Post Your Last Purchase XVI

[phillyphill]

im hispanic, just like to grab a different beer every once in a while...goes down smooth without the "imported" flavor

ahh ok the only people ive seen drink that is my fam (jamaican) i dont drink lol so i have no idea what it taste like.

 

[entatlrg]

Bought some threadless t-shirts at their $10 t-shirt sale:

Nice. Unique T-shirts are hard to find, what's the quality, thickness like?

 

[Surely]

Nice. Unique T-shirts are hard to find, what's the quality, thickness like?

Good quality, good thickness.

I've ordered from them 3-4 times already, and I've been to their store in Chicago as well.

Looks like the sale is over though.....they do have sales pretty regularly, especially around holidays.

 

[aerove]

this

 

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Nice. Unique T-shirts are hard to find, what's the quality, thickness like?

Last I heard Canadian shipping is pretty terrible. Wouldn't bother if I were you!

 

[Surely]

Last I heard Canadian shipping is pretty terrible. Wouldn't bother if I were you!

I don't remember it being terrible......the first time I ordered was ~4 years ago when I was still living in Toronto. If it was terrible, I wouldn't have placed the order.

It's possible that they've changed their policies since.

 

[pakyooh]

Nice! Great choice going with leather and not the monogram.

Got myself a real purse. Had never spent more than $30 on one before.

Coach Kristin Leather Hobo

 

[Heavy Fluid]

For my wife:

Trek Fuel EX 7 WSD

Pink Camelbak

For me:

Salsa Titanium skewers

Hope seat clamp

 

[tktaylor1]

Just started smoking cigars. This one was only like 5 bucks

 

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I don't remember it being terrible......the first time I ordered was ~4 years ago when I was still living in Toronto. If it was terrible, I wouldn't have placed the order.

It's possible that they've changed their policies since.

I remember when I checked, they only shipped via UPS, which is pretty much a big no-no for importing American items into Canaduh, as the brokerage fees will almost surely be at least 30% of the value. Now it seems they do either DHL or UPS. I'm not sure about DHL, but Threadless doesn't have their own customs broker like other American retailers, so it appears to be shot in the dark as to whether or not a Canadian customer will get dinged by customs fees! I imagine you got lucky.

I generally only order from outside the country if the seller agrees to ship via their national postal service, or has a dedicated customs broker to clear the merchandise. That way I either get charged nothing, or just HST (still a whopping 13%, but better than the UPS alternative). It's the same issue that keeps me from buying stuff here on the Marketplace or off of American eBay retailers.

Anyway, my last purchase was a Hoya 46mm UV filter for my 20mm f1.7:

And a 46-52 step-up ring from eBay so I can use my Fisheye adapter on my GF1.

 

[Surely]

Just started smoking cigars. This one was only like 5 bucks

Yeah, I'm sure it'll taste like five bucks.

I remember when I checked, they only shipped via UPS, which is pretty much a big no-no for importing American items into the states, as the brokerage fees will almost surely be at least 30% of the value. Now it seems they do either DHL or UPS. I'm not sure about DHL, but Threadless doesn't have their own customs broker like other American retailers, so it appears to be shot in the dark as to whether or not a Canadian customer will get dinged by customs fees! I imagine you got lucky.

I generally only order from outside the country if the seller agrees to ship via their national postal service, or has a dedicated customs broker to clear the merchandise. That way I either get charged nothing, or just HST (still a whopping 13%, but better than the UPS alternative). It's the same issue that keeps me from buying stuff here on the Marketplace or off of American eBay retailers.

I think they may have shipped it USPS (which transferred to Canada Post) back when I ordered from them. There were no extra costs. Maybe I did get lucky. I'm like you....I never ordered from outside of Canada because of the customs fees that jacked up the price. That usually made it not worth it.

 

[tktaylor1]

See that's the thing, I have seen the same cigar at other places for up to 20 bucks. This guy had a new shop he opened on Monday so all of his prices are really low. They are a lot lower than any other place I have been in.

 

[Surely]

See that's the thing, I have seen the same cigar at other places for up to 20 bucks. This guy had a new shop he opened on Monday so all of his prices are really low. They are a lot lower than any other place I have been in.

Well, hopefully it's good. I haven't smoked a cigar in ten years.......I only smoked Cubans.



However, now that I live in CA, I'm able to legally buy stuff that is much more fun to smoke.

 

[tktaylor1]

Well, hopefully it's good. I haven't smoked a cigar in ten years.......I only smoked Cubans.



However, now that I live in CA, I'm able to legally buy stuff that is much more fun to smoke.

Yea I just recently did that for the first time too.

 

[Mexbearpig]

Bought this yesterday. Except the HD version. Currently played ~7 or 8 hours. And ranked #105(overall score) .

 

[Corey Grandy]

I think they may have shipped it USPS (which transferred to Canada Post) back when I ordered from them. There were no extra costs. Maybe I did get lucky. I'm like you....I never ordered from outside of Canada because of the customs fees that jacked up the price. That usually made it not worth it.

They definitely offer a "standard shipping" aside from the UPS now. It's $9 to ship a shirt to Nova Scotia, from what I just checked. It's a 1-3 week shipping timeframe though, as opposed to UPS which is anywhere from 1-5 days depending on what you want to pay. I'd say it's worth the wait to not pay double or triple for shipping

Sometimes you get lucky and don't have to pay customs anyway. I recently bought three shirts from DistrictLines - two orders, one with two shirts and a second order with the other shirts. The order with two shirts (~$40) cost me an extra $25 in customs, the order with the single shirt (~$25) cost nothing. But then, I'm not sure how customs works, what values it starts at, etc.

 

[Jason Beck]

So far pretty sweet.

 

[rkmac]

Got bored and ordered a clear back plate for my IP4. Looks pretty cool.

I've been looking for something like that for a while! Ordered the one without the apple logo and a pentalobe screwdriver so I can take the back cover off my mums iPhone so she can have my old metal cover.

 

[robots3humans0]

Made a few purchases:

got in on the sale!

'cause I'm the sauce boss. Hahah, gotta love EpicMealTime

To replace the targus one I bought, it's too short.

Marware CEO premiere. Couldn't find any reviews for it, but I like the leather look way more than the carbon fibre.

plus a new OEM glass back for my iP4 (pretty bad scratch ) annnnd a black pinlo slice 3. Loving it a lot so far. So thin, feels great.

 

[SchneiderMan]

I've been looking for something like that for a while! Ordered the one without the apple logo and a pentalobe screwdriver so I can take the back cover off my mums iPhone so she can have my old metal cover.

Yeah those are not bad looking Hope you get a good one unlike me.

 

[dubels]

Just started smoking cigars. This one was only like 5 bucks

That is about the right price for them. $20 for them is 4 times too much. Check out puff (dot) com. If your local stores are selling them for around $20 a cigar your best bet is to buy them online, even with shipping cost it will be so much cheaper.

 

[ThaDoggg]

A new belt...it was about time as I've had my old one for like 10 years

 

[rnelan7]

Just ordered from Amazon a pair of Bose AE2 as a gift and the Magic Trackpad and Magic wand for the home theater setup.

 

[DewGuy1999]

"Ragtime" DVD

 

[tktaylor1]

That is about the right price for them. $20 for them is 4 times too much. Check out puff (dot) com. If your local stores are selling them for around $20 a cigar your best bet is to buy them online, even with shipping cost it will be so much cheaper.

Thanks!