https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duties-to-ship-uk-us Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:38:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duties-to-ship-uk-us#post-1298882 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 19:43:06 +0000 doubleh 1298882@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Somehow I have missed all the replies and I apologize for not tuning in sooner! </p> <p>&nbsp;Lyn*- ouch. &nbsp;I never even thought about such things before YLF. &nbsp;But I also didn't "go exotic" either. &nbsp;Forgive my ignorance on the whole duties thing- I had no idea what you Canadians were up against! &nbsp;That has got to be a rough factor.</p> <p>Update:<br />So, I did order from Boden and from fig leaves the same day. &nbsp;Boden was over $200, but it was broken into two shipments- my understanding that the +$200 shipment was from US stock and the $50 overseas. &nbsp;(I could have totally made this up.) &nbsp;Also spent over $100, but less than $200 at figleaves. &nbsp;I am waiting on that order still- my immediate gratification nerve is raw. &nbsp;My card did get charged $4.21 from one or the other, but not sure which. &nbsp;And not sure whether to expect any more charges.<br />Unfortunately, nothing from Boden worked for me. &nbsp;Sad bc it's great quality- I will just mind my ps and qs next time. &nbsp;figleaves remains to be seen.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duties-to-ship-uk-us#post-1298766 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:57:46 +0000 lyn* 1298766@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have turned stuff away before, Glory - and I'm starting to do that more. It's sort of ridiculous at the randomness of the charges.&nbsp;</p> <p>Even Canada Post is starting to get really bad - they increased their base "handling" charge from $7.50 to $9.80 (or so?) and so I don't mind paying GST on my items (we don't have PST in Alberta), but anything below a certain amount doesn't get duties - but I still have to shell out $10 for them "handling" it.</p> <p>It's driving me nuts. During No Buy July I'm reflecting on this more. It's definitely an added expense that I don't want to have to incur anymore. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duties-to-ship-uk-us#post-1298751 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:45:16 +0000 Glory 1298751@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another Canadian here. I had to stop ordering from everywhere except Canada because of the indiscriminate charges. Like Lyn I ended up paying almost the cost of the item in duty and it is pretty tough to turn it away when they are standing at your door. Other times I have paid nothing at all.<br />My rule for the past year is no more cross border unless it is in person or mailed from a friend.<br />I spend loads of time pining now </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duties-to-ship-uk-us#post-1298686 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:41:31 +0000 Beth 1298686@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Late to the conversation, but I've ordered multiple times from the UK and France and had no duties assessed as long as the value of the order was under $200. Boden handles duties in-house, so you should never run into a problem with them regardless of value.</p> <p>Lyn, that's so frustrating. Grrr. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duties-to-ship-uk-us#post-1292891 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 02:42:16 +0000 lyn* 1292891@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You guys are so lucky; I just got dinged $75 on a $80 package from the UK. Grumble. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duties-to-ship-uk-us#post-1292775 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:43:48 +0000 Diana 1292775@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never had to pay duties on my fig leaves packages. I think technically the limit is $200 so if you keep the total under that it should be fine. Sometimes they'll ship a larger order in multiple boxes, not sure if that's to keep each box under $200 or if that's just a lucky coincidence.</p> <p>Eta: they have a us address for returns so you just pay regular us shipping. Bras are light so it's cheap. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/duties-to-ship-uk-us#post-1292772 Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:39:27 +0000 doubleh 1292772@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never had this issue before, but I do know a lot of our Canadian fabbers deal with this as par for the course. &nbsp;I was just about to order a bra from figleaves, but I got a flag during the ordering process that I may incur duties. &nbsp;How does this work, actually? &nbsp;ANd how does it work to return as that is a distinct possibility? &nbsp;I'm willing to pay a little more for shipping as this is a hard to find item in a hard to find size, but I don't want to get blindsided. &nbsp;</p> <p>Also, I just ordered from Boden and didn't have any duty issues...that they mentioned anyway...?</p>