Le Prevo ?

[jcuk]

Went to Le Prevos site today not sure if means they are stopping trading all together or scaling down. While i don't do a lot of trade with them when i have, i've found them very good people to work with, i know there are many here that use them a lot which means they will sadly missed by leather workers in the UK.  If they are to cease trading completely, hope not, because they are always another option for things i may need that other suppliers may not have in stock or stock to start with and their prices are very good. 

http://www.leprevo.co.uk 

JCUK

[fredk]

Seeing this I just went to their website.

Stu told me back in January he was thinking of retiring but I thought he was joking

I've been buying from them for over 20 years. They were the only place who would send to N.I.

If they close my only other option is to buy from Tandy in Texas

[jcuk]

34 minutes ago, fredk said:

Seeing this I just went to their website.

Stu told me back in January he was thinking of retiring but I thought he was joking

I've been buying from them for over 20 years. They were the only place who would send to N.I.

If they close my only other option is to buy from Tandy in Texas

Sad if that is it, will Abbey not send to N.I. they use to deal with me when i was in middle east 25 years ago, and if you mind me asking who else have you tried in G.B.

Edited November 4, 2021 by jcuk

[fredk]

When I started in this crazy lark about 21 years ago I searched out and contacted many places. Some never answered, some just said they didn't "export to 'Ireland' " or didn't send to N.I.  Only Le Prevo, Stu himself, replied with, 'What do you want?' and I've been buying from them ever since

afair I did contact Abbey a couple of years ago about buying a round knife but their answer was 'we don't send to Ireland'

There are many, many companies, not only leather suppliers but in other things as well, in GB who will just not send to N.I. Sometimes we are just a pariah

 

[YinTx]

14 minutes ago, fredk said:

who will just not send to N.I

Since I am from across the pond, I haven't a clue.  Why is this?

YinTx

[toxo]

12 minutes ago, fredk said:

When I started in this crazy lark about 21 years ago I searched out and contacted many places. Some never answered, some just said they didn't "export to 'Ireland' " or didn't send to N.I.  Only Le Prevo, Stu himself, replied with, 'What do you want?' and I've been buying from them ever since

afair I did contact Abbey a couple of years ago about buying a round knife but their answer was 'we don't send to Ireland'

There are many, many companies, not only leather suppliers but in other things as well, in GB who will just not send to N.I. Sometimes we are just a pariah

 

Zac at J Wood is worth a call. They're prices are good and sometimes have good deals. I once snagged a huge side that was about 2.5mm for £50 delivered.

https://www.jwoodleathers.co.uk/

[Spyros]

2 hours ago, fredk said:

They were the only place who would send to N.I.

If they close my only other option is to buy from Tandy in Texas

For me the answer to pretty much everything, including leather, is Buckleguy + DHL.   The only thing I get locally is kangaroo, glue and dye, simply because buckleguy doesn't ship liquids overseas and they don't have kangaroo, otherwise I'd get everything from them.  And it's not just because of Australian prices (which are typically double), it's mainly their websites that are pitiful, usually half the stuff they sell are not even online, and the other half will usually lack proper photos or proper descriptions or even a flag when they're out of stock.  And with Australia Post crapping itself because of COVID, I sometimes get my stuff faster from literally the other side of the planet than from the next city.

It's sad but it is what it is.  I import nearly everything I use.  Takes some planning but in the long run I'm much much better off.

And yes it did get ridiculous at some point when I needed a couple of snaps to finish a project, and I did pay $10 for the snaps and $50 for shipping, and I don't even care, it was still better than shopping from Australia.

Edited November 4, 2021 by Spyros

[fredk]

1 hour ago, YinTx said:

Since I am from across the pond, I haven't a clue.  Why is this?

I cannot give you an answer.

They just will not send to N.I. They have their reasons. I've got used to it

I'll not go into it too much, just one recent example; I bought a plastic model thru ebay from a seller in England. The seller cancelled the sale - ' I don't send to your country'. We're the same bluddy country!

[Spyros]

16 minutes ago, fredk said:

I cannot give you an answer.

They just will not send to N.I. They have their reasons. I've got used to it

I'll not go into it too much, just one recent example; I bought a plastic model thru ebay from a seller in England. The seller cancelled the sale - ' I don't send to your country'. We're the same bluddy country!

**** em.  Go to those who ship.

Edited November 4, 2021 by Spyros

[fredk]

umm, thats what I do