where is the cheapest place to order/buy American Apparel clothing in canada?

[sonick]

title says it all.

some websites in the states order from AA in bulk, and thus they get special discounts. some of them resell them to customers at the lower price.

are there any places that ship to canada?

The california fleece zip-up hoodie goes for $60CAD, but online there is a site that goes for $26USD, but i am not sure if they ship to canada.

thanks

[sonick]

anybody?

[HC692]

nobody....

[sunnybono]

Have you tried calling the store in Toronto & Montreal???? Maybe they can help????

sk

[sonick]

they have stores locally, but they are expensive, as i said in my original post.

[litebrite]

I've seen this website posted on the vancouver craigslist:

www.bluefishwish.com

I see your jogger jacket is only $45. Not sure if they're legit though.

[thelefteyeguy]

they have stores locally, but they are expensive, as i said in my original post.

it will be more expensive to ship it from the states and to pay taxes.

[kingsley]

Call China

[sonick]

Call China

American Apparel is not made in china.

it will be more expensive to ship it from the states and to pay taxes.

No it wouldnt, at a site i found they sell the jacket for $26 + $9.95 shipping. after taxes and conversion it comes to $49.

from what I understand, $60 (before tax) is more expensive than $49

[t_garp]

The Canadian distributor is located in Montreal...I know for a fact that they discount sdtuff like crazy at their factory outlet...So if you know somenoe in montreal maybe they can ship it to you.

Good luck!

American Apparel
350 Louvain St. Ste. 203
Montreal, Quebec H2N 2E8
Phone: (514) 939-0245
Fax: (514) 939-0695
infocanada@americanapparel.net

[FastFokker]

No it wouldnt, at a site i found they sell the jacket for $26 + $9.95 shipping. after taxes and conversion it comes to $49.

from what I understand, $60 (before tax) is more expensive than $49

Do a search, you'll find all kinds of people getting ding'd on items from the states.

Says on the American Apparrel(USA) site:

International consumer orders are shipped by FedEx at a flat-rate of $20.

But if you spend at least $100 at americanapparel.ca you get free shipping.

[sonick]

Do a search, you'll find all kinds of people getting ding'd on items from the states.

Says on the American Apparrel(USA) site:

But if you spend at least $100 at americanapparel.ca you get free shipping.

1. The site I got the price from gets ships to canada using USPS = no brokerage fees ("We use USPS Global Priority."). I have ordered numerous items from the US, I know what I'm doing. As long as it is shipped via USPS, I have never had any problems with Brokerage. Since its made in the US, under NAFTA = no duties. Only extra fees would be taxes (which i have accounted for).

2. If I wanted to buy them at full price from American Apparel, I'd just go down the street right now and buy it from the American Apparel store. No waiting for shipping no spending over $100 to get free shipping.

[FastFokker]

1. The site I got the price from gets ships to canada using USPS = no brokerage fees ("We use USPS Global Priority."). I have ordered numerous items from the US, I know what I'm doing. As long as it is shipped via USPS, I have never had any problems.

Like I said, do a search.. just because it's shipped USPS doesn't mean you won't get unexpected additional costs when it finally arrives at your door.

I'm not referring to brokerage fees either.

One time I purchased a shirt from Playboy.com, which was something like $30, after all was said and done (shipped through US Postal Service) the shirt wound up costing me around $60. Another time I purchased an MP3 player from an American store and wound up paying extra charges which made the hot deal pretty cold.

Other times I've had things slip right past customs with no additional charges. I can't figure out how they decide which items to pop open and bill and which to ignore.

If it's working for you, keep playing your luck then. Maybe stop into a casino while you've got it too!

[The Shirker]

Why not order it from the cheap US place and it shipped to one of the mail forwarding places in the US? There is a thread on here somewhere about that. I recall one place in particular does a good job of "rounding down" the value for customs and they re-ship the item to you via USPS so little chance of having to pay brokerage/duty/taxes.

[Hemos]

If you ever need some American Apparel clothing just drop me a PM. I have an wholesale account with them.

Thanks,
Max