buttheadsmate Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Que? ......Manuel,Fawlty Towers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 http://www.minimatemultiverse.com/index.ph...amp;#entry66586 if your interested.....why me ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Welcome aboard Limited Edition, our first bespoke UK Minimate supplier with a banner! As a fanatical 'proof reader' I would suggest you add an 'R' after 'You' .....one stop UK Minimate Shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martycc Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 'i think their buying in large amounts from the US for us in the UK which i'm glad for as hate getting stung for custom's charge's £12 for a set of minimates £12 shipping £4 vat charges £9 handling fee total £39 ' Aside from the bad maths the above is just pure crap. I'm a UK minimate fan and I've bought all BSG and Trek waves from the US. I got all wave 2 trek (inc variant) and BSG series 3 (inc variant) for £25.00 all in including shipping and no customs charges. This is about standard. To buy the same at my local store would have been £47.92 at £5.99 a pack!!!! So what no UK sales, it won't effect me in the slightest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Welcome aboard Limited Edition, our first bespoke UK Minimate supplier with a banner! As a fanatical 'proof reader' I would suggest you add an 'R' after 'You' .....one stop UK Minimate Shop Sorted that one out :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttheadsmate Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 'i think their buying in large amounts from the US for us in the UK which i'm glad for as hate getting stung for custom's charge's £12 for a set of minimates £12 shipping £4 vat charges £9 handling fee total £39 ' Aside from the bad maths the above is just pure crap. I'm a UK minimate fan and I've bought all BSG and Trek waves from the US. I got all wave 2 trek (inc variant) and BSG series 3 (inc variant) for £25.00 all in including shipping and no customs charges. This is about standard. To buy the same at my local store would have been £47.92 at £5.99 a pack!!!! So what no UK sales, it won't effect me in the slightest. I note that Cornerstorestorecomics are offering new waves at $24 + $10 shipping to UK which is a darn good deal from a darn good company.....but this is a reaction to many of us getting in touch with US suppliers to deal with heavy shipping charges. The customs charge is NEVER a problem if your US supplier helps by saying your items are gifts, it's not a problem to them unless they are sussed by customs because it's fraud. Customs & VAT charges are NEVER a problem to anybody until THEY are the ones that are randomly chosen,then it's a problem & trust me you will be chosen. Winkerbeans scenario is 'worst case',he knows that but what I want to know(& I guess a few others) is where do you buy from bearing in mind the waves you mention are not the latest on offer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgnrbrn316 Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 We were toying with the idea of starting a Minimates Initiative over at MMHQ, helping get Minimates into the hands of collectors. But that's all in the early stages and I doubt we'd get the funding and response we'd need to really get it off the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rad Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 'i think their buying in large amounts from the US for us in the UK which i'm glad for as hate getting stung for custom's charge's £12 for a set of minimates £12 shipping £4 vat charges £9 handling fee total £39 ' Aside from the bad maths the above is just pure crap. I'm a UK minimate fan and I've bought all BSG and Trek waves from the US. I got all wave 2 trek (inc variant) and BSG series 3 (inc variant) for £25.00 all in including shipping and no customs charges. This is about standard. To buy the same at my local store would have been £47.92 at £5.99 a pack!!!! So what no UK sales, it won't effect me in the slightest. I note that Cornerstorestorecomics are offering new waves at $24 + $10 shipping to UK which is a darn good deal from a darn good company.....but this is a reaction to many of us getting in touch with US suppliers to deal with heavy shipping charges. The customs charge is NEVER a problem if your US supplier helps by saying your items are gifts, it's not a problem to them unless they are sussed by customs because it's fraud. Customs & VAT charges are NEVER a problem to anybody until THEY are the ones that are randomly chosen,then it's a problem & trust me you will be chosen. Winkerbeans scenario is 'worst case',he knows that but what I want to know(& I guess a few others) is where do you buy from bearing in mind the waves you mention are not the latest on offer? I got stung recently on a shipment from Stuckakid which comprised of Marvel 19 and 20, (plus variants)Zombie Iron-Man/Panther and Taskmaster/USagent. Total including shipping was around $84.00 (I think) Customs and Parcelforce combined walloped me for £17.00. I was pretty pissed off about this, but then I realised that £17.00 spread over all of my other US based purchases really isn't that bad. You're not going to get walloped every time you buy something and if you keep your goods below a certain value you won't get stung anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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