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International Purchase, HELP!

post #1 of 14
8/2/06 at 10:08am
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Hey guys,

I'm going to be a full-time student in a couple of weeks, and going to live in the US.
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I'm trying to get my laptop now so it arrives on campus by the time I get there- but Dell is not letting me purchase it because my phone number (associated with the credit card I'm using) is not US-based.

Does anyone know of another way to purchase it?

I tried the Dell Chat customer support thing, but the guy is being retarded.

He keeps promoting this DPA thing, which I'm not interested in (and don't qualify for because... "1 DELL PREFERRED ACCOUNT(DPA): Offered by CIT Bank to qualified U.S. residents with approved credit. ") but he won't listen- and takes like a 3 minutes to write a sentence.

Help guys!!

EDIT: Now he told me to contact VISA. What the hell?
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post #2 of 14
8/2/06 at 12:20pm
sprry but you just can't buy from american dell if you're not american.. you could try getting someone you trust to do it for you, I think that's the best option you have
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post #3 of 14
8/2/06 at 3:01pm
I will buy it for you. Send me the money and I will buy it and keep it under lock and key until you come to America.
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post #4 of 14
8/2/06 at 4:00pm
Why not wait until you arrive onto campus and purchase it through your school's IT department. Chances are, you can get some type of discount.

Of course you will need to get a credit card first but walk around on orientation weekend and you'll see lots of bank stands waiting for you to sign up for their credit card (they're a bunch of vultures! ).
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post #5 of 14
8/2/06 at 6:12pm
Don't listen to him, send me the money and I will buy it for you.
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post #6 of 14
8/2/06 at 7:01pm
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Originally Posted by Sally.Jones
Don't listen to him, send me the money and I will buy it for you.
stop those jokes, someone might believe in you
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post #7 of 14
8/4/06 at 12:39am
I had this very same problem when buying from HP last month. For some odd reason they won't accept int CCs, even when paying everything at once...

My greatest problem is the address to send the packages to. Fortunately, I have a great friend in US that can do that for me...
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post #8 of 14
8/4/06 at 2:34am
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Originally Posted by DDDa
I had this very same problem when buying from HP last month. For some odd reason they won't accept int CCs, even when paying everything at once...

My greatest problem is the address to send the packages to. Fortunately, I have a great friend in US that can do that for me...
me too!
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post #9 of 14
8/4/06 at 3:44pm
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Originally Posted by DDDa
I had this very same problem when buying from HP last month. For some odd reason they won't accept int CCs, even when paying everything at once...

My greatest problem is the address to send the packages to. Fortunately, I have a great friend in US that can do that for me...
Usually that's because if they take your money then they are basically taking buisness from their own company in your country, and they usually have contracts & agreements not to do that to each other since each has to respond to main HQ with it's own FY profits and all that.

At least that's how it was explained to me once upon a time.
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post #10 of 14
8/5/06 at 3:39pm
Makes sense, even though I blame the local taxes for the "lack of notebook business" (or any other fairly advanced electronic devices) around here, and not HP policies... The taxes are not focused on making money for the govern, but on controlling the international trading balance. As you can figure it out, it's prohibitive.
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post #11 of 14
8/5/06 at 4:56pm
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Originally Posted by DDDa
Makes sense, even though I blame the local taxes for the "lack of notebook business" (or any other fairly advanced electronic devices) around here, and not HP policies... The taxes are not focused on making money for the govern, but on controlling the international trading balance. As you can figure it out, it's prohibitive.
Same goes here in Chile. Anything notebook related costs about 1000pesos on the dollar US price, but the conversion rate is actually about 530pesos per dollar. So basically things are 90% more expensive than in the states. But taxes only account for 30% (11% import duties and 19% "added value tax", or basicaly sales tax), the rest is shipping and markup. That and take into account that the cost of living down here (and I'm sure there to neighbor) is less than half that in the states, so salaries are super low making notebooks pretty much luxury items.
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post #12 of 14
8/5/06 at 10:18pm
Sure. I know what you mean. Btw, I pinpointed your location on Google Earth. Good view of the Pacific, right?
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post #13 of 14
8/5/06 at 10:36pm
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Originally Posted by DDDa
Sure. I know what you mean. Btw, I pinpointed your location on Google Earth. Good view of the Pacific, right?
I'll take a pic out of my office window for ya tomorrow.
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post #14 of 14
8/6/06 at 12:15am
let's hijack the thread: yeah, sure, if it's not too much trouble, of course.
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