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Shan
Joined: 13 Jan 2009 Posts: 9075 Location: South Wales
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Posted: Wed Feb 03, 21 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Mistress Rose wrote: |
Hope you get everything sorted out Tahir and it is just 'teething troubles'. What annoys me, in addition to the trouble I know people like you are having, is that I keep getting information about exporting 'tailored to our business', which says we 'may need' certain things, if a. we exported, or b. we were in a different part of the business. We have always avoided export as the things most people want are wood and there have always been barriers for that especially 'bark on', which applies to our besom brooms. We have had several enquiries from the US as they can't get British type besoms easily.
Btw, does anyone know if there is a world shortage of dried fruit at the moment, is there a problem importing, or has Mr. Sainsbury not been paying his bills? |
It won't be bill issues so much as a logistics issue. It might very well have become unrealistic to import as the market is unlikely to accept the cost level. Expect to see vastly reduced variety in supermarkets. Transport has shot up hideously in price and a lot of companies are not wanting to ship into the UK at all. |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15972
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gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 8924 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45672 Location: Essex
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gz
Joined: 23 Jan 2009 Posts: 8924 Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46218 Location: yes
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45672 Location: Essex
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46218 Location: yes
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15972
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46218 Location: yes
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45672 Location: Essex
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46218 Location: yes
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Posted: Fri Feb 05, 21 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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glad some incoming is working
i just shelled out for assorted imported consumables that are in country and a couple of tool things, the 10 tweezer set for a tenner seemed wise, mine are missing or knackered
the kanetsune thread scissors( £35 gulp)were the last ones in the uk
ace forge master, "domestic items" are only part of his output, but they are top quality
good scissors are ace, i have some victorian sheffield ones, about 2.5 inch for cloth work/sewing stuff
the cheap stainless stuff is carp, even fiskars(oh forrin, oh dear)stuff is ok for a while but is not made to be fettled for ever
as i have gone small thing restorer rather than house restorer the tiny tools matter, i dread to think about getting house size stuff at a decent quality and price
as a slight aside, do your skilled folk use top end hand tools as a personal item? shears, scissors etc
i can sort of see a gap in the market for that stuff as the uk does not make most of such things any more if i could source and deliver them |
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45672 Location: Essex
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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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