GPU Upgrade and prices

[Bruno_A]

Hello guys, long time no see. I've been thinking of upgrading my GPU to either an RTX 2070 or a GTX 1080Ti. I'd rather buy a founder's edition card as they look quite good, Pascal better than Turing, though, in my opinion, however, Nvidia prices are ridiculous in the UK. For example, an RTX 2070 costs 599$ for pre-order in the US, whereas in the UK, the exact same RTX 2070 costs £569, which in dollars, is 748$ (almost 150$ more). Given that prices in the US are a lot more appealing, I would like to know if there are any online shops in the US willing to ship a graphics card overseas, to the UK, as even paying for shipping, it will still be cheaper than buying from the UK. Waiting is not an issue.

 

Thank you, Bruno.

 

EDIT: Also, I live in Guernsey and we are VAT-free, meaning we do not pay import/customs fees.

[TheNaitsyrk]

2 minutes ago, bruny06 said:

Hello guys, long time no see. I've been thinking of upgrading my GPU to either an RTX 2070 or a GTX 1080Ti. I'd rather buy a founder's edition card as they look quite good, Pascal better than Turing, though, in my opinion, however, Nvidia prices are ridiculous in the UK. For example, an RTX 2070 costs 599$ for pre-order in the US, whereas in the UK, the exact same RTX 2070 costs £569, which in dollars, is 748$ (almost 150$ more). Given that prices in the US are a lot more appealing, I would like to know if there are any online shops in the US willing to ship a graphics card overseas, to the UK, as even paying for shipping, it will still be cheaper than buying from the UK. Waiting is not an issue.

 

Thank you, Bruno.

You'll pay importing fee. Same prices will apply anyway.

[Bruno_A]

Just now, TheNaitsyrk said:

You'll pay importing fee. Same prices will apply anyway.

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I do not pay import fees where I live, as we are VAT-free.

[TheNaitsyrk]

Just now, bruny06 said:

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I do not pay import fees where I live, as we are VAT-free.

If you say so, go for it.

[Bruno_A]

2 minutes ago, TheNaitsyrk said:

If you say so, go for it.

I intend to, however, I need to find a shop in the US that's willing to ship overseas.

[Rex_G]

2 minutes ago, bruny06 said:

I intend to, however, I need to find a shop in the US that's willing to ship overseas.

Did you try Amazon global shipping?

[Bruno_A]

2 minutes ago, Rex_G said:

Did you try Amazon global shipping?

I went and did a quick research on that and found out it's quite easy to use, however, very little choice when it comes to graphics cards. And no RTX 2070 cards show up in the search results.  

[Rex_G]

30 minutes ago, bruny06 said:

I went and did a quick research on that and found out it's quite easy to use, however, very little choice when it comes to graphics cards. And no RTX 2070 cards show up in the search results.  

That is going be a problem. I haven't seen RTX 2070 on EVGA website either. Only 2070 I have seen so far is the on Nvidia website. I don't know if Nvidia US will ship directly to UK. Newegg US also ships internationally but you will probably run in same issue with card availability. So unless you have third party sellers selling the card, it won't be available on these websites. I think third party sellers will start selling after supply is more streamlined.

[Bruno_A]

10 minutes ago, Rex_G said:

That is going be a problem. I haven't seen RTX 2070 on EVGA website either. Only 2070 I have seen so far is the on Nvidia website. I don't know if Nvidia US will ship directly to UK. Newegg US also ships internationally but you will probably run in same issue with card availability. So unless you have third party sellers selling the card, it won't be available on these websites. I think third party sellers will start selling after supply is more streamlined.

If Newegg ships internationally, my problem may be solved. I'm not specifically looking for a 2070, although, I'd rather buy it as it's newer.