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    Customs & VAT

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    Posted · Edited by amdaley

     

    UK companies are using different ways when shipping items to Ireland.
    I asked both Hatton’s & Rails on this & they have different ways of doing things.
    Hattons take off the UK Vat & charge Irish Vat instead.
    Hattons are registered in several EU countries for Vat.
    Here is the relevant link to the Hattons information.
    https://www.hattons.co.uk/list/eventdetails.aspx?eventid=113

    Rail on the other hand use a different method.
    They remove the UK Vat but do NOT charge the Irish Vat rate so the customer has to pay Vat & An Post fee before the order is delivered here.

    Amazon is also registered for Vat in EU countries so parcels should go straight through.
    However I had an Amazon parcel which had to go through DPD because of its weight stopped by Customs in the DPD depot in Athlone on the 25th July.
    My local DPD depot was able to tell me that the box went back & forth three times between DPD & the Customs office at the DPD depot in Athlone before being finally released.
    It took so long that Amazon actually gave me a refund.
    It was finally delivered today plastered with Released from Customs stickers.

    So to sum up.
    We’re back to the way it used to be back in the 70’s where packages might or might not get stopped by Customs. Purely random.
    I bought something on E Bay for £200 the week before last which was sent by Royal Mail registered & signed for. It was delivered to me in two days with no  stoppages or charges.

    Tony

    LIMA Murphy Models

    in Photos of Models

    Posted

    7 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

    No, it was a run of the mill Wrenn wagon, they had a series of 6 wheeled tankers,  Milk Marketing Board, St Ivel, Skol, Co Op Milk, United Daries
    But the one to have was the Tampo printed Guinness, only 80 made during the final stages of Wrenn production.
    20160423011026-DSC02784.jpg.5a6575981e07ede3a60f487fe065e3a6.jpg
     

    I have at least one of those tampo printed ones stocked away. I must dig it out sometime. 

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    RAILS CANCEL HORNBY. PREORDERS

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    5 hours ago, BosKonay said:

    The Hattons / bachmann issue remains unresolved unfortunately. it was due to hattons becoming a manufacturer in their own right. Not discounts. 
     

     

    Thanks for the clarification as I though it was to do with the 15% discount limit that was placed on sellers 👍

    RAILS CANCEL HORNBY. PREORDERS

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    That's very strange although Hattons had a similar problem with Bachmann which seems to have been solved now.

    It had to do with the discount that Hattons wanted to apply so it seems.

    Might be the same problem between Rails & Hornby ?

    Don't know whats going to happen if the UK leave the EU without some sort of deal.

    I'm sure the Irish Customs are sharpening their pencils in anticipation 😉

     

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    eBay Watch

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    Bargain Watch

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    1 hour ago, skinner75 said:

    £28 to the Republic isn't free... and yet it doesn't even have to cross the Irish Sea...

    I forgot to change the location 🙄

    You could get it shipped free to DPD in the North & have it shipped down for €3.85.

    That's of course if you were mad enough to buy the item in the first place 😉

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    Bargain Watch

    in For Sale or Wanted

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    2 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

    Nice little tool that turns up regularly from this store

    https://www.lidl.ie/en/special-offers.htm?articleId=19091

    I've had one of these for years.

    Excellent for the price.

    14 minutes ago, Broithe said:

    If, as it probably does, it has the same spindle as their cordless ones, then the Dremel chuck will fit it - handy to avoid collet-changing when using stuff that's not on the 'standard' spindle size.

    Obtainable for a few quid via eBay.

    Is this the chuck ?

    https://www.mcquillantools.ie/dremel-4468-chuck/

    LIMA Murphy Models

    in Photos of Models

    Posted

    Very good question Dave.

    I would consider myself a runner & collector.

    British outline. I did have some American & Irish but sold it off.

    I have a large collection of private owner wagons, special editions, kit built etc but they're all stored away because I don't have the room to display them.

    I also have lots of Wrenn, Exley & Lawrence & Goddard items, again all stored away because of a lack of room and of course lots of books ranging from late 19th century upwards.

    I have a few display cabinets around the house containing mostly locomotives of which I have probably around fifty or sixty I think 🙂

    I find it hard to keep track of it all. I have all my items listed in a binder & was creating a database with Microsoft Excell but got sidetracked 😉

    My layout is 23' x 9' run on NCE wireless DCC.

    Haven't done anything since before Christmas as I just don't feel like it at the moment but hopefully the bug will return soon.

    Tony.

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    LIMA Murphy Models

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    21 minutes ago, murrayec said:

    There is a great article in the Gauge O Guild Gazette this month on the MRSI 'Locos For Ardmore' where the above model builder and others are credited for the amazing array of Irish type locos on this layout, amazing stuff......

    Eoin

    That's simply amazing. 

    Superb modelling 👍👍👍👍👍

     

    eBay Watch

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    1 hour ago, Sails said:

    Well I'm thinking of buying it, sitting on it for 6 months, then re-selling €400. its obvious that this particular loco was designed by a superior craftsman whose work fetches a fine price. 

    I also invest my money in early 1990's Mikado biscuits.

    I'll swap you for an early vintage coconut cream,

    Guaranteed mint & uneaten ☺️

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