There here! Very prompt delivery. A few minor problems like the box being burst open but I still got all the hammocks.
The hammocks are like the one pictured but the colours are a little different. Still pretty muted but the thread is a little loud but will fade. I have measured a couple of the hammocks and the sizes seem to be pretty consistant. The lenth of the material is 2.82m and 2m wide. This is perfect. Long and wide enough to be comfortable but short enough that you get adequate rain cover from a hootchi and the like. Some of the hammocks are green with dark silver at the edges and others are the reverse. I do not intend to sort out the different variations so what you get is down to which one I pick up. If you have a special reason to need a colour combination I will try to help but I am trying to keep this simple for me.
Cost wise it is still not certain. I paid duty and VAT and that was pretty much in line with what was expected, along with a handling fee. My estimate of the exchange rate worked in our favour but the bank charged me £25 for transferring the money. The upshot of all this is that the hammocks cost £12.80 to get to my door. Now plastic envelopes are likely to be pennies. First class post would cover us for the replacement value but will cost £2.15. Adding this to the total plus the PayPal cost gives a total of £15.70. So the most it should be is £15.70 each for those in the UK. I am taking one to the post office tomorrow to see if there are any better postal options. Once I have done this I will confirm the actual cost. At that point people can start confirming if they want to go ahead and we can give out PayPal details etc.
So the people on the confirmed list are
Beachlover 2
TwoFourAlpha 1
Graham_S 1
Povarian 1
Sean13 1
Buckshot 2 - 3
Morch 3
Hubba 1
halo 1
grumit 2
Big Geordie 2
Daniel 1 - 2
Bumblebee 2
JimH 2
Led 1
Shankly 1
Charliefox 2
Underground 1
Bushman762 1
weekend_warrior 1
redcollective 1
rowen 1
Angus Og 1
The hammocks are like the one pictured but the colours are a little different. Still pretty muted but the thread is a little loud but will fade. I have measured a couple of the hammocks and the sizes seem to be pretty consistant. The lenth of the material is 2.82m and 2m wide. This is perfect. Long and wide enough to be comfortable but short enough that you get adequate rain cover from a hootchi and the like. Some of the hammocks are green with dark silver at the edges and others are the reverse. I do not intend to sort out the different variations so what you get is down to which one I pick up. If you have a special reason to need a colour combination I will try to help but I am trying to keep this simple for me.
Cost wise it is still not certain. I paid duty and VAT and that was pretty much in line with what was expected, along with a handling fee. My estimate of the exchange rate worked in our favour but the bank charged me £25 for transferring the money. The upshot of all this is that the hammocks cost £12.80 to get to my door. Now plastic envelopes are likely to be pennies. First class post would cover us for the replacement value but will cost £2.15. Adding this to the total plus the PayPal cost gives a total of £15.70. So the most it should be is £15.70 each for those in the UK. I am taking one to the post office tomorrow to see if there are any better postal options. Once I have done this I will confirm the actual cost. At that point people can start confirming if they want to go ahead and we can give out PayPal details etc.
So the people on the confirmed list are
Beachlover 2
TwoFourAlpha 1
Graham_S 1
Povarian 1
Sean13 1
Buckshot 2 - 3
Morch 3
Hubba 1
halo 1
grumit 2
Big Geordie 2
Daniel 1 - 2
Bumblebee 2
JimH 2
Led 1
Shankly 1
Charliefox 2
Underground 1
Bushman762 1
weekend_warrior 1
redcollective 1
rowen 1
Angus Og 1
