buying from europe or china, is anyone risking it?

[woodmister]

shipping in general at the minute is crazy, the worst place currently is germany!

[mallyally]

shipping in general at the minute is crazy, the worst place currently is germany!

Oh dear I have 2500 knives to send to Solingen for grinding

[R0B]

I've had a few deliveries from Aliexpress....no problems or charges, got my new Huma reg through this week, again no problems..

[tinbum]

I have been trying to send springs to the UK warehouse but uk customs bounce them back?
We have registered as importers/exporters in France and the UK, I have all the necessary EORI registration and we filled in the 15 pages of documentation required in triplicate, but still it was returned? Twice!

I wouldn't order from the EU until the dust has settled and/or the uk rejoins the EU.

[ZAKDINGEL]

I had a order in with Kral in the Netherlands back in November 2020 for a air pistol it only got delivered this week after many export-warehouse scans --delays to brexit "so they say" then attention needed from Customs oh and import vat charges --when I opened the box the invoice stated ---PRE BREXIT order I had given it up as lost a few times and then thinking customs were not allowing it I have lost the interest at the moment so haven't tried it --It is a pp 750 so they could not say it a was a ITF and seize it like they have with a few lately

[TRS1]

Sportswaffen Schneider website says that they are currently not posting to the UK.

[Kuyajonathan]

I've had a few deliveries from Aliexpress....no problems or charges, got my new Huma reg through this week, again no problems..

Also use Ali Express, 22 items ordered 02/02/21, with Chinese New Year expected delays and possible UK customs, vat charges. Al be it in dribs & drabs got all but one item by last weekend with no additional,charges or items opened.
Varied items Inc petrol strimmer spares, memory cards, "training" M16 Bayonet- rubber blade (compliment my M16 Umarex) thought this would be opened/sized, but no ! hairdressing cape (partner does family hair) jewellery for grand daughters etc
At work we import stone from our quarries / factories in Europe & further. November cost us $1500 for container from India & China, if we could get them this month - $8,000 each! No Brexit, HMRC issues importing so far this year, few more than usual containers resealed after customs examination , just backlog at ports , easing now since last month.

[RobF]

Bought a 4 figure item from Germany, it’s yet to ship but that’s expected. Vat removed at sale and will be added at customs. A couple of other sellers doing the same. But it was nice to get a few bits in from a private sale before jan 1st as these would have had vat added. I think that’s where it’s going to sting, 2nd hand sakes in/out of the Eu.