Buying an iPad in US

zolablue25

Hi. My in-laws are going on holiday to the US next week and they have agreed in principle to purchase an iPad Air on my behalf for my daughter's Xmas present. Best Buy have the 32gb version for about £300 after sales tax. I have had a search of the web and got conflicting info on whether the warranty would be valid in the UK. Anyone got a definitive statement on this? Anything else I should consider, except the mains charger obviously? Cheers

InsideInsurance

Tax/ duty on importing it? Assuming you are being honest.

Standard Apple Warranties are international in nature (1 year) but AppleCare Extended warranties I dont believe is.

JJ_Egan

At £300 customs and excise will want their share .

zolablue25

According to their website there is no duty to pay on goods you bring in to the country up to the value of £390

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/customs/arriving/arrivingnoneu.htm

securityguy

zolablue25 wrote: »

Hi. My in-laws are going on holiday to the US next week and they have agreed in principle to purchase an iPad Air on my behalf for my daughter's Xmas present. Best Buy have the 32gb version for about £300 after sales taxs

£359 from the Apple Store. It hardly seems worth it by the time you've bought a 10W charger.

zolablue25

Thanks for your input securityguy. I understand what you are saying and I'm erring towards the same conclusion but its still a saving of £59 (less charger) which is a fair chunk of change IF there are no major drawbacks with purchasing in the US.

JJ_Egan

£59 less charger = £44 .
So the bet is £44 that you will have no problems or charges due to it being an import .
Plus don't you get a better warranty via Apple store ??

zolablue25

I believe that the Apple warranty is the standard 12 months unless you purchase extra. Could be wrong though.

Gloomendoom

zolablue25 wrote: »

I believe that the Apple warranty is the standard 12 months unless you purchase extra. Could be wrong though.

http://store.apple.com/uk/question/answers/ipad/will-a-us-ipad-be-covered-under-uk-warranty/Q2JK7PFYUCDUF7PXY

Moneymaker

zolablue25 wrote: »

except the mains charger obviously?

All the Apple chargers I've ever seen work fine from 100v to 240v.
All the laptop chargers also have interchangeable clip-in plug tops, too. If that's true for the iPad then, at most, you'd have to buy a UK plug top or adapter.
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/ht4060

zolablue25

Thanks for everyone's input. We have decided against the US purchase and have, instead, purchased a refurbished iPad from the Apple Store.