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post #21 of 45
3/12/04 at 8:48am
Right thanks. I did wander. Do they workout the vat on the current rates or do they have their own set exchange rate they work from? AT today's rates would cost me (presuming they charge vat on the shipping also) £292 in VAT for the model I've selected. This makes it more expensive to get from pctorque than from rockdirect. I've emailed rockdirect but I have had no response yet.
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post #22 of 45
3/12/04 at 9:03am
legion i would wait and see if rock give options like PCT do
like they are only putting in upto 1gb ram so that means 2 sticks which would
take up all ya ram slots..and if you ever want to go higher you will need
a matching pair of 400ghz ram..very costly

also rock dont let you upgrade ya laptop.....
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post #23 of 45
3/12/04 at 11:27am
You may be ableto get round the import duties by having PT mark it as a warranty repair return or similar. As for the spec differences on the RockDirect site, I would ignore them, RockDirect are not exactly experts, and this kind of mistake is not unique.
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post #24 of 45
3/12/04 at 12:22pm
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Originally Posted by tezz
mmmmm that sounds like something rock would say

Good job PCT can get the ram

Yes it Does
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post #25 of 45
3/12/04 at 3:15pm
Well I've taken the plunge with PCTorque. I'd prefer to buy abroad from a company with their reputation. Cost wise it's about the same. But will try and get PCT to do something with the labelling.
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post #26 of 45
3/12/04 at 3:16pm
Cool stuff m8....

what spec you got ???
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post #27 of 45
3/12/04 at 3:54pm
I've gone for this:

5 Sager 8790-C Notebook: 8790-C
1008 Display: 17" WXGA+ LCD (WideScreen
1440 X 900)
1034 Processor: P4 3.2GHZ Northwood CPU
1009 Video: 256MB ATI Radeon Mobility 9700
(M11)
850 RAM: 1024MB 400DDR Dual Channel
(2-512MB)
842 Main Hard Drive: 60GB 7200RPM
999 Media Drive: 2X DVD+R/-R/RW/CD-RW
1064 Bay 2 Hard Drive: Bracket for 2nd
hard drive
372 RAID: No
715 Keyboard Layout: UK
1027 TV Tuner/Subwoofer: NTSC TV
Tuner/remote AND Subwoofer
372 Floppy Drive: No
1010 Modem: 56K RJ11 Phone Modem
853 Network Card: 10/100/1000 NIC
494 Operating System: No Operating System
1023 Battery: 8 Cell Li-Ion Smart battery
355 Case: Basic Black business case
372 Spare AC Power Adapter: No
372 Car Adapter: No
372 Port Replicator: No
372 Spare Battery: No
1041 Wireless Network: Internal 802.11g
TURBO (108Mbps) wireless
852 Bluetooth: Internal Bluetooth
1028 Card Reader: Internal 7-in-1 Card
Reader
1029 Camera: Integrated Digital Video
Camera
372 Software Bundle: No
372 Office Software: No
1013 Warranty: 2 year warranty- under
$3,000
372 Repair Transit Coverage: No
1022 Export Coverage: First Year Export
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post #28 of 45
3/12/04 at 4:23pm
Shame there isn't a PAL-I version of the TV tuner (instead of NTSC). It's available on the 8890, but not on the 8790.
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post #29 of 45
3/12/04 at 4:57pm
thats weird... even my 4780 has the option for format on the tuner... did you try calling them and asking for it? maybe they can get you a pal and just overlooked it as an option?
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post #30 of 45
3/12/04 at 4:59pm
how much does it cost to get a laptop from pctorque to the uk then and wot about VAT ???
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post #31 of 45
3/12/04 at 5:43pm
um not to be mean, but like if my country actually used the taxes for real stuff like yours did, I wouldn't try and dodge the fees.... Now mine heck the tax the crap out of us.. and they don't even give dental to veterans unless they are retired... I am so ready to revolt... all the crud we put up with... and we revolted over a lil tea tax not that long ago...
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post #32 of 45
3/12/04 at 7:34pm
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Originally Posted by Static_-X-_
how much does it cost to get a laptop from pctorque to the uk then and wot about VAT ???
As an example, the shipping options and costs for my 8890 were as follows:

UPS Worldwide Express PlusSM
Total Rate(USD) $200.63


UPS Worldwide ExpressSM
Total Rate(USD) $160.63


UPS Worldwide ExpeditedSM
Total Rate(USD) $155.56

I went with ExpressSM and I got it the next day, that's the service I'd recommend.

VAT is then charged on the laptop and shipping at 17.5%, which you pay while the UPS guy is standing at your door. Like any other VAT, you can claim it back if it's a business expense.
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post #33 of 45
3/13/04 at 9:46am
It's costing $169 for 4 day shipping vat will be £200ish I reckon. It's meant for a gift for my brothers 21st, I've asked pctorque to gift wrap and mark as a gift but they aren't able to for legal reasons
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post #34 of 45
3/13/04 at 10:20am
I've heard about this no VAT on gifts thing, but I looked it up on the vat office website and the only mention I could find applies to items <£50, then again the website is a maze, so I might just have missed it. It doesnt surprise me about PCT not wanting to gift wrap for you though, if they were able to do that so many people would abuse it just to escape the VAT, even if your reasons are legitimate.
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post #35 of 45
3/13/04 at 3:37pm
Yeah I know. I thought I'd ask them anyway. They'd have to lie about the value of the package to get over the VAT.
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post #36 of 45
3/13/04 at 4:04pm

vat

i have the same problem of you legion.
I m in belgium so if i want to buy a sager 8790 i should pay 21% vat here in belgium.
I found one solution its to send the laptop to a girlfriend of me in canada and shes going to wrapp it like gift lolll.
For the moment i m still hesitating between the sager 8790 because the vat problem end the acer aspire 1714 its come much more cheaper for me i found one ine holland so i have no vat problem.
I m just thinking now wich i m going to buy.
If pc torque can decrease the value of the laptop its going to be great for you.
Let me now wich solution you found.
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post #37 of 45
3/13/04 at 7:00pm
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Originally Posted by legion
It's costing $169 for 4 day shipping vat will be £200ish I reckon. It's meant for a gift for my brothers 21st, I've asked pctorque to gift wrap and mark as a gift but they aren't able to for legal reasons

have a look @ this site it explains VAT/import duties/ as well as gifts

http://www.dhl.co.uk/info/duty.html
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post #38 of 45
3/14/04 at 9:34am
Thread Starter 
Rockdirect is friggin robbery! I just compared the prices of the 8790 at Rock and PcTorque. Both of the least customized systems are as follows

- Rock £1640
- PCT $2000 (approx £1000!!!!)

Nearly £700 more at Rock, damn stupid. I think im gonna email them about that...
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post #39 of 45
3/16/04 at 8:23am
The total for my laptop inc shipping came to $2880 I am about to transfer the money to PCT this morning, I've been quoted it will cost £1500 aprx. from my bank plus £20 fee. I'll let you know the final figure.

I have friends in the US I guess I could get the goods sent to first but then I think there may be state taxes involved, I'm not sure. For the £200 ish it'll cost me in VAT and knowing my friends there's no guarenteeing how quickly they'll send the package onto me. The only way it could be reduced was if PCT could somehow reduce the amount shown on the shipping labels so reducing the amount customs would charge me on, but this would be unfair to ask them and would probably invalidate the warranty or insurance when shipping.
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post #40 of 45
3/16/04 at 10:13am
It's costing me £1569 + £17 bank fee. Not bad really I think. Would be nice if this was put on the shipping. No doubt Customs and Excise will use a less favorable exchange rate to calculate their VAT. Also there is an admin charge by the shipping company which is esually excessive. But I think with all theseI am still getting a better deal than with Rockdirect. Also I was told by PCT that there is an extra weeks wait time for UK keyboards.
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