recursive_recursion they/them@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 19 hours agoThe Death of Affordable Computing | Tariffs Impact & Investigationi.ytimg.comimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1123arrow-down1imageThe Death of Affordable Computing | Tariffs Impact & Investigationi.ytimg.comrecursive_recursion they/them@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHello_there@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·15 hours agoMy takeaway is start planning trips to Taiwan so you can go buy comp hardware bit by bit at a reasonable price
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·12 hours agoYou still have to declare things in customs. If you don’t and get caught, you could end up far worse than high prices.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 hours agoYou can take a phone and laptop through customs without paying import tax. 50 high end RTX cards might not be so easy.
minus-squareValencia@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 hours ago“No officer, this fully assembled PC with no boxes or receipts was definitely brought from America, the country I am now returning to.”
My takeaway is start planning trips to Taiwan so you can go buy comp hardware bit by bit at a reasonable price
You still have to declare things in customs. If you don’t and get caught, you could end up far worse than high prices.
You can take a phone and laptop through customs without paying import tax.
50 high end RTX cards might not be so easy.
“No officer, this fully assembled PC with no boxes or receipts was definitely brought from America, the country I am now returning to.”