Official Sales Alert thread - sales, coupon and discount codes

[London]

If you order from overseas, you're always taking a gamble.

 

[zippyh]



I was browsing some UK sites recently and I remember one of them saying something about import duties.  I don't think it was End either.  Hope I don't get the same when my Universal Works coat comes this week.  That's coming via Royal Airmail though, so maybe I won't have to pay it.

One of the sites I was looking at did deduct the 20%, but it was tough to see.  When you changed the currency to USD the value was 20% less than it was in British pounds.  I used a currency converter to check it.

Remember that removing VAT doesn't result in a price that's 20% less than the British price.
Divide the British price by 1.2 to get the price without VAT.

 

[HAL 9000]

If you order from overseas, you're always taking a gamble.

Yeah, waiting for a couple of items to ship in. Gambling on USPS to just clear customs without checking.

 

[ThomSquared]

Just a heads up from the previous discussion from a couple days ago... I picked up my fed ex package from END... Not a word about customs.

 

[karmaguy]

if anyone's a size small and needs a flannel for F/W, here's an absolute steal via ovadia&sons
http://www.ovadiaandsons.com/shop/products/Midwood-Evening-Plaid-Flannel.html

 

[HAL 9000]

Just a heads up from the previous discussion from a couple days ago... I picked up my fed ex package from END... Not a word about customs.

You still paid taxes... right?

 

[BLAUGRANA]

Remember that removing VAT doesn't result in a price that's 20% less than the British price.
Divide the British price by 1.2 to get the price without VAT.

Correct. The site where it reduced the price when you converted to USD did so by exactly 20%. Most of the sites I've seen (including the one I used the other night) simply used pounds as the currency and dropped the price by 20%. I'm sure it varies from site to site.

I have to say, plenty of shops over there to choose from.

 

[xander_horst]

Steven Alan currently has an online sample sale. Not just Steven Alan stuff on sale either, some Engineered Garments, Wings + Horns, Grei scarves, Howlin' by Morrison, etc. Some of this stuff was on sale there already, but I think there's been some price drops as well.

 

[smashwindow]

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Just a heads up from the previous discussion from a couple days ago... I picked up my fed ex package from END... Not a word about customs.[/quot]
the bill comes in the mail a couple weeks later just you wait.

 

[VLSI]

TBS shipped my order with fedex. I thought I was safe with them

 

[snake]

quite the opposite, fedex is the worst offender of them all.

 

[VLSI]

I meant TBS, not fedex.

 

[ThomSquared]

Don't worry about TBS, I've been ordering from them for years and have NEVER been hit with customs while they have been using FedEx.

 

[afixedpoint]



Steven Alan currently has an online sample sale. Not just Steven Alan stuff on sale either, some Engineered Garments, Wings + Horns, Grei scarves, Howlin' by Morrison, etc. Some of this stuff was on sale there already, but I think there's been some price drops as well.

Somebody buy the polka dot Andover jacket!

 

[BLAUGRANA]

What's TBS?