buying mp3 player in the US

gary the great

im thinking of buying this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15058&item=5735401353&rd=1 from, the us,comes to 200 incl. postage to ireland and seeing that they are 255 over here i will save 55euro. is this the way to go?

koneko

Shorter warranties on stuff from the US. I personally would just buy it here, 55 euro isn't much of a difference.

Bass.exe

Um no you won't save 55 euro. In fact, you'll probably get hit for nearly that much in customs duty.

Plus, this guy is shipping only to the U.S.

koneko

aye, you'll probably get stung for customs too, forgot about that! Plus you'll have to wait longer.

Bass.exe

The only way to get the U.S. discount is to get a friend or relative going over to smuggle one back.
Plus, U.S. Warranties generally don't apply in Europe. Most organisations will have a US branch, a European Branch, an Asian Branch etc.
They won't support a device, unless you send it back to their American returns department... usually...

gary the great

guess i will buy one over here so! thanks for the info.

Bass.exe

No problem.. .I'm actually looking for a Zen Micro too. If you find any cheap ones I'd appreciate if you dropped me a note.

Edit: Cheapest I've seen are on www.komplett.ie for €255, but they're not in stock till the new year