SaitoRyo Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Yeah, this Brexit thing is just a massive pain in the arse, as we all knew it would be. I've not been majorly effected (yet), but my folks sent a couple of parcels (clothes for the kids, a few small books, biscuits etc.) last Monday and they haven't arrived as they normally would within 3 to 5 working days because we need to now fill out a form confirming the value of the goods and then have them either re-delivered or collect them from an interim holding warehouse. Never been the case before, obviously, and nobody from the postal service here (Czech Republic) has actually contacted us about how to do any of this, my mother just had to let me know once she'd checked the tracking. There'll also be a processing fee on our end for this, naturally, and we don't have a printer so we'll have to go somewhere to print off the form that we need to fill out to get our innocent little present package. Again, not the worst thing in the world but after a few years of not having to do any of this, it's a bit of a headache and means that my folks will likely be sending less packages in future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaitoRyo Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 9 hours ago, johnnyboy said: Sadly that then scales up for every package crossing the border A month in and I'm already seeing projects affected with death by a thousand cuts. Firms aren't shifting transcontinental EMEA warehouses just to serve the UK. Instead I'm getting 5 working day lead times for components that would have been sub 24 hour even in the middle of last year. It's horrific, yeah. We got instructions through the post today on how to get the two packages and obviously it's all incredibly antiquated. Filling out forms and providing evidence and whatnot and then sending it on to be processed, for about £40 worth of stuff that was just a little post-Christmas gift. So what would have taken on average 4 days to arrive with no hassle in the post is now going to take about two weeks, with extra charges and carry on. Cheers, Brexit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westlondonmist Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 I sell recyclable waste to Mills, we did have customers all over Europe. Only 1 European company is buying our stuff now, so we have to sell for less to India. While there are Mills in the UK, there isn't really a demand for card in the UK. It has also caused several changes to paperwork and procedures. It's a hassle but we'll get used to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingofSports Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Nobody willing to comment on the utter, utter shitshow of a performance by the EU during the past 12 months? (I'd argue the past 47 years). Look at the fucking state of 'em. And you still want to be part of that. Just as well the grown-ups took over. Unlike your vote, your feelings and what you think never mattered anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 22, 2021 Moderators Share Posted March 22, 2021 Who are 'the grown ups' in the context of this statement? Genuinely not sure who is supposed to be worthy of commending in this scenario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 31 minutes ago, KingofSports said: Nobody willing to comment on the utter, utter shitshow of a performance by the EU during the past 12 months? (I'd argue the past 47 years). Look at the fucking state of 'em. And you still want to be part of that. Just as well the grown-ups took over. Unlike your vote, your feelings and what you think never mattered anyway. Yeah, cos everything’s going fucking swimmingly here isn’t it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted March 22, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 hour ago, KingofSports said: Nobody willing to comment on the utter, utter shitshow of a performance by the EU during the past 12 months? (I'd argue the past 47 years). Look at the fucking state of 'em. And you still want to be part of that. Just as well the grown-ups took over. Unlike your vote, your feelings and what you think never mattered anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted March 22, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 22, 2021 The EU makes bonehead mistakes = Brexit’s going swimmingly. Got it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted March 23, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 23, 2021 51 minutes ago, Your Fight Site said: The EU makes bonehead mistakes = Brexit’s going swimmingly. Got it. I bet the EU have spent less on Track and Trace apps and fake PPE contracts combined than we have as well. I don't even understand the point he is trying to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members quote the raven Posted March 23, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 23, 2021 The EU have ballsed up the vaccine roll out from claiming it didnt work to claiming it will give you a blood clot and kill you. Lucky for us we managed to do our own deals on said vaccine. However to claim brexit as a huge success is very premature. Give it a few years with stuff back to normal and then see how things are doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Coconut Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Over 4,000,000 infected and 125k dead in the UK so far. That's certainly more than any EU country. Go Brexit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, quote the raven said: However to claim brexit as a huge success is very premature. Give it a few years with stuff back to normal and then see how things are doing. I can see this being a line that gets trotted out year after year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Dead Mike Posted March 23, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 23, 2021 I started a new job just before Christmas. One of my first tasks was to identify & select a bunch of European vendors and suppliers to replace the existing UK based ones. The cost of doing business has increased dramatically & this is the easiest fix. Big companies that have a UK and EU presence have been asked what processes they have/can put in place to bypass the UK. This is tens of £m's worth of business and just 1 company. I was on a post Brexit ' customs webinar' just a couple of weeks ago (lucky me right?) & this was a common theme. Big companies who you'd have thought would've planned for this doing exactly the same thing. Desperately trying to avoid using UK biz for EU fulfilment & find Euro alternatives. It's a shit show. I dread to think how many 'zombie' UK firms are currently being propped up by the furlough scheme? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 23, 2021 Moderators Share Posted March 23, 2021 34 minutes ago, johnnyboy said: Nothing we've done in our vaccine rollout couldn't have been done from within the EU. Is that true? Could we have opted to do our ordering separately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted March 23, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted March 23, 2021 11 minutes ago, Chest Rockwell said: Is that true? Could we have opted to do our ordering separately? https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/covid-vaccine-decisions-brexit yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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