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[Wrench]

OK Lets face it Laptops in this country BLOW goats. I decided on getting one over sees. Well USA to be exact.

Here is the following steps I took in order to import my lappy.

1. Find a seller that will send you a laptop oversees. There isn't to many, notebookforums.com is a good place to start. I got my laptop from discountlaptops.com. I dealt with Mathew a CSR from the company he was more then glad to help.

2. I would recommend paying with Wire Transfer or money order. This will make the seller more serious about selling since Credit Cards are used far to often to defraud from oversees. Plus you get a discount of 2.5%. Which will pay for wire transfer fees, and or you get a free upgrade worth 2.5% of the laptop. I got a 60 gig SATA drive instead of 40 gig ATA.

3. Shipping will be expensive I paid roughly 200 Dollars or so, but since the laptop was so cheap it still came out to be cheaper then anything that I could get here with the same specs.

4. Get a letter in both in English and Korean to state that your a teacher and that the laptop is for educational purposes thus being exempt from Duties and taxes under KOTRA regulations. Get this letter in both Korean and English just in case. (don't forget school phone number and your phone number)

5. Have a English and Korean address ready.

6. Pay for the laptop.

7. Supprisingly shipping is very fast, it only took me 5 days to receive my lappy.

8. Make sure you have a photocopy of your passport and visa to give to the custom dood when they call you or your school to verify that you are a teacher. You should receive a laptop same day, after the documentation has been submitted.

9. Have some cash handy I paid about 25k won to the UPS dood for some taxes I don't know how to dodge. It still hell of a lot less then $246 which they originally wanted.

10. Enjoy your Lappy.

Reason I ordered directly from a retailer instead of my parents is because I would have had to pay 15 % Sales tax back home.

Any who here are my lappy specs.

Chembook 2371 (Asus Z71V)
1.86 Pentium M
1 Gig of DDR 2 PC533 Ram
60 Gig SATA 5400 HD
WSXGA (1680x1050) Resolution 15.4 Wide-screen
4-in-1 built-in card reader: SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO
5 USB Ports
1 Firewire port
Built in Modem
Build in 1000mbit Lan Card
Wireless A+B+G card
S-Vid out, VGA Out.
Full Size keyboard.
Dual Layer DVDRW
3Hour battery possible 10 hours with a modular battery add on.
Video, CPU, memory Upgradable.


Free Notebooks carry case.

I could find any remotely close to this laptop here that cost less then 3 mil.

I paid 1.9 mil on the dot.

[chiaa]

http://www.bb.co.kr/mainbbr/product/selmodelprice_list.php3?c1=10&c2=370&c3=10&c4=50&c5=0&c6=0&id=297&today_flag=1
1.1 million

2.56 GHZ Athlon

To double the RAM 120.000 more.

[trevorcollins]

[itaewonguy]

my friend just bought a tosiba in korea for 1.2 million..
specs..

3.0GIG athalon..
512GIG ram
80HDD
15"monitor

again! 1.2 million!!
and its a tosiba satelite.. wicked comp..
bought it online from a korean online site..

[hari seldon]

The million won Averatecs are widely available now in eMart and Yongsan and its easy to upgrade the memory.

Another cheap way to go is to order a $680 Acer from newegg.com, FEDEX it for $10 to a relative in the U.S. They open the box, "test" the unit and re-ship it for $60 to your school in Korea by USPS Global Express (FEDEX in disguise) with a "used" customs declaration. You'll pay zero tax and zero duty. Total cost: about $750.

The Acer has the advantage of an international warranty with a service depot in Korea.

[Wrench]

I guess I should have named the thread to How to import Laptop for NON American citizens.

I know there are cheaper laptops out there in Korea. Unfortunatly I wouldn't call most laptops in Korea new technology.

Avertec is cheap old garbage imho, old stuff stuck into a cheap plastic box.

Toshiba, well its a toshiba. Its no wander they earned them selves the nick name of Trashiba. I had problems with their crap before I will never again.

P4 Laptop is fast but not exactly great, well battery blows they are heavy and top of that you can cook an egg on top of one.

First of all not everyone can buy from new egg, IE Canadians and the rest of the world. Not every one has relatives in the states either. Second of all, Acer is like the cheap version of Emachines, I never had a good time with their stuff, why would any one buy their garbage is beyond me.

You guys might have not noticed but this laptop doesn't exactly suck ass compared to stuff here. I can play most new games well, on top of that I can do my 3D work on it too.

As far as desktop goes, I don't want one hence I need a good laptop. I live in Busan and I don't have the pleasure of living beside Yongsan.

[trevorcollins]

[hari seldon]

[Wrench]

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