Buying a Kindle Fire HDX in America

Murphy_The_Cat

Can anyone point out any negatives for buying a Kindle Fire HDX whilst in America and bringing it home, rather than buying from Amazon.co.uk ?

Doshwaster

Apart from possible warranty problems if you need to return it I can't think of any. You can transfer the Kindle to an Amazon UK account:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201248840

Of course you'll declare it to Customs on your return, won't you?

Murphy_The_Cat

Doshwaster wrote: »

Apart from possible warranty problems if you need to return it I can't think of any. You can transfer the Kindle to an Amazon UK account:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201248840

Of course you'll declare it to Customs on your return, won't you?

If my total purchases in the land of the free exceeds £390, I'll be beating a path to their door, but the HDX should come in about £225ish, so I've got plenty of 'slack' to play with.

Murphy_The_Cat

I bought a 8.9 kindle fire hdx from Best Buy $379 + MA sales tax, which came to about £238, so I saved £101 over what Amazon UK are charging.

Amazon.com currently have the 8.9 HDX on promo at $319/£189 -- if you are in the States and are able to have it delivered to a US address, thats a lot of kit for not much money ! (I'm not sure how US sales tax works on sales across stae boundries)

George_Michael

Murphy_The_Cat wrote: »

(I'm not sure how US sales tax works on sales across stae boundries)

You only pay sales tax on mail order purchases if the retailer has a physical presence in the state that the goods are delivered to.
I buy a lot of stuff from Amazon.com and this gets delivered either to Florida or Louisiana and tax is never charged .

Murphy_The_Cat

George_Michael wrote: »

You only pay sales tax on mail order purchases if the retailer has a physical presence in the state that the goods are delivered to.
I buy a lot of stuff from Amazon.com and this gets delivered either to Florida or Louisiana and tax is never charged .

I suspected something along those lines - but I wasn't sure which States Amazon have a physical presence in.
Deleware might be a good place to purchase in store, as they don't have Sales Tax

Roger1

I'm pretty sure that tablets and laptops may be imported from the USA duty free though VAT would still be payable.

Check with HMRC. I couldn't find the right link quickly but found this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Buying-laptops-in-the-US-Import-duty-VAT-and-more-/10000000013123696/g.html

Clearly not up to date showing a pre-Coalition 15% VAT rate :rotfl: but it shows the principle.

pollypenny

I bought an ordinary kindle from Walmart two years ago and never had any trouble. Obviously the Fire is more complex than a mere e-reader.

I do get the American offers coming through, but can't access them. I don't know why as I registered it with my UK account.