• Bloody brexit!!

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:27 pm**

Now before I start this is not a for and against debate, just that I ordered a Snowpeak titanium item from France that’s not available in the UK only to be sent a refund and message to say not shipping to the UK. Bloody pissed off.

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:28 pm**

Think we'd probably best get used to this shambles of a sh1tshow.

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:36 pm**

I know it’s crap. I wanted a Snowpeak short titanium fork or spork for my disabled grandson who has a rare genetic disease only one other discovered in Vienna with the same disorder, no joy. Put a post in the classified page to see if someone in the South of Ireland can help.

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:42 pm**

Project fear, we hold all the cards, etc.

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:50 pm**

Not much use to me at the moment but

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:59 pm**

UOG are stocking some Snowpeak now - don't know if this is short enough. https://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk ... ork-p14619

Ooh, Toaks do one and Outdoorline appear to be sending stuff here: https://www.outdoorline.sk/en/kemping/c ... ndle-spoon

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:13 pm**

The EU were also going to introduce a similar scheme, I suspect the HMRC scheme is just our implementation of that, but have delayed it for six months. That EU scheme was obviously aimed at non EU countries (now including us) the idea being to stop/reduce low value imports avoiding VAT. If we'd remained in the EU we'd be applying it anyway just not to EU member states so those Aliexpress parcels would attract VAT regardless. The EU version allows for the supplier not to pay the VAT on low value goods but that the VAT is paid on entry, i.e. by the consumer. The UK chose not to go that route.

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:17 pm**

whitestone wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:13 pm The EU were also going to introduce a similar scheme, I suspect the HMRC scheme is just our implementation of that, but have delayed it for six months. That EU scheme was obviously aimed at non EU countries (now including us) the idea being to stop/reduce low value imports avoiding VAT. If we'd remained in the EU we'd be applying it anyway just not to EU member states so those Aliexpress parcels would attract VAT regardless. The EU version allows for the supplier not to pay the VAT on low value goods but that the VAT is paid on entry, i.e. by the consumer. The UK chose not to go that route.

Hence Aliexpress opening up a number of EU warehouses. Not that it helps us any more!

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:51 pm**

@bearbonesnorm cheers for those links.

. Got to the checkout €28 to ship a spork bloody rip off. Surely there’s someone in south of Ireland on this forum can help

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:07 pm**

Surely there’s someone in south of Ireland on this forum can help

There's a few in France?

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:21 pm**

I’ll adjust my request on the classified page cheers

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:36 pm**

Anyone got their blue passport yet?

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:51 pm**

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:07 pm
Surely there’s someone in south of Ireland on this forum can help
There's a few in France?

Me. I am in the France and have been known to be helpful from time to time.

What's being suggested? You order to me and I forward on by regular post???

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:59 pm**

@gairym just PM’d you

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:14 pm**

GregMay wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:36 pm Anyone got their blue passport yet?

I'm getting a burgundy cover from amazon when the time comes.

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:35 pm**

johnnystorm wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:14 pm
GregMay wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:36 pm Anyone got their blue passport yet?
I'm getting a burgundy cover from amazon when the time comes.

You got a link to those?

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:39 pm**

Tempting though it is, you'll only annoy immigration staff (of all nations) who may well need to remove the passport from its cover for checks.

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:51 pm**

johnnystorm wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:14 pm
GregMay wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:36 pm Anyone got their blue passport yet?
I'm getting a burgundy cover from amazon when the time comes.

Already have one, called staying European

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 9:40 pm**

GregMay wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:36 pm Anyone got their blue passport yet?

The Christmas period is when I do paperwork so applied for a new passport online.
Acknowledged receipt 24.12.2020
Processed and in the post back today.
I have a blue EU cover.

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:45 pm**

gairym wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:35 pm
johnnystorm wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:14 pm
GregMay wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:36 pm Anyone got their blue passport yet?
I'm getting a burgundy cover from amazon when the time comes.
You got a link to those?

https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00NXY7CA ... 8FbNCZGZHQ

Worth it for a couple of quid. Just check it's not coming from abroad else the import duties might sting!

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:47 pm**

GregMay wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:51 pm
johnnystorm wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:14 pm
GregMay wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:36 pm Anyone got their blue passport yet?
I'm getting a burgundy cover from amazon when the time comes.
Already have one, called staying European

The best sort. Alas, I only have great grandma from Ireland, and I'm no good at football!

Posted: **Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:49 am**

Mactheknife68 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 6:51 pm @bearbonesnorm cheers for those links. . Got to the checkout €28 to ship a spork bloody rip off. Surely there’s someone in south of Ireland on this forum can help

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Snow-Peak-SCT- ... 047&sr=8-4

Posted: **Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:40 am**

johnnystorm wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:45 pm
gairym wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:35 pm
johnnystorm wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:14 pm
GregMay wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 7:36 pm Anyone got their blue passport yet?
I'm getting a burgundy cover from amazon when the time comes.
You got a link to those?
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00NXY7CA ... 8FbNCZGZHQ

Worth it for a couple of quid. Just check it's not coming from abroad else the import duties might sting!

Changing the passport covers to blue was an annoyingly petty expression of nationalism... but buying a cheap cover off Amazon to make it look burgundy again is trying to play the idiots at their own game if you ask me. Better to rise above it and accept that the colour of your passport doesn't say anything about who you are.

But that's easy for me to say... I got a new passport last year and it's burgundy

Posted: **Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:02 pm**

Mactheknife68 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:36 pm I know it’s crap. I wanted a Snowpeak short titanium fork or spork for my disabled grandson who has a rare genetic disease only one other discovered in Vienna with the same disorder, no joy. Put a post in the classified page to see if someone in the South of Ireland can help.

https://www.tauntonleisure.com/camping- ... blue__5649

These are based in Bristol and Taunton and Exeter and have it in stock. If you need one picking up and posting let me know, I live a short way away from TL in Taunton and would send it on to him if you want me to.

Posted: **Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:45 pm**

Cheers cheddarman but I’m after the short spork. I managed to get sorted with the help of gairym in France

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