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#3,976
muchstuff said:
VPN?
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Virtual Private Network. Like a proxy kind of thing. @indiaink could probably explain it much better than me as I'm not a techie person, but it spoofs and/or assigns you a random IP address in the USA. (I use HotSpot Shield as it was recommended to me as a mac user). So the websites you visit don't know you're from Canada. I don't use it as much as I used to because so many websites now allow us to buy from them. There are a couple of companies that won't even let you access their US site. Nine West is one of them. From Canada, you cannot get on the ninewest.COM site no matter how you try. It will redirect you to the .CA site. Back when the dollar was stronger, I used to like to do a price comparison between the two sites. Don't judge ladies, I can't be clad in Ferragamo 24/7 - anyway they have some really cute, comfortable, affordable, trendy shoes and it was often cheaper to buy them on the US site and ship them to Point Roberts.

Uh... did I just enable some more purchases? :angel:
 
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V0N1B2 said:
Virtual Private Network. Like a proxy kind of thing. @indiaink could probably explain it much better than me as I'm not a techie person, but it spoofs and/or assigns you a random IP address in the USA. (I use HotSpot Shield as it was recommended to me as a mac user). So the websites you visit don't know you're from Canada. I don't use it as much as I used to because so many websites now allow us to buy from them. There are a couple of companies that won't even let you access their US site. Nine West is one of them. From Canada, you cannot get on the ninewest.COM site no matter how you try. It will redirect you to the .CA site. Back when the dollar was stronger, I used to like to do a price comparison between the two sites. Don't judge ladies, I can't be clad in Ferragamo 24/7 - anyway they have some really cute, comfortable, affordable, trendy shoes and it was often cheaper to buy them on the US site and ship them to Point Roberts.

Uh... did I just enable some more purchases? :angel:
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Will Poshmark ship to you ( duty/tax:doh:)or use your US address?
 
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missbellamama said:
Will Poshmark ship to you ( duty/tax:doh:)or use your US address?
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I have requested to ship to my US address which is also listed on my PayPal. I'm not anticipating any problems but if do, I might have to call in a favour or two from my American BVette friends. :wave:
I had a friend in the US a couple of years ago "buy" me a pair of shoes (that I had paypal-ed her the money for) and she just put my US shipping address in the ship to field. I hope I don't have to do that again. I'll keep you posted when they ship. To be honest, I would have glady paid twice as much for the shoes (this poshmark purchase) and paid the duties and taxes if I had to. They were a HG pair that I passed on at the time and I've been kicking myself and trying to find them in my size ever since. So my fingers are crossed until they actually ship.
 
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Yep, what she said. When you use the internet, you are using it courtesy of your service provider, whether it be Comcast or CenturyLink or Whatever Company providing the service: Those companies are identified by the country they are in. Ergo, you, as a user, are identified by the internet service provider you're using. Some ISPs are then broken down into cities and states/provinces/what have you, which is even more of an invasion of privacy according to some. So, you can be blocked wholesale by anybody who wants to block certain countries and you can be easily tracked on your internet travels, if somebody wanted to (and they do, as anybody who has ever had an ad show up on the screen for something they just searched for).

There's where the VPN (Virtual private network) comes in: A small piece of software makes your travels on the internet anonymous, so nobody knows what country you're in.

Doll, speaking of shopping - jburgh has a pair of shoes you might be interested in that I sent her that she can't wear, so don't forget to ask her about them when you're there for the Corgi picnic.

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Virtual Private Network. Like a proxy kind of thing. @indiaink could probably explain it much better than me as I'm not a techie person, but it spoofs and/or assigns you a random IP address in the USA. (I use HotSpot Shield as it was recommended to me as a mac user). So the websites you visit don't know you're from Canada. I don't use it as much as I used to because so many websites now allow us to buy from them. There are a couple of companies that won't even let you access their US site. Nine West is one of them. From Canada, you cannot get on the ninewest.COM site no matter how you try. It will redirect you to the .CA site. Back when the dollar was stronger, I used to like to do a price comparison between the two sites. Don't judge ladies, I can't be clad in Ferragamo 24/7 - anyway they have some really cute, comfortable, affordable, trendy shoes and it was often cheaper to buy them on the US site and ship them to Point Roberts.

Uh... did I just enable some more purchases? :angel:
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indiaink said:
Yep, what she said. When you use the internet, you are using it courtesy of your service provider, whether it be Comcast or CenturyLink or Whatever Company providing the service: Those companies are identified by the country they are in. Ergo, you, as a user, are identified by the internet service provider you're using. Some ISPs are then broken down into cities and states/provinces/what have you, which is even more of an invasion of privacy according to some. So, you can be blocked wholesale by anybody who wants to block certain countries and you can be easily tracked on your internet travels, if somebody wanted to (and they do, as anybody who has ever had an ad show up on the screen for something they just searched for).

There's where the VPN (Virtual private network) comes in: A small piece of software makes your travels on the internet anonymous, so nobody knows what country you're in.

Doll, speaking of shopping - jburgh has a pair of shoes you might be interested in that I sent her that she can't wear, so don't forget to ask her about them when you're there for the Corgi picnic.
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Shoes? Did somebody say shoes? :nuts: Do they meet the requirement of a 4" heel? You know what they say... the higher the heel, the closer to God.
I will be in Seattle in 11 days. Looking forward to visiting the new BV boutique in Bellevue. We'll make sure to post up some pics. Also a little bit excited for the big Nordstrom Sale as I remember it was on last year at this time when I visited. It's pretty substantial, especially to those of us living up here in Fashion Siberia. :blah: Nyet. Oh yeah, and the corgis, the little adorable gobbleguts corgis that steal candy out of my suitcase and eat it.
 
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V0N1B2 said:
Shoes? Did somebody say shoes? :nuts: Do they meet the requirement of a 4" heel? You know what they say... the higher the heel, the closer to God.
I will be in Seattle in 11 days. Looking forward to visiting the new BV boutique in Bellevue. We'll make sure to post up some pics. Also a little bit excited for the big Nordstrom Sale as I remember it was on last year at this time when I visited. It's pretty substantial, especially to those of us living up here in Fashion Siberia. :blah: Nyet. Oh yeah, and the corgis, the little adorable gobbleguts corgis that steal candy out of my suitcase and eat it.
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indiaink said:
Yep, what she said. When you use the internet, you are using it courtesy of your service provider, whether it be Comcast or CenturyLink or Whatever Company providing the service: Those companies are identified by the country they are in. Ergo, you, as a user, are identified by the internet service provider you're using. Some ISPs are then broken down into cities and states/provinces/what have you, which is even more of an invasion of privacy according to some. So, you can be blocked wholesale by anybody who wants to block certain countries and you can be easily tracked on your internet travels, if somebody wanted to (and they do, as anybody who has ever had an ad show up on the screen for something they just searched for).

There's where the VPN (Virtual private network) comes in: A small piece of software makes your travels on the internet anonymous, so nobody knows what country you're in.

Doll, speaking of shopping - jburgh has a pair of shoes you might be interested in that I sent her that she can't wear, so don't forget to ask her about them when you're there for the Corgi picnic.
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Thanks for the info! The problem is you ultimately still need a US shipping address. I do have an account with a third party shipper but then of course I'm still stuck with tax/duty. Unless of course I get a US post box as V0N has suggested. I may have to look into that, there's yet another bag that I'm wanting from the US but the seller won't undervalue to ship internationally and it'll add at least a couple hundred bucks to the cost. I've missed out on several bags because of that problem!
 
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muchstuff said:
Thanks for the info! The problem is you ultimately still need a US shipping address. I do have an account with a third party shipper but then of course I'm still stuck with tax/duty. Unless of course I get a US post box as V0N has suggested. I may have to look into that, there's yet another bag that I'm wanting from the US but the seller won't undervalue to ship internationally and it'll add at least a couple hundred bucks to the cost. I've missed out on several bags because of that problem!
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How far are you from the US border - most of these US address sites will hold your package for a bit, with a small fee, but seriously in the end , well worth it , no duty or taxes ( of course that depends on how honest you want to be crossing back to Canada:angel:
 
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missbellamama said:
How far are you from the US border - most of these US address sites will hold your package for a bit, with a small fee, but seriously in the end , well worth it , no duty or taxes ( of course that depends on how honest you want to be crossing back to Canada:angel:
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I'm not far from the border and I can lie like mad if it means saving money :lol:. We're not too far from Bellingham or Point Roberts. Where do I go and what do I do? Can someone direct me?
 
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I'm in the east...I drive to my US address peeps in Niagara falls NY...
It's not a PO box..as most won't ship to one..
I do a back forth from me to there in about 3-4 hours and that's stopping for cheap milk and other grocery goodies..(always bring my cooler )
Sam's club is nearby and enroute and that makes for my "cover story "
Last haul ... Yoogis , Neimans and an eBay item
 
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