Dabs have them out 'on display'

I went and converted the £ cost to $ so you guys can take a look.

E6300 - $280
E6400 - $335
E6600 - $465
E6700 - $758
E6800EE - $1,430

For comparison purposes:
FX60 - $1,003
FX62 - $1,251

After the price drop:
3800x2 - $190
4200x2 - $295
4600x2 - $360
5000x2 - $495




This somewhat disappointed me, as i've seen American preorder sites such as TankGuys.biz doing E6700's for nearly $200 cheaper, with the low end E6300's at almost $70 cheaper.

What do you guys make of this?
As usual, apologies if this has already been looked over.

I'm not sure of the reason myself. But I have seen this tread with a few products. The upcoming PS3 is another example of this.

http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23 [...] uk-launch/

I realize the link is about something else. But it contains a supposed price of the UK version about $800 US. Where the US version will be priced about $600 for the HDMI version.

So again, I'm not sure either?

Cheers

Hardcore Canadian

The UK has not yet seen the X2 price cut.

This is an example of what prices look like for a product that has not officially been released and is highly anticipated. Very much a supply and demand. If you want to be one of the only people in the world to have them before they actually come out, you have to pay a premium.

This is not a reflection of the actual cost once the product is released to the public.

I think this is just another case of UK pricing being way over, unfortunately this is nothing new. I dont think there is anything that is cheaper here than in the rest of the world.

Almost makes you wonder about ordering from a US site and gettin it Imported.....If it woks out cheaper, i say why not...

The UK gets rubbish prices because we live in fool Britannia. For many goods, Britain pays way over what other countries would pay. However, the reason why you are seeing such a massive difference in price is because the UK automatically adds tax into their purchases (VAT) whereas the Americans add it in after.

An FX-62 is $1,099.00 in the US
Using currency conversion it would be £597.42
Add 17.5% VAT and you get £701.97.
An FX-62 is £679.94 in the UK which seems about right (although it actually looks like newegg is a more expensive store than dabs - haha).

Most internet purchases in the US don't include a sales tax, unless you're in the state in which the retailer has a physical presence in. So, in the end, it is cheaper because we don't have an insane 17.5% sales tax added on to every purchase.

Ah, I didn't know the rules of internet transactions in the US. All I remember was when I was a kid and wanted to buy those super sour sweets in South Carolina, I had to calculate the tax on the spot. I think everyone in the US must be really good at maths (or math as you would say).

Ordering from the states wont help, you'll have to pay 17,5% vat on it at customs, and on some goods (although I believe computers are currently exempt) there are import duty's as well.

Be glad you dont live in Sweeden. 25% VAT on general goods there.

VAT is a 'European Tax', and a requirement for all memberstates. UK only started using VAT in 1973. Of course there was still 'sales tax'. Unlike the USA shops in England include vat in the sticker price. Some online stores exclude vat, as business's prefer to know the pre-vat price.

I was referriing to overall price when bought in the states, as opposed to the UK. I know you'd have to pay VAT if you imported from the UK.

Either way, a 17.5% (or 25%!) sales tax is ridiculous. Stateside, the sales tax is all but negligble. That's probably why it's not included in the price - no one really cares about a 4% increase in price from sales tax.

Yeah i've considered that.
But last time I did that I got landed with huge customs fees.. so i'm not so sure. I've been tempted to have the cpu/gpu delivered to a friend in America, who then ships it to me marked as a 'gift' [which avoids custom fees].

Those prices do seem to favor the AMD products though. I'll see what they look like near the end of July.

The idea of marking as gift to avoid customs fee's is actually incorrect. HM Customs can still request to see the import papers, and charge taxes accordingly.

Senders must still fill in a customs declaration, or the goods risk being impounded by Customs when they arrive. Gives cannot exceed a value of £36. And dont confuse value with price. Your friend in america cant 'sell' you the processor for £10 pounds, and then export it to you. Customs will put whatever 'value' they see fit on the item.

I believe gifts over £36 can also be subjected to an additional 3.5% import duty, as well as the standard 17.5% vat.

If it was easy, and legal to avoid import duty's everyone would be doing it.

How lame.

Well if prices stay the same for the UK - AMD is still looking like a very viable option for many.

Hardly.. Core 2 Duos' are all dual core processors. They are considerably cheaper, and faster than the current UK prices for Athlon X2's.

Sure single core Athlon64's are cheaper than Core 2 Duos, but intel will be releaseing Core 2 Solo, or perhaps they will call it Celeron. These chips will likely go head to head with Athlon64's in the single core market, and still have Core 2 Duo's performance advantages.

But yes, to some degree in the low end single core market, AMD will have a large price advantage. In the Dual core market intel have price, and performance.

Core2 Duo 1.83Ghz £152.69 inc vat
Athlon X2 3800 £213.78inc vat

Core2 Duo X6800 'Extreme Edition' 2.93Ghz £775.44
Athlon FX62 £728.44 inc vat

But the FX62 is outperformed by the £252.57inc var E6600 2.4Ghz

The x2 3800 only costs 165 inc vat now