Canada! If you haven't noticed, J.Crew has updated their website to reflect the new flat rate shipping as well as Canadian pricing for their merchandises. Not surprising, we always have to pay more for things regardless how our dollar is doing. Sad reality of shopping in Canada, less sales and deals, higher sticker prices.
Take this lovely Maritime Dress for example. It sells for $88usd in the U.S. but we have to pay $102cad to claim this number as our own.
Or this ever so sweet Maisie Dress featured in their window display (far left), which retails for $206cad while our friends across the border only has to shell out $178usd for it.
Based on the items I posted above, the currency markup is around 16%, and after you add the 13% sales tax, this works out to about the same % I'm use to paying in duty and taxes (which ranges from 25%-33%) when I order from online (not including the shipping cost). I am still very glad that I now have a B&M store to go into and try things on. But if you think you may be saving by buying from the Toronto store? I am not so sure about that. If you are price conscious, do your math before you buy.
EDITED TO ADD: Unfortunately I had initially thought the Canadian pricing was more of a reference point, but much to my surprise thanks to the posters @ J.Crew Aficionado duty and taxes are still being charged on top of the new Canadian prices. So in essence we're being double charged. This is terrible for any international buyers ordering from J.Crew. I have found out the hard way a couple years ago that J.Crew is no longer about customer service, they are all for profiting and catering to the "elite" spenders. It seems that practice and focus hasn't changed and they've turned it up for the worse. I am much happier spending my money supporting our home grown brand, Joe Fresh or the customer friendly Anthropologie, if I am looking for more tailored well made pieces I will head over to Club Monaco. Bottom line is, if we want J.Crew to change their ways, we need to speak with our actions, stop buying their over priced goods!
Take this lovely Maritime Dress for example. It sells for $88usd in the U.S. but we have to pay $102cad to claim this number as our own.
Or this ever so sweet Maisie Dress featured in their window display (far left), which retails for $206cad while our friends across the border only has to shell out $178usd for it.
Based on the items I posted above, the currency markup is around 16%, and after you add the 13% sales tax, this works out to about the same % I'm use to paying in duty and taxes (which ranges from 25%-33%) when I order from online (not including the shipping cost). I am still very glad that I now have a B&M store to go into and try things on. But if you think you may be saving by buying from the Toronto store? I am not so sure about that. If you are price conscious, do your math before you buy.
EDITED TO ADD: Unfortunately I had initially thought the Canadian pricing was more of a reference point, but much to my surprise thanks to the posters @ J.Crew Aficionado duty and taxes are still being charged on top of the new Canadian prices. So in essence we're being double charged. This is terrible for any international buyers ordering from J.Crew. I have found out the hard way a couple years ago that J.Crew is no longer about customer service, they are all for profiting and catering to the "elite" spenders. It seems that practice and focus hasn't changed and they've turned it up for the worse. I am much happier spending my money supporting our home grown brand, Joe Fresh or the customer friendly Anthropologie, if I am looking for more tailored well made pieces I will head over to Club Monaco. Bottom line is, if we want J.Crew to change their ways, we need to speak with our actions, stop buying their over priced goods!
5 comments:
Wow, how unfair is that considering that the Canadian dollar is stronger than the US? So not worth it... I'm better off driving to Buffalo.
It's def unfair and sadly the quality has declined. I remember buying sweaters and jackets from J.Crew that were soooo much better in quality than at present time very sad indeed.
overcaffeinated. if you live close to the border, then it'd be more worth it going to buffalo. yep it's unfair, but other than european luxury goods brand that actually adjusts the prices based on our currency fluctuation (such as LV and Chanel, etc) all the American companies will continue to charge us more because of the 'duty and taxes' our government charge them when they bring goods over here, at least that's what Anthropologie told me.
Joelle, yep I agree! the quality and the design is not what it use to be. I still have items from a few years ago and what a difference in the way they are made. I think service has also declined over the years as well.
I preferred the pricing before, when all the taxes and duties were something I could see separately. Now that the pricing is CAD, you're paying extra duties on duties that have already been built in. pretty stupid. That's why I love that anthro finally got away from CAD prices online, and are starting to offer shipping promos to Canadians...
when i saw the canadian pricing, i never thought that they would charge duty and taxes on top of that, i thought it was more as a guideline or information purposes like anthropologie when they had canadian pricing. the way things are not on jcrew.com really sucks for us.
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