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stephen5557

stephen5557

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Hi, The ultimate in noobish queries.
I am going to America later in the year and will obviously have the opportunity to buy some goodies at a cheaper rate than the UK. If I buy the new 1080 I assume there is no technical reason why it wont work in the UK? Everything in my mind says its ok but would like to double check before I lay down the cash.

Thanks to anyone who replies

Stephen
 
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. :/
 
What state are you going to as well? You'll need to add their sales tax on to. I looked when I was in Vegas last year and nevada has quite a high sales tax and the fact you were not getting a warranty basically I thought it wasn't worth it.
 
You absolutely won't get charged any tax on return. You have to pay state sales tax but it's way less than vat is here. I assure you. Most companies warranty still stands. for example buy an EVGA card there and you can RMA it here. I would expect prices to balance out more later in the year.
 
Thanks everyone for the replies, really appreciated. I need to do some more research I feel on taxes etc. Was hoping to walk through customs as they are personal use etc. But might be worth while waiting for the prices to come down later in the year as some have pointed out.

Thanks again.

Stephen
 
beany_bot said:
You absolutely won't get charged any tax on return. You have to pay state sales tax but it's way less than vat is here. I assure you. Most companies warranty still stands. for example buy an EVGA card there and you can RMA it here. I would expect prices to balance out more later in the year.
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EVGA might do that but some companies are weird when it comes to you buying a card in another region.
 
Reminds me of the time when, as a teenager on holiday in Canada I saw an S3 Virge card going for the equivalent of £35 (they were nearer £100 here AFAICR). I snapped it up (spending the bulk of my holiday money on it), sat with it in my lap on the long flight home (didn't sleep a wink and by gum it was unconfortable) and plugged it in, all excited...

...only to find that the S3 Virge/325 was an absolute steaming pile of rubbish.

What a waste. I've not imported anything since, although I will probably check out the prices of 1080Tis (if they're out by then) when I'm in Japan at the turn of the year!
 
12 years ago I bought BFG Geforce 6800 GT on ebay and had it imported from USA, I didn't paid duty and VAT because seller filled US customs declaration form CN22 declared item as gift to avoided me pay duty and VAT, saved me around £150. The card died about 6 months later so BFG did not have RMA base in UK and Europe but warranty is only available to US and Canada customers. I phoned BFG to sorted out RMA request and they issued me RMA number then I shipped the card on Royal Mail Airsure cost £20 I think and 2 weeks later I received brand new BFG Geforce 6800 GT card delivered by UPS. :)

It very important to make sure you fill US customs declaration form CN22 to declared item as gift. Failure to do that mean you will have to pay full VAT.

http://www.dutycalculator.com/new-i...on/saved_calculations/view_details/202664539/

If you buy GTX 1080 valued $599 you will have to pay about £82.12 VAT or if it valued $699 you will have to pay about £95 VAT and you don't have to pay import duty.
 
Probably wont be much cheaper after you add on sales tax too.

EVGA warranty is worldwide no matter where the card is purchased.
 
beany_bot said:
You absolutely won't get charged any tax on return. You have to pay state sales tax but it's way less than vat is here. I assure you. Most companies warranty still stands. for example buy an EVGA card there and you can RMA it here. I would expect prices to balance out more later in the year.
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Are you sure about that? I thought both 20% VAT and 2.5% Customs Duty would be due.
 
All you will need ot do is open the packaging and take the card out. Open the anitstatic bag the card is in, put it all back in the box so it looks used.

Then when you come back to the UK, if you are stopped just inform them that it is a used item and a gift from a friend whilst you were in the USA.
 
flowrider99 said:
Are you sure about that? I thought both 20% VAT and 2.5% Customs Duty would be due.
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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 :p

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

Not really workable :p

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.
 
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