Apple Watch series 5

[philinmerthyr]

With the current exchange rate I’ll save about £100 on an Apple Watch in Florida

Seems a great deal. Is there any reason not to do this?

[galaxyflorida]

You're "supposed" to declare it in customs when you get back to the UK and pay import duty on it...

[grumpybri]

Bought mine last year from the Apple shop. I also bought the extended warranty and it was still cheaper than the UK watch.

[TinkTatoo]

I bought a refurbished 4 last summer (before the 5 was released) and saved even more, I also bought the extended warranty. Check out the refurbished section on the apple store

[sully301]

Originally Posted by philinmerthyr

With the current exchange rate I’ll save about £100 on an Apple Watch in Florida

Seems a great deal. Is there any reason not to do this?

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depend how much the tax is when you bring it back into the country

[mrs rcch]

Check Best Buy , they had an offer on at Christmas, $385 , worked out at £320 , just traded my series 3 in at home

[philinmerthyr]

Originally Posted by sully301

depend how much the tax is when you bring it back into the country

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Mmm... to declare or not declare? That is the question

[toonarmani]

Originally Posted by philinmerthyr

Mmm... to declare or not declare? That is the question

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Declaring is on goods over £390, so a watch may be under that.

As for people being up front and honest bringing something through, I bought a Macbook Pro last summer (massive saving over UK prices) and going through customs on return there was no-one there even if someone did want to declare anything.

[chelynnah]

What will you do for the warranty? Even buying the extended warranty, Apple UK won’t honour a warranty for a product purchased outside of the UK. It’s frustrating but true. I did some research last year hoping to upgrade my iPhone while back home. Everything I read from Apple themselves, and people’s personal experiences says no.

[toonarmani]

Originally Posted by chelynnah

What will you do for the warranty? Even buying the extended warranty, Apple UK won’t honour a warranty for a product purchased outside of the UK. It’s frustrating but true. I did some research last year hoping to upgrade my iPhone while back home. Everything I read from Apple themselves, and people’s personal experiences says no.

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Historically iPhones had different cover to other devices, but I think they changed their approach when the X was released so may be global now.

As a comparison, had no issues with iPad bought in US before and cover in UK. Same for MacBook - I bought UK spec (keyboard etc) customised and ordered to store, so if there is an issue it can be replaced/swapped out.

If you’re after an upgrade I’ve found better deals here tbh.