Bimbos unite!

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by kittykit Lucky you!! Enjoy your trip and get lots of sun and MAC! My orders from Trans Design arrived today and no custom fees!

woo hoo! what colours did you get? and no fees is always a plus... recently i have been stung with those... mainly it's an admin fee that costs more than the tax! not cool!

 

[kittykit]

I bought

China Glaze
For Audrey
It’s Poppin
Sugar High
Grape Pop
Heli-Yum
Strawberry Fields

Orly
Cotton Candy
Pure Petunia

OPI
Dulce de Leche

I'm so happy that I finally got myself For Audrey

2 of the China Glaze colours look similar to what I already have (also from CG). I'm really pleased with Trans Design, they ship really fast and items are nicely packed.

 

[LMD84]

that is an awesome haul! i'm jealous!

and yes transdesign are by far teh best nail supply company i have bought from

 

[Susanne]

awesome haul! Enjoy!

 

[banana1234]

do you often get stuck with custom charges from transdesign lou?

 

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by banana1234 do you often get stuck with custom charges from transdesign lou?

for the first 6 months or so i was fine. however recently i have had two packaged which were literally £1 or so over what you are allowed to ship in. so royal mail charge you the tex which was about £3 or so but then about £10 admin fee for them! which sucks! i think it was because the exchange rate hasn't been as good recently - which is why it wasn't as cheap in pounds as it usually is.

also i tend to try and only get 2-3 opi polishes in each shipment because these are more expencive and therefore when ordering 9 polishes bump up the total to over what customs allow you to have!

 

[banana1234]

that sucks, i suppose then the cheap prices arent so worth it... have u found any english sites that sell nail varnishes at decent prices

 

[InspiredBlue]

I suddenly started getting customs fees on every package I ordered from the US, so I began ordering things in my boyfriend's name instead, and poof, no fees. It could just be a total coincidence, or they did put me on some sort of watch list because I was receiving so many packages.

 

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by banana1234 that sucks, i suppose then the cheap prices arent so worth it... have u found any english sites that sell nail varnishes at decent prices

sadly there seems to be no uk sites that sell them cheap. for the most part it does work out cheaper than buying in the uk - it's just when you get charged it works our around the same or just under.

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Originally Posted by InspiredBlue I suddenly started getting customs fees on every package I ordered from the US, so I began ordering things in my boyfriend's name instead, and poof, no fees. It could just be a total coincidence, or they did put me on some sort of watch list because I was receiving so many packages.

you know i have wondered this myself. perhaps i should order in nick's name next time and see what happens!

 

[kittykit]

I was charged custom fees a few times for my orders from US & Japan but they're not cosmetics. The custom checks here are random. Sometimes you're get unlucky... I always have my orders shipped to the office. I'm too lazy to walk across the street to go to the post office to pick up my orders.

 

[Nzsallyb]

Hello everyone! hope we are all doing well! i plan to hit the MAC counter on friday for a little bit of retail therapy!

 

[kittykit]

Yay for retail therapy!

Does anyone of you girls know that Trans Design does not ship flat rate box overseas anymore?

That sucks! I was so happy with my first order and thought I would buy more.

 

[Susanne]

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Originally Posted by kittykit Yay for retail therapy! Does anyone of you girls know that Trans Design does not ship flat rate box overseas anymore? That sucks! I was so happy with my first order and thought I would buy more.

I heard that today as well! What a pity!!

 

[LMD84]

oh man! that sucks about no flat rate boxes anymore

i saw they put the prices up of some polishes - opi and china glaze and essie doubled in price... but no flat rate shipping... that is poop!

 

[InspiredBlue]

That's too bad about Transdesign. I never got the chance to place an order, but I don't know how many times I've been looking around on the site thinking I would in the near future.

Guess ebay will be the best resource from now on.

 

[kittykit]

I placed mine 2 weeks ago. I think that's my first and last order

I used to buy from Head2Toe before they decided not to sell CG outside the US. I prefer CG than the other brands, I guess I'll have to look for them somewhere else. Oh well...

 

[Susanne]

Well, I am sure I want a few OPI n/p from the coming fall collection again.... The fall collections are always my fave. Same with China Glaze. Maybe I can place one big order that shipping would be worth it.

 

[InspiredBlue]

Purity wrote a blog post about this, and from what I can recall according to her it's not only the flat rate box that is gone, the European orders have to be shipped with UPS which makes the shipping charge about $40 extra.

 

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by InspiredBlue Purity wrote a blog post about this, and from what I can recall according to her it's not only the flat rate box that is gone, the European orders have to be shipped with UPS which makes the shipping charge about $40 extra.

looks like i'll be buying off ebay... they are usually a couple of pounds cheaper than buying in a shop here... i wish we'd had notice about teh flat box going... bi'd have made an order for some goodies

 

[kittykit]

Hello ladies! Hope everyone's doing great today.