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07-12-2008, 10:23 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England
Posts: 783
| Do you order things from America? Just wondered. There are so many things recommended on this site that just aren't available over here. Do you order any of them from the States? If so, how have you found it works out? Are there any problems? What's delivery time like & is postage a fortune? |
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07-13-2008, 06:10 AM | #2 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 581
| Hi Meggie I have ordered things from the States in the past. The postage is expensive and so I only order very light things. I am going to get some supplements from a pet nutritionalist,though, and one of the YTs has kindly offered to post them to me using the cheapest form of postage. You need to be careful about tax & duties so you have to keep the value of each parcel below the level at which it becomes due for duty charges. I did look it up, but cannot remember what it was. It is easy enough to check up on. I have ordered from ChattiesMom and also from tinkerbells closet and the later took 5 weeks to arrive but Chattiesmom sent the items much sooner- a couple of weeks. There are SO many things I would like to get from the USA, but I need to find someone going over who is prepared to shop for items for me and bring them over. Hope this help. Perhaps someone else has some more advice. Luv Yvonne xx |
07-13-2008, 08:58 AM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England
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| Thankyou Yvonne, yes that's a big help. I've found out Petcetera stocks a lot of the grooming products that I hadn't been able to find over here before, so I'm going to order some things from there this week. xx Meggie |
07-13-2008, 02:49 PM | #4 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 581
| Hi Meggie If you don't mind doing so, will you let me know what they cost you in postage and duties, Meggie, as then I could order from them, if it is not too bad? They do have some lovely grooming products, don't they. Luv Yvonne xx |
07-14-2008, 02:29 AM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: South Devon, UK
Posts: 35
| The UK Petcetera? I have bought things from the State before, a bottle of shampoo, some Ally Oops products and clothes for my girls. Shipping has always been very reasonable. |
07-14-2008, 04:04 AM | #6 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England
Posts: 783
| The Petcetera I've ordered from is in Whitchurch, Shropshire, so no import duty. Orders over £50 are free p&p, under that it's £4 xx Meggie |
07-14-2008, 07:02 AM | #7 | |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 581
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Which stores did you buy things from, Blossom? I found that the bigger stores seem to charge a lot - more that the cost of the actual item ordered! Perhaps I have been unlucky. Luv Yvonne xx | |
07-14-2008, 07:03 AM | #8 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: United Kingdom
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08-17-2008, 01:03 PM | #9 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: northern ireland
Posts: 22
| american sites i live in northern ireland i brought a spray from an american site it cost was 10 pounds but cost me 25 pounds to have it shipped over that was 35 pounds a lot of money,don't think i will be doing it again |
08-18-2008, 11:15 AM | #10 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Yorkshire, England
Posts: 783
| Heck! That's a huge amount to have to pay just to get it over here xx Meggie |
08-19-2008, 01:05 PM | #11 |
Mommy to 3 Princesses Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: DFW Texas
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| I ship outside the US daily so I thought I might be able to offer some insight. Unfortunately since gasprices rose the price has gone up on international postage and practically skyrocketed this past year. Ive been shipping international for several years but just recently it cost me a lot more to send to Europe. For example I shipped a dog clothing rack to UK that the customer only paid $25 for shipping but it actually cost me $37 for the cheapest shipping possible and the rack weighs about 3 lbs so I was out money on that. I know shipping any sort of carrier, beds, and even grooming products are espensive because they all weigh a bit more. It seems if the pacakge is anywhere over a pound shipping cost really gets up there. But if you order small accessories or dog clothing which is really light and therefore usually very reasonable to ship out of the USA. Hope that helps
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08-19-2008, 01:13 PM | #12 | |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: downpatrick
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...waves to NI !!.....GO YORKIE !! I buy from the USA all the time...but its a postage nightmare.. | |
08-04-2010, 08:00 AM | #14 |
Poppy's Mamma ♥ Donating Member | I order from america all of the time, they seem to have a lot more choice over there. Postage is more but not too much and items usually take 1-2 weeks to arrive.
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