With these Black Friday deals, same gaming laptops in USA vs. Australia, I am seeing insane price differences.
I can get it delivered to some of my acquaintances in US, but after that, what is the Reliable + Cheap option to courier them here?
Buying Laptops from USA and Shipping Them Here
vsvsvs on 24/11/2024 - 12:45
Last edited 24/11/2024 - 20:27 by 1 other user
Last edited 24/11/2024 - 20:27 by 1 other user
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Make sure you choose a brand with an international warranty, if that even matters? If you're shipping to someone you know check the rates for USPS. One benefit of using a forwarder is they operate from tax free locations, but their shipping rates aren't cheap any more.
US prices tend to exclude tax btw.
Thanks folks! If any of you have any specific recommended forwarder, then please let me know.
not worth it dude. Especially be wary of the auspost partner shipmate or whatever it was
they charge GST on all shit, it was horrible in cost terms, disposing and item costs too btw like $5 (so anybody could post random dirt shit to your Shipmate address and auspost charge you $5 for each package they got each time).
and they offered no combining of the packages too (Only when like seller was same, i.e. your are just getting multiple packages from same seller name, address at same time etc. something like that).
ETC. ETC. they were a nightmare.
just pay $100-200 extra to get the stuff locally especially laptops
Remember if it's over $1000 you'll be paying customs duty as well as GST, so add ~20% to the list price.
It is very unlikely to be worth it especially when you factor in the risks of warranty etc.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/list_of_mail_forwarders
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/720726