Show HN: MTailor – Get measured by your iPhone's camera for a custom shirt

Re:Show HN: MTailor – Get measured by your iPhone's camera f... by mpenn on Saturday July 26, 2014 @07:58PM (#8091361)

I spent some time looking into it. Quoting a customer in Europe 1 price (pre-VAT) and then they need to figure out how to pay the extra VAT separately didn't sit well with me. So I want to figure out a way where the customer wouldn't get a 2nd bill when his shirt arrives. This started to get complicated, so I unfortunately have not been able to get to the bottom of it yet.

If you have any advice on how to ship to EU and pay the taxes on my end (so the customer doesn't pay something separately), please let me know!

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Re:Show HN: MTailor – Get measured by your iPhone's camera f... by rahimnathwani on Saturday July 26, 2014 @10:42PM (#8091784)

This might be a good starting point: http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPort...

It seems like it's possible to prepay VAT if you're shipping from Hong Kong, but not if you're shipping directly from China.

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Re:Show HN: MTailor – Get measured by your iPhone's camera f... by mpenn on Sunday July 27, 2014 @06:14AM (#8092391)

Thanks rahimnathwani. I had already looked at that -- the fact that they don't link to where you go to sign up for that arrangement didn't look promising for happening in a timely matter.

We also currently ship all our shirts to the US for a variety of reasons (including quality control).

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