American GPU in

[Jokester]

You're still supposed to pay duty/VAT even if you paid tax abroad when bringing personal goods back if the value is over £390 I think it is.

 

[AthlonXP1800]

No, because once you buy it out there it's your property. And then you're just travelling with your (already bought) property.

Would quickly get ridiculous otherwise. They'd have to tax the clothes you were wearing on return if you bought them in a foreign country

Would have to go through all your possessions and say "Did you buy this whilst abroad or take it with you?"

Not really workable

Only goods that you buy from a foreign retailer and have sent to a UK delivery address - paying no tax in the country of sale - would be subject to import duty and UK tax AFAIK. Owning something and then bringing it into the country isn't the same as importing.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/know-your-overseas-shopping-limits-this-christmas

When travelling to the UK from outside the EU, if you bring in any single item worth more than the £390 goods allowance (£270 if arriving by other means, including private plane or boat for pleasure purposes), you must pay duty and/or tax on the full item value, not just the value above the allowance. You also cannot group individual allowances together to bring in an item worth more than the limit.

GTX 1080 value over £390 mean he must pay full VAT.

 

[Sasahara]

https://www.gov.uk/duty-free-goods/arrivals-from-outside-the-eu

You are supposed to declare any goods over your duty-free allowance and pay the required duty and VAT.

If you don't declare the goods and they pull you over (do you look shifty? )they may seize the goods.
There are other penalties you could face, but that tends to be rare.

 

[siriq111]

Friend of mine brought couple of laptops etc. from USA and he never got pulled out from the line. Of course he brought everything one by one. End of the day, he got a free laptop because of the savings on the price.

 

[Paulington]

You can, however the tax-free allowance for personal imports is £350, which the 1080 costs more than so you'd have to declare it.

Upon declaring, you'd be charged full VAT (20%) plus an electronic import duty of 3.5% and then you're looking at around £550. On top of that you may have warranty issues and such.

 

[itchy]

Just open the box, rap card in towel in antistatic bag of course and put in suit case.

Any questions and it was a gift from a friend.

 

[NirK]

Wouldn't it be bigger if from USA? I thought everything is bigger in USA?

 

[Pinball]

Wouldn't it be bigger if from USA? I thought everything is bigger in USA?

Naa, just one of the fans has been replaced with a cup holder...

Anyway.. Regarding the warranty, I got my 980ti last year in the states, which recently died. EVGA approved the RMA no problems. Was expecting a fight, but nope! As for bringing it back, as others have suggested, don;t take any physical evidence of cost, like receipts, with you and you're good.

You'll be fine.

 

[ukxenon]

Check import tax but other than that you're golden

 

[beany_bot]

Once again, I travel to and from the US twice a year at least. I've been pulled out of line many many times and bought laptops, ssd's, tablets, all sorts. Never ever has it even been mentioned. They have had them in their hands and not said anything about them. It just isn't an issue.
Cigarettes, alcohol. different kettle of fish. But NEVER have I had any problems with an electronic item I've bought over there. Even brought back a big metal detector once!

 

[joeyjojo]

It might be easy, but it's unethical and illegal.

 

[KillBoY_UK]

The only thing that is different over there is power supplies, the rest are the same like gpu and cpu etc.

To bypass tax maybe buy something dead cheap with a box big enough to put the card in and seal it up lookin like new. :/

Auto voltage switching PSU's have been standard for over a decade now so that is very unlikely to be an issue

 

[DBT85]

It might be easy, but it's unethical and illegal.

Oh that'll stop everyone.

 

[malachi]

This is what I am planning to do when I go to New York in September.

But you never know, the value of the GPU may of dropped by then and not worth the savings.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Don't expect to save too much with the current exchange rate the way it is.

 

[Zeed]

what beany_bot said.

My mate used to travel to usa few times a year to see parents ect. Used to drag back car parts.
Im talking Full exhaust system ECU's lights gueges u name it he draged it over. Not a single time he had to pay some ****** VAT !!! As long as you dump original packing and just have the card in antistatic bag you are good to go VAT FREE.

Unethical and illegal... I tell ya what is paying prices we do for Petrol diesel cigarettes alcohol. Due to robbing taxing *******s just so we working people will feed chaps with 5 kids on benefits!!!

 

[joeyjojo]

Unethical and illegal... I tell ya what is paying prices we do for Petrol diesel cigarettes alcohol. Due to robbing taxing *******s just so we working people will feed chaps with 5 kids on benefits!!!

You probably haven't lived in the USA then. If it were a choice between paying a bit more for PC hardware and having to worry every day of your life about how you'll pay your medical bills in retirement, I know which I'd prefer.

My aunt does this. She's retiring this year on a huge final salary pension and worries constantly about having to spend it all on doctors bills. It's terrible.

 

[beany_bot]

You probably haven't lived in the USA then. If it were a choice between paying a bit more for PC hardware and having to worry every day of your life about how you'll pay your medical bills in retirement, I know which I'd prefer.

My aunt does this. She's retiring this year on a huge final salary pension and worries constantly about having to spend it all on doctors bills. It's terrible.

If she is on a "huge final salary" does she not have medical insurance?

 

[joeyjojo]

If she is on a "huge final salary" does she not have medical insurance?

Medical insurance is rarely part of a pension these days, and it's incredibly expensive for pensioners.

Fidelity Investments, which has been tracking retiree health care costs for more than a decade, estimates that a 65-year-old couple retiring this year will need $240,000 to cover future medical costs. That doesn't include the high cost of long-term care. Nor does it take into account additional costs you may incur if you decide to take — or are forced into — early retirement before your Medicare kicks in.

Fidelity's estimated $240,000 includes the cost of deductibles and copayments, premiums for optional coverage for doctor visits and prescription drugs, out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs, and other expenses that Medicare doesn't cover, such as hearing aids and eyeglasses.

http://www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-12-2012/health-care-costs.html

If you're curious, her pension is great but her husband was a truck driver all his life and has nothing, so she has to support him too.

 

[EdwardTeach]

Different states have varying levels of tax. I believe to get the best price you would want to by it on-line and have it posted somewhere that you could collect. (Obviously on-line retailers would be located in the most advantageous place for tax).