Is It Worth Buying a Laptop in HK Airport?

GordonR on 23/06/2016 - 18:45

Will be passing through HK shortly, wondered if there are any reasonable laptop deals to be had at the airport (fairly short connection, so no time to go downtown)?

I know there is rarely any point in getting anything electronic duty free in Perth Airport because they usually just cut the GST off full-priced products, which makes them substantially more expensive than "street prices". But maybe HK Is different?

Really more interested in a wider range than rock-bottom prices - I am looking for a 13" and there seems to be almost none for sale in Oz that lie between the HP Stream / Chromebook types and the Zenbook / MacBook / 2-in-1 types.

Any comments, suggestions, warnings etc. gratefully received.

Computing

Comments

  • Colombian on 23/06/2016 - 18:54

    Not worth it in my opinion. HK is not what it was before. Nowadays prices are pretty much the same considering the risk of having a warranty claim.

    • resisting the urge on 23/06/2016 - 20:01

      No, I doubt it very much*.

      • Depends on wild fluctuations in FX rates: Maybe if you buy in pounds you are holding; then should the UK Brexit, you see an enhanced material upside rather than the likely capital loss.
      • GordonR on 24/06/2016 - 07:28

        It is now a few minutes after polling has closed (no results) and the AUD is up over a cent against USD and down 0.5p against GBP.

  • scotty on 23/06/2016 - 20:27

    Check the price there first. For example price.com.hk is the price comparison site there and check their laptop category. I agree with @Colombian though — not worth it.

  • airzone on 23/06/2016 - 22:21

    No.

  • inherentchoice on 24/06/2016 - 00:50

    I bought one years ago at the computer marketplace in HK and it wasn't worth it.

    Just wait for good deals on OzBargain.

  • Richardc on 24/06/2016 - 01:55

    try dell outlet?

  • iridiumstem on 24/06/2016 - 01:58

    If you are going to go through with it (I personally think it's not worth it), make sure you get one that has warranty in whatever country you are going to mainly use it at. Once I had a laptop that wasn't from Australia, took like an entire month before they could actually fix it because of the parts not being available in Australia.

  • demiurge on 24/06/2016 - 09:46

    No.

  • iforgotmysocks on 24/06/2016 - 10:38

    Just go bonkers in honkers

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