Viberg
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Agreed McLain, these look good! Leather soles do look a lil weird to me though
I don't mind them terribly, but I would prefer a subtle rubber sole on these.
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As do all retailers, including the one I work with, but they/ we don't modify the price of goods depending on destination.
This may simply be an artifact of NAFTA
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Well, do you shop for a lot of other luxury goods made in Canada or Mexico? There may be a perfectly innocent explanation for this.
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You would hope that if it is perfectly innocent then perhaps there should be a basic explanation as to why international customers are having their prostate examined by the purchase price, doesn't seem to be one though.
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Yeah, true. Given the numbers they seem to be stocking they probably don't much care–they probably figure they'll sell out rapidly domestically.
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Isn't Mr. porter based in London?
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I don't know to be honest, but if so that's even worse and totally negates the NAFTA argument, and the international duties theory.
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Agreed–believe me, I was not excusing such a mindset.
Easy way to test would be ot see what happens with goods not manufactured in Canada but stocked at Mr. Porter.
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For UK prices include VAT and ship from the UK, but that can't honestly make up the difference right? USD selected items are shipped from the US. I wonder if it's a typo on the USD side.
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Anybody abroad want 2 buy but turned down by the price let me know. If I mildly like u I'll be willing 2 order & ship 2 your door. I look @ it the same way it sometimes works with ordering from those stores with vat or from denimio or rakuten.
I think Mr porter is on some international sh1t, but don't get me to lying as all I've ever done is read some of the articles from their witty writers
Win some u lose some, part of the game (but there is always away 2 get goods for less than retail if u r determined that doesn't involve breaking laws or feelings)
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Oh & just 2 make sure we talking bout their markup cause someone was gonna buy, right??
D666 them black joints r something like a phenom - phenomenon
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For UK prices include VAT and ship from the UK, but that can't honestly make up the difference right? USD selected items are shipped from the US. I wonder if it's a typo on the USD side.
I would hope it's a typo as well.
I totally thought the £600ish price was normal. Seems like a lot of EU retailers have higher prices compared to the rest of the world. Tack on shipping costs from Canada to the UK, supposedly high duties/fees associated with that initial import, VAT, and then the final shipping within EU to the customer, who the hell knows. I mean Wesco boots are $400-500usd for stock boots in the USA but are now sold for $750+ in EU. So the fact that Vibergs are $600-700usd in North America and potentially $1000+usd in the UK doesn't really surprise me. -
I really like the look of the brown leather and #8 leather boots on Mr Porter. Would prefer a non-Dainite rubber sole though. Otherwise I think they look like a superb boot. Price on my computer is GBP525/HKD6459…
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I don't know to be honest, but if so that's even worse and totally negates the NAFTA argument, and the international duties theory.
Don't think it does. Country of origin I believe is what matters in most tariff situations.
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For UK prices include VAT and ship from the UK, but that can't honestly make up the difference right? USD selected items are shipped from the US. I wonder if it's a typo on the USD side.
I would hope it's a typo as well.
I totally thought the £600ish price was normal. Seems like a lot of EU retailers have higher prices compared to the rest of the world. Tack on shipping costs from Canada to the UK, supposedly high duties/fees associated with that initial import, VAT, and then the final shipping within EU to the customer, who the hell knows. I mean Wesco boots are $400-500usd for stock boots in the USA but are now sold for $750+ in EU. So the fact that Vibergs are $600-700usd in North America and potentially $1000+usd in the UK doesn't really surprise me.leather goods are the subject of very high import tax and customs charges in the EU. And for the few dealers who have sold Wesco boots in the EU before, the normal price range was $700-$800 and I'm talking about more or less basic make-ups…
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A better example would have been Red Wings, I'm not sure of any Wesco dealers in Europe offering standard stock builds as per the Wesco stock boots page.
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Red Wings' country of origin can be USA (near me in Red Wing, MN) or it can be China. I've seen Red Wings and some of the PNW bootmakers sold at outrageous prices on Rakuten in Japan. International trade is complex is all I'm saying, and trade within trade blocs (e.g., made-in-Canada footwear being sold in the US) is going to be cheaper generally than trade across them.
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Still, no excuse for Mr Porter.
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Very simple don't like the price; don't buy it.
