NikNik

Post-Brexit and Post-Covid, the shipping industry is a nightmare. After a week or so of inaction by UPS, my bass neck is now out for delivery today (see my Import nightmare thread) but the Alnico speaker I bought three weeks ago is stuck with Hermes in a transit 'incident'. The seller is keeping in touch but I feel a discussion about a refund coming on by the end of next week. Of all couriers, Hermes are the worst, and rebranding as 'Evri' isn't going to cure that by a long chalk!

And neck now in Edinburgh and out for delivery today.

Yeh, I don't get the 'no contact' scenario, despite them having my details. Anyway, I've paid and have a copy of the receipt downloaded. The payment has been acknowledged on the tracking so will see what updates arrive tonight/tomrrow.

About half an hour ago I received a text from UPS, informing me of £50 duty and handling due. I've just paid it. Let's hope it gets released quickly and doesn't sit in Castle Donnington for another week or so.

I think I had complete faith, a la Thomann. And I know it's only been a week and bit but the inaction, the lack of communication is frustrating.

Have given the retailer and UPS to have this sorted by 07:00 GMT tomorrow. If no clearance by then, game's a bogey and 'Item not received' it is.

Off the shelf, nothing special; no exotic woods or shellfish. Customs data is missing: description, CCs, EORI/DAN numbers(??)

On the 25th of August I purchased a neck from the US, from a retailer. Mega impressed at its arrival in the UK two days later. Since then, it has sat at UPS' Castle Donnington hub. Three days ago, without any contact from UPS, I emailed the seller to find out if they had heard what the issue is. Apparently, UPS were waiting on information from me, yet despite having my moby number and email address, they never contacted me. So, I ding them on Twitter, and this gets the ball rolling. On Tuesday, I pick up a voicemail from my local (Edinburgh) UPS stating that there is a problem with documentation and that vital customs info is missing or lost. The US retailer has stopped responding to my requests for updates, and is clearly doing the same with UPS UK. After managing to get through to the latter this morning, they again requested my contact details - which they already had, as they supplied tracking info from the day the shipping was booked - and forwarded me an email which appears to be asking me to provide the import data and commodity codes. I have copied the retailer in on this as it appears that only a copy of the invoice was attached in the customs pouch; nothing else was supplied. I have supplied as much info as I can possibly supply, but the onus is surely on the shipper to provide all of this? Additional bad news is that they say I will be liable for 'storage fees', on top of duty, etc. I paid via PayPal and right now I want to cancel the purchase and tell UPS and the Seller to GTF.🤬

I'm waiting for a PCsGC to get a jig-saw/band/saw.

I have never heard of 'Allt Dubh' (Black Stream in Scots' Gaelic) pickups before.

Not if they are Rickenbacker Capris.😁

Do you mean GHS Boomers? Thread TL/DR if mentioned already.

Fretless....it's still bass, mate.

Weird. It was the UF one I was after, too.

Try Allparts and WD Music as well.

Wouldn't give those guys the time of day again. Enquired twice about the Goldo neck they were selling and never heard back from them! Have sourced a UF Jazz neck from a member on here instead!

What a shame.

What th F....

Shee-it, I completely missed that! Yeh, I had one on a 4001 that was forever popping off. Ended up securing it with Araldite!!

Anyone looking for Ricky 4001 spares, there's a guy in Stanley (Sunderland way) selling 4 for collection only. Wavy Grovers

Unsure if this is a wind-up or not! Bassman lighter.

Thanks, guys.

Compared to the early '60s model. Never played one, but an EPi has come up at a good price.

Anyone got one? Comparisons to the Gibbo model?