slim_boy_fat
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or any of that foreign tat washing up on our fair shores do we.
Like that ferry loaded with BMWs (and Mercs iirc) which sank en route to here?
or any of that foreign tat washing up on our fair shores do we.
Exactly, you don't want any of that rubbish.Like that ferry loaded with BMWs (and Mercs iirc) which sank en route to here?
I'm here in Portugal, and my experience, and that of plenty of others, is to never, if you can avoid it, order anything from the UK. It disappears into Customs, they decide its value, and it's totally uneconomic. Or, the parcel company (all of them, including ebay's global shipping programme) loses it, disclaims all knowledge, and has to be threatened with court action.
Diligent searching will source almost everything from somewhere in Europe or the Irish Republic.
This ****show utterly destroyed a friend's import business, and is still affecting his mental health as he tries to rebuild in the UK.
Ouch , certainly seems like sending anything is out of the question via parcel is out of the question .I bought a big mincer in Amsterdam pre-brexit - contacted a haulage company, paid £700, they picked it up and dropped it off at my door no problem
recently bought a couple of machines in Poland, roughly same vaule.... almost £3000 for transport+paperwork..... and then £14,000 extra government import duty/chargers/tax/whatever they call it
a real kick in the teeth :-(
That brings up some images I'd rather not have just before Sunday lunchI bought a big mincer in Amsterdam ...
Whatever you do don't send anything by normal post (CTT). It disappears somewhere in Lisbon and the recipient gets a long form demanding passport number, shoe size, sexual preferences and a random fee pulled out of someone's fundament. DHL has worked a number of times without issue. Preferably get it sent to somewhere else in Europe and sent on from there.
DHL works, except when it doesn't......
An outfit called SEUR which takes over parcels from some UK companies almost never works. GLS ditto. Then there's the black hole of customs. Really, just don't do it unless your life depends on it.
You can rent large mincers in any town in the UK, none of that foreign muck.That brings up some images I'd rather not have just before Sunday lunch
Amsterdam is famous for many things, some you buy others you rent by the hour. I now know you can buy large mincers there.
I have sent a few module kits into Portugal and haven't lost any. That is on Royal Mail Airmail Service.
A suitcase on a plane is normally allowed up to 20kg, you get a lot of electronics bits in a 20kg package so weight shouldn't be a big problem.I'd guess there's quite a low weight limit?
I don't think anyone who goes on about "sovereignty" really realizes what a mess this has all been for "small to medium" UK exports.
Caused by remainers in government not allowing it to actually happen, so we have a halfway house, bad for everyone.
Absolutely.Caused by remainers in government not allowing it to actually happen, so we have a halfway house, bad for everyone.