** Quintessential Crockett & Jones Thread ** - Page 196

Originally Posted by theundeadkennedy 

So I got in a pre-order with Christopher Forbes Shoes for a pair of Islays when they recieve stock in what they think may be as soon as February. My delima is this, Barney's all of a sudden has my size in hand.
I'm okay with waiting a couple of months for Forbes to get their supply and if I do I'll end up paying about $100 less after shipping and import fees, which is definitely nice. I talked to their a customer service rep named Alastair, he assured me that they will eventually receive stock of the boot saying "I just can't commit to timeframe. We will certainly have them in at some point but the waiting list is quite long."
Part of me is still worried that I may not end up getting a pair. He says he'll receive stock, which I believe, but didn't say whether he would receive enough to cover my pre-order as well. I've never purchased Crockett & Jones shoes before, so I'm not exactly sure how it works with them. When they release a popular product to they keep producing it as long as there's demand or do they do limited runs of certain models, then move onto something else?
Any help from C&J veterans would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
-J

Originally Posted by untouchable123 

Hi, New to the forum here and have seen these Islay boots on barney's site and just wondered if anyone knows why they are exclusive to this store only?

Thanks

sorry can't get the pic to upload from photobucket so heres a link


http://www.barneys.com/Crockett%20%26%20Jones%20-%20Islay/502434603,default,pd.html

Originally Posted by zippyh 

Not sure where you are, but don't forget Barney's will likely charge you local sales tax.
If you can get Christopher Forbes to ship them via Royal Mail/Parcel Force, the chances of getting dinged for customs/duty is slim to none.
It looks like they use DHL though. In my experience I've been dinged with customs/duty about 1/3 of the time with DHL.
If you do get hit with duty, it'll be around 9%.
DHL's fees aren't too bad. My last DHL shipment fees were $6.50.
Personally I'd just order them from Barney's. Bird-in-the-hand and all.
Also, given past experience with Barney's, I wouldn't cancel your CF order until you get them.
Barney's web site sometimes has a tendency to show availability that isn't there.

Originally Posted by untouchable123 

Hi, New to the forum here and have seen these Islay boots on barney's site and just wondered if anyone knows why they are exclusive to this store only?

Thanks

http://www.barneys.com/Crockett%20%26%20Jones%20-%20Islay/502434603,default,pd.html

Originally Posted by theundeadkennedy 

And whoever designed these boots for Barney's deserves a raise

Originally Posted by rikod 

I think he deserves to be fired

Originally Posted by rikod 

I think he deserves to be fired

Originally Posted by zippyh 

Personally I'd just order them from Barney's. Bird-in-the-hand and all.
Also, given past experience with Barney's, I wouldn't cancel your CF order until you get them.
Barney's web site sometimes has a tendency to show availability that isn't there.

Originally Posted by Quadcammer 

i believe thats the wesbourne in chestnut