Le Prevo ?

[mike02130]

2 hours ago, fredk said:

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

 

I'm curious to know why that is?  Isn't N.I. part of the UK?

[YinTx]

50 minutes ago, fredk said:

The seller cancelled the sale - ' I don't send to your country'. We're the same bluddy country!

LMAO.   Showing their level of intelligence.   Also, here in the good ol US of A, we have a lil state called... New Mexico.  I've lived there.  Folks wouldn't ship 46 miles across the state line or do any business with us because "its' a foreign country."  or "We don't take Pesos." erhm.... it's a state.  In the UNITED STATES!!!.. you can drive here without crossing a border ya know?  We used the dollar too.  But you couldn't convince em to to look at a map cuz they knew better.  Now I'm in Texas,  so not so bad.  Course, sometimes when folks from out of state learn where I've been, they want to know if I speak Spanish.    

YinTx

[kgg]

2 hours ago, fredk said:

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

You can't be the only one in N. I. needing leather and related supplies. Have you tried contacting cobblers / upholstery shops / leather guilds etc. to see who they are getting their supplies from? Is it that they will not ship to Ireland whether it is Ireland or Northern Ireland? The reason I ask that is a lot of us in Ontario that live close to the US border before the pandemic had UPS boxes on the US side to save on shipping, get around the " we don't ship to Canada " or " you have to contact our Canadian distributor" usually at twice or more the price plus the cost of shipping.

kgg

[RockyAussie]

For what its worth...I just tried to get a set of needle plates sent to NI through Australia Post. They will not take it. It will have to go via another courier. This is stupid beyond belief and adds a lot of extra cost into the equation. 

[jcuk]

12 hours 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

 

I messaged the chat bot at Abbey who said they do ship to N.I. there are certain liquids they cant ship at the moment because of the extra training they need for this but also said they should have that in a few weeks hopefully so maybe contact them again, think because a lot of trade is done online they have to compete with a lot of others or maybe the peace agreement changed their policy who knows. So maybe give them a try again also i messaged Metropolitan Leather they have said they will ship to N.I. they stock Osborne, George Barnsley tools they have threads and edge stains, dyes, these days, they may also be an option for you good to work with also.

Please note that Abbey also said the minimum order to NI is the same as here in the GB and is £25.

Heres are links for Abbey and Metropolitan

https://www.abbeyengland.com

https://www.metropolitanleather.com

Hope this helps

JCUK 

  

[fredk]

Thanks for finding all that out

[jcuk]

 

4 hours ago, fredk said:

Thanks for finding all that out

No worries still hoping Le Prevo will still be around in one way or another.

[fredk]

yes, this line intrigues "This means that we will cease normal trading on 24th December."

 

[mike02130]

18 hours ago, YinTx said:

they want to know if I speak Spanish

No one asked you about Hatch chilies?

[YinTx]

47 minutes ago, mike02130 said:

No one asked you about Hatch chilies?

Outside of NM or Tx, I think most don't know Hatch Chile.  And in Tx, they want to spell it chili.  And somehow chile grown in the Rio Grande Valley gets sold as Hatch green Chile.  I can say it doesn't taste the same.  all very confusing to the outsider.  Who wants to know if they need a passport to visit.

YinTx