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falabrazil
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 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:39 am Post subject: Buy or not to buy? |
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Hi!
I am moving to Dubai in two weeks and I am debating if I should buy my apple computer here in the USA or in Dubai. Does any one know about prices of apple computers in Dubai? If you have some tips of other things there are worth buying in America please let me know!
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veiledsentiments
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From what I have seen, nowhere in the world sells computers cheaper than the US.
I always bought my laptops in the US and took it with me. I wouldn't drag a desk type with me since the shipping costs would be excessive.
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Never Ceased To Be Amazed
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| Does any one know about prices of apple computers in Dubai? |
Definitely buy it in the States, you'll save a bundle. They're going to open an Apple Center in the Ibn B. Mall sometime soon, but the prices will certainly be higher than in the states. In this part of the world, almost all of the neat "gadgets" command a higher price.
Something else to note: Many GCC countries will levy an import tariff on items that are brought in, but not yet out of the box. If you do by the Apple (why not a PC?), take it out of the box, do some test driving, and then bring it in as your "used" machine.
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globalnomad2
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| Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:08 am Post subject: electronics prices |
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| I third that emotion. What a pity US televisions don't work in the UAE-they cost 1/2 as much. |
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Mideatoo
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:57 am Post subject: |
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
From what I have seen, nowhere in the world sells computers cheaper than the US.
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Perdon me but this above is quiet stupid........ 
Guangzhou China:
* 21" Multi sic/TV/Computer/DVD/Video control flat screen monitor for 180U$.
* 40GB Portable H-drive for 60U$.
* I-pod 200U$.
* DDD 400 Ram 24U$.
* Genuine Laptop IBM 1.8 GHZ blablabla 720U$.
* MP3, 1GB 80U$.
* Computer CAM with 6 LEDs 9U$.
..., and on, and on, and on, ... |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
From what I have seen, nowhere in the world sells computers cheaper than the US.
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Perdon me but this above is quiet stupid........
Guangzhou China: |
Pardon me, but you obviously don't know much English since that has two spelling errors, but fortunately you find yourself amusing.
Obviously the added cost price of the ticket to Quanzhou is going to mean that those supposedly cheap prices are not. But you are apparently "quiet stupid" and don't understand that...
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dmb
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| VS, better to be quiet stupid than loud stupid. |
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globalnomad2
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 5:55 pm Post subject: buy or not |
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| ...besides, everything in China is counterfeit or pirated. |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| dmb wrote: |
| VS, better to be quiet stupid than loud stupid. |
I have been both at various times I expect... (you too?)
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dmb
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I lean towards to the loud |
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web fishing
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Right now I'm confused stupid. Shouldn't it be "quite" stupid???
Or is quiet stupid a joke I don't get?  |
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dmb
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| Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Right now I'm confused stupid |
Shhh keep it quiet, that's a serious illness, quite a serious one i believe. if I were you i'd keep quite quiet about it |
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web fishing
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Thanks dmb. I got it now. 
I'll try to be more "quiet" stupid next time; I don't want to let on how plane stupid I can get at times.
But then again, asking stupid questions can get you intelligent answers, so being "loud" stupid is okay, right?  |
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Is this turning into an example of 'how many EFL teachers does it take to explain a vocabulary word?' |
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web fishing
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| Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Is this turning into an example of 'how many EFL teachers does it take to explain a vocabulary word?' |
Either that, or how an OP's topic can get off track. |
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