But at e250 for a Sheepskin Ugg Boots pair in Dublin shoe-shops, it seemed a splurge too far - until I discovered that I could buy the exact same boots online
for e80. I'm all for doing my patriotic duty, so can the Irish retail industry please explain how a pair of UGG Classic Tall
Boots boots manages to increase in price by more than 300 per cent on its way from its manufacturer to Grafton Street? Perhaps it isn't consumers who need a quick course in patriotism.
HAVING exhausted Penneys' entire stock of imitation Ugg UGG Ultra Tall Boots boots already this winter, I decided this week to splurge on
the real thing.
for justice So stop complaining UGGS UK Boots about the girls. They are young and enjoying themselves.
WHAT is the problem with peopleClassic Short UGG Boots complaining about the young girls of Liverpoolin their rollers?
When you see the girls with rollers in their hair you know they are going out that night. The reason they sometimes wear their pyjamas in their Ugg Classic Tall UGG Boots boots is they are going to get their spray tan and it is more comfortable afterwards to just put on their pyjamas.
They are not unhygienic or lazy they are just getting ready for their night out. And you know how us Liver pool girls love to dress up.
the Dar and for who is for her sisters t o being Let's hope Going out with rollers in is nothing new. I remembermy mother in the 1960''s putting her rollers in on a Saturday morning and having them in all day until she was going out to the Grafton
that night.
Cosmetics are the number one item Ultra Short UGG Boots seized in Dublin - where parcels under 2kg are handled - followed by
phones. The Nintendo DS is third, with Uggs fourth. Electronic goods came fifth, then clothes and jewellery.
Portlaoise, where parcels Classic Cardy UGG Boots over 2kg are handled, most often held clothes, followed by mechanical
and car parts then digital goods such as cameras. Sports gear, novelties and shoes followed.
In 2008, custom seizures rose 300pc coming up to Christmas. November was busiest, with 2,626 parcels held by Dublin - around 88 a day.
A spokesman for Revenue said: 'We will not be recruiting additional staff for Christmas, but extra people may be deployed within the area.'
UGG boots and Nintendo DS consoles are among the top items being seized by the Revenue as it cracks down on buyers not paying duty or VAT on items bought abroad through the internet.
The taxman has deployed extra staff to mail centres in the run up to Christmas, and has compiled a list of top items seized. Thrifty online shoppers will be in for a shock as Revenue is imposing charges of up to 38.5pc on items, cancelling out many
savings over Irish retail prices.
In the first nine months of the year, custom officers recovered E2.2m in VAT and excise fees.
Parcels sent from outside the EU are intercepted at centres in Dublin, Athlone and Portlaoise.
WHAT'S happening around the Kirkdale and Walton area? Women walk around with pyjama bottoms tucked into Ugg boots, and rollers in, or driving (mostly black) cars, with rollers in. Where's your hygiene or self respect, or is it just bone idle
laziness? .
RE: the letter from (ECHO Nov10), Reports did an excellent with Ken Dodd.
Well, men of the same area, let's walk around with our PJs tucked into our rigger boots, face covered in shaving foam and we'll stroll along County Road. If you can't beat them, join them.
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