Recent content by hughtrimble

And I also don't like them much at all, so I won't be tempted to dig into the stores! Great suggestion.

I tried a pinhole camera method and can't say I saw much, unfortunately. It was a clear line of sight but just couldn't capture it.

Lovely write-up. I can feel the heat from those photos!

I really have no idea. Given it's eBay I'd assume it's just them adding to it because they can. It's why I'd be very keen to see a cost breakdown from them to know just what they're actually claiming is included.

Seeing one on the surface like that would make me want to stand guard!

Remember that VAT is calculated on the total value including postage; it's 20% of the item value and the postage. Handling charge: Royal Mail is £8, Parcelfarce £12, and upwards for the likes of UPS and FedEx. I don't think it'll be more than £20 for the handling charge.

If you're not doing it through the eBay programme, it depends on the courier. I've never paid the courier on the doorstep, but have had to either pay the fees before they'll deliver it, or they've invoiced after delivery. The latter I suspect is less common now for private deliveries, it was...

Just double checking the potential obvious that they're not mixing up CAD and GBP in the same transaction at a certain step?

If you're doing it through eBay's shipping programme in my experience it's all included in what you've already paid. If you don't use that system, then the shipping fee you pay tends to only cover the delivery side of things and not the costs they (supposedly incur) in doing the admin for your...

eBay will sometimes say in the blurb whether it's part of their programme where you pay all import fees up front as part of the transaction. If it doesn't say that, then expect to pay 20% VAT and an additional handling fee from the courier.

I've found my experience with a courier relates almost entirely to the last leg, from delivery depot to my door. That is therefore influenced by the individual(s) undertaking that particular part of the journey, and is therefore subject to unknown change, week to week or even day by day. I've...

Still got any of the Rasul for users for you? I tend lust after fixed blades, but then remind myself that I've one of Mike Read's which I really couldn't be happier with and is what actually goes out, on the few occasions I do. The same cannot be said for folders though.

You've reminded me that Spyderco claimed on some of Gayle Bradley's models that they made the scales just smaller than the liners so that it begins to make a slightly more rounded shape to the handle (albeit I'd suggest with some small noticeable angles). So I suppose it could be a shaping...

To be a feature, it needs a purpose, but what purpose can it be?

Hope you and yours can keep safe. That is not the view you want from a window!