make sense.

Paul
 
Pete said:
Bullshit Paul, how hard would it have been to type in www.newegg.com and get
a price?
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Pete - there is no shop called newegg in the UK. The OP may not know of
that or other outlets. I'd have thought the least someone could do
would be to post a few US websites to start the OP on his way. Shaun
(in the UK so apologies for not posting a few US websites).
 
Look through this newsgroup for the story of someone who bought a
video card from Best Buy (reputable?) and got batteries instead.

Buying from abroad has got to be a last resort. Anyone who does it
just to save a few pounds is a mug.

I know several local shops near me that will price match, even if they
don't admit it in public. It's always worth trying anyway.
 
I did see that story - and the follow up messages. That's a good reason why
its useful to have recommendations from people with experience having dealt
with those shops. I would take such a post as meaning be wary of buying from
the particular store involved but certainly not from every store in that
country. Buying from abroad is a choice which consumers can make.

I agree that its not worth doing just to save "a few" pounds on items which
are expensive and may break but what if the savings to be had are more than
a few pounds? For example my "refurbished" Logitech Cordless desktop combo
(keyboard & mouse) cost me about US$35 from memory. Here in the UK at the
time they were about £60 and even though I had to pay postage and customs
etc on it (bought it with a bunch of other stuff from the same supplier - so
postage costs were proportionally cheaper) I still saved more than "a few"
pounds and the package that arrived was as good as new. That supplier was
www.computergeeks.com

It is worth attempting to price match but when the importers/distributors
are largely responsible for the inflated price in the first place, how is
the good old "local shop" supposed to compete?

Paul
 
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