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    European Whitebook resellers

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by seropi, Feb 17, 2009.

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    seropi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone know what is the situation with some European sellers (German), like Bullman, DevilTech or MySN Schenker ... where do they get their whitebooks ... from OCZ or from flextronics directly ... or what company is "Europes OCZ" which is dedicated distributor as OCZ used to be for States. I know i can get those Alienwares from Europe too (UK or Germany) but those are over-prized machines and i just don't wanna pay ~200 euros extra just to get that alien skull for my machine.
     
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    I'm almost 100% sure they all get directly from ocz. you can try K|N as they ship to europe for only 95$ (against about 300$ from another US resellers) and there's a good chance you won't pay taxes. The weak dollar is lovely. make your calcs. for a nice performance config I'm sure it compensates a LOT.
    although I had a bad experience with shipping... make sure you DON'T use USPS.
    other keyboards indeed are a problem.
     
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    seropi Notebook Enthusiast

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    yep ... i know the weak dollar is good for us, but unfortunately i can't avoid taxes if ordering from US. By default 22% is added by customs and that includes also the shipping ... isn't that nice ... i have to pay 22% extra for shipping expences also ... just because i'm buying outside EU. So my options are: either find my machine from Germany or find some1 to "smuggle" it from States ;) British Pound should be pretty low compared to Euro also but that doesn't show in UK prizes for some reason ... Germany is still wayy cheaper than UK
     
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    ... forgot to mention that the darn 22% tax is added even if i'm buying used machine from private person, pretty stupid if u ask from me ;)
     
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    I said there's a very good chance they won't charge you taxes if you buy it from K|N at least it's what costumers from Europe says. But even with +22% added in some cases it's cheaper.
     
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