Custom PC assembly & International Shipping

[aloot]

I currently live in Ecuador and want to have a custom PC assembled and shipped to me. If I still lived in the States, I would just order all the parts from Amazon, NewEgg, or TigerDirect and assemble them myself. But that's difficult to do in my situation.

I'd rather know the parts and the build work before having any of it shipped here and find out either something is missing, or something is faulty. Plus dealing with multiple packages in international shipping is pretty stressful when your money is on the line. I'd much rather deal with one entity to purchase, assemble and ship the entire rig. It's much easier to deal with customs here that way.

Any recommendations?

 

[Wolfshadw]

The problem you run into here is that if the unit is shipped fully assembled, the chances of something getting damaged in shipping increases greatly. You're likely to receive a system with the CPU cooler laying on the side and/or the graphics card (and perhaps the PCI-Ex16 slot) at the bottom of the case. In any case, you'll have to pay to ship the item back, get it repaired, and then have to deal with the same possibilities once it's repaired.

I understand prices, but you'd be far better off just buying locally and avoiding exaggerated shipping and import taxes.

-Wolf sends