Every time we get heavy rainfall and Kuwait floods I tell myself I should get rainboots. For the past few years, I’ve been wearing my Yeezy 950’s during floods but they aren’t really that waterproof. Plus I just checked to see how much they sell on StockX and I definitely shouldn’t be using them as rainboots anymore. A couple of weeks ago while out exploring in Jahra I got into a situation that involved mud and had to turn back because I was wearing sneakers. So I decided I’d buy a pair of rain boots and just keep them in the back of my Hilux for when I need them.
I wanted to get a pair of dark green Hunter wellington boots but couldn’t find any place locally selling them and so started looking online. I was hoping to find a shop online that offered free returns in case the size wasn’t the correct one and after looking at a bunch of places, I found out Selfridges did free returns. So I ordered the boots from there. Turns out there are actually a bunch of good reasons to shop on Selfridges online which is why I’m posting about it.
Free Returns
So firstly the point I just mentioned is they have free returns. This is great because you could order stuff, try them on, and if anything doesn’t fit the way it should you can return them.
Tax-Free
The second good reason is that shopping is tax-free. Because you’re shipping from Selfridges straight to Kuwait, they remove the VAT from the price which is an instant 17% discount.
Cheap and Unlimited Shipping
Their shipping rates are really really cheap. The boots I ordered are fairly heavy, came in the biggest box I’ve ever seen and it cost me only £25 (KD9) for shipping. And it’s not like they shipped it with regular mail, they shipped using Aramex. To top it off it didn’t matter what I added to my cart, or how many items I added, the shipping price stayed fixed at £25. What’s even crazier is the fact they have unlimited deliveries for £40 (KD14.5) a year which is like wtf, how do they even make money? I’m seriously contemplating just signing up for their unlimited delivery plan and just doing all my shopping there. And just to be clear, this is unlimited shipping to Kuwait.
The boots ended up fitting me fine so I’m keeping them but I was kinda curious to try out their return policy. I should also mention they were selling the boots for pretty cheap as well compared to other places. After removing the VAT I paid 37KD for them without shipping. So great prices, cheap shipping and free returns, basically everything you want when shopping online. selfridges.com
11 replies on “Selfridges and Unlimited Free Shipping to Kuwait”
That’s a pretty amazing rate. With what amounts to free shipping, this can be a great place to shop for food especially now that the weather is getting better.
The only issue is they now use Aramex to ship with, previously it was with DHL.
Yeah but would rather pay less and use aramex then pay more and use DHL. Doubt they could have gotten these rates using DHL.
Did aramex take any extra fees?? They always charge me more and and they bring my package late. I tried to investigate and turns out the shipment is waiting for collection from aramex at customs warehouse. The longer they stay the more aramex has to pay for customs. Then they just easily take it from the customer!!! That’s why i avoided aramex for the past 3 years now.
I’ve never had aramex take any extra fees. Package shipped from London October 23, delivered to me October 31. Didn’t pay anything other than the Selfridges shipping fee.
How do you remove the VAT? I added a product to the cart and the total amount breakup shows item cost + taxes and duties + delivery ( $30).
Put kuwait as the delivery address
of course I did that already.
They seem to charge taxes on some products and not on others like I put these Hunter boots in the cart and got no taxes but then I put something else and the tax was back. Anyway, the yearly shipping is a good deal.
Maybe stuff made in the UK they remove VAT on? I remember when I was in London earlier this year I couldn’t get tax refund on a bunch of things.
I do believe wellington boots can be had from the Decathlon store.
Yup you can find wellingtons here but I wanted the ones from Hunter