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20th February 12, 03:39 PM
#10
Re: U.S. customs
This comes at a particularly relevant time for me. I was wanting to have a kilt made in the Irish County Tyrone tartan -- not an "off the shelf" sort of thing. Scotweb has a good price with the XMarks discount but by the time one plays "shipping roulette" with the carrier it could turn out not to be such a good deal at all. I bought a kilt jacket and waistcoat from Scotland last year which was shipped through FedEx. It got to me quickly enough but with additional "fees" (Customs and "FedEx customs brokerage fees") of more than 30% of the cost of the purchase. If I'm facing those kinds of fees, then even at the discount Scotweb is so kind to extend to XMarkers, it would be less expensive for me to have it made "in country." This can't be good for the merchants/suppliers either!
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