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    Giles
    IHUK Crew
    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    A couple of great quotes from an article I read earlier….

    “To turn our backs on the world’s largest trading bloc, which is on our doorstep, in favour of trying to create trade deals with countries that couldn’t be further away, and have much smaller economies, is total stupidity and beyond comprehension,”

    ‘Never in the field of British business has so much been destroyed for so many, by so few.’ -  🙂 🙂 🙂

    "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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      vaquero357
      Banned
      Joined: 9 Aug 2020

      …here you go Giles. 🙂

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        Giles
        IHUK Crew
        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

        Thank you…..I have vowed not to spend another cent on tackle until I know for definite I can go, then I am going to go beserk....

        "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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          vaquero357
          Banned
          Joined: 9 Aug 2020

          …this is off my dock in ELY, MN. Home of the International Wolf Center and Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

          ...a recorded 50 below zero Fahrenheit last night. :o

          ...I think you have a market for UHF underwear! 😉

          … and I, unlike you my friend, will have a cooler of Barley Pop at my side, and a Kentucky Cheroot or two! Cast and reel for hours. 🙂

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            Giles
            IHUK Crew
            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

            Very nice…..

            "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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              scarfmace
              Haraki san Expert
              Joined: 20 Feb 2015

              I just got an email from the Belgian Post office:

              https://www.bpost.be/en/shopping-outside-eu?_ga=2.165379455.1393456375.1621929248-536080081.1621929248&_gl=1*186qgzx*_ga*NTM2MDgwMDgxLjE2MjE5MjkyNDg.*_ga_RL6E59HGV4*MTYyMTkyOTI0Ny4xLjAuMTYyMTkyOTI0Ny4w

              This is total bullshit. I realy wonder how this will go with p2p shipments…

              "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

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                Giles
                IHUK Crew
                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                We are in the process of registering for the European One-Stop Shop (IOSS) system.  But more importantly, we now have a Netherlands VAT number, so we will be shipping in bulk into The Netherlands, clearing customs there, and then on-shipping from The Netherlands.  This will likely add a day or two onto the shipping times, but it will effectively be an intra EU shipment.

                "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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                  Lowlander
                  Haraki san Expert
                  Joined: 4 Oct 2019

                  Great news @Giles. Does this also make the  issue of returns less costly for you? If I understood correctly, you're now paying custom duties twice on returned items, right?

                  Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-A217F met Tapatalk

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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    No, we are not paying taxes or duties on the return (well, sometimes we do, because I think the people who work in UPS brokerage share a brain cell, but we can reclaim those, as they are mischarges).

                    The issue is, that we cant reclaim the taxes and duties that we paid on our customer's behalf, so when we get a return, we basically piss that away.

                    We "sold" two pairs of Wesco boots to a guy in Germany recently.  He returned both pairs.  That cost us Euro600 on taxes, duties, fees, and shipping charges for zero revenue.

                    I may as well be ripping up banknotes and flushing them down the toilet, it would be a lot easier way to piss away Euro600.

                    "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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                      Lowlander
                      Haraki san Expert
                      Joined: 4 Oct 2019

                      What a mess. I'm really sorry to hear it.

                      @Giles:

                      I may as well be ripping up banknotes and flushing them down the toilet, it would be a lot easier way to piss away Euro600.

                      ^And at least that might give a strange rock n roll rush of decadence, which you're not getting this way either. Ugh… what a mess.

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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        Hahahaha

                        "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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                          mclaincausey
                          見習いボス
                          Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                          An object lesson in why direct democracy doesn't work: most people are idiots and operate on easily-manipulated feelings instead of wisdom and foresight.

                          Sympathies and hopes for an optimal, speedy resolution to all impacted.

                          Think it, be it.

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                            Giles
                            IHUK Crew
                            Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                            Brexit was emotive and highly complex.  Almost 6 months in, and we, as a company, are still not getting proper advice on how to deal with it.  We elect our leaders to represent us and to make difficult decisions on our behalf.  I'm not the sharpest tool in the box, but I am not the dullest either, and the complexities were way beyond me. I have older friends who voted to leave "so we could get our old blue passports back and make the empire great again".  I avoid talking to them about it because my forehead would get firmly and violently embedded in the bridge of their noses.

                            But there is some joy to be had.  I have a friend who lives as an expat in Spain, he has some British Expat friends who voted to leave (go figure), now they are restricted to being in the EU for no more than 90 days, so they cant use their holiday homes or their boats for a substantial part of the year. Wankers.

                            "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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                              louisbosco
                              啓蒙家
                              Joined: 21 Feb 2013

                              @Giles:

                              I may as well be ripping up banknotes and flushing them down the toilet, it would be a lot easier way to piss away Euro600.

                              the pub would be a good start  😉 😉

                              "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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                              • ChrisC
                                Chris
                                Raw and Unwashed
                                Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                                @Giles:

                                We "sold" two pairs of Wesco boots to a guy in Germany recently.  He returned both pairs.  That cost us Euro600 on taxes, duties, fees, and shipping charges for zero revenue.

                                I may as well be ripping up banknotes and flushing them down the toilet, it would be a lot easier way to piss away Euro600.

                                Small price to pay to make the Empire great again, eh?

                                (please don't punch me)

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                                  Giles
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                  I'll just insert another pin into the wax effigy of you, that I always have to hand….

                                  "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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                                  • ChrisC
                                    Chris
                                    Raw and Unwashed
                                    Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                                    @Giles:

                                    I'll just insert another pin into the wax effigy of you, that I always have to hand….

                                    So I guess that's not a kidney stone after all.  Good to know  😛

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                                    • Signal11S
                                      Signal11
                                      Raw and Unwashed
                                      Joined: 22 Oct 2016

                                      @Giles:

                                      I'll just insert another pin into the wax effigy of you, that I always have to hand….

                                      Doesn’t creating such a doll require hair from the victim…..?

                                      Having no destination, I’m never lost.

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                                        Giles
                                        IHUK Crew
                                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                        I got some whilst he was asleep…... 😉

                                        "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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                                          sabergirl
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                                          Joined: 4 Oct 2013

                                          From where?! [emoji15]

                                          Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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