Quote from: dogie on October 14, 2013, 06:11:12 PM

Quote from: canth on October 14, 2013, 11:50:03 AM

Quote from: dogie on October 11, 2013, 04:52:47 PM

0_O Surely you have to pay the equivalent US taxes when it lands in the US?

The card never showed any evidence of electrical damage - it just stopped hashing and spit out hundreds of FPGA errors after the 0.91 firmware update and power cycle.

Also, no - the US has no equivalent of VAT for overseas purchases. Within the country we pay sales tax ranging from 5-10% depending upon the state, but we have nothing like VAT.

So I guess VAT= expensive sales tax, but interesting you don't pay it on imports. Must really screw with the economy, no reason not to import.

Except for cars and fast food, just about everything Americans buy comes from China. There's no competing with $1/hr labor.