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 Post subject: Re: The unbridled joy of Jeff and Brexit
PostPosted: 25 Jan 2021, 19:23 
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Although we are currently part of the UK here in Scotland we did not want to be dragged out of the EU.

How so many people can now be shafted by a few f##kwits is staggering but it is where we are now.

Already we are getting the "we are stronger together" crap from Westminster re Scottish independence.... did not take long for that to start again.

An ongoing shitfest which will get worse as time goes on.

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 Post subject: Re: The unbridled joy of Jeff and Brexit
PostPosted: 25 Jan 2021, 20:06 
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je280 wrote:
Although we are currently part of the UK here in Scotland we did not want to be dragged out of the EU.

How so many people can now be shafted by a few f##kwits is staggering but it is where we are now.

Already we are getting the "we are stronger together" crap from Westminster re Scottish independence.... did not take long for that to start again.

An ongoing shitfest which will get worse as time goes on.

:(


Indeed! And what an absolute hypocrisy regarding stronger together from Johnson and Co, doesn't that equally apply to Europe just as much?
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 Post subject: Re: The unbridled joy of Jeff and Brexit
PostPosted: 25 Jan 2021, 21:31 
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je280 wrote:
Although we are currently part of the UK here in Scotland we did not want to be dragged out of the EU.

How so many people can now be shafted by a few f##kwits is staggering but it is where we are now.

Already we are getting the "we are stronger together" crap from Westminster re Scottish independence.... did not take long for that to start again.

An ongoing shitfest which will get worse as time goes on.

:(



There is this Chumbawamba song I like where they sample a guy, not sure who/when, who is presumably talking about Thatcher’s state funeral plans, and he says something like “...you could give everyone in Scotland a shovel, and we’ll dig a hole so deep we’ll deliver her to Satan personally.” I don’t know if it’s just the way he says “personally” with this terrific Clydeside speech or the metaphor itself but I don’t think I’ll ever forget it. It’s so funny, and so sad, and the illustration so vivid.

I think there is still a market for those shovels, is what I’m saying.
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 Post subject: Re: The unbridled joy of Jeff and Brexit
PostPosted: 27 Jan 2021, 06:00 
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=> Now it will be an interesting exercise to reach customs, probably trigger another 20% VAT tax that will have to be waived by providing the eBay invoice from the buyer's side?


Figured that one out: Paypal will add the following to the address when UK VAT has been prepaid.
It must appear on the shipping slip.

Ref# GB 365 6085 76 Code:Paid

Note that they have removed insurance and tracking on "Small Packets" (up to 2Kg) for Surface shipping from Japan.
For any tracking/insurance, I need to to go regular/standard which is 2~2.5x more expensive ($10 => $25).

Great.

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 Post subject: Re: The unbridled joy of Jeff and Brexit
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VOCALION UK (great quad SACDs releases) also forced to increase prices post-Brexit:

https://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/shipping.php

This is Marks & Spencer'a fresh food offer in EU right now: they will have to setup food processing/packaging units in EU because the costs of exporting "Made in U.K." food right now is more than the profit they can get from it.

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 Post subject: Re: The unbridled joy of Jeff and Brexit
PostPosted: 30 Jan 2021, 09:01 
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So long Jeff UK. Hello Jeff Eire! :wave:

https://www.siliconrepublic.com/compani ... tre-dublin

This was inevitable too:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-55655631

Frieght and haulier traffic has apparently tripled in January to Rosslare from France. The preferred routes from Holyhead, Liverpool etc to Dublin are supposedly out of favour now. Not good news for folks in those areas. Sure Holyhead is tiny, if the ferry terminal goes down the toilet it wouldn't be good for employment.

I bought a pair of Samsung Galaxy tablets last week from Jeff in Germany. Still worked out around a €100 saving over Jeff UK. Same with Jeff's Iberian branch in Spain. Picked up 2 boxes of stuff for training that cost the same as 1 box from Jeff UK. Have a subscription set up now from Spain. Saving a lot on some things at the minute. Whatever 'deal' was struck appears to be backfiring imho.

RE Marks and Sparks. You can retire early by scalping Percy Pigs!

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... of-tariffs
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