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 :D

gogs.