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In an attempt to find a new, simpler & cheaper means of getting a pallet of stuff moved from Germany to here, I contracted freight firm Kuehn & Nagel to do it. They collected it from the warehouse in Koln on 19th Jan. Iâve been chasing all along. Now it seems itâs ready to leave the K&N depot in Germany. This means it hasnât even tried to pass through Dover yet (which is what I thought the delay might be) The shipment had all the required documentation ready at the time it was collected.
There was a time when this might have taken 2-3 days to get here at most & with no paperwork needed.
Now it costs 3x as much & seemingly will take a month. And this is a simple shipment containing just one category of product (loudspeakers) on one pallet.
Perhaps I should be asking J-RM if this is one of the Brexit benefits heâs going to be explaining to those of us who havenât yet grasped why weâve chosen to inflict sanctions on ourselves.
Imagine this & worse applied to the huge number far more complex shipments that would once have frictionlessly been moved here. And then double it for goods going the other way.
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Still, itâll be nice to see the smuggling trade get back on its feet again 
. Have you considered importing via Ireland ?
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I did have some shipped to NI which was quicker & fortunately was where they needed to be anyway. Theyâre in a nice position over there provided the DUP donât feck it up for them.
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Itâs the same everywhere. Iâm having to wait another two months for the UK to receive a batch of German power tools, no dealer has any until this shipment arrives. Their stocks ran dry in November last year!
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Just think of all the opportunities for unnecessary middlemen to âassistâ and provide âlogistics servicesâ
It is all going swimmingly
Donât worry, Ree Smog will sort it out
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Thatâs what I seriously suggested in another thread about career changes 
I know of a family business that offers this service for over 100 yrs in Germany.
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Ah but, sovrinty innit? Thatâs what keeps you warm at night! 
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Thought that was at least a year old
It applied to all the Brits who didnât apply for residency in time and were therefore only allowed to stay for 180 days.
Ah yes, knew it had been in the papers before, even the same bloke being quoted
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Rishi Sunak today trying to explain a collapse in UK exports where other economies are experiencing export growth now.
I mustâve missed seeing this bus during the EU referendum campaign
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The utter arrogance that is required to vote for Brexit while living as an âex-patâ in another country, courtesy of benefits conferred by being part of the EU, is utterly baffling to me. It takes a good dose of arrogance and thickness to believe there wasnât going to be implications 
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Ignorance & entitlement hit this target too.
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But when the goose is noose all the chickens smile
Well then; whay- the fuck- do we have here then? 
Privatisation of the Royal Family was my fucking idea!*
*After a few pints of whisky⌠
