this is the kind of bullshit prices we have to deal with in nz
1)http://www.playtech.co.nz/afawcs0139235/CATID=757/ID=18590/SID=1072807434/productdetails.html
2)http://www.playtech.co.nz/afawcs0139235/CATID=757/ID=16984/SID=720156389/productdetails.html
3)http://www.playtech.co.nz/afawcs0139235/CATID=762/ID=17971/SID=335667139/productdetails.html
4)http://www.playtech.co.nz/afawcs0139235/CATID=762/ID=17734/SID=728752299/productdetails.html
O.O
I would die...
yea im so jelly of americans having these thing for pennies compared to what we have to deal with
I do understand how we're still behind the world. But do think of stock availability as it's sometimes a bit difficult to convince manufacturers to send us 100 truck loads of GPUs, aside from the Government's facist-style of putting GST to everything. I find that shop the cheapest of the all. I even got my Ducky keyboard from there, although expensive at $299, only because it's a limited edition. Plus, that's the only store in NZ that is willing to import Duckys. They should get more this month. But I heard that they're trying to get different keycaps but I'm not sure when they'll do that.
Moved the thread BTW. You should know better that Buy/Sell/Trade is for buying/selling things.
Yeah I hear you man. A good friend of mine that lives in NZ wanted to build his first computer and what would cost him about $1,500 here in the U.S. turned out to be $3,800 over there. Needless to say he paypal'd me $1,800 I bought all his hardware, shipped it to my house, then put everything in two boxes and shipped it out to him. It worked out flawlessly and everything was insured.
If this keeps up, we'll end up like almost literally a pintful of the population left. The worse thing is that some sellers from Amazon won't allow people from outside the US to puirchase their stuff. Like the Core i7 990x I was looking for. Look, not all of us in NZ won't go fully mobile sometime.
I feel for you, being in Europe, I experience much the same, though I have to admit NZ prices are even worse (according to a quick currency conversion).
It really isn't all that bad here in Europe, you just have to know where to buy your parts. I always buy my parts in the Netherlands or Germany, and yes, most shops there do ship to Belgium.
Prices are indeed more then in the US, but remember, we pay 19-21% VAT.
Some with good prices: zercom.eu (10 euro shipping to Belgium), caseking.de (7,90 euro shipping to Belgium).
It's the same as if I would say that hw is ridiculously expensive here in Norway. But then again, the average person have more income here.
Also we pay 25% VAT
Actually, I buy most my stuff from Amazon.de (free shipping on orders above €50) and since caseking charges €2 extra for visa payments or €4 extra for paypal, I never bothered with them.
Also bought by SSD (256GB Crucial M4) from someone on another tech forum at US prices so that alone saved me about €100.
Your economy is bad cause you all left and came to australia, Want better prices come to australia :P
Yep, I do guess that logic applies to NZ. Anyone who's smart enough sure could afford hardware with valuable income. But atm, I do not think it will work since our Government is chasing off jobs overseas. Then employers here gets very greedy on the applicants.