Brits planning to buy from JazzMessengers?

[BillF]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/21/britons-buying-from-eu-websites-face-more-than-100-import-duties

[sidewinder]

More business for Honest Jons then !

[2scoops]

Trying to remain positive is admirable, but Honest Jons do not stock any of the Polish labels such as NotTwo. I have also found Jazz Messengers to be a useful source for Mosaic boxes. 

I contacted Jorge at JM who asured me they would still be supplying items to the UK but having read the Guardian article I will seek further

clarification from JM on the tax situation.

[mikeweil]

I reckon all British jazz fans voted against Brexit?

Edited January 21, 2021 by mikeweil

[Brad]

Brexit is hurting consumers and sellers alike. 

[sidewinder]

12 minutes ago, 2scoops said:

Trying to remain positive is admirable, but Honest Jons do not stock any of the Polish labels such as NotTwo. I have also found Jazz Messengers to be a useful source for Mosaic boxes. 

I contacted Jorge at JM who asured me they would still be supplying items to the UK but having read the Guardian article I will seek further

clarification from JM on the tax situation.

Please update us once you have got the gen from Jorge - thanks.

Fall-back for Mosaics I guess would be from HQ - as per the past. Not many boxes coming out these days so not a showstopper.

[Big Beat Steve]

30 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

I reckon all British jazz fans voted against Brexit?

This is something I have been wondering about too. A British fellow collector I have known for close to 40 years and who has loads of international contacts through his hobby and has actively purchased collectible items abroad (from Italy, in particular, but also from Germany and other places) some time last year told me he had indeed voted "Leave". To my surprise, but I won't hold it against him (the blame for this mess certainly is not on the UK alone). Though I wonder how he now intends to go on about his collecting. Or else he either had decided about scaling down anyway (he is well into retirement age) or had already cut back on his foreign buying. On 2 or 3 occasions in recent years I indeed had to act as an intermediary for him because - unbelievable as it may seem - the shipping costs from Germany to the UK incurred by having the seller ship the item to me domestically and me then forwarding it to him was significantly lower than what the seller - an auction house - would have charged for shipping direct to the UK. And the items weren't even bulky or heavy! And this was way before Brexit.

Edited January 21, 2021 by Big Beat Steve

[BillF]

27 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

I reckon all British jazz fans voted against Brexit?

I reckon yes as, if you like jazz, you're not

1) stupid

2) racist/xenophobic

[sidewinder]

If only ‘Mutti’ had given a bone or two to ‘Call Me Dave’..

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, BillF said:

I reckon yes as, if you like jazz, you're not

1) stupid

2) racist/xenophobic

Or perhaps

3) easily misled by lying bast#@ds,

if I'm feeling generous

1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

If only ‘Mutti’ had given a bone or two to ‘Call Me Dave’..

There's no reason why Merkel should have helped him pander to the swivel-eyes. It was his political weakness not hers.

Think I should refrain now before the Mods descend...

[David Ayers]

Should we maybe merge this with my thread?

[mjazzg]

One 'Thread of despair', yippee! 

[BillF]

39 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Or perhaps

3) easily misled by lying bast#@ds,

if I'm feeling generous

 

My 1) is comprehensive and covers your 3).

[mjazzg]

I'm not wholly convinced by that despite it being my natural reaction.

I'm willing to allow that there are non-stupid people who for reasons other than xenophobia fell for the lies. I do this because they include close family who I know are in neither of your categories.

[mjazzg]

And there is, of course, that other generalisation that it was all the over 70s who voted to leave. But we know that generalisation isn't true either 

[JSngry]

Is this political?

[mjazzg]

Party political? No. Political, very likely.

[Rabshakeh]

8 hours ago, JSngry said:

Is this political?

Just depressing.

[soulpope]

The Brits voted for leaving the EU, so .... these are the consequences ....

[Clunky]

I've an order from Soundohm , placed and paid for well before the end of last year. I'm hesitant to cancel as I want to support their business as much as I want the forthcoming Tapscott 3LP set that was part of the order.

[Niko]

the guy who runs the beer shop in town said it's become much easier for him to offer beers from outside Europe now, he started a small series... I missed the one from Korea but later there was one from Leeds which I thought was excellent

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, soulpope said:

The Brits voted for leaving the EU, so .... these are the consequences ....

I think we all realise that but it doesn't mean we're happy about it

2 minutes ago, Niko said:

the guy who runs the beer shop in town said it's become much easier for him to offer beers from outside Europe now, he started a small series... I missed the one from Korea but later there was one from Leeds which I thought was excellent

Korea or Leeds? The choices are now endlessly intriguing  Who needs Belgian beer any more!

[soulpope]

33 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

I think we all realise that but it doesn't mean we're happy about it

Didn`t want to be cynical about it at all .... all these and other consequences were foreseeable for the thinking man - but the majority decided as the saying goes "you have to be able to endure democracy" (believe me, as Austrian this suffering currently is not too different) .....

[BillF]

At my (Manchester-based) online Spanish class this morning there was talk of ordering publications from Spain. I didn't have the heart (or perhaps the Spanish words) to tell them ... 

Edited January 22, 2021 by BillF

[David Ayers]

21 minutes ago, BillF said:

At my (Manchester-based) online Spanish class this morning there was talk of ordering publications from Spain. I didn't have the heart (or perhaps the Spanish words) to tell them ... 

Printed matter is exempt from VAT. Thankfully.