i'm rolling over the floor laughing...
i just done some comparisons. buying all from newegg and getting shipped...
and buying all from ascent.
for these items, (cpu, mobo, case, gpu, ram, hdd, and dvd+rw)
newegg: US$827.23
ascent: NZ$1897.65
okay, now thats a big different, if we normalise currency..
newegg is now NZ$1182.36. still big difference.
I did a little search on dhl international, i really have no idea of the most cost effective and safe way to ship here from US. I weighed my pc now on my digital scales, to get an idea of what the rough weight would be, around 15KG my one is, but i have a psu, adsl modem, fans, a guitar effects pedal, an extra hdd, floppy and optical drive in there, not to mention a few extra fans. So i guess, it would balance out with manuals and accessories in all the boxes. shipping for that would work out about US$330.
so adding that up we have, approx US$1160. then convert that to NZ dollars, we now have $1650 odd.. with GST having to pay on it at the border, which is at 12.5%, an extra $200 is added, so now i got it at NZ$1850.
around $47 difference hahahhha
now the funny bit is, if i buy from ascent direct deposit, i get 1.5% discount, so ascent is now $1868. heheh
i guess that site has really factored it all in with their prices. I won't complain anymore hahahah