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      teddyjay
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      Hi @Giles,
      I don’t think there’s an issue with the wording.  It’s just hard to believe that all customs fees are included in the price!  Especially with UPS- Their brokerage fees are ridiculous.  I’m forever buying all my IH gear straight from the source!

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        Snowy
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        Maybe it could have an addition sentence, along the lines of 'yes it's true, Iron Heart will pick up the tab to make sure there's no cross border customs fees' or something like that.

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        • GilesG
          Giles
          IHUK Crew
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          It does now…..

          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            Snowy
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            ❤

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            • louisboscoL
              louisbosco
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              is there another option for shipping to rest of the world? does the fedex alternative still exist?

              UPS still hasn't taken their usual route of which means parcels get routed the longer way through Europe then to the USA (Kentucky and Hawaii) and to SYD before PER. It also adds on a week to 2 weeks to the time taken before it gets to West Aus. The usual route goes through Germany, China, Singapore and down the west coast of Australia which is way quicker. i'm not sure how long this will last depending on their flight operations..

              "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

              • Harvey Specter
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              • GilesG
                Giles
                IHUK Crew
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                It does not I am afraid.  It costs us about 3x as much to ship Fedex, TNT or DHL, than it does with UPS…...

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                • louisboscoL
                  louisbosco
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                  ahh that's fair.. thought i remember a couple years ago that fedex was an option.. dropped them completely?

                  "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

                  • Harvey Specter
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                  • GilesG
                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
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                    Completely dropped.  We have tried them all now.  UPS has a few faults, but overall, for how we use them, they completely piss over any of the other big names both in cost and service, not just in terms of exports, but imports too….

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                    • louisboscoL
                      louisbosco
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                      thanks G

                      "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                        prpx
                        Haraki san Expert
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                        my shipment (travelling to Croatia) took a weird de-tour to South Africa  ???
                        anyone had that happened to them?

                        2021-11-20 23:00
                        Kempton Park, ZA, Arrived at Facility

                        2021-11-20 04:45
                        Koeln, DE, Departed from Facility

                        2021-11-20 02:41
                        Koeln, DE, Your delivery will be rescheduled.

                        2021-11-19 01:09
                        Koeln, DE, Arrived at Facility

                        2021-11-18 22:44
                        Stansted, GB, Departed from Facility

                        2021-11-18 21:04
                        Stansted, GB, Arrived at Facility

                        2021-11-18 18:45
                        Southampton, GB, Departed from Facility

                        2021-11-18 18:34
                        Southampton, GB, Origin Scan

                        2021-11-18 16:58
                        GB, Shipper created a label, UPS has not received the package yet.

                        2021-11-18 16:57
                        Southampton, GB, Pickup Scan

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                        • neph93N
                          neph93
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                          @prpx:

                          my shipment (travelling to Croatia) took a weird de-tour to South Africa  ???
                          anyone had that happened to them?

                          2021-11-20 23:00
                          Kempton Park, ZA, Arrived at Facility

                          That is bizarre!

                          «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                          We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

                          • Dame Vera Lynn
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                            prpx
                            Haraki san Expert
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                            yeah it is
                            at least it's still in the same time zone  🙂
                            hopefully it will arrive in couple of weeks. ups should open a travel agency

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                              DrPat
                              Iron Heart Deity
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                              While I was at the IH Germany party last weekend I was talking to someone who didn't want to order IH UK because he was afraid of being hit with a customs charge.  I explained to him that it's covered by IH UK and he won't have to pay anything.

                              I then searched for this info on the web page and it took me a while to find it (it's in very small font on top of the Shipping Info page https://www.ironhearteu.com/content/shipping-information).

                              This is just a heads up to the crew that some people are not aware of the current policy and perhaps there could be a better way to get this info across.

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                              • GilesG
                                Giles
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                                Thank you.  The way we deal with Germany will change very soon….....

                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                • Daniel SanD
                                  Daniel San
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                                  @Giles
                                  what will change ?
                                  now I’m getting nervous 😬

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                                  • GilesG
                                    Giles
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                                    In essence, since Brexit, we basically make no money from our direct German business, so we are working on an integrated way of making it easier for you to buy from our German retailers….We'd rather you do that and support them, than buy from us and reduce our gross margin.....

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      DrPat
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                                      @Giles:

                                      Thank you.  The way we deal with Germany will change very soon….....

                                      The particular guy I was talking to was Dutch, if that makes a difference.

                                      In essence, since Brexit, we basically make no money from our direct German business, so we are working on an integrated way of making it easier for you to buy from our German retailers….We'd rather you do that and support them, than buy from us and reduce our gross margin.....

                                      Will IH UK still be servicing all the other non-German EU countries?

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                                      • Daniel SanD
                                        Daniel San
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                                        @Giles
                                        😢
                                        that’s what I was afraid of .
                                        holy shit 🤦‍♂️
                                        will the retailers have the complete portfolio?
                                        Besides the fact that your service is the best , I buy most of the stuff from you because you’re
                                        the only ones selling it …

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                                        • todyT
                                          tody
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                                          @Giles:

                                          Thank you.  The way we deal with Germany will change very soon….....

                                          If taken out of context, this could make some of us Krauts pretty nervous  😃

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                                          • GilesG
                                            Giles
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                                            How we deal with countries other than Germany will remain as is.  Thanks for the heads up….

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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