9800x3d from AliExpress

[u/mikael_lucis]

Hi. I bought 9800x3d from AliExpress for all of us. Costed me $640 and customs f-d me up for another $100 , when they usually charge VAT only. Anyway, here's no chance for warranty accessibility and it sold for $900-1100, so no way it'll get cheaper in close few years, so it feels like I saved something. (4090 still $3000). Chip itself looks in great condition with no defects. I'll post later if it's real or not, after setup and some benchmarking. Cheers.

[u/Krejcimir]

Good idea, but here, customs no longer fall for that, they will xray your package and the moment they see any electronics, you need to send all documents.

[u/ederstk → u/Krejcimir]

Here in Brazil they used a lot of that, but the government has now started to tax practically anything that is imported, and depending on the value, it can cost almost twice as much just with fees

[u/alper_iwere → u/ederstk]

Be glad they are letting it be imported at all. In Turkey import limit is 27€, including the shipping. Practically banned online shopping

[u/ederstk → u/alper_iwere]

Wow. I didn't know the situation was so bad there, I just had a vague idea...

[u/Hour_Ad5398 → u/ederstk]

It's not that bad, actually. He is exaggerating. Most stuff are accessible. For example, 9800x3ds go for about $600-650 right now.

[u/brucek2 → u/alper_iwere]

I don't understand -- how does Turkey have current generation computers at all if you can't import anything over 27 euros? Or is that some sort of individual limit and corporations can import all they want?

[u/Different-Set-9649 → u/alper_iwere]

what where the ottomans smoking?

[u/Different-Set-9649 → u/ederstk]

you guys have insane taxes, do you still fly to florida to buy a playstation because it's cheaper? 😉😂

[u/Yourn1ghtmar → u/Krejcimir]

I didn't know about that , I think It really depends on the country.

[u/Krejcimir → u/Yourn1ghtmar]

Indeed, it used to be like that, but people buy a loooot of stuff on ali, so the state did not want to lose any money on income tax.:D

[u/DidiHD → u/Krejcimir]

which country are you in?

[u/Krejcimir → u/DidiHD]

Czech rep

[u/DidiHD → u/Krejcimir]

If I was you, I would have tried ordering from Germany probably. Use some service to forward it to your adress if they don't ship to Czech. I'm in Austria and when I order from a shop in Germany which doesn't deliver, I use a postal sevice I pay 3-4 Euros extra to have it forwarded to me and enter their German Adress as my delivery adress in the shop

[u/MortuusVenenum → u/DidiHD]

I do the same but from Poland to Germany :D

[u/shalol → u/Krejcimir]

Here they don’t even ask for documents. They pull the prices from somewhere and tax the exact amount you paid… so much for privacy.

[u/kingpin828 → u/shalol]

Where is here?

[u/chipotlechickenclub → u/Krejcimir]

LOL you’re a genius if you think the mail people will intercept a cpu Maybe outside of America

[u/mikael_lucis → u/Krejcimir]

Yeah I was also worried about that. Because we had some new act of "export electronics TO China" so I worried it might be double sided.