International Buying

[Syphanx]

Hey guys,
I have recently discovered that international buying is alot cheaper than buying from Australia. However I was browsing through a few stores, i.e. Monarch Computers and they don't ship to Australia

I was wondering if anyone out there could find me a store that sells reasonably cheap parts (can be in any country really, but preferably America), that can be shipped into Australia as well.

I am only intending in buying more expensive items such as my gfx card and cpu from overseas and the rest from Australia.

Thanks.

 

[Tro1086]

Wouldnt shipping be expensive enough to tilt the prices back towards the australian stores? And wouldnt it take a long time to get something shipped from america to australia anyway?

 

[baronvongogo]

I dont no many i think these are some british ones that ship to australia:

http://www.chillblast.com/home.php

http://www.rlsupplies.co.uk/default.asp

 

[Syphanx]

Depends on where it's from and what type of shipping they use, usually Fed-Ex is quite expensive or any other private mail courier, Australia Post doesn't seem to be too bad, either is USPS.
I buy alot of bike parts from the U.S and they are a heap cheaper than buying from Australia, so I was wondering if computer parts would be the same, Of course I wouldn't be stupid enough to order cases or psu's from the states as it would contribute to the shipping fee as they are both heavy and large.

 

[Trotter]

Check the first post on this thread:
http://techist.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49155&perpage=40&pagenumber=1

We really need to re-sticky that one.