i thought it'd be straightforward - but ohh no, that would be too easy...

I live in the UK and love the threadless designs, so much so that i ordered three t-shirts in the first batch and i've got another three on order.

The first three came without a hitch but these second three - well - they cost around $60 which, in proper money, was £31.03. i was happy with this and thought i'd get them sometime within 3 weeks (chose economy mail not priority - maybe my downfall).

3 weeks comes and goes and 3 days after that period i get a little 'note' from the royal mail stating that the package couldn't be delivered because there was a custom charge.
Now this customs charge was £12.29 - which (minus £1 handling fee) is 36% of the total. Now, VAT is only 17.5% and customs duty is 5%, this seems a tad high.

So much so, that i'm gonna pick up my precious cargo at the post offce tomorrow and whilst there, have a little chat with the postmaster...

just to make things clear - love threadless, pissed off by UK Customs.

i'm even thinking of getting into this tee designing malarky - seeing someone else wear a tee with your design on it has got make it worth it...