Massive J.Crew sale, free shipping, & no VAT until Dec 30th

Cyans

US clothes retailer J.Crew - something of a US Boden with aspirations to become a second Tommy Hilfiger - has a huge online sale at their website /sale.jsp (sorry - I'm too much of a newbie to post links!). Remember to change your country to the UK using the link on the top right to use the deals.

J.Crew almost always have a nice sale page running, but, until December 30th, they're also offering duty-free, postage-free UK purchases. Fun stuff. I have quite a lot of J.Crew clothes from their past promotions, including an utterly lovely £40 (!) 100%-cashmere jumper, and I would certainly vouch for its quality.

NeverInDebt

Surely you get nabbed for customs

Hele_an

http://www.jcrew.com/index.jsp

*Offer does not apply to previous purchases and cannot be redeemed for cash. Free shipping, free returns and duty-free shopping applies to Internet orders shipped outside the 50 United States and Canada, only. Orders will be shipped via DHL EXPRESS (4 to 8 business days) and return requests must be made in accordance with return policy. Applicable discount will be applied automatically at checkout. Offer valid on orders placed through Sunday, December 30, 2012, 11:59pm ET. Terms of offer are subject to change.

Cyans

NeverInDebt wrote: »

Surely you get nabbed for customs

Doesn't look like it, though I'll go small-print-combing - I wasn't charged anything over the marked price.

NeverInDebt

If customs finds the packages you may get hit with custom charge plus courier charge on top. Sometimes you get lucky otehr times you take a big hit

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageVAT_ShowContent&propertyType=document&id=HMCE_CL_000014

Most goods arriving in the UK from outside the EU are liable to any or all of the following taxes:

• customs duty
• excise duty
• import VAT

and must be paid whether:

• you purchase the goods or receive them as a gift
• the goods are new or used (including antiques)
• the goods are for your private use or for re-sale

Treevo

It's paid in advance so you don't 'get nabbed by customs'. Quite a few of the quality US stores do the same so it's easy for them to discount the price accordingly in promotions.