Hello, I work for farfetch.com and the reason that US customers often have to pay the extra import duty is because they are buying from European boutiques within the farfetch.com network. If you buy from the US boutiques in the network, there's no duty. We do understand that it is annoying, but we can't really do anything about it. As far as shipping times go, we aim to ship the day of the order, or the day after, depending on time of order, and your order should be with you within 5 days with standard shipping, using UPS. I hope that helps.