NBD Assistance

[LowB_FTW]

Right about now I should've been writing a NBD post, instead I'm here asking for a little assistance.

There's a bass here in the marketplace I was in the process of acquiring, money had changed bank accounts and everything was looking good, until the seller got cold feet at having to post to Northern Ireland and possible customs charges.

The seller is in Scotland. I tried to allay these concerns informing the seller I had purchased a bass from a seller here in August last year based in England and no customs charges incurred, I also informed them I'd bought basses from sellers that weren't members here and again no customs charges, but alas the seller decided not to proceed and issued me a full refund.

I'd rather have this bass than the money so I asked them if I could have someone collect the bass from them, would that be acceptable, and they agreed.

 

The bass is in Falkirk, in Scotland, is there any Basschatter in that part of the UK willing to collect the bass for me then package and post to me?

 

Full disclosure, it's not actually me buying this, it is The Wife, buying it for me for my birthday in late Nov., so it doesn't have to be an immediate post onto me, but getting here for the 25th of November would be really good.

 

If anyone is willing to assist I can provide pickup location details which have been provided by the seller in DM's and date and time can be arranged the same way.

 

Mark

[uk_lefty]

Posting to Northern Ireland would be exactly the same as posting to England, Scotland or Wales. I don't see the issue from the seller's perspective.

[Burns-bass]

17 minutes ago, uk_lefty said:

Posting to Northern Ireland would be exactly the same as posting to England, Scotland or Wales. I don't see the issue from the seller's perspective.

Agreed. It’s also very bad form to take somebody’s money before raising this issue.

 

I can concur (having sent items too and received them from NI) that there are no charges.

 

If the seller sees this thread, just send the bass!

[thebrig]

I've shipped a bass to Northern Ireland on more than one occasion and there's never been any charges, and on all occasions, they arrived at the buyer's address the next day, which has not always been the case when shipping to mainland UK.

[jrixn1]

6 hours ago, LowB_FTW said:

the seller got cold feet at having to post to Northern Ireland and possible customs charges.

 

What about if you arrange/contract the courier, absolving the seller of any complications (whether real or perceived)?

 

[bertbass]

Northern Ireland is part of the UK so it's the same as posting to any part of the UK.  Southern Ireland is a different matter as they are part of the EU.

[fretmeister]

This issue of NI and ROI confusion comes up a fair bit.

I even had someone in my local post office ask me to fill in customs forms for something I was sending to NI!

 

Anyway - customs charges would be the responsibility of the buyer, not the seller so he doesn't need to care either way.

 

I'm wondering if the person is just getting cold feet about selling the bass at all.

[tauzero]

3 hours ago, bertbass said:

Northern Ireland is part of the UK so it's the same as posting to any part of the UK.  Southern Ireland is a different matter as they are part of the EU.

 

Although Brexit and the Windsor Framework have muddied these waters, so NI is both part of the UK and part of the EU. See the flag of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick for clarification.