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It might be worth asking your GP. Tinnitus can be a symptom of something. A guy I know had Covid in April last year, he’s still suffering from the long term effects.

You beat me to it.

God, it must have been bad 😆

It used to be anything over £100.

So the free shipping has stopped?

This is quite interesting, apologies if it’s already been shared. I guess these businesses will have researched and realised it’s not economically viable to trade with the UK - at least not at the current time. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexit-news/westminster-news/eu-firms-stop-uk-deliveries-due-to-brexit-6881640?fbclid=IwAR2CWZuBBPUJCn9rbbw7wITjTL424aSFsgwgxKRBW7RL4r_Hh86p64ID9Ns Is it also affecting UK based businesses? If someone manufactures something that they want to sell to Italy, if the item’s value is less than a certain amount, do they have to register for VAT in Italy?

The problem with goods now entering and leaving the UK - particularly from Ireland and NI, is why DFDS have recently started operating a new shipping route from Ireland direct to France. Previously some 150,000 trucks and lorries a year used the UK as a land bridge, between the Irish Sea ports and Dover. Whilst good news environmentally, reducing the number of lorries on the roads, it’s not good news economically. They’d probably have refuelled at UK garages, the drivers would certainly have bought food and drink during their journeys. That’s a loss to the local economies, and ultimately a loss to the UK treasury.

An even longer list here: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/Revolution666/bands_who_lost_all_their_original_members/

https://classicsdujour.com/10-classic-rock-bands-with-no-original-members/

All this about trading with the rest of the world, has anybody mentioned the environmental cost of this yet? Surely we need to be reducing our carbon footprint, not increasing it by buying or selling stuff to a country that’s about as far away from us as it’s possible to get? Especially if that’s just down to ideology, and nostalgia for a time when we roamed the world trading and pillaging.

It’s like where I live, people there would vote for a donkey as long as it was wearing a blue rosette - come to think of it, they did 😆.

Austalia does, that’s why the ‘Australia type deal’ that they kept talking about was disingenuous to say the least. Their trade with the EU is a tiny fraction of ours though, and doesn’t include finance or services - for the obvious reason of location. They are in the process of negotiating a trade deal with the EU though.

It’s apparently a more eco-friendly, and denser version of wenge, not sure if that helps at all.

Will they get sorted out? I guess these companies have looked at how much the UK market is worth to them, and decided it’s just not worth the hassle. They wouldn’t have decided not to sell to the UK if they were making a lot of money from us. The country is losing billions of pounds from the financial markets too. https://www.ft.com/content/a434b756-afe0-454d-9d70-ef2d42ea8d55

Have you looked on their website to see if they tell you how to clean and maintain it? They sometimes have a ‘frequently asked questions’ section or even a downloadable manual.

That’s how I read what I posted from the Gov website. You’ll obviously pay VAT - which you didn’t before on used goods - plus a handling charge. I’m pretty certain there’s no additional duty.

Is that the new crossing I read about the other week?

Northern Ireland is still part of the customs Union, and the single market. That’s why many businesses are annoyed, especially those based in NI that have branches in mainland UK, and obviously vice versa. They now - despite BJ’s previous lies and obfuscation - have to complete declarations.

The same rules apply from the north as they do in the south.

No, the courier will pay the VAT for you, then claim it back from you along with a handling charge. They’ll then release your item and deliver it to you.

I’m wrong, I apologise. There’s 2% duty on them too. I’ll amend my post.

Buying or selling a used item of gear is pretty much unchanged for the seller - though there will be paperwork including a customs declaration. If you compete it wrong then the item might get held up. Don’t allow yourself to be talked into under-declaring the value, you’ll run into problems with the insurance should anything get lost or damaged. It’s also against the law. If you’re a buyer then there’s a big change. You or they will be liable for VAT. This is dealt with by the courier who will charge you for doing it. The charges vary, so it’s best to shop around. I checked on the government website last week and duty wasn’t payable on instruments - that’s not to say it isn’t on other items. You obtain a code from the government website, that has to be printed on the customs declaration, that’s used to decide whether a duty charge is applicable.

Thanks. It’s adjustable, but set at 18mm. I’m really happy with it, it’s a beautiful instrument.