Originally Posted by Rowan8
Originally Posted by deltadawn
I have paid over £13-00 per metre which according to todays exchange rate equals about $20.00. So when I read of you picking up bargains at less than $5.00 - I'm a little green with envy.............can you forgive me?!!!
I just want to cry. It would be so nice to get matieral for thw US price. It must be the postal charge to get it to the UK shops that inceases our prices so much.!!
I wonder about a possible solution. Let me explain.
When I started sending some health-related goodies (Vitamin A, Coenzyme Q, etc.) from the USA to my aging mother in Germany the custom's authorities (and authoritative they are indeed) confiscated US$400.00 worth of merchandise. Outch! Then they threatened me if you can believe that (maybe I was trying to poison my mother with medication that was not allowed in Germany). The supervising office interrupted that insanity.
I am no giver-upper (especially when somebody threatens me). So now I am sending her the same stuff from a British company. The customs authorities check only stuff from "third countries". The goodies are even slightly cheaper in the UK.
Couldn't you find an American fabric manufacturer with a domicile in a cheaper European country?
BTW, I do not pay additional VAT on the goodies I send to my mother in Germany from the UK (I live in the USA). Nobody seems to do any checking. The UK company handles many international orders.