This article was written at our request by my friend Pavel Uvarov, who once shared such interesting news:
ASOS delivered the parcel for free using DHL in two days. I'm speechless with admiration.
— Paul Uvarov (@paul_uvarov) April 2, 2013
The article describes how to buy clothes and shoes in ASOS on the example of Ukraine, in which Pavel's order arrived in two days, which even our stores can rarely provide!
Shopping is one of my least favorite things. Walking through giant temples of consumption, fitting, questionable sales — all this is very tiring, and also takes a lot of time and money. Fortunately, there is such a thing as online shopping. I didn't have much confidence in them at first, but once I used asos.com , I almost forgot about visits to shopping malls.
This store has two competitive advantages at once: free delivery to Ukraine, regardless of the number of goods and the amount of purchase, and also a huge range of goods. There are absolutely all kinds of clothes on sale: from underwear and cufflinks to leather jackets and shoes. Prices vary greatly and depend on the seasonality of the clothes and brand being purchased (there are a lot of them on ASOS), but in general, prices are lower in comparison with domestic stores.
To shop on ASOS, you need to register on the website, and you will also need a PayPal account and a bank card linked to it. Read how to link a card here.
ASOS is organized very conveniently: the product page shows the dimensions, the composition of materials, enlarged photos and even videos — so it's easy to figure out how this or that thing will look on you. There should be no problems with finding the right size — but I will say right away that mistakes are inevitable, because each brand has different size ranges. Therefore, be mentally prepared for the fact that in order to find your ideal size and brand, you will have to make a couple of returns.
You should not be afraid of them, because ASOS gives money promptly. Once I returned jeans, another time — a shirt, and in both cases the cost of the parcel for me cost up to 60 UAH ($7.5), and the refund to the card was made about 5-7 days after sending the refund. So there are losses in money when returning, but they are small.
Delivery to Ukraine and Russia is free and does not depend on the order amount. ASOS delivery time to Russia is up to 20 days, to Ukraine — up to 10 (detailed table). They are delivered by the USPS service and there are no losses of goods, there have been no problems with delivery in my memory yet. But there is a very nice option: if the order amount exceeds 100 British pounds, then the purchase will be delivered for free in a couple of days by DHL service - to the door of your home or office. Interestingly, this is regulated on the website as ‘UK only’, but in fact it also works for Ukraine.
Needless to say, many Kiev online stores are not able to arrange delivery in such a time?
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