g73jh shipping to uk help please

Hi I am currently looking to purchase a g73jh from GenTech pc store, i have checked the shipping cost to the uk, the laptop will cost $1549 and $241 dollars shipping fee , will i also need to pay taxes on this and how much would it cost ? any help would be appreciated first time I have looked into doing this it would save me a lot of money, it works out £1127 if i buy from us including shipping but if i buy from a uk shop will cost me around £1750, thanks in advance

 

Most g73 is in US. Quality you can expect. All the website I know charge a hefty shipping cost to export. The shipping cost goes low as $150 and above. Sadly there's no way around it, not that I know of.

 

Hiya,

I currently have an A1 on order with Gentech for delivery over here to the UK and have had several other items shipped over from the US in the past.

As I currently understand it, there are two charges that will apply when recieving the laptop over here, the brokerage fee (which is applied by the courier for handling the shipping paperwork etc) and the import duty (17.5% vat + item type tax ) as the item is over £18 pounds in value.

A couple of notes:

You will have to check if the brokerage fees are included in the shipping costs by the courier (and they arent usually included in the *basic* or *standard* rate, look for something such as *expediatied* on the UPS courier as an example of it likely to be included)

Import duty is composed of two things, the vat and an additional tax based on the nature or type of imported item, at the moment the second tax should not apply to a laptop item so you are looking at 17.5% of the laptop+shipping ( I know, why should I pay vat on shipping, I cant answer that for ya other than agree that it seems stupid, but that is the way it is )

Im still happy going this route as with the additional 17.5% vat your still saving a couple of hundred pounds and the Asus warranty is worldwide so good for us over here.

I was burnt once by an order from Widow PC on a Sting Laptop (which my G73A1 is replacing) that has a faulty GPU and it took some very carefull negotiation to get it replaced by them.

 

So i will be looking around £200 taxes , how do you pay this ? it still worked out £1324 all in which is still £400 cheaper than i can find in the UK , only thing is can you get them to change the american keyboard ? and out of interest ansaller who did you order yours from ? thanks a lot btw your post was very helpful

 

noproblemo matty.

I have had a pre-order from Gentech for the G73A1 from 24/2 and was told that my order would be in the next batch of A1's due to be received on the 26/4 .. which is today, but I have not heard from Ken at Gentech yet

Ken has been very good at responding to my pestering of him for updated delivery times and he has so far always replied quickly (sometimes I wonder when he sleeps due to the reply time and the time difference !) and I understand that it isnt an exact science as he is not sure of how many of each model will be delivered in each shipment until they arrive.

As to who to pay, sometimes I have been given an invoice from the courier at delivery time to be paid to them and others I have recieved the invoice in the post a few days later, it depends on which courier I think.

will update this thread with any changes as I learn them.

Ta

 

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i don't think u can... but trust me.. try the american keyboard.. it is way better than the UK one.. i have an american one as i bought my laptop in Singapore and once i came to uk and tried the uk ones , i found them worse... the important letter like @ are more easily accessible on american keyboard... only thing is u miss out pound sign lol but u can allocate a key for it.

 

My A1 on order from Gentech has been dispatched and I can update this thread with the relevant import news and procedures as it find's its way over the pond.

Ta