Worth importing from Amazon.com?

RomanNose · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:01

So I am thinking about shipping a tablet from the US as the price is a fair bit lower, I am unsure whether it is worth it though.
Does anyone know approximately how much a $500 tablet will come to if it was with all the duty+VAT possible as well as shipping costs?
I don't really have any experience with this and I was just wondering if it is worth it..
The UK version is going to be retailing for £500, so obviously there is a fair bit of difference.

RomanNose · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:05

ilcp said:
you may also have to pay custom charge which can be hefty. unless ofcourse you going to go and buy it from there yourself

I don't think I will be visiting the US any time soon.
Anyone have any idea how much this could cost?

RomanNose · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:12

Any ideas about the delivery cost from a typical Amazon seller?
Is Amazon the best place to get international shipping or is there any other sites that are just as good?

RomanNose · 22 Nov 2011 at 22:16

Glaucus said:
Just use this calculator
http://www.bundlebox.com/shipping_estimate/

Cheers!
@Raymond Lin
There are services that you can $5 a month and they will forward from that address to anywhere in the world.

simulatorman said:
If the Tablet goes wrong you will most probably not be covered by EU warranty as well.

True, but I heard that ASUS would probably be more than willing to help.

EDIT:
It comes to £420, so probably not worth it over the UK price which is £500 when you factor in warranty issues.