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Harold

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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!
 
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.
 
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
 
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 ;)
 
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.
 
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?
 
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.
 
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?
 
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.
 
Hi Gordon

Still using the Vikings, but the \'Cone\' point is blunt on one knock, hard work to re-sharpen, wont buy them again. The Uptide Viking are good, but I like the old Vikings with the flat blade like edge, very sharp and easy to re-sharpen.

Perhaps we should all get together and do one order from USA, probably work out a lot cheaper. Trouble is all the stuff I want is imported by different tackle shops in UK, so to get it in this country cost lots of different P&P\'s. Cant bloody win! :casstet: lol
 
Cheers Gordon, is it coming down with Tony next week? Looking forward to giving it a good go. Anything better than Trilene has got to be a bit special! ;)
 
Harold the vikings from uk-hooks are really sharp but if the point does get blunt i use one of them small diamomnd files to re-sharpen them,you can get them from screwfix for about £7.
Ant if the stuff arrives before tony drives past edinburgh i will arrange to meet him and give him the line as i have to come home on monday night and they are staying on another night on the lash ;)

gogs.
 
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