international shipping

[neilm]

Does anyone know of anywhere mainly in america (canada too I guess) that ships hardware internationally. All I'm looking to buy is RAM on the cheap, I live in the UK and hopefully there is a decent place out there.

I found RAM going cheap on ebay, that the guy listing it has a store in the states. I had to laugh when he told me the shipping cost was $60 (for two sticks of RAM just!).

 

[moonshinemadness]

I live in teh UK and as of yet have not found anywhere. Aria Stock Stuff and Dabs are good for them and Dabs is fairly cheap.

 

[neilm]

Yea, I'm looking corsair though. I've checked every possible UK site and the ones that have it are expensive as hell.. yet I see it in the states for dirt cheap, thanks though matey.

Anyone else found a reseller?

 

[jagr10]

ya, but by the time you factor in shipping and possible duties it may end up being the same price for you.

 

[neilm]

What other duties? The most I've seen was $60, now I _know_ it doesnt cost this amount to ship to UK.. what the heck are they using, nasa?

I've done business with an american over ebay before and bought something second hand, this was $10.70 for shipping (and it was a pretty heavy box). I dunno how it jumps from $10.70 (joe bloggs) to $60 (company) for something that is more likely a lighter package. Can someone explain this?

edit: I'd still like some resellers too

 

[Akaz1976]

companies tend to use couriers and have all sorts of 'features' tacked on. Joe Blogg prolly sent it to u regular air mail with no tracking etc. switching to registered mail would push cost beyond $50

Akaz

 

[vegetation]

Companies need to use trackable mail sources, this means they can't ship by small packets (the cheapest, by a big margin), only courier mail or by global express.