09.20.11

Maxwell’s has come and gone again

Posted in Blog at 15:59 by vchan

So Maxwell’s Clothiers was back in town for all of last week on one of their biannual visits. Not much changes; whatever they’re doing works and keeps customers returning so it makes sense to carry on.

Since I’ll be heading to HK in a few months I asked one of the staff if there was any price difference if I were to pick it up there directly and he said not really. I thought this was slightly odd given their cost of $50 per shirt includes a shipping cost, especially since customs and duties are charged separately at time of delivery. A trusted friend mentioned that the cost in HKD was $300, which at the current exchange rate works out to $40CDN. Knowing this beforehand helped me make the decision to not buy; instead I’ll wait and order in HK and have a relative ship the shirts to me.