cheaper than mp3car

**shizzle** · 05-29-2005, 06:19 AM

Like they said, customer service is pretty much guaranteed to be good at mp3car store, but not necessarily so from Hong Kong distributors who can't really speak english and sell in BULK. With that said, I don't know of that particular seller, but I can tell you that "option-trade" on ebay is a Hong Kong distributor that also has good customer service, and does his best to avoid duties and import fees. When my lilliput cable crapped out a month after I bought it and left positive feedback, I sent him an email and he shipped out a new cable the next day, no charge. Prices with him are lower as well, and you at least have one true testimonial praising his good service!

As for why it is cheaper on ebay, cause it's ebay and they are bulk sellers from the original country of origin, duh!

**rustyboxx** · 05-29-2005, 06:30 AM

I'd back up what shizzle says. I bought my Lilli from option-trade and Bobo is very helpful indeed. Didn't have to pay import duty, I received the item very quickly and his post sales communication was great. Saying that, there is a lot of sense in buying from established 'local' suppliers in terms of after sales support even if the overall cost is slightly more.

**Trance** · 05-29-2005, 12:03 PM

Its the same monitor. They gave me a shipping cost of 93$ just to ship the item to Dubai (U.A.E). Just get yours from mp3car.com or digitalww.com , I'd say its better.

Plus i emaled them and asked them if they sell the houing for the xenarc 8" + i gave them the link to the one on digitalww and all the person replied was:

I go inside the link you sent me, but there is no picture shown.

Atleast if you sell the product, you should know what HOUSING means and reply properly other then mentioning you cant see a picture.

**Bugbyte** · 05-29-2005, 12:22 PM

Import duties/customs fees are free trade barriers intended to increase the price of imported goods, ostensibly to protect industries and jobs in that country that imposes the tarriffs.

Their effect is to protect a minority interest (workers and manufacturers), which they generally do through the increase in prices imposed upon the rest of the population.

These increased prices translate into reduced purchasing power on a per capita basis, a relative scarcity of capital for investment and higher unemployment.

The lifting of these barriers can be extremely disruptive to a country's economy in the short run and cause long term wrenching changes in the social fabric and policies of the government, which is why they persist.

An excellent example of what happens when those barriers are lifted is the emerging low cost airline industry in the EU. Note that every single low cost carrier flies primarily within the EU due to international agreements on flight frequency, origin, and destination.

And of course, the U.S. is not immune to this either. Recently the state of Maryland stepped in and ordered two gasoline stations to RAISE their prices as they were selling below their cost. I don't know about you, but I sure don't need the gov't "protecting" me from lower prices.

**-zip-** · 05-29-2005, 01:00 PM

Warranty/Service is worth the extra money.

**wizardPC** · 05-29-2005, 01:01 PM

Electronicar on ebay was the first guy to have Lilliputs--ever. I bought my lilly from him, took about a week to get here from hong kong. I have never had any problems with it, but I certainly wouldnt buy one from overseas if I could get one domestically.

**12Vsystems** · 05-29-2005, 01:16 PM

We buy tons of carputer equiptment and the one rule that nearly always holds true is you get what you pay for.

Why are the displays more expensive from MP3CAR? Probably the local support, warranty replacement and the cost of running their site.

If your focus is getting a carputer running the last thing you want is to be left on the side line for a couple weeks waiting for a replacement display from Hong Kong, not to mention the extra shipping charges.

**fuctup** · 05-29-2005, 04:09 PM

i've heard mp3cars support is not so great..

i buy stuff on ebay all the time, with 99% being as good as advertised(be careful)

i really do not think that is used as its for a pre-release, its not out for another 2 weeks or so..

i buy stuff from hong kong before and i paid no import tax. it was some LEDs via us mail though

**aoLhaTer** · 05-29-2005, 04:18 PM

Because the mp3car store usually has high markup
Do a froogle search and you should find less

I refuse to support the mp3car store because of their underhanded tactics (ie outlawing all group buys)

**MaleBuffy** · 05-29-2005, 04:26 PM

Originally Posted by fuctup

i've heard mp3cars support is not so great..

i buy stuff on ebay all the time, with 99% being as good as advertised(be careful)

i really do not think that is used as its for a pre-release, its not out for another 2 weeks or so..

i buy stuff from hong kong before and i paid no import tax. it was some LEDs via us mail though

Duty is paid on items that cost above a certain amount!