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RichieH

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Hello, I am looking to build my first computer soon and am working out to which parts to buy for it. I live in Canada and the cost of the build will be about $1000 on newegg.ca (Canada version) and on newegg.com (US version) its only $750. There is this service that will let me ship their address for a small fee and and I can pick it up there and then bring it back to Canada myself. My question is that if I do order from the US version would I have to pay a Duty fee to bring it back to Canada and would it be worth it? Or should I just play it safe and order from the Canada one and let them bring it straight to me?

I'm very confused as to what I should do. Any feedback would be appreciated and if you guys have any questions please let me know, so I could clarify. (I'm such a noobie lol)
 
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Yes you'd have to pay duty and declare it bringing it across. It may be subject to opening of all the boxes, xrays, probing, etc to make sure it is exactly what it is supposed to be. If you get a bad part, then how do you ship it back to newegg and get it shipped back to you? You have to use the service and do the same thing again. If you get from Newegg.ca you can ship it back in Canada.


Not declaring it, you could get your items seized, get fined and get barred from entering the United States for the next 10 years and probably get flagged by the NSA just because to be watched.


What is your build? Why not use http://ca.pcpartpicker.com instead and find the lowest prices for your items even if it means ordering from a few...
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Yes you'd have to pay duty and declare it bringing it across. It may be subject to opening of all the boxes, xrays, probing, etc to make sure it is exactly what it is supposed to be. If you get a bad part, then how do you ship it back to newegg and get it shipped back to you? You have to use the service and do the same thing again. If you get from Newegg.ca you can ship it back in Canada.


Not declaring it, you could get your items seized, get fined and get barred from entering the United States for the next 10 years and probably get flagged by the NSA just because to be watched.


What is your build? Why not use http://ca.pcpartpicker.com instead and find the lowest prices for your items even if it means ordering from a few different places.

Besides, newegg canada employs Canadians in Canadian warehouses and pays Canadian taxes and supports our economy. Support your country.
 
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Yes you will have to pay duties and taxies on the product when you import it. It's generally not advised to bring electronic components across the border like that.

What you should do is shop around. See if NCIX will pricematch newegg.com (they will match newegg.ca)
 
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Okay thanks for the reply greatly appreciate it. I think I'll just order from the Canadian website, but about the PC Partpicker would I have to pay the shipping for each individual part? Wouldn't that make it cost more?
 
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Oh okay, thanks for the reply. What do you mean by price match? If it cost a CPU for example cost $250 on NCIX and only $200 on newegg, then NCIX will drop the price of the $250 CPU to only $200?
 
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PC part picker will show the total including tax, shipping, etc. And it's not like newegg doesn't charge more for each item anyways. some items from pcpartpicker are free shipping too. all depends, just go and piece together your build on there and see how it comes out.
 
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That's correct. There's usually some restrictions on what they will price match, and usually restrict it to Canadian retailers but I can speak from first hand experience that if you talk directly to their sales reps on the phone you may get better deals. When I purchased my current rig from NCIX they chopped about $300 off in various places without my even asking.

NCIX is amazing, and if you have an outlet or warehouse nearby you can have it all shipped there free of charge.
 
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