Buying laptop from US using Parcel forwarding

LCounterpain on 15/05/2014 - 22:18

hi OzBargainerz ,

Has anyone ever tried buying laptop / electronic from US and post it here using parcel forwarding such as : shipito?

or has any opinion regarding this ?

Computing

Comments

  • leeroys_dad on 16/05/2014 - 08:30
    +2

    no, but beware you will be paying 10% gst and 5% import duty for an import for a product value exceeding $1000AUD. shipping not included
    edit: so typically, it's not worth it. also beware of no warranty or return to country for warranty claim (your expense)

    • NancyCat on 16/05/2014 - 09:47

      Also, laptop is quite fragile, do you really want to risk it?

      • Counterpain on 16/05/2014 - 16:39

        Yes thats one of my concern ,they do have a shipping inssurance.

    • jdf on 16/05/2014 - 10:14

      What about if you pay approximately 850 dollars for it. I am on the fence about the same thing. I did it 7 years ago with a Sony laptop & it worked beautifully for the past 7 years without a single problem.

  • fruit on 16/05/2014 - 14:17

    Don't unless it's a cheap one like a Chromebook.

  • halfnhalf71 on 16/05/2014 - 15:01

    I tried it 5 years ago. I stacked a few Dell coupons and got it to $992 from about $1500(including shipping) and planned to use Shipit.to but becuase i was stupidly trying to find even better coupons to drop the price, one of the larger discounts expired and I couldn't do it. I would've had not hesitation in doing it though. Just get insurance.

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