Warning to UK PCPartpicker Users!

[SidwellEuan]

Recently i have been trying to decide which parts i should include in my £600 gaming rig that I plan to build next month, however i saw that some of the prices are much higher than i expected. When i began to look on Newegg i saw that the prices were MUCH cheaper (PCPartpicker does not see newegg as a UK retailer)   Some examples are found below;

 

Sapphire R9 280x (Vapour-X) //- (Newegg Price = £137.99) (PCPartpicker Price = £209.59)

MSI GTX 970 4G //- (Newegg Price = £228.99) (PcPartpicker Price = £274.99)

 

I am sorry this was not one specific deal, however just a warning to UK buyers.

 

970 - http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127832

280x - http://www.newegg.com/global/uk/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202137&cm_re=280x-_-14-202-137-_-Product

[NeatSquidYT]

But NewEgg ships from the US...

 

nvm

[ADZ_123_!"£]

And how much does postage cost?

[Oshino Shinobu]

Newegg is a US store. They do ship to the UK, but you have to take into account the shipping, import and customs costs. It will end up being more expensive when you order from Newegg. Prices are cheaper in the US in general, but it's not cost effective to order into the UK. 

[Chronos5618]

Shipping will always get you. Even in the UK, the cheapest price per unit is not always best, because each company charge through the nose for shipping. Easier just to consolidate it down into one or two companies. 

[othertomperson]

Newegg is a US store. They do ship to the UK, but you have to take into account the shipping, import and customs costs. It will end up being more expensive when you order from Newegg. Prices are cheaper in the US in general, but it's not cost effective to order into the UK. 

 

I often wonder about this. The cheapest you can get a Titan X for in the UK is £824. The cheapest you can get it for in the US is $1000. That's £650. If postage and import together cost anything less than about £220, then it's a much better deal to buy from the US.

[Oshino Shinobu]

I often wonder about this. The cheapest you can get a Titan X for in the UK is £824. The cheapest you can get it for in the US is $1000. That's £650. If postage and import together cost anything less than about £220, then it's a much better deal to buy from the US.

Titan X is £740 on Newegg. £24 for shipping and around £150 for import and customs. Totalling around £915. 

 

It's almost never cheaper to order computer parts from the US, as well as a lot of companies not honouring warranties outside of the country it's sold in, or requiring you to send it back to them in the US, costing more for shipping and possibly more customs tax. 

[othertomperson]

Titan X is £740 on Newegg. £24 for shipping and around £150 for import and customs. Totalling around £915. 

 

It's almost never cheaper to order computer parts from the US, as well as a lot of companies not honouring warranties outside of the country it's sold in, or requiring you to send it back to them in the US, costing more for shipping and possibly more customs tax. 

 

If you have to find an example over £100 more expensive than the $1000 US quoted it doesn't make your point particularly convincing.

[Oshino Shinobu]

If you have to find an example over £100 more expensive than the $1000 US quoted it doesn't make your point particularly convincing.

It's not a matter of finding an example that proves a point, but rather that it was the only one available from Newegg to ship to the UK. 

 

If you use a similarly priced card (FirePro W8100 in this case - £680), the total still comes to £860-£870. They're classed as the same item when they go through customs, so it's worked out exactly the same. 

 

Unless there's a good offer, it's going to be more expensive, or around the same. Even if it is £20 cheaper or so, the long shipping and lesser warranty support is not worth the savings. 

[othertomperson]

It's not a matter of finding an example that proves a point, but rather that it was the only one available from Newegg to ship to the UK. 

 

If you use a similarly priced card (FirePro W8100 in this case - £680), the total still comes to £860-£870. They're classed as the same item when they go through customs, so it's worked out exactly the same. 

 

Unless there's a good offer, it's going to be more expensive, or around the same. Even if it is £20 cheaper or so, the long shipping and lesser warranty support is not worth the savings. 

 

Like I said. Shipping and customs costs need to come to about £220 for a US import to cost the same as just buying from the cheapest UK retailer.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Like I said. Shipping and customs costs need to come to about £220 for a US import to cost the same as just buying from the cheapest UK retailer.

How did you work that out? 

 

If the cheapest you can get a Titan X in the UK is around £820, and £650 in the US (taken from your post before), then Import and shipping would need to come to around £170 in order to match the price. It would need to be below £150 to save around £20. 

[Master Disaster]

As many others have said, unless you have a friend over in USA whose willing to ship you stuff as a gift on the import/export papers you'll always pay more than just buying it from UK.

[colonel_mortis]

Newegg looks cheaper, but that's because, despite listing prices in £ and promoting themselves as a UK retailer, they don't include VAT, which is 20%. Almost all the other retailers include VAT.

I added that 970 to my basket and had a look at how much it would cost to get it in the UK, and once shipping and VAT have been included, the cost goes up from £229 to £300, which makes it much more expensive than buying from retailers that are actually based in the UK.

If a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is.

[Monkey Dust]

When you import stuff to the uk you'll have to pay the VAT (£130 on £650) plus duty, not sure what that would be, and there is a handling fee. Last year when I ordered a switch for my car from Japan, the switch cost £130, the VAT, Duty and handling fee was about £35. I would be very surprised if you could order and get it delivered from the states for less than you could buy it here.

[Tim Drake]

And how much does postage cost?

A ridiculous amount, don't even bother looking.

[Mightyinvader]

Newegg is a US store. They do ship to the UK, but you have to take into account the shipping, import and customs costs. It will end up being more expensive when you order from Newegg. Prices are cheaper in the US in general, but it's not cost effective to order into the UK. 

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