Robbing Yanks

[Harold]

Ordered some Owner hooks from E-angler in USA, excellent price with postage saved me a pound a packet to UK prices.

Then I gets an e-mail, we will send you you e-bill with shipping charges, I thought, huh? :roll: It said postage $5.95 on my invoice. Anyway, gets an amended invoice this afternoon, shipping costs $22 :shock: , thats about £13 to send 50 hooks, only cost about £3 to get an headlamp from Australia, needless to say I cancelled. Be careful when dealing with the yanks, check your invoices properly!

[alan]

Harold,i\'ve bought alot of things from the States and Canada and never had a problem,they\'ve always been up front with me and i\'ve always saved a few quid.Maybe that was just a one off m8.

[mark]

I buy quite a lot from the states - not fishing gear granted but its mostly ok. One hing I do though is ask the sender to declare the items as \'gifts\' on the despatch paperwork, that way you avoid VAT at this end if its a big parcel

[sless]

moral of that story
BUY BRITISH

[alan]

Mark most of my senders have it stamped as a gift but aye your right its best to ask them.
Sless your right as well m8

[Ant]

I\'ve just ordered a new North Face coat from america and it was only $30 shipping for that so $22 is a bit harsh. Which shop was it from Harold, Cabelas is normally reasonable.

[gogs]

aye ant cabelas is normally alright but i got hit for a lot more bucks on this order as the parcel weights 16lb

gogs.

ps Harold what pattern hooks did you order?

[Harold]

Hi Gogs, ordered the Straight Shank Worm, excellent hook!

The shop is E-angler, to give the company credit, they replied this morning to my slightly inquisitive e-mail. They said they cant understand why they are charged so much for such a small parcel and would look for cheaper ways. The final cost for shipping 50 hooks was £19 with insurance, just sent a 5kg parcel to Russia for £6.

Looked at Cabelas, but again with shipping I can buy same price here.

[Ant]

I don\'t like the sound of that Gordon!

Little me getting a 1lb spool of line........... not like those 3lb spools of trilene lol. What Line did you order for yourself?

[gogs]

Harold did you ever get sorted with your duff batch of vikings you e-mailed me about??.
Ant dont worry to much mate its not that bad lol especially with the exchange rate being good just now, i had a call today and the gear should arrive next tues and the duty was £36 for the whole order so not to bad,i ordered 40lb isorline , tony found a good line with that one

gogs.

[Harold]

Hi Gordon

Still using the Vikings, but the \'Cone\' point is blunt on one knock, hard work to re-sharpen, wont buy them again. The Uptide Viking are good, but I like the old Vikings with the flat blade like edge, very sharp and easy to re-sharpen.

Perhaps we should all get together and do one order from USA, probably work out a lot cheaper. Trouble is all the stuff I want is imported by different tackle shops in UK, so to get it in this country cost lots of different P&P\'s. Cant bloody win! lol

[Ant]

Cheers Gordon, is it coming down with Tony next week? Looking forward to giving it a good go. Anything better than Trilene has got to be a bit special!

[John]

As Sless says

BUY BLITTISH

[gogs]

Harold the vikings from uk-hooks are really sharp but if the point does get blunt i use one of them small diamomnd files to re-sharpen them,you can get them from screwfix for about £7.
Ant if the stuff arrives before tony drives past edinburgh i will arrange to meet him and give him the line as i have to come home on monday night and they are staying on another night on the lash

gogs.

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