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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

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    • scarfmaceS
      scarfmace
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      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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      • GilesG
        Giles
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        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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        • L
          Lowlander
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          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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          • GilesG
            Giles
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            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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            • L
              Lowlander
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              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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              • GilesG
                Giles
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                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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                • mclaincauseyM
                  mclaincausey
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                  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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                  • GilesG
                    Giles
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                    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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                    • louisboscoL
                      louisbosco
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                      @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."

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                      • ChrisC
                        Chris
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                        @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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                        • GilesG
                          Giles
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                          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
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                            @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
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                              @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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                              • GilesG
                                Giles
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                                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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                                • S
                                  sabergirl
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                                  From where?! [emoji15]

                                  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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                                  • goosehdG
                                    goosehd
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                                    @sabergirl  😃 😃 😃

                                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                    • GilesG
                                      Giles
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                                      @sabergirl:

                                      From where?! [emoji15]

                                      Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                      Well he ain't got any on his bonce…..

                                      "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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                                      • GilesG
                                        Giles
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                                        FFS

                                        Pre Brexshit, I could bring as much deerskin as I liked over from Germany.  Now, we have to do this:

                                        _The Shipper’s Export Declaration (S.E.D) is needed to leave the origin country.

                                        An S.E.D is required by the government when an export:

                                        •Contains any single type of commodity with a value limit.
                                        •Contains a commodity that requires a validated export license regardless of the value.
                                        •Contains a commodity with a license exemption._

                                        I have a horrible feeling The Big Buck just became seriously endangered….

                                        "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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                                        • K
                                          kkibbey23
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                                          Wow that sounds like a mess…..

                                          Other than the big buck in outlet do you have others in stock now?

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                                          • GilesG
                                            Giles
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                                            No, but we have a run being made at the moment from skins delivered in Dec…..

                                            "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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