Category Archives: Shipping Stories
Deep and Crisp and Even
We have two pieces of Christmas-related news today. The first relates to our Christmas sale – or rather, the lack of this year. If you recall, Tony was a bit under the weather earlier in the autumn and was laid … Continue reading →
Holiday time
Next week Tony’s off for a late summer holiday (staying in a posh tent like the one below), so we will effectively be closed for a few days. We’ve posted as many orders as we could get done in the … Continue reading →
Postal delays and Return to Colours
If you’re in the UK you’ll probably know this, but for the benefit of our overseas customers, Royal Mail staff are staging a series of strikes which could affect our shipping times. The first one was last week and the … Continue reading →
Feelin’ Hot, Hot, Hot…
Tony is back at work after his holiday, so we thought it was time for a quick update on orders. We’re steadily working through the backlog that built up while he was away, so far we’ve managed to clear almost … Continue reading →
EU Shipping
We promised at the end of last year to implement a new system to handle the problems that EU customers are having with import VAT, and some quite eye-watering charges from courier companies to collect this tax. It’s taken longer … Continue reading →
Coming Up For Air
Order Update It’s been quiet on the blog lately, but I finally have a day away from the workshop to catch up on a few things. The response to the sale rather caught us off guard, we’ve had a similar … Continue reading →
More European Shipping News
As if we hadn’t already had enough, there’s yet another twist coming to the Brexit/VAT/shipping saga for our EU customers. However, for once it’s (mostly) good news – it has a painful initial effect, but in the long run it … Continue reading →
Calling Europe…
It’s January 2021, which means that things have finally, finally ended on the Brexit front (until the next thing…). So we’ve been through the website and we think it now works correctly for EU customers – you’re no longer charged … Continue reading →
Service and EU Shipping Update
After a last minute blitz on orders, we’ve shipped out everything that arrived before 4pm yesterday. Obviously it’s Christmas, and the postal service seems to be in a bit of a mess currently, so they might take a while to … Continue reading →
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Status Update #2 – Back to the Grindstone
So the holiday is over, and it’s back to the workshop full-time. Although several visits were made to the workshop in an effort to keep things under control, the backlog of orders is still pretty substantial. There is also a … Continue reading →
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