 Hey guys, welcome back to my YouTube channel. This is Daniel Rosal here bringing you this video from Jerusalem And I want to talk today about buying computer gear in Israel If you are into desktop computing or gaming or just tech in general and you're looking to Find where to buy these things in Israel if you've just made aliyah slash move here I wanted to just record this video to try help people out. Okay, so Without further ado, let's jump into the browser. Okay, so when it comes to bricks and mortar slash retail stores in Israel There's really two main names to be aware of one of them is called KSP. The other one is called Ivory and they're very they tend to be really similar in terms of their inventory in terms of their prices even I don't know if it's if it's an actual common pairing company. They definitely share a supply chain As I said, you'll find huge overlap in terms of both the prices and what they have both have a Chain list on the internet. It's called in Hebrew reshumats nefim and you can look for you can either type that in a Hebrew KSP reshumats nefim or Ivory reshumats nefim, or you can click on nefim on their website All will get you to a list and as you can as you can see, you know, both have kind of a nationwide presence They're everywhere from Ashkelon to her it's Leah to Haifa to Daveria So KSP Ivory, I find them much of a muchness. I actually slightly prefer Ivory But I buy a decent amount of gear from both of these places and by and large I find the service relatively decent Exception being sometimes warranty repairs in Israel very important to ask about the warranty and how that's provided There's something in Israel in in Israel called ayavuron Harish me, which means the official importer To the best of my knowledge, that's the that's the entity that has the official import license for a particular product So you'll often see that as a benefit listed on Israeli websites But it's good to know who provides the warranty service if you need it because I've had experiences of buying Office office that stuff like a shredder that broke down and they're like, oh the great this is from KSP Oh, it's in warranty. If you want to get your warranty repair, you need to bring it up to this place That's three hours drive away and you're like, I'm not gonna do that So KSP and Ivory and anyway for like general day-to-day stuff they both sell You know in terms of computer components and more or less everything networking networking hardware CPUs RAM GPUs Motherboards speaking of all these components. There's actually also offer really good service of computer assembly So the desktop I'm recording this on I actually Built this in KSP a few years ago now. I say built this Meaning that I basically picked out the components. I picked out a CPU I picked out everything from the fans to the case and then they go ahead and actually do the build So that is a service that exists here. You can also just buy the parts now to state the obvious stuff in Israel is really really expensive for the most part and Computer parts and computers are no exception. It's generally speaking cheaper to buy outside of Israel whether we're talking about Pre-made computers or components or whatever So that's something that you can just to bear in mind Besides those two guys. There are also a number of smaller Operators, so there's a kind of these a long list of niche tech smaller, you know, smaller tech stores smaller IT stores One of them Planta is kind of well known among the gaming community. I'm big into desktop computing But I'm actually not a gamer. I don't game So I'm not so familiar with what kind of stuff gamers like I think mechanical keyboard's higher-end GPUs are up there Planta has a has a decent Selection in this in this kind of world. They don't have a physical Shopfront so it's a store where you buy online and I believe you can pick it up But I'm not sure I checked the website if you're interested Planta is pretty big There's also the site called TMS. I've ordered a couple of things from TMS I Ordered a graphics card. I think I also bought some RAM from them or something like that. I Was a really good experience. I was very happy with them thought they provided good customer service And that so there's also a couple more more like enterprise IT stores. I dealt with a couple I didn't have a great experience with one in particular. Therefore, I'm not going to Recommend them or disrecommend them But just to say that if you're looking for stuff like load balancing writers VPN writers or you know Just your kind of higher-end networking gear Prosumer slash enterprise grade and you can find places for that as well a couple more things just to mention Ali express and ebay Ali express if you haven't heard about it It's this Chinese website that sells it either does free shipping from China to Israel or it does really cheap shipping And I kind of buy like cheaper stuff. I don't buy anything expensive on Ali express I buy stuff like I've popped open microphone foams here because this microphone foam is actually from Ali and this this Microphone and the scissor arm is from Amazon. So that's kind of what I do I Try to buy the best quality at the most affordable price and reasonable logistics So I do buy some stuff here other stuff. I order from Amazon or Ali express or ebay It's really kind of a mixture. Sometimes it is hard to find the more obscure stuff in Israel And that's where they're in the that's where the internet can be a lifesaver So there's there's Ali express which offers really poor customer service But it does have a gigantic product inventory and it takes a long time to get to Israel Sometimes up to a month or even longer. Finally, there is Amazon. So Amazon at the moment when I'm recording this video They're doing a deal to Israel. It's a forty nine dollar deal So if you spend that or above on qualifying items, the shipping is free now in order to see if the items are qualifying They do have this filter called eligible for free shipping You I'm looking here at just some networking cards So these are examples of things that you could buy in Israel But it would probably be cheaper to buy on a place like Amazon despite the fact that it's coming from Somewhere else in the world stuff in Israel probably cost more because the shops also need to import it and also need to make a profit margin So, you know, you can try different places on the internet The only one thing to say is that you have to be a little bit careful When importing wireless gear to Israel now, you might not think What's wireless? We're talking about like walkie-talkie. So wireless can be a Router slash modem router can be is a piece of wireless equipment now I've done covered in a separate video about Importing legally wireless gear to Israel. There's actually a process you can do you can actually request permission from Misrada to show at the Ministry of Communication to import a specific product They also have a pre-approved list covering everything from wireless intercoms to Riders and that kind of thing so you can either see if something's on your list Which in theory means it should get through the system or you can request permission from Misrada to show it But if you do not do do those things and you try to either put a modem in your suitcase or just buy it from a website There is a chance That you might be breaking a law and there is a chance that it's going to be seized at customs By Misrada to show it and they're going to compound it because it lacks the necessary Permission to get into Israel if you don't believe me I've both known people this has happened to and I had a wireless intercom that has vanished into the Israeli bureaucratic black hole So just a couple of heads up to be careful about before you're spending your money Just make sure that it is something that can legally be imported to the country Thank you guys for watching if you're new to Israel looking to buy computer components or whole computers I hope this video was of help and final thing $75 or above in Israel does incur a VAT charge of 17% so just bear that in mind Amazon does have a Import fee calculator feature built into many websites do not Including like new egg. I think so just another thing to be aware of Thank you guys for watching and if you'd like to subscribe to get more videos I do publish ones about living in Israel from time to time. Thank you very much for watching