THANKS A LOT BREXITEERS (and good luck when you order items from abroad)!

[customchaos]

I recently bought some art through an online website (think, a bit like Etsy, but not that one). So the item was £400, plus £140 delivery, which I did think it was a lot, but it was being shipped from Russia. Anyway, two weeks later, I get an email from the website company, to tell me the item is being held at the depot and I am required to contact Parcelforce to pay a customs tax. I phoned up and the tax is to the tune of £140. For an item costing £400! Apparently this is the new post-Brexit norm. Just to get what you have ordered over the border!

I’ve also ordered more art from Bulgaria which is apparently in its way now and I’m really worried as this was more expensive (just under £3000). Does this mean I going to be charged another ridiculous amount as customs tax?

I’ve been on to HMRC today and they are no help, beyond saying “yes this is because of Brexit,” “No we’re not sure if you’ve been charged the right amount or why,” and “You will need to pay first and them make a claim if you think you’ve been overcharged.”

So basically, is this the end of ordering from abroad? What madness is this?

@jasjas1973,

"So an irrelevance."

Not at all. Baby steps, jasjas, baby steps.....

@justasking111
@TwoLeftSocksWithHoles

"I'd rather Cadbury's reverted to their original recipe..."

Well, now there is a factory back in UK you can write/phone/text/email them and put a request in, can't you?

Well, now there is a factory back in UK you can write/phone/text/email them and put a request in, can't you?

There was always a Cadbury’s factory in the UK - have you never heard of Bournville?

But see Rich Hall for what Kraft does to stuff

[quote AnitaB888]@jasjas1973,

"So an irrelevance."

Not at all. Baby steps, jasjas, baby steps.....[/quote]
Nope, a few million and no jobs, especially as this decision isn't brexit related, is less than a babies fart.

I am puzzled as we have some people moaning on this site that they /friends/relatives can't afford to live as retirees in the EU any more because of Brexit

I find this paradoxical too.

Some want to retire in the EU (hence will spend very little time in the UK) but want to dictate how others will live their life in the UK (where they will not spend time themselves). They will not be here, so they will not suffer the impact of a Remain vote on their day to day life.

Brexit finished this company and all those jobs

When a business is set up, it is always at risk of folding when market conditions change.

This can be due to another competitor entering the sector and gaining market share, the product becoming redundant, or new legislation (Brexit in this case), for instance.

When this happens, it is healthy to accept it and move on (especially if one has the financial means and expertise to start a new venture - as it appears to be the case with the OP)

Wouldn't it be great if instead of sending money to Putin, the elite invested their money in British businesses.

@newstart1337

Wouldn't it be great if instead of sending money to Putin, the elite invested their money in British businesses.

Was this intentionally stupid?

@newstart1337

Wouldn't it be great if instead of sending money to Putin, the elite invested their money in British businesses.

Oh my goodness. Where to even start with this idiocy?

“Wouldn't it be great if instead of sending money to Putin, the elite invested their money in British businesses.”

Here you go Putin - here’s a few hundred. That’ll do ya

The “elite?” Er... thanks?

Makes me sound like I’ve been specially selected for the next moon landing.

I’m typing this on a phone that I sent money to Xi Jingping for, and at a desk which Prime Minister Modi took payment for. Obviously I should have sent my money to Boris instead.

The actual “elite” wouldn’t be seen dead buying a £3k piece of art, btw. That’s middle class expenditure, on a par with spending on holidays. But then, Brexit was always a project about the actual elite convincing the “people” (because the rest of the country isn’t actually human, obvs) that the middle classes are the enemy.

I didn't know Putin could paint.

That was Hitler's hobby too, wasn't it?