[mythtvnz] Getting a Acer Revo or Barebones NVidia ION

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Hadley Rich <hads at nice.net.nz> wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 09:42 +1200, Sam Hadley-Jones wrote:
>> It's a Zotac board. I found it this morning too. At around NZ$530 for
>> a base system its a fair price but you could build for about the same.
>
> Importing is more expensive than most people think.
>
> At £209 (for the base model plus delivery) you're looking at NZ$548
> (.3814 exchange), add GST (which you will get charged), that's $616, add
> customs fees and disbursement charges of between $40 and $100 depending
> on the agent it comes in through and you're looking $656 - $716.
>
> There's also credit card charges - most banks will charge a ~2%
> conversion fee on foreign exchange purchases, so this could increase by
> $10 - $15.
>
> hads

Well its time you stocked them and saved us all the hassle :-)