buying a Ferrari, a few questions...

smemon

the last few months ive been in the hunt for a new lappy and i cant seem to better the ferrari 3400 for all round use. with the euro so strong ive decided to bite the bullet and strike while the iron's hot.

problem now is finding the cheapest & most reliabler seller online. it's extremely difficult to pick one up in ireland for the price i'd be looking for (€2000 max). however from the US newegg i could have it for about €1700inc taxes. this would be ideal as ive relatives over there. one question though, do they accept credit cards outside the us? have searched about but couldnt find an answer.

2nd option is from the uk rlsupplies just under €2000. that would be much less hassle although i'd prefer hassle and a few hundred euro in my back pocket than no hassle

if i were to get it shipped from the us or even the uk, what are the chances of import duty being added on? my biggest fear is ordering from the us, getting it shipped over then paying a big fat lump sum on top of the original cost.

Creamy Goodness

how about sending your relatives in the states the money get them to order the laptop and get it shipped to them. then get them to UPS it over to you?

i dunno about US companies and credit cards as i've never ordered from the states.

po0k

If your relatives package it in "domestic packaging" and mark it as "gift" then afaik Customs won't open it.

Khannie

newegg don't take irish credit cards.

If you get it shipped, you will get stung for import duties. No doubt. You need a mate in the US

Must admit I'd never heard of ferrari laptops....thought you meant "very fast computer" or "car"

Creamy Goodness

they are acer's version of a fast laptop

raphaelS

I don't know if you can get Acer laptop on Amazon.com but you can pay with your irish Visa and send it to your relatives as a gift, then they will need to send it to you... I've done it with a digital camera last year and saved a lot compare to Irish or UK prices.

Raphael

Wertz

To avoid all the hassle of VAT and import duties you could get it on Acer's UK direct sales. The 3400LMi, the higher spec one, will cost you €1968 inc VAT & delivery. and the 1.5% exchange rate on credit card

https://www.acernotebooks.co.uk/asp/spec.asp?V_ID=6752

I've been looking at Acers myself but I can't justify spending that kind of money. Came across a sweet one for €1200 that is more than future proof enough for me. Still not fully decided though...
We need an EU version of Newegg

Boberto

www.ferrari.it sell the Acer Ferrari 3200 (the one i have) for about 1800. Not sure about international shipping tho... Worth checking out. Of course i got mine from Elara and paid 2200

smemon

yeah that sorta leaves me with the uk option, paying extra. i could get my relatives to pay for it, then pay them but i'd prefer not to get them involved too much.

as i said before the uk would be dearer, but then less hassle. dam them americans!! i'll try looking for a US site that does accept our cards but will probably end up just buying from the uk.

amazon dont do it (the newer 3400 version) so that rules them out. elara is over €2200.

cheers for the link wertz, missed that myself. yeah whilst €1200 is more sane and normal i decided to splash out and go for the full works with a bit of future proof also. we'll see if it's worth it.

Mad Mike

I'm absolutely gutted.

I neglected to read the name of the forum and I thought this thread would be about someone who wanted to drop a couple of hundred grand on a new set of wheels and wanted advice from us plebs about it. I was looking forward to all sorts of tongue in cheek advice about how it is easier to fit a towbar onto a Lamborghini etc.

Wertz

Oh one last thing: the only CC that US companies will accept that issues here is an American Express card. I've used mine to buy clothes and other trinkets online and have friends mail em home. That was before the EU and An Post got all anal about duty and VAT :rolleyes:

smemon

so if i buy from the uk and deliver here to ireland, i wont have to pay any import duty or the like? it doesnt matter really as i could ship it to n.ireland (ive relatives there too).

yeah its hard to find any irish friendly US computer sites, its frustrating to see the same computers for hundreds less over there and you cant do anything about it. theres just no such thing as a cheap ferrari

astrofool

i've used mastercard when ordering from the states many many times.

Creamy Goodness

smemon wrote:

so if i buy from the uk and deliver here to ireland, i wont have to pay any import duty or the like? it doesnt matter really as i could ship it to n.ireland (ive relatives there too).

yes if you buy from uk you'll only pay 17 1/2 % vat which will be included in the price of the laptop, so generally if in the EU the price you see is the price you pay.

smemon

cheers, im just wary of going over my €2000 budget with hidden fees, atm it's stretched to the max (€1997 for everything).

Wertz

astrofool wrote:

i've used mastercard when ordering from the states many many times.

any time I ever tried Visa/MasCard I got a "Could not confirm issuer" error email in my inbox. Maybe it was just the sites I was using but US sites seem to be very fraud conscious when dealing with non-US issued cards...