Thigh Society ships from Canada. If you purchase within Canada, you will not be subject to any fees. For International buyers, when you purchase a product from overseas, your order may be subject to local taxes and import fees.
As of August 2016, here are the typical taxes, duties and fees levied by a select number of countries:
Australia |
No tax or duty on purchases below A$1000. |
Britain |
You'll pay an additional 20% VAT on the entire cost of your order (including shipping), plus an £8 "handling fee" to Royal Mail. If your goods (excluding shipping cost) exceed £135, you'll also have to pay an additional 12% "customs duty" on the entire cost of your order (including shipping). You can read about Import VAT and Customs Duty from H.M. Customs here, and Royal Mail's handling fee here. |
Denmark |
Any package from outside the European Union will be charged a "handling fee" of DKK 150 by Denmark Post. Purchases above DKK 80 are subject to VAT at 25% and purchases over DKK 1150 are subject to both VAT at 25% and duty at 12%. |
Finland |
Anything under €22 (price + shipping) is free of customs duties and import taxes, packages between €22-150 you’ll pay sales tax (24%) on price + shipping, and over €150 you’ll pay sales tax and customs. |
Germany |
Anything under €22 (price + shipping) is free of customs duties and import taxes, packages between €22-150 you’ll pay sales tax on price + shipping (19% as of August 2014), and over €150 you’ll pay sales tax and customs. |
Ireland |
Anything under €22 (price + shipping) is free of customs duties and import taxes, packages between €22-150 you’ll pay sales tax (23%) on price + shipping, and over €150 you’ll pay sales tax (23%) and customs (12%). |
Italy |
Anything under €22 (price + shipping) is free of customs duties and import taxes, packages between €22-150 you’ll pay sales tax on price + shipping (22% as of November 2015), and over €150 you’ll pay sales tax and customs. |
Netherlands |
Anything over €22 (price & shipping) gets hit with sales tax (typically around 20% of the price including shipping). Anything over €150 will need to pay both sales taxes and customs. PostNL charges an additional €13 handling fee. |
New Zealand |
If the amount to be paid to Customs is under NZD$60, this will be waived, but if it's $60 or more, you'll have to pay duty and GST plus an import entry transaction fee and MPI levy. See NZ Customs Service to calculate. |
Norway |
Anything under NOK 350 (price + shipping) is free of customs duties and import taxes, if above that you pay 25% sales tax on the total sum. Customs tax depends on the kind of goods ordered, i.e. clothes are 10,7% which are added before the sales tax. |
Other EU Countries |
Varies. See European Commission for details. Generally VAT on anything over €22 (price & shipping). VAT and Duty on items over €150 (price & shipping). |
USA | No tax or duty on purchases below $800 USD. |
For hygiene reasons, we are unfortunately not able to accept any exchanges or returns of underwear, even if unworn or not tried on.