Basically, its upgrade time for me, but thanks to ripoff britain and the 17.5% tax rate, the £522 i've got available just wont cut it.
Having looked at prices on newegg.com, you get a substantially better deal, and what with the exchange rate being £1 = $2, i wondered if anyone here would be able to help out on the logistics side of things!
To put it simply, i paypal $1033 to someone, they buy the parts on my list, get them delivered and then re-ship it to me in Europe....marked as something innocuous like...er...birthday gift for $40 or something
This is the reason why i'm wanting to get it from the US
(Item / Price in the UK / Price in the US)
Asus P5E / $255.56 / $224.99
Core2Duo E8400 / $241.63 / $189.99
500gb Hitachi Deskstar / $99.88 / $79.99
2 x Radeon 4850's / $566.90 / $379.98
Shipping / $17.70 / $15.15
TOTAL / $1,181.67 / $890.10
I dunno about you, but that is some SERIOUS price gouging
Obviously shipping to me will cost a bit, but i doubt it'd cost more than $142!
Oh and of course, you can keep any extra, and rebates etc - not interested in those
Having looked at prices on newegg.com, you get a substantially better deal, and what with the exchange rate being £1 = $2, i wondered if anyone here would be able to help out on the logistics side of things!
To put it simply, i paypal $1033 to someone, they buy the parts on my list, get them delivered and then re-ship it to me in Europe....marked as something innocuous like...er...birthday gift for $40 or something
This is the reason why i'm wanting to get it from the US
(Item / Price in the UK / Price in the US)
Asus P5E / $255.56 / $224.99
Core2Duo E8400 / $241.63 / $189.99
500gb Hitachi Deskstar / $99.88 / $79.99
2 x Radeon 4850's / $566.90 / $379.98
Shipping / $17.70 / $15.15
TOTAL / $1,181.67 / $890.10
I dunno about you, but that is some SERIOUS price gouging
Obviously shipping to me will cost a bit, but i doubt it'd cost more than $142!
Oh and of course, you can keep any extra, and rebates etc - not interested in those
