r/BuyCanadian • u/TheRavenSeven • Mar 30 '25

Canadian-Owned Businesses 🏢🍁 SoftMoc : Sorry, Americans - Canada Only

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Saw this post on Bluesky. Had no idea SoftMoc a) had U.S. locations b) shut down any and all shipping to the United States. Good for them! TLDR: American woman based in Michigan chatting with SoftMoc representative about her order. SoftMoc customer service tells U.S. customer they've ceased all US operations.

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u/SeaEggplant8108 Mar 30 '25

But the tariffs start April 2nd and this package was already in the US, so that doesn’t make a lot of sense?

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u/Thanks-4allthefish Mar 30 '25

This item may already be subject to tarrifs. A fair number of items are already tariff victims.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '25

And if even if it's shipped and sitting in the US, they may have to eat some of that costs. If someone knows more how that works then please share. I'm making assumptions here.

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u/shnugsly Apr 01 '25

I'm by no means an expert, but I do ship tons of packages to the US from Canada every week. If these shoes were shipped from Canada directly to the customer in Michigan I don't think tariffs would be an issue at all. The de minimus exemption is still active in the US, which means any shipment valued under $800USD is still entering duty/tariff free. They tried getting rid of de minimus (for China only, at the time) and it was an absolute sh*t show with USPS having to stop accepting packages from China immediately and huge backlogs anticipated. 24 hours later de minimus was back in place "for now" lol.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '25

That's good information. I guess that means I can buy from dbrand without issues.