American Websites that deliver to Ireland

scribs

Taking into account the current favourable Euro/US Dollar exchange rate.

I was wondering does anyone know of any good American
Websites that deliver to Ireland ?

They can be for any product.

I came across this one www.tigerdirect.com who deliver to Ireland
I found a 40gig fourth generation Ipod that they would deliver to my
doorstep for the sum of 339 Euro (inclusive of delivery charges).

popey21

That looks like a great site.I bought a Leadtek GeForce 6800 GT Video Card for $399.99 =300.052 EUR ,which is 412.500 EUR from the uk.If customs caught it . how much extra duty would I have to pay

Khannie

21% (VAT rate) if customs nab you.

Scribs: How much of that was for delivery?

popey21

so if your shipment did get caught its still cheaper. i was told by a friend that he paid 40% before

scribs

Khannie wrote:

21% (VAT rate) if customs nab you.

Scribs: How much of that was for delivery?

I hav'nt orderd it yet but delivery comes to 35 dollars

so do any of yee know any other american websites ?

popey21

I did a search in yahoo and found this website http://www.pricewatch.com/

i chose a product which lead to this website https://www.ewiz.com/

were you can choose Ireland in the delivery country Options

scribs

popey21 wrote:

so if your shipment did get caught its still cheaper. i was told by a friend that he paid 40% before

Is theRE anyway to avoid getting caught for paying this tax/duty whatever
and how does one go about it. How do they catch some and not others.

Explain please.

Khannie

Hehe. It's illegal to tell you how to evade tax I'm afraid. Sometimes you'll be lucky, and sometimes you wont.

Let's just say though, that your chances of being lucky, are much better if you're not using Fedex or DHL.

mobile04

if you just find any shiping agents in dublin airport

they will acept the goods there instead of your home
also avoid customs and taxes and dutys
when the airoprt people see the address it will be for internal post
the handling agent will then ring you and you pay aprox 50 euro for the goods if its under 1000 euro.
simple as that
got in a cracking video camera saved a bundle.
problem is finding a good handling agent theres a dozen or so in dublin airport.

most companys in america or asia will send them to these people because they are werehouses.

wheres me jumpa

do you have any contacts for a shipping agent in dublin?

mobile04

i got my guy , ill ask him
its a little to near xmas but ill see what he says what are you looking to bring in?

leeroybrown

popey21 wrote:

so if your shipment did get caught its still cheaper. i was told by a friend that he paid 40% before

When your import gets stopped for duty it gets VAT added at 21%, exise duty if there is any on that particular class of product (computer parts are currently not covered) and then you have to pay a handling charge to the delivery company that deals with the duty on the order (typically €15). All these charges add up quite quickly.

CyberGhost

www.frozencpu.com

www.cyberguys.com

ElNino

http://www.warehouse123.com/

EricM

Most american sites dont send goods outside of US due to fraud.

The best way to do it is if you know someone there you can trust to send the money and have him purchase it and send to you.

By law the stores must put the $ value of the product. customs will see this. usually if its small enough they dont care but for plasma tvs etc.. thell notice. But if you have friend send it then no declared value


Also. US uses 110V power supply. EU uses 220.
It is common in the EU that appliances accept 100-240V but in the U.S is not as common alot of things only work on 110V.

You should check what you buy works on 220V.
For PCs you can just replace the power unit inside with a euro one.
Like the alienware.com US site is MUCH cheaper then the .ie

aaf

http://misticriver.net/estore/index.php . They sell iRiver iSkins. Excellent service. Ordered mine friday, received monday. From the US, that's a fantastic turnaround. They take PayPal aswell.

Wertz

EricM wrote:

Most american sites dont send goods outside of US due to fraud.

You'll find a lot more don't sell outside continental US simply for the fact that they are owned by a company that has affiliated shops/stores in the EU, who make a tidy profit especially when the dollar falls like it has.