{"id":1524,"date":"2012-11-21T23:51:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T23:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2012-11-22T08:14:01","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T08:14:01","slug":"rescued-from-parcelforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/11\/rescued-from-parcelforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescued from Parcelforce"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>

Thanks to the New Zealand postal service we managed to track down the package of Belgian civilians that we feared had been seen for the last time.<\/p>\n

It was held up because some import VAT had to be paid before it could be released. Unfortunately some bright spark at Parcelforce put the wrong name on the letter advising us of the VAT. So basically it made its way safely half way around the globe but the Royal Mail couldn’t send a letter correctly over a distance of ten miles……<\/p>\n

So after a quick trip to the local Parcelforce depot yesterday we now have the figures in our hands. I’ll be adding them to the stack of new models that I’ll be feeding to the vulcaniser over the weekend.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to the New Zealand postal service we managed to track down the package of Belgian civilians that we feared had been seen for the last time. It was held up because some import VAT had to be paid before … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,14,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-war","category-previews","category-shipping-stories"],"views":3038,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-oA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11079,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/04\/service-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":1524,"position":0},"title":"Service Update","author":"Tony","date":"April 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"We're still ploughing on amid the lockdown, orders are up a little on what we'd usually expect this time of year so you're all obviously keeping busy hobby-wise. As previously mentioned, we're trying to limit our trips to the post office and workshop so there could be a 3-4 day\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Shipping Stories"","block_context":{"text":"Shipping Stories","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/shipping-stories\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/NZ.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9459,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2019\/01\/death-and-taxes\/","url_meta":{"origin":1524,"position":1},"title":"Death and Taxes","author":"Tony","date":"January 8, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Update 01\/01\/2021 -\u00a0With the final ending of the UK's membership of the EU, the rules on VAT now apply only to UK customers. Everyone else can breathe easily and not bother to wade through this post (unless you really want to, of course...). Towards the end of last year, I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Updates and General Waffle"","block_context":{"text":"Updates and General Waffle","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/updates-and-general-waffle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/VAT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/VAT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/VAT.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11792,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/12\/the-b-word\/","url_meta":{"origin":1524,"position":2},"title":"The B Word","author":"Tony","date":"December 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Every so often we get to publish a post on such thrilling topics as VAT, shipping rates or last posting dates for Christmas (just in case you were wondering - you're too late now). Today we tackle everyone's favourite, Brexit - and we'll keep it brief, we have no more\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Updates and General Waffle"","block_context":{"text":"Updates and General Waffle","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/updates-and-general-waffle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brexit.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11846,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2021\/01\/calling-europe\/","url_meta":{"origin":1524,"position":3},"title":"Calling Europe…","author":"Tony","date":"January 4, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"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 VAT (which is the main thing). So, having previously advised\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Shipping Stories"","block_context":{"text":"Shipping Stories","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/shipping-stories\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoVAT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoVAT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoVAT.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/NoVAT.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12194,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2021\/06\/more-european-shipping-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":1524,"position":4},"title":"More European Shipping News","author":"Tony","date":"June 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"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 will make purchasing much easier for our EU customers. First,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Shipping Stories"","block_context":{"text":"Shipping Stories","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/shipping-stories\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/EU-VAT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/EU-VAT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/EU-VAT.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/EU-VAT.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17395,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2026\/03\/marching-to-salute\/","url_meta":{"origin":1524,"position":5},"title":"Marching to Salute","author":"Tony","date":"March 11, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"It's March 11th - which means that the 2026 edition of Salute (or Salute 53 as it's now branded) is exactly one calendar month away. As you can imagine, preparations are reaching fever pitch here at Brigade HQ and we are *checks notes* miles behind and beginning to panic (that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Salute 53 (2026)"","block_context":{"text":"Salute 53 (2026)","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/shows\/salute-53-2026\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Salute 53 show logo - 'Salute 53' in white text on a red shield, surrounded by cartoonish images of cavalry","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Salute-53.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Salute-53.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Salute-53.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Salute-53.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Salute-53.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1524"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1530,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1524\/revisions\/1530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}