Aran Sweater

[Sionnach]

Now that the daytime temps have dropped into the 90's here in the Valley of the Sun, I am starting to break out my winter clothing. Actually, I have spotted an aran sweater at Heritage of Scotland.com for $41.79, free shipping. Just wondering what kind of import taxes I might have to pay. And is the seller reputable?

[McMurdo]

The seller really is not that reputable at all, HeritageofScotland is owned by the Gold Brothers empire, if you do a search I'm sure you will find many horror stories about them. I did order one thing from them before I knew of their reputation, it was fine, however the shipping duties were close to the total of the item itself, I would suggest shopping around.

[auld argonian]

May or may not be of interest...I personally haven't bought anything from them but they offer their sweaters in a couple of weights and the color selection seems right nice.

http://www.clanarans.com/asm/catalog...56f047b341c88b

Best

AA

[Sionnach]

Thanks, McMurdo, I had a suspicion of this.

[Sionnach]

AA, thank you for the link. Just what I was looking for.

[Mr. MacDougall]

I have a couple of sweaters from Clan Arans, their less expensive, generic ones instead of the clan-specific ones... but the point is, both of them have snagged and pulled incredibly easily. You have to be careful wearing them.

[auld argonian]

Snagging that type of sweater seems to be a pretty common problem.

Several days ago, I was just telling my kids this story:

Back in high school, those "Irish" sweaters were trendy for a while and I, being trendy, got one and smugly wore it to school. One day, I was walking up the staircase during a class change...I passed another student and a notoriously sharp spot on his class ring caught a thread on my sweater. By the time we realized it, he was at the bottom of the stairs and I was at the top with one long white thread stringing out between us. All you could do was laugh

If it's a worry, opt for a type of sweater with a tighter weave. I note that LL Bean has a cable knit sweater that has that Aran sweater look (sort of) but would be a bit tighter. The commando sweater that I got from Bean is a frickin' tank so if the rest of their stuff is anything like that then it ought to be pretty tight.

Best

AA

[planemaker]

Now that the daytime temps have dropped into the 90's here in the Valley of the Sun, I am starting to break out my winter clothing. Actually, I have spotted an aran sweater at Heritage of Scotland.com for $41.79, free shipping. Just wondering what kind of import taxes I might have to pay. And is the seller reputable?

When I was in Ireland, I went to Blarney Woollen Mills. I bought a Aran sweater there, and it is a great weight, wears well. They are offering a three for the price of one. It was the same deal they had there in May. Now I have had to buy a couple of things on line. Shipping is about ten days and they pay the duty as well. Here is the website: http://www.blarney.com/index.htm

I hope this helps

[Sionnach]

Wow, input has been great- its going from easier to choose now to harder. Clanaran, LL Bean, now Blarney.

[McMurdo]

I got this one at Cairngorm Scottish Imports (Hector Russell) the website is
www.kiltscanada.com
They have 4 colours and the price was good