I’ve had KnitPicks on my yarn shop blacklist ever since I went to their site, filled up my ‘shopping basket’ then discovered they don’t ship outside the US or Canada.
They say: “Our primary reason for this is that we are not able to provide our international customers with the same superior service we provide to our North American customers.”
I say “Phooey!”. In my experience, Aussie Post is far more reliable than the US Postal service. They’re taking no greater risk posting to an Aussie customer than anyone else in the US or Canada.
It’s like they think we’re a third world country. (Or they have hydrophobia?)
Well, if this annoys you (or if you lust after KnitPicks products and hope that begging might persuade them to change their policy) go to the Come On Knitpicks petition site and have your say.
And spread the word. Nothing like bad press in the knit blog world to make a trader think twice.
Oh, my lust for Knitpicks knows no bounds. I’ve always been pretty ticked off that they won’t ship internationally. I’m going to go over there and give ’em what for!
Oh… and your package arrived. I believe I owe you mass quantities of THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
I have added my whinge!
Ah the joy of knitpicks…. been there!
Would you like some alpaca tops? They are a bit lurid, mostly white with a streak of cyan or lime and brown, but that is what dye is for (after spinning – alpaca felts like the dickens!).