Naked & Famous

[Niro]

Pretty pissed off at the moment. Kinda regret buying the street fighter jeans, because got hit with £100 tax and duty. I was ok with original price, but £100 on top is not ok for these jeans. The quality of construction is nowhere near worth such a price.

It says on their site and also an Tate&Yoko rep on reddit told me that there should be no taxes payable for UK/EU due to the CETA agreement.

This agreement is pretty new so I'm apparently the first person from EU who has bought from them.

I have been advised to contact fedex and ask for what forms are required to get fees waived. From what i've been reading, not sure this is how it works. Think Fedex would have to appeal on my behalf and if it fails i have to shell out over £50. Anyway I have got a ticket created with FedEx and waiting to hear back.

[neph93]

That sucks. I don’t know much about the trade agreement, but duty «surprises» are the worst and happen all to often, despite us living in the information age.

[Giles]

CETA is a joke.  Or at least the couriers' implementation/understanding of it is.  I have to teach UPS what CETA was and even so, we have not got a single package into Canada without being hit.  We have been partially refunded in all cases.

[Alex]

@Niro:

Pretty pissed off at the moment. Kinda regret buying the street fighter jeans, because got hit with £100 tax and duty. I was ok with original price, but £100 on top is not ok for these jeans. The quality of construction is nowhere near worth such a price.

It says on their site and also an Tate&Yoko rep on reddit told me that there should be no taxes payable for UK/EU due to the CETA agreement.

This agreement is pretty new so I'm apparently the first person from EU who has bought from them.

I have been advised to contact fedex and ask for what forms are required to get fees waived. From what i've been reading, not sure this is how it works. Think Fedex would have to appeal on my behalf and if it fails i have to shell out over £50. Anyway I have got a ticket created with FedEx and waiting to hear back.

You will be able to reclaim any duty you paid via the couriers brokerage team, but taxes (and their fucking admin fee) wont be refunded.

[Niro]

Glad to know it doesn't happen to only me. Ridiculous that big courier companies like FedEx have not educated their staff.

Ah well, you live and learn.

[sabergirl]

Hey, @sisterray I'm curious about your elephant 6. How are they?

[sisterray]

Hi @sabergirl,

I was a bit disappointed with the construction, I do like flat-felled seams on the inside of the leg. The stitching was a bit squiggly in some places. Also front pockets are a bit strange, quite wide, the coin pocket seems to cause a strange fold just above it.

I got them in the Weird Guy fit, and in retrospect I should have gone for the smaller size. I'm also not a massive fan of tapered jeans, they tend to bunch up at the knees.

I do like the denim, I have had broken twill jeans before but in a much lighter weight, but I have not had enough time to get a lot of wear in them.

There is a good post on reddit which shows more worn in pair.

https://www.reddit.com/r/rawdenim/comments/7q6xcj/naked_and_famous_broken_elephant_6_15_monthsno/

[sabergirl]

Cool. Thanks for the info! I found some of these on sale, and since I couldn’t get heavy broken twill out of my head, I’ll probably pull the trigger. I’ve never actually had a pair of n & f, because the measurements only look off, somehow. Maybe it’s time to find out!

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[Eisenherz]

@Niro.
I also ordered at Tete+Yoko the 32 oz pants in sz 31. I got the item 4 days after order (by Fedex). Thats amazing.
Also German Custom wanted to have some money.
I called them, said something about Ceta. They told me I shall send an original invoice to them whitch includes signature of sender, declaration that pants are made in Canada and the place from where sender shipped item.
I still waiting for refund of custom fees.

[Eisenherz]

@twin.
Nice fit.
What is the tag size?

[twin]

@Eisenherz  The tag size is 34

[Niro]

@Eisenherz ahhh ok that's good to know, thanks.

So you paid fedex and then contacted german customs yourself?

I am going to ring Fedex, because it's been 20 days since i sent in the ticket and have got no reply back. £12 is small in grand scheme of things, but I should not have to pay their extortionate admin fee for their or customs mistake

[Eisenherz]

@Niro.
Yes.
Problem is that tete+yoko did not declare that pants are made in Canada.
I called Customs and they told me I should late filing invoice. I'm waiting now for refund.
Will report back, if Customs pays back.
But German Authority needs much much much money.

[Niro]

I knew they must have done something wrong.

I did ask them if they have shipped to anyone in EU since the CETA agreement, and they said I was the first.

[Niro]

@Alex:

You will be able to reclaim any duty you paid via the couriers brokerage team, but taxes (and their fucking admin fee) wont be refunded.

@Alex  As you said. They knocked off the duty as a 'goodwill' gesture, but I still pay the VAT. Better than nothing.

[Alex]

Still a load of shite though!!

[Niro]

yup! I just noticed, they also removed the admin fee

[Eisenherz]

N&F 32 oz sz 32/32.
Fits well. But if I would soak them, I coul'nt get closed them anymore.
My correspondence with customs: they want to have original signed invoices and declarations. Still waiting for refund.

[madmonday]

jeans look good and I am not mad about that fit.

too bad you can not soak/wet as the fit doesn't look too tight to me.

[Eisenherz]

I fixed the button and then tried to expand by an vice. Waist measure came from 16.2 to almost 17, but after dry it came back to 16.3 inch single waist. I think I could soak it with icecold water and only short time…