Quote from: NARSES2 on June 13, 2023, 11:51:55 PMMid £20's is starting to become the starting point for 1/72 single seaters now, especially those that have to be imported from the EU, and I'm saying nothing else on the subject 

Total agreement with you there Chris. Could say loads more but don't need to as it's rather obvious why 

Gondor

Quote from: Gondor on June 14, 2023, 03:14:59 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on June 13, 2023, 11:51:55 PMMid £20's is starting to become the starting point for 1/72 single seaters now, especially those that have to be imported from the EU, and I'm saying nothing else on the subject 

Total agreement with you there Chris. Could say loads more but don't need to as it's rather obvious why 

Gondor

Being a compulsory importer of Land Rover related related spares from the UK to the EU, I am happy to chime in too.. 

We are saying nothing to say something 

Gondor

Quote from: Gondor on June 14, 2023, 04:13:36 AMWe are saying nothing to say something 

Gondor

There's a LOT of nothing being said here.    Probably best for the blood pressure 

I shall wait for Hannants to deliver the AMX kits. At least I saved 10% by ordering in advance. £26.99 x2 still hurts though 

Quote from: Nick on June 14, 2023, 05:04:53 AM

Quote from: Gondor on June 14, 2023, 04:13:36 AMWe are saying nothing to say something 

Gondor

There's a LOT of nothing being said here.    Probably best for the blood pressure 

I shall wait for Hannants to deliver the AMX kits. At least I saved 10% by ordering in advance. £26.99 x2 still hurts though 

I only ordered one and it should be here late tomorrow. If I want more, the fact it's a mainstream manufacturer means that it should be widely available in the medium term future.

Gondor

Quote from: Gondor on June 14, 2023, 03:14:59 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on June 13, 2023, 11:51:55 PMMid £20's is starting to become the starting point for 1/72 single seaters now, especially those that have to be imported from the EU, and I'm saying nothing else on the subject 

Total agreement with you there Chris. Could say loads more but don't need to as it's rather obvious why 
   With you on that. I could add my tuppence worth as well but, not here! I used to buy a lot of kits from EU countries because prices and,postage were often cheaper than in the UK. I stopped all that now because postage in particular is a real killer.

It's even worse at this end of the supply chain... even internal postage can be a deal killer now.
"But as no-one sends enough real mail these days, we have to charge more for the little that there is"... can you see the cause and effect/circular problem, right there? 

Quote from: Rick Lowe on July 14, 2023, 04:22:39 PMIt's even worse at this end of the supply chain... even internal postage can be a deal killer now.
"But as no-one sends enough real mail these days, we have to charge more for the little that there is"... can you see the cause and effect/circular problem, right there? 

Unfortunately, I see it all to clearly.

Quote from: Beermonster58 on July 15, 2023, 12:07:39 AM

Quote from: Rick Lowe on July 14, 2023, 04:22:39 PMIt's even worse at this end of the supply chain... even internal postage can be a deal killer now.
"But as no-one sends enough real mail these days, we have to charge more for the little that there is"... can you see the cause and effect/circular problem, right there? 

Unfortunately, I see it all to clearly.

I live at a rural address so our postage price can be damn near 3 times as much as normal mail.
This is real....Citadel Warhammer blood angels red paint..$6.50nz..postage..$14.70 nz rural.

Quote from: Wardukw on July 15, 2023, 02:12:20 AMI live at a rural address so our postage price can be damn near 3 times as much as normal mail.
This is real....Citadel Warhammer blood angels red paint..$6.50nz..postage..$14.70 nz rural.

I didn't realise you had different postage rates for urban and rural. At least ours is still a universal service

Quote from: NARSES2 on July 15, 2023, 05:52:40 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on July 15, 2023, 02:12:20 AMI live at a rural address so our postage price can be damn near 3 times as much as normal mail.
This is real....Citadel Warhammer blood angels red paint..$6.50nz..postage..$14.70 nz rural.

I didn't realise you had different postage rates for urban and rural. At least ours is still a universal service

Yep ..anything to make our lives more expensive Chris they will do it here .
The problem with here for postage is alot farmer type folks live fricken miles from townships and the posties use vans to deliver the mail ..exactly like in the UK but here they make it a cost that us mutants who don't live in the cities have to pay for.

Quote from: NARSES2 on July 15, 2023, 05:52:40 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on July 15, 2023, 02:12:20 AMI live at a rural address so our postage price can be damn near 3 times as much as normal mail.
This is real....Citadel Warhammer blood angels red paint..$6.50nz..postage..$14.70 nz rural.

I didn't realise you had different postage rates for urban and rural. At least ours is still a universal service

For now. Snail Mail is under investigation for serious failures in delivery (no pun intended) of its Universal Service Obligation. Believe it or not, their response to the investigation was to ask the government to review the obligation and consider reducing the service from six days a week to five.

Quote from: Beermonster58 on July 16, 2023, 02:37:06 AMFor now. Snail Mail is under investigation for serious failures in delivery (no pun intended) of its Universal Service Obligation. Believe it or not, their response to the the investigation was to ask the government to review the obligation and consider reducing the service from six days a week to five.

Yup I read that.

What a nerve! Privatise any organisation and they think it's a licence to print money! 

Quote from: PR19_Kit on July 16, 2023, 06:31:52 AMWhat a nerve! Privatise any organisation and they think it's a licence to print money! 

Tell me about it! I won't post my REAL thoughts here because they'd probably flout about half a dozen rules!!