Importing from the US- URGENT

Hey,

Quick question, I have enough funds in my bank to buy the MSI GX660r-60US from xoticpcs but im wondering, I live in the UK, how much will it cost for the TAX/customs import duty thingy?

It's around $3k

Thanks, need to find out asap.

 

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if u got 3k it will definately be enough, but use the calculator I linked to see the exact fee. In th end it would be cheaper/same price to buy one from the uk or get a kobaltcomputers.co.uk laptop..

 

Yeah I found that after posting this. It seems 3k will be a lot of money for the import tax..
£301.65

w.t.f

 

Ouch. It really sucks that you have to get taxed on it and it sucks even more that it is 10%. But there has to be somewhere cheaper to get it where you live, no?

 

I always advise against importing since any money you save will never make up for the extra time and risk involved with any warranty claim.

 

Unless you are buying from a company which provides warranty internationally. So say, Asus or Alienware/dell are fine, but you wouldnt want to go for sager unless you in the states.

 

I must of missed it out in the post, it's a MSI notebook. And I googled it, and I found 2 vendors selling it, one looked like a dodgy website and the other one was a credible source, but no customisation

 

There is also costs for handling that the courier will add on as well but that shouldn't be much.

 

Thanks for the link. ;D
Dident know about that one.

Just ran my soon to be new notebook through that and $1745 + $129 for shipping it totals to 2415 thanks to 25% VAT.
Im still saving some cash as the bluray equipped one sells for $2986 in Norway with crappier specs.

 

Thanks guys, i think i've sorted it now