Comment on First server: Buying hardware in a developing country
alphabethunter@lemmy.world 2 days agoBelow 50usd the taxes are considerably lower, and just above 50 usd they get a 20 dollars rebate on taxes, so it’s okayish to buy.
I bought a seagate 4tb drive, cheapest 4tb at the time, on Amazon if I’m not mistaken.
Oh, you’re lucky then. NET/Claro locks down all their modens for consumers, and I know that most other ISPs around here do the same.
Dagnet@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Nah, that was a few years ago, its 50% on every thing now, literally looking at the price on aliexpress as I write this, R$29 earphone with R$14 tax
alphabethunter@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You do know that above 50 USD taxes are 92% right? Check it out, a product for 1000 reais will have 900 reais in taxes. It’s bonkers. But technically, it has always been like this, but it wasn’t truly enforced/audited. Now that they are collecting the taxes at the point of sale, you pretty much pay for two products to buy one.