Recommended electronics retailers please
I want to buy a netbook, and as I am new to Dubai don't know where to look. There are a few companies in the mall of emirates but which is a good bet for price and after sales service? Thanks. :)
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Re: Recommended electronics retailers please
Originally Posted by meonline
(Post 7359897)
I want to buy a netbook, and as I am new to Dubai don't know where to look. There are a few companies in the mall of emirates but which is a good bet for price and after sales service? Thanks. :)
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Re: Recommended electronics retailers please
Originally Posted by meonline
(Post 7359897)
I want to buy a netbook, and as I am new to Dubai don't know where to look. There are a few companies in the mall of emirates but which is a good bet for price and after sales service? Thanks. :)
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Re: Recommended electronics retailers please
best netbook buys are in carrefour or sharaf dg, eeepc, dell, hp, acer etc all about 1200-1600aed or thereabouts for a 10inch screen and 80-160gb hdd.
or go stupid cheap and try the unknown brands at 500aed for a 7inch screen and 4gb hdd BC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netbook |
Re: Recommended electronics retailers please
Sharaf DG at Times Square Centre (near MofE on SZ Rd) normally has the best choice and widest range for almost all electronics....
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Re: Recommended electronics retailers please
Originally Posted by shiva
(Post 7359980)
best netbook buys are in carrefour or sharaf dg, eeepc, dell, hp, acer etc all about 1200-1600aed or thereabouts for a 10inch screen and 80-160gb hdd.
or go stupid cheap and try the unknown brands at 500aed for a 7inch screen and 4gb hdd BC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netbook |
Re: Recommended electronics retailers please
Originally Posted by shiva
(Post 7359980)
best netbook buys are in carrefour or sharaf dg, eeepc, dell, hp, acer etc all about 1200-1600aed or thereabouts for a 10inch screen and 80-160gb hdd.
or go stupid cheap and try the unknown brands at 500aed for a 7inch screen and 4gb hdd BC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netbook |
Re: Recommended electronics retailers please
Originally Posted by Spugsy
(Post 7360105)
who on earthw ould want a 7 inch screen?
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Re: Recommended electronics retailers please
its all about ultra portable computing at an easily affordable price, admitedly 7inch screens are annoyingly small but anything over 9 inches is fine.
the other point of a netbook is your not lugging around a hulking great heavy laptop as they tend to be light and small, you also dont need a big case and for the cost its not a disaster if you drop it. oh and they are ace for working on whilst sitting in the garden :D |
Re: Recommended electronics retailers please
If you're going home soon, buy it then... and refund the VAT at the airport.
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Re: Recommended electronics retailers please
Originally Posted by typical
(Post 7362377)
If you're going home soon, buy it then... and refund the VAT at the airport.
how do you go about getting the VAT back? |
Re: Recommended electronics retailers please
Originally Posted by Spugsy
(Post 7362395)
I've still never done this (despite buying a £300 cameras at xmas back home),
how do you go about getting the VAT back? Then when you go to the airport, go to the tax refund counter (for most goods before passport control, but for some electronics afterwards - you have to hand carry such items). Show them the goods, your form, your UAE residency visa and get them to stamp the form. Then either take the form to a refund desk and get them to give you the cash, or post it back to the refund people and they'll credit it to your card (if you used one). Some refund schemes don't offer the choice here. All of them take a cut, so you get somewhere between 70% and 90% of the VAT back. |
Re: Recommended electronics retailers please
Originally Posted by Spugsy
(Post 7362395)
I've still never done this (despite buying a £300 cameras at xmas back home),
how do you go about getting the VAT back? There is a customs charge of around £18, so on a £300 purchase, you are only looking at around £30 or so. plus its best to get the retailer in the uk to fill in the vat refund form otherwise it can be a nightmare at the airport.. |
Re: Recommended electronics retailers please
Originally Posted by admon
(Post 7362847)
the vat refund only really works on more expensive items.
There is a customs charge of around £18, so on a £300 purchase, you are only looking at around £30 or so. plus its best to get the retailer in the uk to fill in the vat refund form otherwise it can be a nightmare at the airport.. |
Re: Recommended electronics retailers please
Originally Posted by admon
(Post 7362847)
the vat refund only really works on more expensive items.
There is a customs charge of around £18, so on a £300 purchase, you are only looking at around £30 or so. plus its best to get the retailer in the uk to fill in the vat refund form otherwise it can be a nightmare at the airport.. |
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