cheaper than mp3car

**jermaine** · 05-29-2005, 04:18 AM

hello there,

I was wondering why this screen on e-bay is cheaper than on mp3car.

seel link below:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...777678680&rd=1

**grepzen** · 05-29-2005, 05:02 AM

Item location: Hong Kong
Shipping: 28.00

**jermaine** · 05-29-2005, 05:08 AM

still cheapier

**john1701** · 05-29-2005, 05:10 AM

used probably. MP3CAR sells NEW

**jermaine** · 05-29-2005, 05:11 AM

used???

he says still 180 screens for sell,

It's hard to believe they are al used

**MaleBuffy** · 05-29-2005, 05:41 AM

No customs tax is included in the price, which you will regred buying it the first place!

**JC-S60** · 05-29-2005, 05:48 AM

Why: well, he's in Hong Kong, duh.

But think about warranty and taxes...

Somebody doing this for a living will always deliver better quality of service, while somebody doing this a hobby project, or just to make some quick bucks, will often leave you in the cold when you have problems.

It's a free market, so if everybody thinks that the price difference isn't justified, the mp3car prices will drop... but I for one believe they are, and a lot of others too, apparently!

When will people understand the free market here on the boards??

**jermaine** · 05-29-2005, 05:55 AM

I live in the netherlands,I bought a opus 90w here on mp3car,but I had to pay 40 euro more for import. (19% taxes here)

If somebody can tell me how to avoid this,I will be glad to buy the display from mp3car

**JC-S60** · 05-29-2005, 06:00 AM

You can always ask someone to send it to you as a "financially worthless present" or something, but as that's illegal, I don't think you'll get legit shops to do that...

You can find opus/xenarc/lilliput in the netherlands though, as I have bought some there already...

**Scouse Monkey** · 05-29-2005, 06:00 AM

Well look it at from out point of view (Europeans like JC-S60 and I), the mp3car store price to us is very good. I wish we could buy stuff from them but but by the time we pay interantional shipping the margin is reduced. then we have to pay customs duties which on something like a Zenarc I would expect to pay around £40-60 (going on stuff i used to import when I raced RC cars). It is for this reason stores like linITX work out the most attractive option.

Then you have the customer service issue. I know that the guys that run mp3car and linITX are not gonna stitch me and are going to fix anything that is wrong. Ebay sellers in Asia may or maynot offer this level of customer service as once you have left the original good feedback there is no way for anyone to let others know they are dodgy. Also shipping back to Asia and then back to your country will cost you an arm and a leg. In my eyes there are just too many chances for screens to go bad during shipping. They are not the most robust things. Things like pendrives and other peripherals maybe fine but LCDs - no.