Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-11 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Noam Rathausno...@beyondsecurity.com wrote: Well my apologies, but the subject said differently :) In any case, taking it with you is problematic, I have done this with LCD screens (used ones) which I took to a convention, and I had to pay penalty at the

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Aug 11, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: It may be because the servers are actually American products and LCD screens aren't... I am not an expert... Sun computers, except for a few obscure laptops were (and still are AFAIK) made in the US. Dell probably aren't. They have a

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-11 Thread Amos Shapira
2009/8/11 geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com: On Aug 11, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: It may be because the servers are actually American products and LCD screens aren't... I am not an expert... Sun computers, except for a few obscure laptops were (and still are

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Aug 11, 2009, at 1:34 PM, Amos Shapira wrote: We might try buying them in the US ebay and have them shipped internally to the US office. What you should do is cultivate a friendship with someone who works for a volume buyer of Dell and is aware of the specials and discount codes

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-11 Thread Amos Shapira
2009/8/11 geoffrey mendelson geoffreymendel...@gmail.com: On Aug 11, 2009, at 1:34 PM, Amos Shapira wrote: We might try buying them in the US ebay and have them shipped internally to the US office. What you should do is cultivate a friendship with someone who works for a volume buyer of

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-11 Thread geoffrey mendelson
On Aug 11, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Amos Shapira wrote: Care to give more reasons on why would you avoid that? We are an American company now and have US headquarters (even the corporate credit card I use is from a bank in the Silicon Valley). Because the chance of getting an satisfaction if the

Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-10 Thread Amos Shapira
Hello, This will sound dumb to most of you but I'm not in Israel so my situation might be different. Does anyone here has experience sending servers (e.g. Dell PowerEdge 860 rack-mounted) TO the US? We have an opportunity to buy a few second-hands on a bankruptcy fire-sale and wonder how much

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-10 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Amos Shapira wrote: Hello, This will sound dumb to most of you but I'm not in Israel so my situation might be different. Does anyone here has experience sending servers (e.g. Dell PowerEdge 860 rack-mounted) TO the US? We have an opportunity to buy a few second-hands on a bankruptcy fire-sale

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-10 Thread Noam Rathaus
Hi Amos, Sending servers to the US costs nothing - tax wise - especially hardware servers, as far as I know, we have been sending servers for years, there is no tax on them. PowerEdge 860 are as far as I know, EndOfLife, so be a bit cautious of them On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Amos

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-10 Thread Noam Rathaus
Shachar, You are talking about taking a server with you when you fly to the US He is refering to shipping it with a courier like UPS and FedEx In that case, you don't even get the wave, UPS and FedEx take care of everything :) 2009/8/10 Shachar Shemesh shac...@shemesh.biz: Amos Shapira wrote:

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-10 Thread Shachar Shemesh
Noam Rathaus wrote: Shachar, You are talking about taking a server with you when you fly to the US He is refering to shipping it with a courier like UPS and FedEx Read his email again. In particular, the line that says: 2009/8/10 Shachar Shemesh shac...@shemesh.biz: ... and wonder

Re: Sending servers TO the US

2009-08-10 Thread Noam Rathaus
Well my apologies, but the subject said differently :) In any case, taking it with you is problematic, I have done this with LCD screens (used ones) which I took to a convention, and I had to pay penalty at the custom office as it is above the allowed price of items a visitor can bring, I paid