Bespoke England - Fine Shoes and Accessories; Official Affiliate Thread - Page 5

Any news for Edwin Jagger products?

Sorry to insist I can't see on your site, are you already selling them?

So - to US members who have ordered from Bespoke England - did you have to pay anything extra when the shoes arrived at your door? Im close to ordering on a pair, but am wary of getting nailed when they enter the US.

When I got my MTM Charvet done in Paris, I got the same 17.5% discount, and then summarily nailed for pretty much the same (thanks, FedEx) when it got here in the US.

I can only speak of shoes directly sent by G&G to the U.S., not those dispatched by Nick

UPS & Fed Ex always hit me with duties.

But if Royal Mail is used...which is then delivered by the U.S. Post Office...I usually dodge the tax man

What is worse when using Fed Ex & UPS, is that I've paid for priority mail (70 pounds) so I am supposed to get the shoes within 2 days....instead, they get tied up by customs...delayed for over a week...and I get hit with customs

Its simple, Fed Ex & UPS are private carriers who get hit with penalties by U.S. Customs if they fail to declare them.

But the U.S. Post Office is another arm of the U.S. government...thus U.S. Customs is much more lax in not scrutinizing what the U.S. Postal Service imports via Royal Mail. One branch of the government is not going to penalize another branch.

The sage advice....use Royal Mail for delivery to the U.S.

Excellent looking store

Looks very nice indeed.

Nick

looks great i might have to pop by on my way home when i see Tony next March

Very nice looking store. We don't get anything like that here in SoCal.