EVGA 7800 Gt Co Pci-e

heffo9

checkout the link
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BT3KYI/ref=pd_rhf_p_1/104-2488146-1627108?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=172282

heffo9

yes they do deliver outside the us., i ordered one and it is being shipped to me right now. also add $45 for shipping and handling.

Kenny_D

The tax isnt added. Could be charged coming through customs also

Dingatron

Another guinea pig here. Just ordered one so we'll see what happens. It says that the item does not ship outside the US but accepted my order and shipping address so wait and see. Heffo9 did you get shipping confirmation?

CivilServant

yeah realised it was through tigerdirect afterwards, lets us know how you get on with customs, taxes, vat, etc.

TomCo

Doesnt seem that great of a deal, for another €30 you could get one delivered from Komplett and not have to worry about customs or vat.

Jammer

Got a bfg 7800GT from ocuk a while ago for €330 delivered!

TomCo

Its at that price at the moment, their delivery is a rip off though.

€48?

Thats a piss take.

Jammer

yeah, bit much, i have a friend in UK that comes over every 2/3wks so its handy...

heffo9

yes i got shipping confirmation. i'll keep yous posted as to tax etc.
delivery date around 10 jan 2006.

Dingatron

Damn impulse buying lol! Looks to have shipped anyway as I've no option to cancel the order now. Delivery estimate: January 2, 2006 - January 11, 2006 The BFG GeForce 7800 GT OC 256MB on ocuk is £258.44 STG which works out at €380 before shipping according to XE.com's rates of exchange?

heffo9

even if we get for tax, the card still works out as a good deal. consider that the evga cards have a life time guarantee and you can trade it in with evga if you ever want to upgrade.
heres a link to a review
http://hardware.gamershell.com/articles/evga_e-geforce_7800_gt_co_review/

Dingatron

Yeah had a look at the reviews and benchmarks. Looks to be one of the fastest GT cards factory overclocked out there and their warrenty is very good. Beats the BFG OC one. Like to see some benchies of 2 of these in SLI. Even if taxed its still in line with what you'd pay in Europe for it if not cheaper. Don't expect to see it till late January though! Shipping from the States is a disaster.

silent

got mine for 280$ from newegg about 3 weeks ago, since then you could have gotten it for 270$ as well (excluding 10$ mail-in-rebate)
poor deal IMHO
newegg + shopthestates.com, nothing else you need

btw, most of them were 470/1200 by mistake, should have been 460/1100, so expect artifacing if your's is still factory unintentionally oc'd, but I think the newer batches are no longer suffering from that. mine did 465/1120 without problem on stock cooler, havent tried yet with my nv5 silencer

heffo9

silent,thanks for bursting me bubble, by the way have you got a link to the card you mentioned and did you get caught for tax?

Kur4mA

silent, would also be interested to know if you got stung by customs when using shopthestates and are they trustyworthy/reliable enough?

CivilServant

heffo9 wrote:

even if we get for tax, the card still works out as a good deal. consider that the evga cards have a life time guarantee and you can trade it in with evga if you ever want to upgrade.
heres a link to a review
http://hardware.gamershell.com/articles/evga_e-geforce_7800_gt_co_review/

Yeah i wish they sell cards over here in europe. I've heard of many happy customers using the stepup program and the lifetime warranty only sweetens the deal.

silent

Rid wrote:

silent, would also be interested to know if you got stung by customs when using shopthestates and are they trustyworthy/reliable enough?

nope, all went fine. declare package as 50$ value (shopthestates do that for you) and cross fingers
in all the years and hundrets of parcels from us and canada, I paid tax only once - on two retaile boxed maxtors from staples. (and of course when I used ups/fedex but that is given). usps ems or normal airmail for me. i guess I'm lucky and yes all the postman around know me well
used shopthestates for dozen+ high priced items including shoes and my g.skill memory and opteron among other things
with newegg I used same address as my us shipping address for billing adress and it went through somehow, on 3 different orders
btw, cheapest 7800gt on newegg is 299$ right now, they must have upped the price recently as last week it was 270 IIRC

Kur4mA

Cheers for that man. I'll be using them fairly soon then.

heffo9

you learn something new everyday!!
niceone silent!!

heffo9

just to let everyone know, i received my card yesterday morning along with a bill for €74 customs and excise tax. next time, i'll be taking silents approach when ordering from the states.

CivilServant

heffo9 wrote:

just to let everyone know, i received my card yesterday morning along with a bill for €74 customs and excise tax. next time, i'll be taking silents approach when ordering from the states.

ah well, i found with usps they are usually better when it comes to avoiding any kind of tax.

@silent so how much total cost would the same card be for you using shopthestates?

heffo9

well the cost breaksdown like this
the card was $326.99, add $45 for shipping and handling=$371.99,
then convert into euros =€313.730 + €74 tax = €387.73

if i was to go with silents approach i would imagine it would cost something like €313.73 if you where evading the tax.

Dingatron

Looks like I'll get hit for the tax as well so. Still not a bad price for the card though when you look at the bench marks.

Wolverine_1999

Got the exact same card from Germany for €330.. Plus, no need to worry about VAT or customs since coming from within EU.

heffo9

thats great, maybe you could post a link, so other people can buy it if they wish to do so.