Cost to ship int'l (Was difference between US and non-US computers?)

[BCinSC]

A guy in Greece is interested in an AGP video card I have. Any reason it wouldn't work in his machine? Any reason I couldn't ship it to him?

 

[Xernex]

No, it will work perfectly fine.

 

[silverpig]

The US ones tend to be louder and more obnoxious

*runs*

 

[Ionizer86]

Lol, most of the electronics (boards especially) are made in Taiwan anyway, with AMD chips often made in Germany or Malasia etc. In fact, come to think of it, not many electronics things are made in the US. Not even the US company stuff like intel or TI.

It's a small world, and we all use the same PC components

 

[GTaudiophile]

I think the only difference is in the power supply.

 

[Monoman]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
I think the only difference is in the power supply.

he means the little 110/220 switch on the PS and the actual chord used to plug it into the wall!

 

[Kingofcomputer]

non-US computers or parts may not have CE or FCC approval.

 

[MDE]

The TV out on an American or Japanese card would be NTSC, whereas most of Europe uses the PAL format. Some newer (8500 and up I think) ATI cards have DIP switches to change between the two.

 

[BCinSC]

OK, new questions - is there any reason I cannot or should not ship a video card to Greece or a pair of CPUs to UK? What's the cheapest method and roughly how much do you think it'll cost?

 

[Lou3]

Originally posted by: BCinSC
OK, new questions - is there any reason I cannot or should not ship a video card to Greece or a pair of CPUs to UK? What's the cheapest method and roughly how much do you think it'll cost?

I don't know about Greece, but I've had stuff shipped to me in Japan from the US. USPS is the cheapest and
usually reliable. I've had a couple packages delayed, but nothing was ever lost. You should definitely insure the package, but understand that it can take months for a claim to be settled. UPS and FedEx are ridiculously expensive, but reliable. I think you have to open an account with UPS to send stuff out, which entails some paperwork. You can get around opening an account by going to one of those mailbox places, but they of course charge a little extra. I'm not sure about FedEx's procedures. Check the USPS, UPS, and FedEx Web sites for more info.

 

[vegetation]

Ship it USPS Global Express, get it insured in full (comes with $100 by default). Do not ship by parcel post or letter post air, there is no accountability whatsoever so if your package does get lost, may take 3-5 months for insurance to pay up.