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Leather Cases - Patina Proud Photos
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decoded looks good except the beyond awful branding on the camera cutout.
I’ll give them a shot, but expensive shipping and Amazon says ships in 1-2 months. But since it’s sold directly from decoded on Amazon, it should be faster right?
Bellroy's looks pretty close, too:
Phone Case | Leather or Leather-alternative Case for iPhone | Bellroy
Choose from smooth leather or durable leather-alternative INNOVERA™ for your MagSafe iPhone case.
bellroy.com
You need to order directly from Decoded. Decoded barely uses Amazon. Most of the time they only use Amazon for older stock for older devices or clearance.
Ok, I found a 20% off coupon anyway and it brings the price down to $60 including shipping, so I’m golden
Nope, just like Mujjo the leather looks a bit grainy. Apple leather cases had a very smooth leather. So either different part of the cow or stretched tighter. Besides, doesn't Bellroy have plastic sides?Bellroy's looks pretty close, too:
Phone Case | Leather or Leather-alternative Case for iPhone | Bellroy
Choose from smooth leather or durable leather-alternative INNOVERA™ for your MagSafe iPhone case.
+ VAT and import taxes, no? Don't know how "good" US customs are though, but importing to Sweden usually doesn't go unnoticed by customs.
Yeah that is excluding VAT and taxes for US. So if customs checks your package that ain't your final price.
It didn’t say anything about that in the checkout or the receipt, so I assumed they factored that into the $17 shipping cost based on my location.
Not how it works when its between EU and US. Go back to their site and in checkout flip between different european countries and you will see they specifically state that taxes is included. Says nothing when you select US, because it isn't included. This is why europeans hate buying from US, it gets so ****ing expensive.
It would be pretty surprising and unlucky if you got extra import taxes added on at customs. I wouldn't worry about it. I've received 2 cases from them, both shipped smoothly and no extra taxes were added either time.
Bellroy finally ditched the plastic sides. Now we just need Nomad to do the same.
RL is from UK, so we Europeans have to pay for VAT too, correct? Or am I missing something?
I think the US has different import taxes with the UK, I think it’s exempt if the value is under a certain amount.
Portuguese customs too. Expect to pay for VAT + Customs clearance fees, lol.
For Europeans, I think the only options are: Nomad retailers, Wiiuka and YMW from Aliexpress.
I edited my reply, mixed up RL with Decoded. I have ordered goods from UK many times since brexit and more than half of them have been charged through customs. The british VAT is included so we essentially pay double VAT.
Some Swedish companies have the option to exclude the Swedish VAT when ordering from outside of the EU, thus you only pay "your own" VAT, but british companies do not seem to offer this.
I wish Sweden had that too. We have such a rule for any import, but the amount exempt is really low, around $25.
I am looking for the best leather case that does not have an action button cutout. No insanely weird branding like Decoded, and no open bottom lip.
So far ive ordered Nomad and Mujjo, but I just saw the Nomad has plastic sides so that might be a dealbreaker. This is hard LOL.
So far ive ordered Nomad and Mujjo, but I just saw the Nomad has plastic sides so that might be a dealbreaker. This is hard LOL.
To be blunt, the UK probably has a lot more exports going to the US than Sweden, so they probably give them preferential treatment since they’re a big trading partner.