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    If it’s shipped via United States Postal Service to a US address, there will be no customs, duty, or tax of any kind for almost all personally used items - the laws are amazingly lenient. Alcohol may be an exception above 1L, and they will take your French cheese and saucisson. I’ve never paid any fees whatever for any international shipments, the US fortunately does not charge for most anything used personally.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve56 View Post
    If it’s shipped via United States Postal Service to a US address, there will be no customs, duty, or tax of any kind for almost all personally used items - the laws are amazingly lenient. Alcohol may be an exception above 1L, and they will take your French cheese and saucisson. I’ve never paid any fees whatever for any international shipments, the US fortunately does not charge for most anything used personally.

    Up to 800 USD things get processed de minims - no tax. That's the current law.
    Above 800 it depends. USPS and CBP will usually let things sail through up to 2000 USD ands sometimes even a bit higher. Like you said - never paid a single cent in taxes or import duties with USPS.
    UPS/Fedex etc process the customs paperwork themselves. They do the paperwork and submit it CBP so sometimes you can get hit with a tax if you are over 800 and they decide they want to collect. In that situation it seems to me it's up to the shipper or whoever does the paperwork. Once I had to pay on a 1200USD package shipped via DHL.
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    Quote Originally Posted by beluga View Post
    Not sure where you got the “more than offset” from.

    Having done an actual comparison, the costs for my purchase incl. shipping would have been:
    - to a destination in Europe: €112.04 incl. the 20% (not 17% as you stated) French VAT applicable within the EU,
    - to British Columbia: €119.97,
    - to Washington State: €118.26.

    The last two figures do not include applicable import duties or processing fees for Customs.


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    And if you watch the BSTs, you can score. I bought an original and fougere, unused in glass jars for $42.50 each delivered. The seller said that they had been used a couple of times but they have not - the little bits that stick to the lid liner are there and sharp edged, and no brush marks etc. They’re new.

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    I finally bit the bullet and bought my first jar of MdC - the fougere.

    I had always wondered about the hype, but now I get the enthusiasm for this stuff. Just whipped my big Yaqi synthetic brush around the jar a few times and had enough lather for at least 4 passes. Nice lasting lather. Slick and protective. SKin felt great afterwards and the scent, while very pleasant, was not overpowering.

    It should last me a long time and will go into my regular rotation with Baume.be, TOBS Sandalwood, Panna Crema Nero and Cyril Salter sandalwood.

    I’m a believer.
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    I just received my jar of original. I’m still working on the sample Mark sent me. It was the size of a grape, I’ve had 6 shaves from it and will probably get 3-5 more. I had always heard of how long a jar may last but had trouble believing it. According to this sample I may have a 2 year supply of mdc in this one jar, assuming I use it exclusively.
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    I actually measured a tub once, lol. I was using a Simpsons Chubby 1 in Super Badger (it’s a soap hog for its size) and I used 1.4g per shave. I used MdC 5-7 times per week, and a jar lasted me 9 months.

    A hard, concentrated soap will use 0.5g/shave, and croap (or very soluble soap, as MdC is) 1 - 1.5g per shave.

    With a more modest brush, it should last longer. And almost everyone seems to overload the brush to begin with.

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    My first shave with it I could of done what seemed like infinite passes. I’m a two pass shaver so your 9 months would likely be 18 for me, my brush loads pretty quick too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jfk742 View Post
    My first shave with it I could of done what seemed like infinite passes. I’m a two pass shaver so your 9 months would likely be 18 for me, my brush loads pretty quick too.
    Lol, sometimes I think that I’ve washed more down the drain than I’ve shaved with!
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    Agreed, I’ve loaded less and less each time and it’s still too much. I thought mdc was all hype before I tried it. It’s the easiest soap I’ve dealt with and probably top two or three in overall performance that I’ve tried.
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