NewEgg and Parcel Forwarding

MiCrOMaN1 · 07-01-2011 07:19AM #1

I am building my own gaming pc to play Starcraft 2 and am looking for the best place to get the parts, I had an idea of buying from Newegg and using a parcel forwarding service such as: http://www.bongous.com/

Has anybody ever done this and do you think it would work out much cheaper?
Thank you in advance.

ED E · 07-01-2011 08:18AM

Buying from Komplett or Hardwareversand you wont get stung for tax again, from the US you most likely will. Thats another 21-25% on top of the total cost, including shipping. It may still be slightly cheaper, but the inability to easily RMA it would make it an unjustifiable saving.

Monotype · 07-01-2011 12:47PM

It would be madness unless you need hard to get parts. That forwarding costs enough money to cut back your margins to a minimum, but as LB says, you'll have to pay import duty and VAT on the items and the shipping. I doubt you'd save any money.

Hardwareversand has the lowest VAT rates, although scan.co.uk seem to be the cheapest at the moment, but it can vary from week to week.

Nollog · 07-01-2011 12:57PM

MiCrOMaN1 wrote: »

I am building my own gaming pc to play Starcraft 2 and am looking for the best place to get the parts, I had an idea of buying from Newegg and using a parcel forwarding service such as: http://www.bongous.com/

Has anybody ever done this and do you think it would work out much cheaper?
Thank you in advance.

It won't work out cheaper.
The parcel-forwarding services I've looked into charge three arms and five legs for small packages, can't imagine what they'd charge for large components and lots of them.

PogMoThoin · 07-01-2011 02:25PM

Shop in Germany, they have 19% Vatrate and they take Euro. Hardwareversand.de charge €30 per delivery no matter how many items.

NewEgg and Parcel Forwarding

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