That is very very cool indeed.
The 7970 is around INR 40K
Are you kidding me..? Its 450 USD here..? and yet i feel i can get back the investment.!
Its almost double.!
Yep, thats the difficulty for us in India. Double what it is back there
it is so unfair, drive me mad always. Even second hand Bentley cost in India 2 cr, while same car officially certified by Bentley in UK can be owned around GBP 50K
Too many palms to grease on the way to the consumer.
We also need to realize the massive customs cost that they will apply when the Rig reaches.
do you mean B-F-L's SC, my will be by invoice usd 1300, so not much tax if shipped by Fedex. I already upgraded shipment form Standard to Express. They sent me letter and explain, that at the moment, when I ordered, there were no such shipping option as express. Also, I think weight is increased, so when they calculated what shipment will cost, they realized there is no other way as to ask for upgrades.
If you want to buy something costly,tell them to remove price on box and send invoice later.
Or get it shipped on someone else's house (let's say USA) and tell him to repack it and send them to you.
Also if you are buying 10 things from different peoples/sites and want to avoid massive shipping cost, use site like
http://www.myus.com