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xand aka joann is a 27.73 year old girl, has been a member since May 6, 2005, has scored 1,107 submissions, giving an average score of 1.52, helping 12 designs get printed.
Dear Mr. Canada Customs,

You are a tool. I know this is a harsh word, C.C., one that indicates that I am sorely upset with you and your cohorts, one that indicates that I think you have a small penis....and it is fitting isn't it? Your tiny weenie chooses to screw me over, time and time again (and most definetly not in any satisfactory way).
There were times in the past when I would buy three threadless tshirts and have them shipped merrily to my door. Sans problems. No need to see the Postman.

BUT NOW I SEE THE POSTMAN EVERY FUCKING TIME..AND I DON'T LIKE HIM, C.C.

Do you know why?

Because he delivers your minion's message of : give me more money. give me more money because you bought goods from the US of A and that hurts my feelings and you must pay a Goods and Services Tax to alleviate this pain.

The beef I have with it is that it is sooo arbitrary. Not every envelope is slapped with a yellow sticker. In fact, none of my friends are ever charged, including one stupid bitch in particular who bought FIVE threadless shirts at FULL PRICE.

Today.
This morning.
You deigned it neccessary to slap the sticker, again, on my threadless envelope, worth $20. You have never stooped this low. As I understand it, you are supposed to let things slide if they are twenty and under. Was I mistaken?
In any case..my friend the Postman wanted $1.57 from me. Which would be fine. Except that he also wanted another five bucks for the trouble of it being in a special C.C. Envelope, etc etc.

It leaves a stain in my mouth...one that Captain Awesome can't wipe away with his anime hands.

In closing, I wish you a lifetime of barium enemas.

Love,

Jo.

whisper in water
whisper in water on Jun 29 '06 at 1:20pm
I get charged customs every time I buy during a sale. It's like God hates me and is getting back at me for trying to save money.
Aristarchus
Aristarchus on Jun 29 '06 at 1:20pm
Yeah, the thing that gets me is the bullshit service charge. They'll collect something like three bucks in GST and PST, and then another three as a service charge "to cover the cost of collecting duties and taxes". That's like a hundred percent mark-up to pay just the overhead. Bullshit.



What I do now is that I only order thirty-dollars or less at a time. Yeah, the shipping costs more, but in the long run it's cheaper. They never make me pay duty on one or two shirts.
kidaro
kidaro on Jun 29 '06 at 1:21pm
Fuckin' A! Stick it to the Man!
squintygirl
squintygirl on Jun 29 '06 at 1:22pm
Mr Canada Customs is an ass. He kicked me in the shins once and called me a 'stupid poopie head'... after I forked over my hard earned $3.58! I also received a registered letter in the mail saying that I owed them an additonal $1.47 for an item I purchased for $6... and the postage on the registered letter was $1.50! What a maroon! Plus he smells funny, like Rusty the Chicken's sock in The Friendly Giant.
Aristarchus
Aristarchus on Jun 29 '06 at 1:23pm
Actually, though, I can't complain too much... In my late teens there was a female letter carrier that used to come around in the summer and occasionally I'd invite her in for "ice tea". I figure I got my money's worth out of Canada Post.
plastikaa
   plastikaa on Jun 29 '06 at 1:24pm
I got charged £35 :P beat that! (thats like $60 USD)



oh yeah and I pay $6.78 USD per US gallon of petrol too in the UK. So Americans and Canadians stop moaning its nearly $3 or whatever you pay now its gone up oh so much for you lot!
plastikaa
   plastikaa on Jun 29 '06 at 1:24pm
(that was for 13 shirts btw)
xand
xand on Jun 29 '06 at 8:12pm
mmmmmmm "iced tea"..



but i don't want iced tea from my Postman. maybe if they fire him and replace with, say, Brad, then I will feel less slighted by Customs.

loserbeech
loserbeech on Jun 29 '06 at 8:47pm
If you think Mr. Canada Custums is a prick, try meeting my good friend Mr. British Customs. The guy is a total pig fucker. He won't even allow you to pay the postman, you have to go to his den of vice in order to hand over your hand earned cash. And their service charge for "holding" the parcel is always higher than the VAT that I have to pay.
Darth Veg
Darth Veg on Jun 29 '06 at 9:10pm
Hell I have to pay everytime I get shirts too! Damn! I also agree that that service charge has GOT to go!
xand
xand on Jun 29 '06 at 11:19pm
REVOLUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
C20Percent
C20Percent on Jun 29 '06 at 11:41pm
U.S.A! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
juliejeremiah
juliejeremiah on Jun 29 '06 at 11:47pm
Yeah, I got charged $9 today on my $25 Select tee. Boourns.
plastikaa
   plastikaa on Jun 30 '06 at 1:27am
For my package I had to make phone calls to depots to pay it on automated systems that didnt fully work. As the depoty was too far away it was being held in.
ofthecoast
ofthecoast on Jun 30 '06 at 1:28am
Canada Customs has been very good to me so far. I have yet to have to pay anything to them.





*knock on wood*
122 days later
Zelnox
Zelnox on Oct 30 '06 at 6:11pm
._. reviving old thread. T_T I get slapped with each orders. The only time I didn't have to pay customs was when I ordered only 1 shirt.
723 days later
rawrzamon
rawrzamon on Oct 22 '08 at 9:16pm
omgsoh this is an old thread, but i just ordered 14 tee shirts and 1 hoodie and I got charge 80 BUCKS in customs.

WTF?!
iPear
iPear on Oct 22 '08 at 9:17pm
DEFERRED DIBS.
ivejustquitsmoking
   ivejustquitsmoking on Oct 22 '08 at 9:19pm
I wonder.. will the customs charge me if i order priority?
krokun
krokun on Oct 22 '08 at 9:31pm
I prefer my C.C. dry...
771 days later
mofoman69us
mofoman69us on Dec 03 '10 at 7:36am
W T F?!?!
$9.59 customs on a Threadless shirt?
Sadly, I wasnt home when the delivery came, but my mom ended up paying $9.59, how does this make any sense???
nyenyerejunior
nyenyerejunior on Dec 03 '10 at 7:41am
we pay 25% tax
for the shipping charges also...
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joann is extremely tired of shirts that say "uncle bob's burger shack" or "Cousin Vera's Tiki Torch!" so she plopped down into threadless.com and made herself nice and comfortable.

it's an addiction she doesn't plan on fighting. i mean, if you look at it this way: it's not like she smokes cigarettes or gambles too much or is obsessed with porn.
nope, she just likes em t-shirts.