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Q: Cheaper to buy the same laptop in China or Europe?
I need to get a new laptop but I can't decide whether to buy it in Europe, or see whether or not I end up back in China and buy it there? Which is cheaper?
HK is cheaper.......Europe like German, the tax is super high... so the price will be huge. it is the best choice to go to hk to buy one.
It depends on where in Europe you go. Very different tax rates between say Germany, England and Greece. For quality and convenience I would probably go for Hong Kong though.
Well
http://www.elgiganten.se/product/datorer-tillbehor/barbar-dator/ACNXMNYE...
http://www.fortress.com.hk/en/product/details.php?productfamily=AACEE551...
3995SEK is 4067HKD, so it is a bit more. Then subtract the price for going to Hong Kong (including the raping of your passport when you waste a 3rd of a page getting stamps) AND the fact that the HK laptop has less RAM and a crappier CPU, then the Hong Kong laptop is pretty expensive in my opinion.
Hong Kong is not subject to much import tax and such, however, the countries that are, often get better prices, so us, the consumers end up paying the same no matter where we buy.
Eorthisio:
HK immigration doesn't stamp passports anymore, they give you a ticket.
Scandinavian:
yes, but China immigration still gives you an exit and entry stamp. so it is still pretty rough on the passports to run back and forth
(I have used half the pages in my passport this year)
Channel Islands (Guernsey) in UK/EU with some 20% cheaper price/tax than mainland EU. Use Easyjet for flight there from LON .
The cheapest you'll get is HK, IMO.
Think, what you'll do if laptop fail after the purchase. You must return to the purchase city for the replacement/repair/refund.
Scandinavian:
actually there might be some brands that have international service. I think when I had a Dell laptop way back, it had international service (possibly something I paid extra for)
icnif77:
I have Apple's external hard drive from HK. 1st one died (in a week) while I was still in HK. Replacement died as soon as I returned to Chinese apartment. Now, I'm waiting for opp. to return to HK for replacement. 1-Y warranty.
It's not Apple hard drive. I can't remember the name, but it was Apple's main external hard drive last year. Gotta go back to HK for an exchange.
Here it is:
G-Tech 1TB G-DRIVE mobile Thunderbolt/USB 3.0 Hard Drive
It sucks, G-tech.
Scandinavian:
the Apple is not the correct place to go for world class service !
If you want an Apple/ MAC, China isn't a good place to buy. The China prices are 15 to 20% higher than in the US. Even with no sales tax on the mainland Apple is expensive. Other stuff is cheaper after the currency exchange is applied to the purchase. No matter what you buy, you won't save enough to finance your trip.
If you do buy Apple, the video quality and pre-installed programs are better than PC level apps and video edit capabilities, I have found the Apple service to be quite good, beware of copies.
Englteachted:
15-20 % higher? You clearly are not from America. Please no one tell him.
But then again, maybe you just suck at math
Iron_Monkey:
My math must suck too because at a quick glance I'd say the spread is more like 10 to 20% higher not including sales tax so with tax the gap closes.
I bought my current laptop in GZ computer city.
I done a lot of research before I bought it, and I found the prices here were pretty much the same as the UK.
But, what I did find was that the laptops for sale in the UK were older models than can be bought at a big PC market here ( in a big market of course). I was not worried about that because I know what I want, and that's not always what the latest is ( How I lament the loss of the RS232 port).
In any case, I got a perfectly good laptop for a decent price.
But..... then I had to ask a friend to buy me a legal copy of windows 8 in the UK and send it over.
Then guess what happened.? The day before my real windows turned up the wifes cousin managed to fix my copy windows to make it think it was legal.
I wanted a registered copy of windows because I run "paid for" software on my home laptop. And I think it's fair to pay.
I must add... I reckon windows 8 is pretty good. It takes a while to get used to it, but keep at it and the changes they made between 7 and 8 start to make sense.
