Chrissy Boxes

[jennyjoan]

Thought you may be interested in this site for wee pressies for Xmas (am I allowed to say the word.

They are practically giving the stuff away. Media URL: http://www.miniinthebox.com
Description:

[boxtops]

http://www.miniinthebox.com

[jennyjoan]

thanks boxy

[boxtops]

No prob - you just don't need the bit at the beginning and the end of the link - just the bit starting with http://

[jennyjoan]

LOL I was about to ask you that. Will try again.

[jennyjoan]

I can bring youtube in but when I went onto that site again there is no HTTP

[boxtops]

If you go to the site you want (the minibox one) then right click on the URL box right at the top of the page, then the menu comes up, click on Copy, and you should get the correct link. That (to me) is safer that cutting and pasting (not sure how you do it at the moment)

[factor-fiction]

Don't know what you mean about HTTP, jennyjoan, but I think you tried to put your link in the box which is to be used only for youtube clips

[jennyjoan]

Yes that is correct Factor - is this ok

http://www.miniinthebox.com/

[jennyjoan]

Yes got it - Boxy that is what I was doing - inserting the URL in the youtube. Oh you learn every day - thanks all. JjCon

[factor-fiction]

That works now

[Buenchico]

Warning!

That's a Chinese website where the actual name of the person (or company) registering the domain name has been deliberately hidden by using an anonymising agency. Those factors, together with unusually low prices, suggest to me that anyone who spends money there will (at the very best) be supplied with rubbish fakes or (far more likely) absolutely nothing at all.

[Prudie]

I'd suggest this is an offshoot of Lightinthebox, a chinese company which sells ridiculously cheap dresses and accessories. I have recently bought a dress from them and their ad and this one now pops up regularly. Just an extra bit of warning, I had to pay quite a hefty customs duty amount before it was delivered that is not told when you order.

[hc4361]

In all fairness, no seller can be responsible for informing their customers of all the different customs charges. It's nothing to do with the seller.

[Prudie]

hc I didn't expect them to tell me at all, as you say why should they, I just didn't realise - just pointing out that things may not end up being as cheap as they appear.

[EcclesCake]

I took one look at the website and considered it to be questionable......

[Buenchico]

>>>I'd suggest this is an offshoot of Lightinthebox

There are, indeed, LightInTheBox.com links on that website, Prudie, which possibly offers some reassurance about whether there is actually a real company behind JennyJoans's link.

See my post here for an explanation the way that Customs charges are calculated:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Shopping/Question1340557.html

[Prudie]

For those interested my dress cost about £80 and had to pay 20 something on top duty. When it turned up I hated it and when I tried it on one of the cats jumped up and made a great pull in the satin. I've hidden it at the back of a cupboard :-)

[Buenchico]

Your cat must have made a mistake, Prudie.

In my experience, they never destroy things that you hate, only those that you really love ;-)

[Prudie]

That is my experience too so maybe I'd have grown to love it, now it's unwearable so I'll never know.