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Oh man, 1.5k for a i7 + 8gb ram macbook air ... this is my DREAM. In Brazil this same machine costs R$ 6.274,00 ( $2645.92 )!!!!!!

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For the difference in price, it seems like you could buy a round-trip ticket to the United States. If they are a hot commodity in Brazil, you could buy more than one and resell them. I've never been to Brazil though, so I don't know how customs will react you importing 5 to 10 laptops.

Sadly we can't do this. Each person coming back from another country has an limit in dollars to buy. If this limit is overpassed, a lot of taxes will be setted in each product, increasing the price.

That's an insane markup. Can you buy it from US-based sellers and get it shipped to your home in Brazil? (Like via eBay or something.)

I assume there'd be customs, but my guess it that it's probably not going to bring the price anywhere close to $2.65k.

Yes I can do an import, but here in Brazil, each import value above $ 50 gives the government the right to add a charge of 60% to the IRS and a rate of 30% of state revenue! Doing the calculations the product is twice more expensive.

$ 1500 = R $ 3,571.80 + 60% = R $ 5,714.88 + 30% = R $ 6,786.42

R $ 6,786.42 = $ 2,850.00 !!! :/

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