So, some of you may of saw my post yesterday asking about the best laptop I could buy for my price budget however still being indecisive I woke up today and decided to check out the HP OMEN on the website then immediately realised I was on the American site however the American site with the same spec laptop was A LOT cheaper than it would be to buy in the UK. (I presume this is because most of their production comes from there?)
So here are the specs and the price difference:
Windows 10 Home 64
Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ (2.8 GHz, up to 3.8 GHz, 6 MB cache, 4 cores) + NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 (4 GB GDDR5 dedicated)
8 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM (1 x 8 GB)
15.6" diagonal FHD 120 Hz IPS anti-glare WLED-backlit (1920 x 1080)
1 TB 7200 rpm SATA
Office Software Trial
Security Software Trial
4-cell 70 Wh Lithium-ion polymer Battery
No DVD or CD Drive
Full-size island-style backlit keyboard with numeric keypad
HP Wide Vision HD Camera with dual array digital microphone
802.11b/g/n/ac (2x2) Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® 4.2 combo
So for this price I thought wow, only $919.99 (£667.38) or if you was to buy the same spec from the UK website you're going to be paying £1,095.99 ($1510.84) so for this spec laptop in the UK is good but then I hit a brick wall, thats only nationwide shipping. So then I searched if there was anyway around this and it seems that google come through, I found a website called MyUs and basically they have delivery suites in the US where you get your items sent too and yes, it is possible a monthly fee is to be paid but if you're going to be doing this 2/3 times a month then with products like the HP OMEN then whats $30 out of a margin of over £300? However.. I forgot about shipping costs. Cheapest price you can get is around $22 on a laptop which will take 7-14 days to arrive to your UK address or you can bite the bullet and pay $50 and it should be with you in 2-4 days. So at this point I thought wow, this can really work but then I thought about the charger adaptor with UK being different to the US and you can buy a official HP OMEN UK charger for £35.
So lets break it down:
£667.38 (Laptop) + £21.76 (MyUps) + £36.27 (UK Shipping) +£35 (UK Charger) Total cost: £760
Given the potential resell value of up to £1095.99 the profit margin is up too: £428.61
So am I missing anything or is this a viable method of a second form of income? obviously probably wouldn't start with a laptop of that calibre I only used that as an example to show that money can be made.
NOTE: MYUS SAY STATE TAX COST IS EXEMPT FROM US PURCHASES (APPARENTLY)