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05-25-06 23:42 #18
Posts: 11Has anyone succeeded in following through with this plan?
I have 2 concerns:
Payment from the buyer. The only way I can see with my limited knowledge is meeting the customer in person and accepting cash. Has anyone accepted payment by other means?
The other is if you take the notebook comp out of the box wouldn't be harder to sell? You could claim that it's new but not boxed, but this has me a little unsure. Also there's the off chance that you maybe asked at customs to turn on your computer and if it's brand new it will fire up a start up screen so I would opt to start the computer up and go through the windows instillation. Then the manufacturer's warrenty, how does that follow through?
As it turns out the concerns go on and on, but if anyone has a report on going through everything please feel free to report.
Sincerely,
LM
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11-20-05 21:19 #17
Posts: 362I believe you. I work for myself, so it all goes on one laptop.
I still think a letter from employer is not a bad idea.
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11-20-05 15:58 #16
Posts: 746Originally Posted by HeadGames
The business laptop has software on it which monitors installed software and usage. The VPN software which I have to use to connect to the company network probably reports some identifying info from the PC it is calling in from.
I don't see any solution other than carring both laptops.
Bob
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11-18-05 18:17 #15
Posts: 713Originally Posted by HeadGames
I recommend staying away from having a document from your company to show you need the laptop for work. That tends to appear you are in BA for work, which is not the case. You're on vacation.
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11-18-05 12:37 #14
Posts: 362If you really have to take 2 computers for work it certainly wouldn't hurt to havey our employer write an official looking "To whom it may concern" letter explaining that. If you do get hit with some kind of customs duty, clearly it is your employer's duty to reimburse for that, if he required you to take 2 laptops.
Are you making this up? I never heard of anyone having to lug 2 laptops around the world to get work done.
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11-18-05 04:50 #13
Posts: 1309I'd have an empty laptop bag in my luggage somewhere, and then have both laptops in one carrier. I carry a bunch of extra stuff in my laptop bag, and there could have easily been 2 or 3 laptops in there. I've never been searched going in or out of BA.
Mercado Libre is basically eBay. It's active in many latin countries. I think eBay even owns a slice of it. I'd say you'd be much better off to sell them through personal contacts. It might take awhile to have the listings go through and such.
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11-18-05 01:06 #12
Posts: 11possible customer
What you described is my exact plan. I'm brining in two HP Mobile AMD Sempron Processor 3000+ with high speed wireless router, 15" display, 512 MB memory, 60GB hard drive and DVD RW / CD-RW double layer drive. They retail for about 1,000 each. I'll also provide a carrier with the computer.
You mention mercado libre. What is this?
I'm looking to sell them for around 1,500 each.
Let know if anyone's interested.[/QUOTE]Ask Jackson for his network repair guys name / number. There is a card in his apartment in Recoleta. He was interested in buying a laptop and such n such business.
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11-17-05 21:23 #11
Posts: 713Originally Posted by AllIWantisLove
I'm not a labor/immigration lawyer, but I play one on TV I'd tell them your are on vacation but you need the "work" computer to stay in touch with your job back at home. You need the second laptop since your company strictly forbid the use company asset for personal use.
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11-17-05 07:25 #10
Posts: 312work and pleasure
I never thought about that one, but it should work. It might however require you to explain these circumstances to some bored customs officer, and it's the question if he beleives it.
And I would just hate to carry around 2 computers!
And, don't put anything into your checked luggage in and out of Argentina you cannot afford to loose! I learned the hard way, and now some baggage handler makes very nices pictures of his novia with what used to be MY camera.
Don't bother with "work viasas". On your 90 days stay, you are perfectly legal to do business, yours or your foreign employer's. You just are not allowed to get a job in Argentina or to set up a business there.
El Alemán
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11-17-05 07:02 #9
Posts: 2808No worries
Originally Posted by AllIWantisLove
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11-17-05 02:24 #8
Posts: 746This discussion about laptops has me concerned as I will likely have two laptops with me, one for work and one for personal things. But if I explain that one is for work might I then be asked if I have a work visa? I don't know about Argentina, but many countries require a visa if you are going to be working there. Note that I would be working remotely for my office in the US, but I don't know if that would make a difference.
Thanks,
Bob
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11-14-05 11:23 #7
Posts: 312laptops and mercado libre
Cowpie,
Mercado libre = ebay Argentina.
One laptop these days is considered by more or less every customs officer in the world as personal stuff, used for your work or just to take home the 5378 pictures you take as a tourist with your digital camera.
2 computers might make the guy suspicious. So, one way would be, take one (the one you want to give / sell / whatever) use it during your stay, and at the end copy your personal files onto a CD, clean the disk and leave it.
50% import duty is just one of the many actions the Argentine government, in it's infinite wisdom, took to prevent their economy from booming. Btw. With great success.
El Alemán
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11-14-05 00:00 #6
Posts: 84Originally Posted by Daddy Rulz
What you described is my exact plan. I'm brining in two HP Mobile AMD Sempron Processor 3000+ with high speed wireless router, 15" display, 512 MB memory, 60GB hard drive and DVD RW / CD-RW double layer drive. They retail for about 1,000 each. I'll also provide a carrier with the computer.
You mention mercado libre. What is this?
I'm looking to sell them for around 1,500 each.
Let know if anyone's interested.
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11-13-05 19:07 #5
Posts: 56Originally Posted by Thomaso276
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11-13-05 00:59 #4
Posts: 2808beating customs
Originally Posted by Thomaso276
You could also load up on pen drives and small mp3 players and sell them through mercado libre. Those you could put in your pockets.