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Benevolens Magister
Nice one Karl, and reminds me to re-stock on a couple of colours.
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Well done Kevin!
fubar57
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Just registered at Hannants, not for the reasoning of purchasing said Defiant. Had a quick shufti around the site looking for shipping prices, just in case I accidentally logged onto my Paypal account, but couldn't find anything. Though not quite accurate, I trolled the interwebs for prices from the UK to Canader and was stunned, stunned I tells ya. Has anyone shipped a kit across the pond and if so, how much?
Geo
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Yeah George, it's weird, I get something from Canada to here in the states and it's expensive. Get something shipped from Like the Ukraine or the Netherlands and it seems reasonable. I can't figure it out my friend!?!?!
Just had a look Geo, should be around £7, which is about the same as it cost me to send a kit to Wayne recently !
Lucky13
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It's funny....shipping from here to the colonies, has been around what Karl said, but the other way around can sometimes be extortion....
It sure is if you get the weight in the wrong pricing bracket...
Lucky13
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Instead for just your standard arm and a leg, they'll also charge you the giggleberries....
And that simply won't do!
Lucky13
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....nope!
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Benevolens Magister
Yep, shipping from the UK to Canada, for a package the size of the Defiant kit, should be around the £7 to £8 mark.
Coming from Canada to the UK, it would be almost twice that - and of course HM Customs would then charge VAT (tax) at 20%, having read the value, in Canadian Dollars, as British Pounds and then multiplied by ten !
So Geo, once you've accidentally completed registration, and accidentally ordered the Defiant, and when you accidentally get the invoice, let us know what the shipping ended up as .......
Coming from Canada to the UK, it would be almost twice that - and of course HM Customs would then charge VAT (tax) at 20%, having read the value, in Canadian Dollars, as British Pounds and then multiplied by ten !
So Geo, once you've accidentally completed registration, and accidentally ordered the Defiant, and when you accidentally get the invoice, let us know what the shipping ended up as .......
Lucky13
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....by accident of course!
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Benevolens Magister
Absolutely !
Oh, and don't forget to accidentally order the code letter decals ................
Oh, and don't forget to accidentally order the code letter decals ................
T Bolt
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Weird, I've got kits from China quite a few times and the shipping is about what it is to get something local.
Lucky13
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Best is, when shipping is more than the kit!! 
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Benevolens Magister
Yeah, that's when you say "Forget it!".
I received a magazine - type book today, sent from France, with the charge in postage costs shown as 0.87 Euros (65 Pence), but compare that to sending a similar-sized package to a friend in the south of England recently, which cost £1.95 !!!
Average charge (including packaging) for kits being sent within the UK is around £3.50 to £4.50, and that can be for a fairly large (but light) package, so I suppose a charge of around £7 to send the same package to Canada is fairly reasonable.
Royal Mail charge scales changed a couple of years back, and are somewhat crazy at times - a small package, say 4 x 8 x 2 inches, but weighing maybe 9 oz, can cost twice as much to send as a model kit, package size maybe 12 x 10 x 2 inches, weighing 8 oz !!
And as Glenn pointed out, packages from China and Hong Kong can be quite large, but cost a fraction of the Royal Mail charges for a similar package !!
I received a magazine - type book today, sent from France, with the charge in postage costs shown as 0.87 Euros (65 Pence), but compare that to sending a similar-sized package to a friend in the south of England recently, which cost £1.95 !!!
Average charge (including packaging) for kits being sent within the UK is around £3.50 to £4.50, and that can be for a fairly large (but light) package, so I suppose a charge of around £7 to send the same package to Canada is fairly reasonable.
Royal Mail charge scales changed a couple of years back, and are somewhat crazy at times - a small package, say 4 x 8 x 2 inches, but weighing maybe 9 oz, can cost twice as much to send as a model kit, package size maybe 12 x 10 x 2 inches, weighing 8 oz !!
And as Glenn pointed out, packages from China and Hong Kong can be quite large, but cost a fraction of the Royal Mail charges for a similar package !!
Lucky13
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....and sometimes free!!
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Benevolens Magister
Yep.