Buying stuff from American wesbites and get it shipped to the UK

abrown666

Hey guys!

After much searching I've finally given up trying to buy abercrombie and hollister clothing from shops in the UK. You can order from their international website, but postage is about $40!!!!

I wonder, is there any service available via the net where you can order stuff from American websites and get somebody to ship it on to the UK from America for you?

Little_John

I have freinds in the US that do exactly the same thing for me. unfortunatly they are my freinds and not yours. sorry

there are huge advantages, they put them as a gift and mark the value as about $20 so no customs fees. postage is usally pretty high but they cram alot of stuff in there for me. My sister likes a shop called torrid and we get a few parcels every few months.

I dont know of any companies that will do this for you. maybe try and find a freind in the US.

Js_Other_Half

http://www.shopthestates.com/ has been mentioned on this forum a number of times, but I have no personal experience of it.

hth

Lisey_Loo

This site was recommended in Grazia magazine...

http://www.myus.com/

Hope that helps you...

abrown666

Yeah, I think I might give one of them a go, although with a relatively small order value at first in case it all goes wrong! Cheers for the advice!

chipsdog

have you tried EBay.com ? I find that if you ask the seller to mark it as a gift they usually do. If they don't mark it as gift and Customs seize it you can end up with a big bill - it happended to me.

https://www.brandsweardirect.com did have some Amercrombie stuff in their catagolue

the_devil_made_me_do_it

I've gotta say most of my purchases are fom the states, and I've never once been targeted by customs. I think as long as you ain't taking the micky, they turn a blind eye. It's only when folks are buying in bulk, or expensive purchases that duty would be requested to be paid.

coolio_2

https://www.mckenziecool.co.uk sells A&F stuff in the UK

tawnyowls

the_devil_made_me_do_it wrote:

I've gotta say most of my purchases are fom the states, and I've never once been targeted by customs. I think as long as you ain't taking the micky, they turn a blind eye. It's only when folks are buying in bulk, or expensive purchases that duty would be requested to be paid.

I wish! You've obviously been lucky - an item I bought went just over the £36 threshold because of movement with the dollar, and I ended up paying nearly 8 quid extra to cover the extra VAT, customs duty, and of course, RM's cut for delivering a letter telling me it was waiting until I paid the above.