Ugg Boots from £62 delivered

craig777

slayervixen wrote: »

Grrr..what a day I've had. Came home from work to find I had a £17 customs fee for yup you guessed it my boots from Puddlebeach :mad: I'm angry mostly because I know alot of people got them in six days and without the charge but hey these things always happen to me.

Did you use the 'express' delivery option by any chance?

I just picked up a pair of 'Jumbo Uggs' (ordered from Puddlebeach) from my local Parcelforce depot yesterday and had to pay £28.50!!! £15 vat and £13.50 handling charge (god knows how they come up with these figures??).

This pair was delivered using the 'express' delivery option, whereas the pair of 'Emu Stingers' I ordered the previous week were sent by standard air mail and didn't attract any charges.

The 'Jumbo Uggs' appear to be very nice quality too. I was in John Lewis on Saturday and had a good look at the 'uGg Australia' boots and have to say, both the Emu's and Jumbo Uggs feel a better quality boot. Classic tall 'uGg Australia' boots were priced at £200... and they also had some short 'Emu Stingers' in the chestnut colour - identical to what I purchased for my wife from Puddlebeach and they were £100... I smiled to myself thinking that I only paid £55 including delivery from Australia for mine!

italiastar

Apologies if this has already been covered, but I can't trawl through 246 pages.

I was recently in Westfield shopping centre and was horrified that the official UGG shop was selling Austrailian products, "Made in China". After searching the net, it seems that Geniuine UGGS are made and sold by an American company, Deckers, who make them in China. Copies are made by Australian companies in Australia - apparently you can spot the real one by the larger middle G - what a crazy world.

I for one wouldn't pay £200 for a pair of oversized slippers.

gaggyball

fishingcinema wrote: »

not too sure if these are any good just googled australian ugg and this website came up

http://www.uggstore.com.au/index.php?cPath=22&sort=3a&osCsid=dcb9986871c1c6fb7353cd3bec5fac70

have never ordered from them before and i dont even own a pair of ugg boots im an ugg newbiee :rotfl:

I've come across this website as well and was thinking about ordering some boots that are £85 (inc P & P). As anybody used this site? If so what are your thoughts?

mblakeys

I have also bought from puddlebeach, and had excellent service from them, i ordered some petite tall emu stinger and they came in 2 days, UPS also tried to charge me £16.50 but puddlebeach had clearly written on the ups shipping label "childs footwear" for which you dont pay duty and UPS revoked the charge. All in all a great buy @ under £80 delivered would recommend puddlebeach as she always responds to emails same day

jenniewb

gaggyball wrote: »

I've come across this website as well and was thinking about ordering some boots that are £85 (inc P & P). As anybody used this site? If so what are your thoughts?

Hi,
Am not an Ugg expert but do own a pair and can say- these are not the real deal- for a start thre logo is completely different, but even before any of that, Uggs that are the genuine type are made by deckers from what I understand, but it clearly states in the description of the boots on the site quoted above that :Classic Tall Ugg Boots are 100% made in Australia by SNUG Australia.

SNUG are not the genuine makers.

If you are unsure of what the logo should look like, here is a picture:
http://www.uggaustralia.com/gb/ProductDetails.aspx?gID=w&categoryID=283&productID=5825&model=Classic+Short

If you want to see the logo, its either the large thing on the left hand side of the page, or you can click to rotate and zoom in to the picture.
The link was taken from the genuine Ugg store.

pinknperky

my ugg boots have arrived yay !! shame i cant see them till x mas

DeperateCardyUggHunter

Grotbags78 wrote: »

See post above - if you don't care how much they are Sole Trader have them in stock for £169.99!!!:eek:

Sole Trader, sadly, turned out to be a bunch of time wasters - notified me by email at the end of the day they were due to be delivered that, in fact, they never had them in stock and would be cancelling the order. Very festive. Would advise anyone else against shopping there.

SL1210

italiastar wrote: »

Apologies if this has already been covered, but I can't trawl through 246 pages.

I was recently in Westfield shopping centre and was horrified that the official UGG shop was selling Austrailian products, "Made in China". After searching the net, it seems that Geniuine UGGS are made and sold by an American company, Deckers, who make them in China. Copies are made by Australian companies in Australia - apparently you can spot the real one by the larger middle G - what a crazy world. :rotfl:

I for one wouldn't pay £200 for a pair of oversized slippers.

You need to check your facts. I guess that's what happens when people can't be bothered to read through a thread, they end up making inaccurate comments.

The UGG's made famous by the so called celebrities in the States are not the original ones. These things originate in Australia, a little history lesson below should you care to read it!

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The Australian ugg boot traces its origins back to at least early last century when World War I pilots were pictured wearing their fleece-lined "Fug Boots" (Presumably flying ugg boots!). Blue Mountain Uggs go back to 1933 with shearers finding them cosy and warm and in the late 1950's, Mortel's Sheepskin Factory began producing a line of "apache ugh boots". Then in the late 1960's Australian surfers decided it was real cosy to jump out of the surf and into a pair of sheepskin boots to help get warm. Their original ugg boot style was very basic - essentially two pieces of sheepskin in the shape of a boot joined together down the centre-front and back with a soft sole attached to the bottom. Yes - they didn't even have hard soles. In fact, they were really only a glorified sock. [/FONT]

The late '60's saw uggs on Bells Beach in Victoria and perhaps the biggest manufacturer at the time was in South Australia. Further manufacturing was occurring in Western Australia from Albany right up to Perth.

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica] The general consensus is that the name is coined from the term "ugly boot" and ever since then, Australians have referred to their sheepskin boots as ugg boots, uggies or uggs. Regardless of the history, it is and always will be a generic term for sheepskin boots in Australia. Ask any Australian what an ugg boot is and they'll say sheepskin boot. It's as 'ocker' (slang for 'Australian') as meat pies and kangaroos. Contrary to some stories proliferating on the web, it would be difficult for any one person to lay claim to making the "first" pair of uggs or ugg boots and it was quite likely invented over and over by different people given they do look - well - sort of "ugly". [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica] The people behind UGGS-N-RUGS™ saw the potential for ugg boots and registered and set up their business in Western Australia in the 1970's. But they decided to take the 'ugliness' out of the centre-front seam style and began producing what they called a three-piece style with patterned braid down the back, a decent sole and in more recent years, a fully moulded stitched-in heel counter. With the moulded heel counter there is sheepskin, the heel counter and then some suede leather over the top creating three layers. And the counter itself is stitched into the inner sole meaning it can not 'slide' around. This provides maximum support and helps the boot with retention of shape - something most manufacturers have never been able to achieve. This style was to provide the core of their product offerings.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Ironically, since then, versions of this style have been duplicated and copied far and wide by various competitors.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]UGGS-N-RUGS lay claim to being one of the longest surviving Australian sheepskin footwear manufacturers. There are only a couple of other long-term manufacturers in the same league.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Over time, many manufacturers and retailers of sheepskin boots have cropped up. One Australian fellow - Brian Smith - took some sheepskin ugg boots from Australia to the US and began selling them. Variations of his story can be found all over the web but there were many others who also sold ugg boots throughout the world even before him. Eventually, in the mid-1990's, a big US footwear company Deckers Outdoor Corporation, bought into the ugg boot scene. Sadly, Deckers have laid claim to the term "ugg" despite its generic-ness and public domain use (and its entry into many aussie slang dictionaries) and despite other Australian manufacturers also selling them into the US as an 'ugg boot' from as far back as their origins can be traced. We have been informed by a representative of Ugg Australia (12 Dec 2003) that no footwear is made in Australia anymore. A portion is made in New Zealand with the rest being made in China. This is despite much of the product being labelled 'Original UGG Australia'. Ironically, no 'bricks and mortar' retailer in Australia sells the US Ugg Australia brand. Why? Who really knows... maybe because they are simply too expensive when compared to the local - more genuine - product.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]The ugg boot story is now a classic David and Goliath battle. The smaller, original, Australian long-term manufacturers are being pushed around (and literally just that - receiving 'cease and desist letters' and 'legal threats') by Ugg Holdings (yes - the American company) who on the one hand claim they sell an original Australian ugg boot yet the majority, if not all (their representative now (18 Dec 2003) can't decide whether some are still made here in Australia or not) are made outside of Australia (in fact - many in China). [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]For anyone in search of a pair of real Australian sheepskin footwear, I implore you to support the original manufacturers, the little guys, the ones behind the legend and buy your genuine (yes the real, real thing) Australian sheepskin footwear made by a truly Australian firm such as UGGS-N-RUGS. And if UGGS-N-RUGS don't have them, try Binder Productions or find another dinky di Australian manufacturer and/or retailer. Don't be fooled by fancy advertising... make sure you find out where and by whom the product is really being made.[/FONT]

[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Want to give support to the Aussies fighting the US company trade-marking the generic term "ugg" (and its various spellings)? Visit the Save Our Aussie Icon site.[/FONT]

Chrissybh0y

I ended up forkin out £169.99 in sole trader for classic cardy ones, im guessin the price was hiked up so uch due to no stock in so many other places, no wonder they had s**t loads a stock left at that price

santa u may have won this battle but the war isnt over

yanker

UGG is just the term for sheep skin boots in austrlia. UGG Australia the big company caused mayhem by some legal malarky that all ugg boot makers coudlnt call them that, therefore ugg australia got priority! (UGG with the middle G being bigger) Ugg australia though are made in china because theyve become so commercial and these are the ones evryone knows. the better quality/original ugg boots however are the ugg boots which are still made in australia, where they originated from. so if u wanna be like evryone else and are into fashio ul be wanting the chinese made commercial ones, or if your just after some australian original ugg boots then go to the companys that are producing them in austrlia. try searching on google australia.