Ordering from Urban Outfitters(US)

25-08-2010 07:14AM #1

I was just looking at afew items and it says that I can get them delivered to Ireland for 30 dollars and this would be inclusive of taxes and duties. Am I missing something here?

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/help/europe.jsp

Is there another tax that customs in Ireland can apply?

Max Power1 · 25-08-2010 09:40AM

The taxes and duties would be the US ones.

The seller/merchant would not be able to pay the destination country's customs fees in advance. You may (depending on declared value) have to pay customs fees of up to 21% ( AFAIR)

jor el · 25-08-2010 10:08AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Is there another tax that customs in Ireland can apply?

VAT.

25-08-2010 11:46AM

Seems that if you selevt UPS shipping, Urban Outfitters will add relevant duties & taxes to the order at the checkout and therefore the order is "precleared" for the consumer and no further charges will apply.

In the background, Urban Outfitters have applied the vat & duty and will pay this to ups who will pay customs & excise.

So the $55 dress will show $70 or similar at the checkout afet vat & duty is added.

25-08-2010 01:51PM

91011 wrote: »

Seems that if you selevt UPS shipping, Urban Outfitters will add relevant duties & taxes to the order at the checkout and therefore the order is "precleared" for the consumer and no further charges will apply.

In the background, Urban Outfitters have applied the vat & duty and will pay this to ups who will pay customs & excise.

So the $55 dress will show $70 or similar at the checkout afet vat & duty is added.

So, I would be as well spend over $150 and less than 150 euro and just use usps and just get stung for VAT but have free shipping?

I put the UPS way through the checkout and the estimated tax was 0.00

Does this mean the tax is included in the 30 dollars?

25-08-2010 03:16PM

Deleted User wrote: »

So, I would be as well spend over $150 and less than 150 euro and just use usps and just get stung for VAT but have free shipping?

I put the UPS way through the checkout and the estimated tax was 0.00

Does this mean the tax is included in the 30 dollars?

That seems to be what they are doing. So the best option is to go for UPS shipping as $150 + duty + vat + clearance charges (an post charge €6 will mean approx €40.

$30 ups shipping equates to about €25

DYLF · 25-08-2010 04:48PM

Max Power1 wrote: »

The seller/merchant would not be able to pay the destination country's customs fees in advance.

indeed they can. thay can request the VAT and duty to be billed back to their account with whatever courier thay use

Max Power1 · 25-08-2010 05:29PM

DYLF wrote: »

indeed they can. thay can request the VAT and duty to be billed back to their account with whatever courier thay use

Hrm. Thats news to me, never heard of customs fees being paid prior to sending!

DYLF · 26-08-2010 12:15PM

technically they're not paid before sending.. they are calculated by customs when they arrive in and then billed back to the shipper. they just take a guess of the fees and add them on to the price they charge you.

26-08-2010 09:08PM

DYLF wrote: »

technically they're not paid before sending.. they are calculated by customs when they arrive in and then billed back to the shipper. they just take a guess of the fees and add them on to the price they charge you.

Sorry for been slow guys. So would my best option be to do the UPS. I am worried about the UPS though as if you order over 150 dollars, the UPS charge lessens to 20 dollars. Surely It should increase?

I just want to make sure that I don't get stung for more taxes if I go the UPS route because the 20 dollars they are charging seems to be too good to be true.

bdo · 27-08-2010 08:37AM

Dazzler, I think you're getting confused.

1. You don't have an option between UPS and USPS (the United States Postal Service). As it is an international order, it will be shipped by them to you via UPS.

2. UPS will (estimate and charge you) the duties and shipping costs - and add it to the final amount you pay. If the duties and shipping costs drops to $20 for an order over $150, so be it - it just shows you how much they are overestimating by, in the first place.

bdo · 27-08-2010 08:51AM

2nd reply ... but can you not get what you want on Urban Outfitters UK website? Shipping ciost is €10 and NO taxes or duties or extra VAT.

27-08-2010 01:36PM

bdo wrote: »

2nd reply ... but can you not get what you want on Urban Outfitters UK website? Shipping ciost is €10 and NO taxes or duties or extra VAT.

The clothes I am looking at are only available on the US site. Also, the US site is an awful lot cheaper than the europe site.

cool girl · 30-08-2010 04:35PM

hi does any one know the number for usps and do they deliver with an post or a courier service thanks

30-08-2010 04:36PM

UO just emailed me back saying "Thank you for your email. You will need to ship your package via UPS International to avoid paying duties and taxes for international delivery."

I take this as pretty conclusive. Sweet deal though seeming as the more stuff you buy, the less UPS international you have to pay( 20 dollars for orders over 150 dollars.)

cool girl · 30-08-2010 04:53PM

hi no its usps and do they send with an post or a courier and does any one have the number for usps thanks

cool girl · 30-08-2010 04:58PM

hi does any one know the number for usps and do they deliver with an post or a courier service thanks

31-08-2010 01:49AM

cool girl wrote: »

hi does any one know the number for usps and do they deliver with an post or a courier service thanks

I got some stuff from Threadless last week. It was delivered by DHL. Went through France for some reason.

jor el · 31-08-2010 10:36AM

cool girl wrote: »

hi does any one know the number for usps and do they deliver with an post or a courier service thanks

cool girl wrote: »

hi no its usps and do they send with an post or a courier and does any one have the number for usps thanks

cool girl wrote: »

hi does any one know the number for usps and do they deliver with an post or a courier service thanks

cool girl, learn to use Google, and stop spamming the same question across forums and threads.

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