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Shopbop.com and Buying from US websites

lorem ipsum · 2010-01-25 19:53:06

Hi All, Was wondering if anyone has ever bought anything from the site Shopbop.com? I know its based in the US and ships internationally but I'm worried that the parcel will get caught in customs here. Has anyone had any experience of this when buying things from a US site? Thanks in advance

25-01-2010 08:53PM

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lorem ipsum

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Hi All,

Was wondering if anyone has ever bought anything from the site Shopbop.com?

I know its based in the US and ships internationally but I'm worried that the parcel will get caught in customs here. Has anyone had any experience of this when buying things from a US site?

Thanks in advance

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#2 25-01-2010 10:52PM

The Lovely Muffin

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This topic might be of some use to you, it's about import duty/tax/customs etc.

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#3 25-01-2010 11:23PM

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I bought a pair of Seven jeans from them a year or two ago. The jeans were reduced to $35, I got charged I think it was 60 euro by customs :mad:
If you have someone in America who comes home regularly it's a great site to use. They have sales all the time, and some of the stuff in the sales is great value.

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#4 26-01-2010 08:20PM

lorem ipsum

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Thanks for the replies, I think I'll prob give it a miss as it just doesn't seem worth it.

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#5 27-01-2010 01:45AM

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there's websites online that you get the stuff sent to and they send it on to its like an american address and then you only get charged very little in the end.ill look it up and get bak to you!!

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#6 27-01-2010 01:47AM

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here you go www.bongous.com

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#7 27-01-2010 02:50AM

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I'd heard of sites like that before, pity I never seem to remember them when I want to order something online :mad: Typical!

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#8 27-01-2010 03:09PM

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Do you mean that you get charged less tax? If so, (possibly stupid question) how does that happen? Are they declared as being of less value than the original price?

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#9 27-01-2010 10:03PM

JTC83

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You have whatever you buy shipped to that address.They then send it on to you, but it's marked as a gift when they send it to you, so you don't get charged by customs for it.

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