Whats the difference from a Chip purchased in the US over EU ?

jasonsony735 · 31 Oct 2017 at 22:12

Whats the difference from a Chip purchased in the US over EU ?

I am going to New York in Dec and from my understand if the i7 8700k is the same as the EU version I can pick it up for a sweet 300.00 with the current exchange rate.

Will the warranty of 3 years still be valid if taken out of the US

Prozn · 31 Oct 2017 at 22:30

I believe the warrantee would only be valid in the US.

geordiejc · 31 Oct 2017 at 22:44

I'm going to NY 5th December this year also with the wife. Ha!

What's the mobo costs?

Quartz · 31 Oct 2017 at 22:49

jasonsony735 said:
I am going to New York in Dec and from my understand if the i7 8700k is the same as the EU version I can pick it up for a sweet 300.00 with the current exchange rate.

Don't forget to pay VAT and import duty as appropriate on your return. Of course, if HMRC can't be bothered to staff the offices at the airport...

spoffle · 31 Oct 2017 at 23:17

Quartz said:
Don't forget to pay VAT and import duty as appropriate on your return. Of course, if HMRC can't be bothered to staff the offices at the airport...

What's tax and import duty?

Quartz · 31 Oct 2017 at 23:52

spoffle said:
What's tax and import duty?

The things which OCUK's foreign competitors trading via the internet often 'forget' to pay. And for which you will receive severe penalties for trying to avoid should you get caught. Up to £2500 per item for import duty.

spoffle · 1 Nov 2017 at 00:02

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Quartz said:
The things which OCUK's foreign competitors trading via the internet often 'forget' to pay. And for which you will receive severe penalties for trying to avoid should you get caught. Up to £2500 per item for import duty.

Realistically, the likelihood of even remotely getting caught when bringing things back for personal use are ridiculously slim.

Prozn · 1 Nov 2017 at 08:55

spoffle said:
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Realistically, the likelihood of even remotely getting caught when bringing things back for personal use are ridiculously slim.

Depends if you want to roll the dice on spending a few hours in customs, a fine and item confiscation, just to save £50-£100.

When transporting an unboxed new laptop in your hand luggage or a new pair of trainers on your feet it is believable that you bought them in the UK and went on holiday with them (lying is of course still illegal), but it would be fairly hard to spin that you just happen to travel back from America with a CPU that you bought in the UK and took with you on holiday!

Personally I wouldn't risk it for a laptop or a CPU!

Caracus2k · 1 Nov 2017 at 09:14

Assuming you don't buy much else in the US you won't have to declare an 8700k....

'You can bring in other goods worth up to £390 (or up to £270 if you arrive by private plane or boat).

If a single item’s worth more than your allowance you pay any duty or tax on its full value, not just the value above the allowance.'

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

jasonsony735 · 1 Nov 2017 at 09:23

Quartz said:
Don't forget to pay VAT and import duty as appropriate on your return. Of course, if HMRC can't be bothered to staff the offices at the airport...

Well its an extra £100 I can spent on Shopping

I will obviously take it out the retail package.

moogle · 1 Nov 2017 at 09:32

I think with Intel it won't really matter where you bought it from, as long as it's retail.

mistersprinkles · 2 Nov 2017 at 01:49

spoffle said:
What's tax and import duty?

It's something suckers pay who don't know how to take the CPU out of the box and pocket it.

Sadly the UK is very anal retentive about this sort of thing. Too bad you don't live in Spain. I saw a guy who I swear to god was carrying an adult human cadaver in a huge bag over his shoulder get asked "Anything to declare"? Shifty eyed and dripping with sweat he said no, and was waved through the checkpoint. This actually happened.

Hotwired · 2 Nov 2017 at 02:06

mistersprinkles said:
It's something suckers pay who don't know how to take the CPU out of the box and pocket it.

Sadly the UK is very anal retentive about this sort of thing. Too bad you don't live in Spain. I saw a guy who I swear to god was carrying an adult human cadaver in a huge bag over his shoulder get asked "Anything to declare"? Shifty eyed and dripping with sweat he said no, and was waved through the checkpoint. This actually happened.

Or he was just carrying a heavy bag and you didn't like the look of him...

chippy08 · 2 Nov 2017 at 10:09

jasonsony735 said:
Well its an extra £100 I can spent on Shopping I will obviously take it out the retail package.

I buy a new cpu and memory every time i go on as i save around £100 and i never take

jasonsony735 said:
Well its an extra £100 I can spent on Shopping I will obviously take it out the retail package.

Why Take it out of retail packaging, i buy both CPU and memory every time i go away as i save around £100 on the UK price and i just stick them in Hand luggage in there original boxes Never had an issue i cant see why i should be ripped off in this country.

koolpc · 2 Nov 2017 at 10:09

Chips purchased over here are always wrapped in quality newspaper and taste much better!

On Holiday · 2 Nov 2017 at 10:11

It's a replacement CPU, not a new purchase (wink wink).

Journey · 2 Nov 2017 at 10:48

Plenty O'Toole said:
It's a replacement CPU, not a new purchase (wink wink).

It makes no difference, you are allowed £390 worth of goods before you need to declare, and pay VAT, and computer parts are zero rated for duty which most people on here seem to have no clue about.

As for the OP, good luck getting one.

moogle · 2 Nov 2017 at 11:21

What's duty for? I never understand what it means

Journey · 2 Nov 2017 at 13:52

moogle said:
What's duty for? I never understand what it means

It's another form of tax, goods are classified by categories, some of which attract a % cost as "duty" for example, if you wanted to imported textiles into the UK, you would normally have to pay 12% duty, what is categorised as a textile is laid out in great detail by HMRC. Computer parts, generally, attract zero duty, or tariff free is another way to put it.

pigeonguyuk · 2 Nov 2017 at 19:17

possible work around wold be seeing if the "seller" can invoice you for less than you paid. If they know you going to a different country then they have no worry abut having to deal with an RMA. Still dodgy but even if you have a £2000 product if your receipt says you only paid £xx.xx then you'd be covered. Just ask them to receipt it as "B-Grade" which normally invalidates the warranty anyway and you will find warranties vary depending on region anyway so no major loss