Cano you take pc parts from us to uk

[digitaldoughnut]

I am visiting America and am thinking about buying a gpu or cpu as the prices are cheaper than UK (~£100)  where I live does anyone know if pc components can be taken back?? 

[TheKDub]

1 minute ago, digitaldoughnut said:

I am visiting America and am thinking about buying a gpu or cpu as the prices are cheaper than UK (~£100)  where I live does anyone know if pc components can be taken back?? 

I see no reason why they wouldn't be able to.

[Cracklingice]

You may have to pay taxes on your purchases when you return.  I don't think it would be any different than if you purchased jewelry or anything else on your trip.

[AresKrieger]

You can but does uk customs force you to pay tax on things you buy outside of the country, or not

[Enderman]

Yeah but you usually have to declare how much value you are importing and depending on how long you stayed you may have to pay taxes.

You could always lie about it, but that's not the right thing to do.

[AresKrieger]

Just now, Enderman said:

 

You could always lie about it, but that's not the right thing to do.

Well tax evasion is the american way, and he's visiting America so he should practice the ways of the locals  heck even our founders were smugglers

[CtrlAltELITE]

TECHNICALLY, all goods brought into the country and staying there must be declared to customs, technically.

 

Although my £1600 gaming laptop cost me us$1650 ^^.

[digitaldoughnut]

17 minutes ago, AresKrieger said:

Well tax evasion is the american way, and he's visiting America so he should practice the ways of the locals  heck even our founders were smugglers

That's always an option ; ) thnx 

[Enderman]

20 minutes ago, AresKrieger said:

Well tax evasion is the american way, and he's visiting America so he should practice the ways of the locals  heck even our founders were smugglers

And illegal, and that is against the forum rules.

 

[AresKrieger]

23 minutes ago, Enderman said:

And illegal, and that is against the forum rules.

snip

The  is a kin to a sarcasm /s to me, also it's not illegal in the US/Canada to avoid UK taxes and the forum doesn't specifically say anything on the subject so it's a grey area at best as far as the forum rules are concerned unless otherwise specified

[malon]

you can, i do it often when im on trips, but only with smaller less valuable items, also i don't live in th uk so i don't know the rules over there for this.

This link might help u more  https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad/overview

[THFourteen]

One thing to consider is if you can't test it out in the US and you bring back a £600 GPU what are your options if it doesn't work, can you return it to the manufacturer in the UK. 

[digitaldoughnut]

2 hours ago, THFourteen said:

One thing to consider is if you can't test it out in the US and you bring back a £600 GPU what are your options if it doesn't work, can you return it to the manufacturer in the UK. 

I was thinking about that but if 

I get a gpu I know some1 who has a pc so I might be able 2 test it a cpu would be a little harder....