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I know there are more important things going on in the world, but this is the rant and rave section and this experience was quite annoying....

I found a German website selling diecast models that are quite hard to get hold of in this country. I added a few items to my basket, only to find at checkout that there are 240 countries and territories in a drop down list of places they will ship to but, annoyingly, the UK is not among them. I e-mailed the company and received a very polite reply from their representative, who informed me that they are unwilling to ship to the UK because of "ongoing concerns over Brexit". Fair enough, but Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen are on the list of countries that they are willing to send parcels to. The last time I checked, they have more "concerns" going on than us!
Is this what we're going to have to put up with from now on? :banghead:

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Please could you provide a link to the site, I'd be interested to have a browse.
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Brexit was always a stupid idea, not suprised it puts businesses off.
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😆 dont spose you know anyone in Iraq, Somalia , Afghanistan,Yemen or Syria that could forward it on ?
Yeah , I get a bit shitted off, when I go thru the drama of buying something and then getting an email saying the sale couldnt be processed because the seller doesnt send to NZ, actually when I think about it it has only been stuff out of the USA .
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-JC- wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:18 pm Brexit was always a stupid idea, not suprised it puts businesses off.
:agree:
The "nil points" at Eurovision should have given me a hint that we are not held in the highest esteem by our neighbours anymore..... :lol:

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pbar wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:13 pm Please could you provide a link to the site, I'd be interested to have a browse.
Of course, it's modelcarworld.de . They' ve got tons of products, it's a real delight to browse through their stock.
http://www.modelcarworld.de/uk/

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Mc Tool wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:27 pm 😆 dont spose you know anyone in Iraq, Somalia , Afghanistan,Yemen or Syria that could forward it on ?
Trust you ! :lol:
I wouldn't have thought sending stuff from the good 'ole US of A to NZ would be a problem. Sure it looks like a long way on a map of the world, but I hear there's a shortcut if the planes fly West instead of East !

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-JC- wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:18 pm Brexit was always a stupid idea
No it wasn't
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Peter-S wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:26 pm
-JC- wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:18 pm Brexit was always a stupid idea
No it wasn't
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Brexit , Huh ? I thought that was a new breakfast cereal 😁
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Peter-S wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:26 pm No it wasn't
It was if you're trying to buy diecast models from Germany...... :) :)

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Might be to do customs as my order of parts from the USA had a £27 customs charge :banghead:
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Jasonmarie wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:08 am Might be to do customs as my order of parts from the USA had a £27 customs charge :banghead:
Was that for VAT ? I think it's got to be paid on all new goods coming into the country.

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I also read somewhere that there are new rules on VAT on stuff sold in the EU so I'm sure that will shaft us some too!
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D366Y wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 11:19 am I got bored of listening
I'll remember to keep my conversation short when I'm talking to you !
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Peter-S wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:26 pm
-JC- wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:18 pm Brexit was always a stupid idea
No it wasn't
Well I guess that's as well reasoned an argument for it as any I've heard!
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-JC- wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:25 pm
Peter-S wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:26 pm
-JC- wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:18 pm Brexit was always a stupid idea
No it wasn't
Well I guess that's as well reasoned an argument for it as any I've heard!
As equally valid as your statement I feel ;)
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Well mine was a statement, yours was countering. Usually the person countering would add something to, well counter. You just did the equivalent of the schoolyard "No u". It's ok though, I've not met one person who can coherently explain why they thought Leave was a good idea, so didn't really expect much in the way of detail. You've aways seemed way smarter than the average Brexiteer though so was prepared to be surprised.
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Andrew 2.8i wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:32 pm it's modelcarworld.de . They' ve got tons of products, it's a real delight to browse through their stock.
http://www.modelcarworld.de/uk/

Thanks. Yes they do have a good selection for sure. I too enjoy looking at stuff like this. They have a lot of Capri's too.
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Andrew 2.8i wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:06 pm I know there are more important things going on in the world, but this is the rant and rave section and this experience was quite annoying....

I found a German website selling diecast models that are quite hard to get hold of in this country. I added a few items to my basket, only to find at checkout that there are 240 countries and territories in a drop down list of places they will ship to but, annoyingly, the UK is not among them. I e-mailed the company and received a very polite reply from their representative, who informed me that they are unwilling to ship to the UK because of "ongoing concerns over Brexit". Fair enough, but Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Syria and Yemen are on the list of countries that they are willing to send parcels to. The last time I checked, they have more "concerns" going on than us!
Is this what we're going to have to put up with from now on? :banghead:

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I had a similar experience a couple of weeks ago. I wanted to buy an Avdelok/Lokbolt riveter and found a German manufacturer who made what I was looking for. I made an enquiry but they don’t ship to the UK (no mention of Brexit though!). They did however point me in the direction of a US distributor, who as it transpired could have one delivered to my door for less than the manufacturer’s list price…. All’s well that ends well as the saying goes!
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