Contributing Member fredk Posted January 4, 2021 Author Contributing Member Report Posted January 4, 2021 I've heard back from Le Prevo in England (they were on Christmas holidays until today) A parcel which previously cost me £13.50 plus VAT ( = £16.20 ) is now going to cost, at best, £75 plus duties. Mainly due to the extra paperwork the courier will have to do as well as anticipated taxes to be paid It may be cheaper for me to collect the leather myself! (a joke, as the ferry would cost me £300, plus fuel costs of £32) I don't want to change from Le Prevo as a supplier. I've been buying from them for over 20 years and they've served me well. I have an old-fashioned sense of loyalty Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members Constabulary Posted January 4, 2021 Members Report Posted January 4, 2021 What? 75 GBP VS 13.5 GBP? Same country just a different Island - no changes I´d say. Or did they probably get something wrong? BTW - Did you vote for leave? I just have checked College Sewing cause I want to order another servo sooner or later (+ other bits) and want to stay with JACK Servos cause CS even has spare parts for them (you never know - can´t be wrong to have a source). So they charge no UK VAT and shipping to Germany is 18 GBP by DPD and 22.75 GBP by UPS (+/- ) but I of course have to pay the German VAT on my end. I think the carrier will charge me the VAT + a handling fee but I do not know if I have to pay taxes cause the Jack Servos are made in China and not UK (obviously). I think I will start a "Trial Balloon" and see how it works - I just have to figure what it costs and how it works. Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
Contributing Member fredk Posted January 4, 2021 Author Contributing Member Report Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Constabulary said: What? 75 GBP VS 13.5 GBP? Same country just a different Island - no changes I´d say. Or did they probably get something wrong? yeah, just because NI stays in the EU trading union, but also in the UK trading 1 hour ago, Constabulary said: BTW - Did you vote for leave? I didn't vote Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members Constabulary Posted January 5, 2021 Members Report Posted January 5, 2021 14 hours ago, fredk said: I didn't vote so we can´t blame you , well maybe a little bit Have you tried a "parcel forwarder" who is collecting and consolidating your packages and send them to you combined in one package? Know what I mean? Like this one but there are many more: https://www.forward2me.com/ Not sure if this is an option for you but maybe worth checking. Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
Contributing Member fredk Posted January 5, 2021 Author Contributing Member Report Posted January 5, 2021 5 hours ago, Constabulary said: Have you tried a "parcel forwarder" who is collecting and consolidating your packages and send them to you combined in one package? Know what I mean? current information is that all of these companies have stopped deliveries into NI and may not resume due the extra paperwork required. Where else in the world does a sender need to fill in multiple customs form for a letter / package / parcel going to an address within their own country? Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members Constabulary Posted February 11, 2021 Members Report Posted February 11, 2021 So far - what I experienced with selling things on Ebay to UK customers. Ebay charges the customer automatically 20% VAT but thats just a transit payment which goes to your paypal account but immediately is withdrawn from Ebay again. So if you wouldn´t see it you would not even notice it. So not really a big issue for the seller - so far. Abbey England also has a Blog on Brexit for their customers: https://www.abbeyengland.com/blog/breaking-through-brexit.html College Sewing is (afaik) mainly shipping with UPS so you usually do not have to go to the customs office cause they do the import paper work for you (based on the invoice CS has included) but UPS may charge a fee for that beside VAT & custom fees. I haven´t ordered from CS after Brexit. Maybe someone else did and likes to share his/her experiences. Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
Contributing Member fredk Posted July 28, 2021 Author Contributing Member Report Posted July 28, 2021 Latest info; a rant! The 'Grace' period of N.I. imports is coming to an end now and things are looking bad. Shortages of fresh fruit and veggies and other foods in the shops*. From this weekend the main shops will not be allowed to bring in processed meats, eg sausages, pies, sausage rolls. The local Royal Mail tells me there is excess of 5 million postal items from N.I. to GB sitting in Liverpool docks waiting to clear customs, and approx 10 million postal items from GB to N.I. Worse is that over 2000 types of regular pharmaceutical drugs are no longer allowed into N.I. Those are drugs Ill people need. The Jewish community here, only about 250 people, cannot get their Kosher foods * in 1980 I spent a holiday in Jugoslavia and not since then have I seen food shelves in supermarkets totally empty or some with buying restrictions on them eg, 'Only two items per customer' I know you guys aint stoopid but let me put this in a context for you; imagine that all goods and mail in and out of Texas going to the other 49 States has to go through 'customs' because Mexico says it has to. And Mexico also puts restrictions on what meats, bread, fruits and veggies and other goods are allowed into Texas to be sold. Maybe Uncle Joe would allow it but Brother Donald sure wouldn't! PS. I was in touch with Le Prevo who got in touch with the courier. Each hide I buy would need a certificate signed off by a qualified veterinarian (we call them vets) which would cost approx £35 to £50 per. Thats on top of the other courier fee! So 5 hides which used to cost me £16.50 delivered would now cost about £265 to £340. Roughly, the same sort of hides from Tandy in Texas would cost me £32 delivery - inc all taxes! The Le Provo courier cost is not 100% certain. I'm told, buy, get shipped and see what charges will be made, but I can't afford to take that risk But, as Baldrick would say; I have a cunning plan. As cunning as a cunning fox teaching cunning at the university of cunning. I have a friend in England I could get the Le Prevo hides shipped to . . . . Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
Members Constabulary Posted July 28, 2021 Members Report Posted July 28, 2021 CS still does not ship to the EU. They said since January all packages they sent to the EU have been returned (that was in May) by the carriers (UPS & DPD) so they do not ship to the EU until this is solved. Unbelievable. Feels like I want to plutonium from the Russians - thats probably easier meanwhile. Today I sent a request to Trojan Sewing asking if they have successfully delivered package to the EU but yet no reply. Quote ~ Keep "OLD CAST IRON" alive - it´s worth it ~ Machines in use: - Singer 111G156 - Singer 307G2 - Singer 29K71 - Singer 212G141 - Singer 45D91 - Singer 132K6 - Singer 108W20 - Singer 51WSV2 - Singer 143W2
Members Arturomex Posted July 28, 2021 Members Report Posted July 28, 2021 1 hour ago, fredk said: I know you guys aint stoopid but let me put this in a context for you; imagine that all goods and mail in and out of Texas going to the other 49 States has to go through 'customs' because Mexico says it has to. And Mexico also puts restrictions on what meats, bread, fruits and veggies and other goods are allowed into Texas to be sold. Maybe Uncle Joe would allow it but Brother Donald sure wouldn't! Hardly accurate, Fred. Casting Mexico as the EU is a poor choice of example. The UK knew what they were signing up for when they inked the Northern Ireland Protocol. A deal is a deal. You can't blame the EU for Boris Johnson's stupidity. Quote
Contributing Member fredk Posted July 28, 2021 Author Contributing Member Report Posted July 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Arturomex said: Hardly accurate, Fred. Casting Mexico as the EU is a poor choice of example. The UK knew what they were signing up for when they inked the Northern Ireland Protocol. A deal is a deal. You can't blame the EU for Boris Johnson's stupidity. The EU just imposed 800 new rules in the last three/four weeks. Rules which were not agreed upon at all. The UK knew what they signed up for but not these 800 new rules which if not obeyed the EU will take the UK to court. The court action has already been started. And there are to be a further 1200 new EU regulations by Christmas time Quote Al speling misteaks aer all mi own werk..
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