IHUK - A day in the life of….

[Giles]

That's my fishing room, that's when we had moved down to the basement because a friend said to me.  "What the fuck are you doing humping all those cartons up to the top floor, only to bring them down late in the day in smaller packages?"

Yet another light-bulb moment….

[mclaincausey]

It's been fun to watch this success story unfold. IHUK already had some momentum by the time I was paying attention, but a lot has happened over the past decade. Kudos to @Giles and family for having a vision, taking a risk, and working for the reward, and for building an excellent crew and running the business with intelligence and integrity.

[Giles]

That is very touching @mclaincausey , Thank you.  G

[Giles]

Some of today's "small" delivery…....We had 2 dedicated UPS trucks today - this is the first truckload.....

[dinobarnesberlin]

Looks promising :))
By chance any lefty’s in that bunch ?

[Giles]

[dinobarnesberlin]

????

[Giles]

Re:Zero

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re:Zero_−_Starting_Life_in_Another_World

It's just the "zero" bit that is relevant….

[dinobarnesberlin]

Ha— as in a big fat zero ️
Ok— I gotcha:)

[Chris]

Two UPS trucks? You keep up with this kind of volume and they're going to have to just bring in an 18 wheeler for your deliveries. Though I shudder to think of a big rig trying to navigate the streets around IHUK…

[Jett129]

I’m trying to imagine what the shipping cost for that shipment is,and if it’s at least $100 a box,that’s $9700. Am I even close?

[Kasi]

Nope, cost more the price has soar since the COVID-19…

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[Giles]

@Jett129:

I’m trying to imagine what the shipping cost for that shipment is,and if it’s at least $100 a box,that’s $9700. Am I even close?

More like USD20,000

[Jett129]

WOW…That really sounds like a lot. Thanks for putting it into perspective for me.

[vaquero357]

…@Giles and what's the route?! Japan>China>UK?! That is staggering! :o

[Alex]

@vaquero357:

Usually  Japan>China>Germany>UK

[endo]

@Alex:

Japan>China>Germany>UK

Just drop off some stuff here 

[Giles]

@Jett129:

WOW…That really sounds like a lot. Thanks for putting it into perspective for me.

And the VAT we have to pay upon this import will be in the region of USD40K.  We can claim that back, but it ties up working capital…..

[AdamC]

Day 2 - still missing around 7 boxes which are having a holiday in China…

[Giles]

It is a blessing that Derek, our main UPS driver, has a sunny disposition.  He turned up yesterday afternoon, little knowing that on top of dozens (how many did we actually ship yesterday @AdamC ) of direct customer shipments, @Graham had sorted and packed 36 large cartons for retailers…....