So I wanted to buy the cheap and cheerful Acer Chromebook CB3-111 for both of my big kids. The spec seems OK for low usage i.e. just for them. (We have 5 people always logged in with multiple tabs on our main 'kitchen' chromebooks so they need more poke.)
The price on amazon.co.uk is currently £179.99 + £0 Shipping ($273.17 today), whereas on amazon.com it is currently $149.99 + $45.06 Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to United Kingdom ($195.05 or £128.48).
That is a staggering extra 40% to buy in the UK even after shipping and import fees!
So I bought two of them from the US.
These are the differences between the US and the UK Chromebooks I bought:
The price on amazon.co.uk is currently £179.99 + £0 Shipping ($273.17 today), whereas on amazon.com it is currently $149.99 + $45.06 Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to United Kingdom ($195.05 or £128.48).
That is a staggering extra 40% to buy in the UK even after shipping and import fees!
So I bought two of them from the US.
These are the differences between the US and the UK Chromebooks I bought:
- US version has a us keyboard: no £ button, # and " moved around. Also no 'Alt-Gr' which makes getting the £ & € symbols trickier.
- US version has a US power connector. However the power supply works equally well the UK and the US. I bought a US to UK power adapter like this one which works perfectly. An alternative would be to buy a replacement power cable like this one. A white cable would look better.
- UK version cost 40% more than the US version after shipping and tax.
- US version took 2 weeks (14 days) from order to delivery. It actually wasn't even shipped for the first week.
OK I'll get off my soapbox now.
If you want to know what Chromebooks are available and what there specs are. I use this comparison website.
