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threadless.com $10 t-shirt sale back on

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  • @Cat
    @Cat Posts: 229 Forumite
    ka7e wrote: »
    I have got multiple copies of "Spoilt" (punchlines to lots of films) and "We do WHAT?" (Bird to bee) to give as Xmas pressies.

    Just as I read this, I thought of the ideal person to give "Spoilt" to and I grabbed the last mens large in stock! Phew!
  • fablad75
    fablad75 Posts: 326 Forumite
    Sonnie!!!!

    I hope you didn't mean you bought 10 shirts in one single order! Because if you did I think you had better cancel it - the maximum is 3 shirts ($30) or you're liable to get slapped with some hefty customs charges!

    For some discussions on this subject in Threadless itself:

    Link 1

    Link 2
  • Fogg1969
    Fogg1969 Posts: 198 Forumite
    To be fair, if you're placing a massive order, then the import duty will probably be negated by savings on postage.
    ::Quidco.com - £1100 in 11 months. Kerr-ching! ::
  • magpie-c13
    magpie-c13 Posts: 20 Forumite
    I know that some folk have complained that these shirts aren't the absolute cheapest and places like Primark are cheaper, but please remember that the shirts (the American Apparel ones at least) are made in the USA by workers who get decent wages and benefits like healthcare. If you factor the 'human cost' into your purchase, even with any potential customs charge these are well worth it! I ordered several last year during the sales and have ordered five for Christmas pressies this time around.
  • libertine_2
    libertine_2 Posts: 100 Forumite
    Really? I'd have thought, especially with the Fruit of the Loom ones that constitute the majority of their T-shirts, that they were made in Mexico or Latin America for Hispanics on a dollar an hour :confused:
  • alanclose
    alanclose Posts: 2,226 Forumite
    i think that is why magpie prefaced their comments with "The American Apparel ones at least"
  • libertine_2
    libertine_2 Posts: 100 Forumite
    Is there anything saying that the American Apparel ones are guaranteed to be made by fairly paid workers? Not trying to be difficult here, it's just that most clothes in America are made by poorly paid Hispanic workers in Latin America - cheap labour exists everywhere in the world.
  • alanclose
    alanclose Posts: 2,226 Forumite
    What makes you think American Apparel t shirts aren't made in the USA
  • nabiha87
    nabiha87 Posts: 81 Forumite
    I've ordered 3 t-shirts this sale - been quite restrained!

    I got - cookies love milk, homework evidence and flowers in the attic

    If anyone wants to use my referral link, please pm me :)
  • fablad75
    fablad75 Posts: 326 Forumite
    I'm officially too ashamed to tell anyone how many shirts I've bought now :(
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