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mr_playdough aka John Kiggins is a 31.19 year old boy, has been a member since May 27, 2005, has scored 3,132 submissions, giving an average score of 1.31, helping 29 designs get printed.

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Nov 29 '05 by mr_playdough
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ATTENTION CANADIANS!!!>!<@#K!@@!!

I have discovered the secret to ordering threadless shirts in Canada.

Only ever order two shirts at a time... sure, this is frustrating for the times when you want more than two... but a package with two shirts in it comes straight to your door... whereas a package with three shirts goes to the post office.

And here's the catch... at the post office they make you pay "duty"... which in my experiences has been somewhere in the neighbourhood of 10 to 12 bucks... which does make a difference...

So, in conclusion... two shirts at a time... and the government of Canada (or what's left of it) gets none of your money.

Vesperjade on Nov 29 '05 at 12:50pm

I've had a package of 6 shits come straight to my door?

And i've never ever had to pay duty..

Piperdown on Nov 29 '05 at 12:51pm

Even when I ordered 2 I still sometimes got charged duty. It was rare, but it still happened.

Leslee on Nov 29 '05 at 12:56pm

Yeah, I've gotten charged for a 2-shirt order before, but it arrived the same day as one of my bigger ones, so they caught it at the border. I usually just order one at a time now so it's not sent back to the post office, since I can't even get down there.

But they seriously freaking undercharge. You only pay like $4 or $5 in taxes, which is ridiculous. They valued a $50 USD order of mine at $30 CAD. Man.

fbiluthien on Nov 29 '05 at 1:42pm

Damn I wish I had thought about this before ordering 3 shirts last time, 10 bucks added to a 30$ order is a bit frustrating :/

amandine on Nov 29 '05 at 2:02pm

My two largest orders (3 guy shirts / 2 girl shirts) have both been delivered right in my mailbox . woot for no duty!

deam on Nov 29 '05 at 2:18pm

yah my last order of 5 t's i had to pay 12 bucks... i got another order of 5 coming soon well see how much i get charged for that.

artie on Nov 29 '05 at 2:26pm

i believe the rules are that if it's under $50, you don't pay duty.

at least thats what my friend told me. he works at UPS... he should know i guess...

they stuffed my 2 shirts in the mailbox. im surprised at the way threadless got two t-shirts into such a small package.

franx on Nov 29 '05 at 2:52pm

i think it's completely random. i ordered 1 shirt and it came straight to my mail box ( no duty). i've also ordered 1 shirt and had to pick it up at the post office and pay an extra $8 and change for duty (for 1 shirt!). that 1 shirt ended up costing me about $36.00 (canadian).

ccsy on Nov 29 '05 at 4:40pm

i've gotten charged $10 for 2 tees before, stupid duty. so i only ever buy one at a time now.

but i do remember making big orders (not threadless) before and not getting charged for those. so it's a luck thing too, but anything under $20, will always go straight to you

hdawg on Nov 29 '05 at 4:51pm

I bought five shirts once & I had to go pick it up and pay more than 20$. I'm still waiting on the three shirts that I ordered the first day of the sale, I'm guessing that I'll have to pick those up & pay duty on those.

3 days later

mr_playdough on Dec 03 '05 at 10:00am

okay... apparently i'm just blowing smoke out my ass...

i'm just talking from what my experience is... i've ordered 2 shirts twice and 3 shirts twice... and been charged duty both times for the 3 shirts and not for the 2...

thanks for the stories though...

68 days later

funkie fresh on Feb 09 '06 at 10:55pm

this used to work for me all the time and then BAM...it doesnt work for me anymore...bah!

Zalo on Feb 09 '06 at 11:37pm

i hear so long as it's under 20$ can it's not checked. otherwise u get screwed

narcissus_poeticus on Feb 09 '06 at 11:52pm

yeah...its a toss up for me. usually i try to keep it to two at a time. because they mostly just stuff it in my apartment mailbox.

but odd times, i get the tax. poop.

Charmz_U on Feb 09 '06 at 11:58pm

Well, I think it all boils down to how sweet the Threadless staff are feeling when they package your shirts....my order of three shirts came without having to pay any duty because on the front label they posted the value at only $15...which let it slip through.

steffiez on Feb 10 '06 at 12:04am

It really depends on how they pack it and what kind of packaging it is delivered in (big or small envelop). I normally order 2-3 max and they're shipped right to my door; however, I did my christmas shopping and bought 5 tees and had to pay a ridiculous amount of money for "duty". I just hoping my next order will come straight to my door!

478 days later

Cooni on Jun 03 '07 at 2:59am

Hi there, random question: what size shirt do u buy? in particular the Break Dance one.. I'm trying to buy a shirt for a friend and u look about his size.. cheers!!

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