Viberg
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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.
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Really not the issue though is it? The issue is the same retailer charging different prices based on geographical location, nothing to do with Viberg the company.
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Once again you don't like it don't buy it.
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I don't and I won't, but I will point out that it is wrong.
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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.
We will do soon…..
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Really not the issue though is it? The issue is the same retailer charging different prices based on geographical location, nothing to do with Viberg the company.
For me, it's the disparity on the markup. I checked a couple of different models of boots- Red Wing, Viberg, Church's and John Lobb- and the disparity between the US and the UK price was anywhere from <2% to over 30%. Regardless of the intricacies of international retail, that's a lot of inconsistent pricing. For their own sake, Mr. Porter should flatten out those spikes or do a better job of explaining them. Otherwise, they risk pissing off customers and/or losing potential ones.
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Has anyone asked the Mr.Porter people about their scale & why the differences in the prices? I got 2 say alot of text is being put up in this thread that has nothing 2 do with Viberg.
Like one of my favorite Germans said:
@van:
…. I HATE this thread ... hated (this discussion) from the beginning and ignored it most time. All just blablabla ....
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if i wasn't clear before,
nothing to do with Viberg the company
just to get one image in
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It may well have something to do with Viberg the company, as they manufacture in the same trade bloc as the US.
Well, y'all seem to be determined to be pissed off about it without investigating the goings-on, so I give up.
Here am I today, drinking Hibiki.
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I am a Canuck. All my boots are made by either Alden, Red Wing or Wesco. No Viberg (yet), shame on me….....
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I don't see any problem with polite, related discussion, and I'm a guy who likes pictures. I read comic books
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here you go @Bluegrass …haven't forgot about you buddy, just been a bit busy lately! -.-
the different lasts are (l to r):
240 // 310 // 2040 // 2030 // 1035
