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Originally Posted by OneLetter
This is something that we're always trying to reduce, because I feel bad about how high they can be sometimes. To be fair though, our shipping costs cover all VAT/Customs/hidden fees, so this way, it just arrives at your door and there's no fuss.
As you may have seen, a few months ago we got shipping down to just $1.99 for the US, and that also brought reduced shipping prices to the rest of the world. We're hoping to bring them down even more in the future, but it's quite the task since each individual country has to be considered.
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Its all well & good to cover all the VAT/Customs charges within the cost of shipping but not all places have any of those fees in place. Would it not be easy enough to have an option in place at checkout to select wether these sorts of charges apply to your region thereby reducing the shipping cost. Here in Australia there is no VAT or customs charges for anything under AU$1000 so it kind of stinks to have to pay these costs to you when they arent applicable.
As an example the shipping for the Songbird Plushie to me is more than the item actually costs so its hard to justify buying it