Have you ever given good advice to someone else and then realised YOU need to take heed yourself!? My advice was: "If you really LOVE it, obtain it, otherwise you might miss out and things you truely LOVE fit together always!"
I learnt the hard way, and here's my proof! after previously finding some 'I love' decor pieces (see previous entries), I put them on the very long 'wish list' to later find they were unavailable when i was ready for them. Heartbreaking!
I recently had a win -win though! I found these Johnathan Adler ceramic candles on an Australian website at an exorbitant price.... so onto the wish-list they went. But I kept thinking of them! Dreaming of them! and I knew i Had to have them! So I found their US source.(Gotta love Google!)
The Johnathon Adler store was so reasonably priced (way less than half) and as our dollar is so good I got Soooo very excited! Deep breath..... their shipping fees were four times the item cost! Back to wishing again!!! But wait! There's more!
OK..... The end is coming!!!! Long story short! LOL! I Found a US Carrier (you get a US address for internal shipping; $10 joining fee) who then forwards to you. I got my candles, saved lots of money and am now hooked. Waiting for my second shipment. Hooray!!!!
I learnt the hard way, and here's my proof! after previously finding some 'I love' decor pieces (see previous entries), I put them on the very long 'wish list' to later find they were unavailable when i was ready for them. Heartbreaking!
I recently had a win -win though! I found these Johnathan Adler ceramic candles on an Australian website at an exorbitant price.... so onto the wish-list they went. But I kept thinking of them! Dreaming of them! and I knew i Had to have them! So I found their US source.(Gotta love Google!)
The Johnathon Adler store was so reasonably priced (way less than half) and as our dollar is so good I got Soooo very excited! Deep breath..... their shipping fees were four times the item cost! Back to wishing again!!! But wait! There's more!
Hi KL, have just found your blog and am enjoying reading from the beginning. May I ask which US carrier you used and if you can still recommend them presently?
ReplyDeleteCheers, Heather.
Hi Heather! Am so glad you are enjoying my blog! I used MyUs.com as a forwarding service and still am. They are not cheap but very reliable. I have never had a problem. They calculate freight on weight and size, charging whichever is highest so small, light objects are forwarded most economically. Costs of course vary with our dollar fluctuations so keep an eye on exchange rates too. Good luck! Kl
DeleteThanks for your reply, KL...though I did find the answer in a later post. I have been lazing around reading your wonderful blog instead of doing housework. Good to find a reliable US carrier....everything in the US is so much cheaper and the choices are endless. We are so out of the loop in OZ. It's so unfair! I don't mind the cost factor it's more annoying that we don't have access...so much for capitalism/laissez faire! End of mini rant, haha.
ReplyDeleteCheers, Heather.
I agree whole-heartedly! More frustrating is the decision by some US stores to no longer ship directly to Australia as they've opened stores here, PB, West Elm for example. Unfortunately their stock is very limited so I've needed to use the forwarding service now for them too.
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