We are coming up on 11 months since this thread was started.    I hope EVGA is able to help our friends down under soon.

EVGA_RobB

We are still working on this guys and it should be soon.  Unfortunately, I cannot give a solid date at this time but rest assured you have not been forgotten.

Thanks,
Rob

 
... Seems we have been forgotten... almost 6 months later still nothing...
 
EVGA is losing Australian customers and its starting to look like they just dont care.
 
As for the EVGA Titans on PCCaseGear, the price is still $180 more then Americans pay.  I can buy it in USA and get it here for $50 so why are we way more.  Not to mention we wont ever see a hydro copper version here...

Is it a known fact that taxes, warehousing and shipping are more expensive to and in AU, yes.  But the simple facts remain:

1. The AU dollar is incredibly strong against the US dollar historically.
2. The product line that is available most other places in the world is not available in AU.
3. And most importantly... EVGA hasn't responded to the cries of its customer base here in this thread for almost 6 months.

Conclusion... draw your own....
 

rjohnson11

I think you need to compare prices more to the Euro than USA since Australian taxes, warehousing, labour, insurance, etc are more expensive than in the USA

Raistlin Majere

EVGA_RobB

We are still working on this guys and it should be soon.  Unfortunately, I cannot give a solid date at this time but rest assured you have not been forgotten.

Thanks,
Rob

... Seems we have been forgotten... almost 6 months later still nothing...

EVGA is losing Australian customers and its starting to look like they just dont care.

As for the EVGA Titans on PCCaseGear, the price is still $180 more then Americans pay.  I can buy it in USA and get it here for $50 so why are we way more.  Not to mention we wont ever see a hydro copper version here...

Just noticed this on the front page of the Australian Evga Site today! 
 
Hopefully the beginning of better prices/service and range for us in Australia.
 
Now to bring on an Australian online store so we can use our EVGA bucks!
 

snapsimo

With Mittoni’s support, EVGA will provide improved price offering and support to all Australian customers" said Andrew Han, CEO and president of EVGA.


Fail!
GTX 690
Mittoni  $1359
PCCASEGEAR $1159    That's $200 cheaper

GTX 680 FTW 4g with backplate
Mittoni $859
PCCASEGEAR $639    cheaper!

Really, is this all there is in the 'improved price offering'?

 
 
I agree with this pricing is awful they should defiantly sell direct to us or open up a store here they would destroy every competitor 

Raistlin Majere

I just want to be able to buy from EVGA.
I buy from FrozenCPU all the time and it doesnt cost much to get parts sent to Aust.

Buying in USA + Postage from USA to Aust = way less then to buy in Australia, if you can buy in first place...

 
I too am in Canada...purchasing direct from Evga is a huge hit on the pocket book. UNLIKE Frozen CPU which ships USPS, Evga has one option only for Canadians, that being UPS international, which is an absolute farce!!!
 
I purchased about $40 worth of gear from Frozen CPU, they charged $35 shipping USPS, delivered directly to my house and fast!!
 
I have also purchased backplates for my GPU's direct from Evga. So, 2 680 Classy Backplates are $19.99 each (or there abouts), with the $70 UPS shipping charge and then another $20 COD, those 2 Backplates were $110.....start shipping to Oz and those Backplates will cost you $200.....I hate UPS, too bad no USPS option!!!

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I am in the market to buy a new GPU and was looking at the 780 dual classified, But i am really disappointed in the pricing difference..
 
$699 in the US
 
and
 
$899 in AU 
 
sorry but a $200 slap in the face is not justified to buy your product. Even with shipping from NCIX and currency conversion the card will cost me $815.
 
I was going to buy it from NCIX.ca but after noticing that for warranty I have to contact EVGA directly and EVGA doesn't hon our international warranty, I turned away from buying it.
 
I think I will stay away from EVGA products until you can offer Australians a justified price.

You forget that EVGA promised AU consumers via this thread over a year ago that they were trying to do something about it.  Nothing has been done.  They announced a partnership with a distributor in AU but obviously this hasn't done anything for the AU consumer.  Could it be a government taxes situation, of course it could be.  But any government that routinely does something like that winds up hurting the marketplace more than helping.  And if it was protectionist action on the part of the Australian government, why hasn't another country taken them to task on their WTO commitments?
 
Direct sales are not overly difficult to be done.  They already have the partnership with a local distributor, so EVGA could drop ship from there.  They just need have the will to do something, and focusing on moving outside their comfort zone with products like system cases seems to be a greater interest than growing up their main business in a willing market.
 
Look I am an EVGA fan just as much as some others around here, but this is a matter of EVGA making promises to the AU consumer and not delivering.  Until something changes, I will always keep this thread in my forums signature to keep the pressure on.

pcmaster00
You forget that EVGA promised AU consumers via this thread over a year ago that they were trying to do something about it.  Nothing has been done.  They announced a partnership with a in AU but obviously this hasn't done anything for the AU consumer.  Could it be a government taxes situation, of course it could be.  But any government that routinely does something like that winds up hurting the marketplace more than helping.  And if it was protectionist action on the part of the Australian government, why hasn't another country taken them to task on their commitments?
 
Direct sales are not overly difficult to be done.  They already have the partnership with a local distributor, so EVGA could drop ship from there.  They just need have the will to do something, and focusing on moving outside their comfort zone with products like system cases seems to be a greater interest than growing up their main business in a willing market.
 
Look I am an EVGA fan just as much as some others around here, but this is a matter of EVGA making promises to the AU consumer and not delivering.  Until something changes, I will always keep this thread in my forums signature to keep the pressure on.

 
I dunno about how all that works but clearly, the first step in making life better to Australians will be by offering warranty and shipping directly from EVGA  online store.
 
So I can buy stuff directly from EVGA and save money. Most Australians these days are buying stuff from outside of australia. Amazon etc. Why? because the retailers rip us off.
 
Gamestop/EB games sells the same $50 Xbox game for $110 here. But some other local stores like Big W, Jb hifi sell it for $78. So if Pc retailers wana be fair, they should offer fair prices.

pcmaster00
You forget that EVGA promised AU consumers via this thread over a year ago that they were trying to do something about it.  Nothing has been done.  They announced a partnership with a distributor in AU but obviously this hasn't done anything for the AU consumer. 

 
Well your statement is kind of conflicts with itself, on one side they made a promise to do "something" on the other hand you add that they did that "something", by entering partnership with distributor in AU. Even though I haven't read whole threat I clearly seen post of one of the EVGA representatives stating that they will be taking "baby steps" in AU market that means careful well judged moves into new unknown market. This is obviously first step, however it appears not as effective as one would hope. My money here are on lack of interest from AU customers. And I would like to point out here as forewarning that phrases "a lot of us here" used too much on the internet discussions without real backing. Real interest can only be confirmed by real selling figures, clearly those are not good enough to make EVGA justify expenses on expansion to AU.
 

pcmaster00
Could it be a government taxes situation, of course it could be.  But any government that routinely does something like that winds up hurting the marketplace more than helping.  And if it was protectionist action on the part of the Australian government, why hasn't another country taken them to task on their WTO commitments?

 
That's always the case, its a problem here as well, if you see difference in prices, you can guarantee that its primerily due to difference in taxes or additional taxes. I can only speak for UK, where I happen to live for the past number of years, we have 5 corporate taxes to handle as it is, those taxes apply to both internal and external traders coming to the market. However if you import goods you face import tax as well. You can compare difference in price between UK and US as example not just for EVGA products but electronic goods in general. You are looking at about $250-300 difference. Why? Electronic goods have their "special" price here.
 
As example lets look at this summer Xbox One and Playstation 4 releases. Cost for Xbox One - US ($499), UK(£429=$671), Playstation 4 - US($399), UK (£349=$546). If we look at taxes and shipping costs even take into consideration currency exchange rates it never would add up to those amounts. However if we look at local average salaries and cost of goods and services, prices shown seem appropriate. Where I am leading is I am as British person without knowing what the same particular item costs in the US, think it's priced at an affordable price for this piece of technology. I don't like spending too much money and I would love it to be cheaper but that doesn't' change the reasoning why price is set as it is in the UK.
 

pcmaster00
Direct sales are not overly difficult to be done.  They already have the partnership with a local distributor, so EVGA could drop ship from there.  They just need have the will to do something, and focusing on moving outside their comfort zone with products like system cases seems to be a greater interest than growing up their main business in a willing market.

 
I think it normally works slightly different, the interest is coming from distributor, or shroud I say reseller in this case. Lets role play this part, say you are a manufacturer and I am distributor, I will come to you and say I want 100 units of this product, you will make it and ship to me, after that I will handle local sales myself. This way you minimise the risk of making too much of a product that just going to sit on the shelves. At least this is how we getting our staff here in Britain, although the range and quantity of products is limited.
 

pcmaster00
Look I am an EVGA fan just as much as some others around here, but this is a matter of EVGA making promises to the AU consumer and not delivering.  Until something changes, I will always keep this thread in my forums signature to keep the pressure on.

It's perfectly fine, you entitled to make your own choices, but I wouldn't use statement "this is a matter of EVGA making promises to the AU consumer and not delivering" I would put it in more honest way, such as "this is a matter of EVGA making promises, me understanding extend of the promise in my own way and not delivering up to my expectations".

I'm just going to throw this out there and see if it sticks to the wall... It has been since March 2012 when this thread was started.  That's 19 months.  For the idea of accepting EVGA's claims that this will be a baby step process, babies learn to walk and even run in 19 months.  How much longer do our brothers and sisters down under have to wait!!!!!!

I was about to pull the trigger on a new EVGA Hadron + 780 ti system, but the 780 is $130 more here than in the US and I couldn't order the Hadron if I wanted it.
 
Put another way, I could buy both in the US and have it shipped here for a bit more than the cost of just the 780ti.
 
Sick and tired of getting ripped off in this country.
 
I saw in OP a quote regarding a global warranty, does that mean that I still have warranty if I order from the US and get it shipped to Aus?

just got a couple 780 Ti's. would love to get on the step up programme... but im in aus :'(

Don't let this thread die. We are still chasing for dirrect sales from your site here in Oz. EVGA would easily most probably become the leading GPU seller here if you guys did. I'm so sick of the inflated prices here in the it industry. Its a pathetic rort.