Lilian M.

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I also suspect they sell their email lists because i have started receiving spam from other websites since i have made a purchase with them.

Canadians beware!
Most products will cost you extra duties and shipping upon delivery Calculate 18% duties + 15% tax +10$ to be payed upon delivery if you choose regular shipping. This is on top of the american shipping you paid at checkout.
That being said, the products i received were very nice and came in good shape. I recommend this if you don't mind paying a lot of extra fees.

Surprisingly great experience with yarn-paradise. The price of yarn is dirt cheap but the quality was quite good, this was my first surprise. I payed 0.40$ per ball for a wool cashmere blend, I guess i expected to be swindled but i wanted to try. Really nice yarn. The (least expensive option) shipping was done with TnT and it shipped from Turkey to Canada in literally 6 days. 6 DAYS! It cost about 11$ shipping and is proportional to your order.
There are catches.
First you can only order in packs of 4-6-8 balls, basically enough for a sweater, however its so cheap so who cares?
Second, they make a batch of a yarn, sell out then invent another, so DO buy enough for your project.
Third, the color on screen is not always true to the product.

I really recommend them for larger projects, but not for a single scarf.

Very fast shipping, no mistakes on the order, good packaging.
The products themselves are really good quality and not expensive. I like to group with friends to split the canadian shipping. No nasty surprises with customs either.
All-in-all a very nice and clean experience.

I was attracted to BTR by the big deals on brand names and pickup option at their distribution center to avoid shipping fees.
After 10 days i got an email that my order was on its way to the distribution center and i would get notified in 1-3 days for pickup. However, 16 days later i still did not get this email. I have called twice in this timespan as i suspected the item is sitting in their warehouse waiting for somebody to notify me. The last call to customer service has confirmed this as the rep told me "its a complete mess back there" and that they had two large bins with parcels late of 2 weeks. He said that by the dates on the bins he was certain that my order was in there but that they were short on personnel to sort them out. I was assured to get an email in 1-2 days.
Well it's been 3 days and still no email. I will go there in person tonight but will likely have to wait a long time for them to dig through these so called monstrous bins to find my small parcel.
Very disappointing with the shipping. For this timeframe, i could've ordered from china.