Official Sales Alert thread - Page 1309

From here:

 

"Gifts worth up to $100 may be sent, free of duty and tax, to friends and relatives in the United States, as long as the same person does not receive more than $100 worth of gifts in a single day. If the gifts are mailed or shipped from an insular possession, this amount is increased to $200."

Well, the customs limit in my country (Norway) is $34. Everything (except for shoes, but all clothes) above that value gets a fee of 25% VAT and 10,7% customs fee.

Talking of customs...anyone know if Ssense will mark down?

Fedex flags anything over $250 for customs. Anything under $250 will be hit or miss, depending on who exactly is working customs and handling your package, and how the shop you purchased from declared/documented the package. Gifts are totally different from commercially purchased goods. This is why many shops decline to mark packages as gifts, cause it could very well lead to a fine.

There's a big ass PDF on the CBP website detailing the tariff rates of everything also.

god thanks (or Mr. Putin) we have EUR 1000 customs limit in Russia

are there usually further drops on Mr Porter?

There have been in the past

Big ass tariff rate schedule broken down by chapter Harmontized Tariff Schedule.

There are different service levels of Fedex shipping. Some of them include them include customs brokerage.
I've not been hit with tariffs for items sent via that service.
For other levels of service, even if you don't get assessed you may have to pay the brokerage fee of about $25-30.

Fedex and DHL will send you a bill after delivery. UPS will hold your package hostage until you pay up. So will USPS but chances of getting charged anything are low.

I can't imagine a logical reason why being a resident of California would make any difference in federal taxes.

Theoretically, you will probably also owe state use tax. Most states have a use tax rate coincidentally equal to the state sales tax rate.
Of course I doubt if anyone has ever paid this tax except for one coworker of mine who didn't realize he was talking to a state tax collector at a party.

err a bit off topic but anyone know if unionmade is going to have a sale soon?

also interested in whether Unionmade will have a seasonal sale, and whether Mohawk General will have a sale too. does anyone know?

 

I'd also like to learn about seasonal sales at Unionmade. Most other online retailers are already on sale, so I'm hoping they do soon.

Just a reminder that we've got a bunch of seasonal markdowns up at http://shopsydneys.com/sale.html

Sizes are limited on a lot of the more popular pieces...but the website's inventory is connected to the in-store point of sale software, so availability is accurate and updates in real time.

Live in Coloraod first orders no problem but last order I payed like $60 on a $400 order I got a lettter in mail a month later.

Unionmade sale is at end of each season, so sometime around August I think

Regarding customs and shipping, if you receive free shipping does not mean you will not be hit with custom?