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[Closed] Buying from Germany - bad idea at the moment?

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Rose aren't selling bike to the UK anymore since about October I think.
There's a pop up on the website now saying they won't ship from 20/12 until a trade deal is sorted.
Bike24 also won't ship anything as I was looking for some forks


 
Posted : 21/12/2020 1:45 pm
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Oof. Looks like I just made it then!


 
Posted : 21/12/2020 1:52 pm
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Time to turn the channel tunnel into hyperloop, unmanned cargo shooting through at 500mph.


 
Posted : 21/12/2020 2:10 pm
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And someone standing with a giant catchers mitt around Leeds?


 
Posted : 21/12/2020 2:11 pm
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Bike24 also won’t ship anything as I was looking for some forks

where did you see that? I have an order that appears to have fallen through the gaps.

edit, oh they have updated everything individually to can't ship.

I suspect my order will get cancelled then, when I contact them.


 
Posted : 21/12/2020 4:34 pm
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@mrmo when you choose a product (any product...) it says 'Product not shippable to United Kingdom'.


 
Posted : 21/12/2020 4:37 pm
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@dirkpitt74 saw that, I will chase bike24 tomorrow and suspect the order will get cancelled


 
Posted : 21/12/2020 4:57 pm
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Got my order today, the box was about 5 times bigger than it needed to be and stuffed with about 15m x 1m of thick paper scrunched up for protection. You could smuggle immigrants in Bike24's packaging. 😄


 
Posted : 21/12/2020 5:58 pm
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Mine was that size, my parts are fitted to the forks, just need to fit them back on the bike and try them out if the rain ever stops.
I've recycled the paper up the chimney to stop the draft.


 
Posted : 21/12/2020 6:04 pm
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Apparently, bone spurs work too.


 
Posted : 21/12/2020 6:52 pm
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It's not the bike websites that have stopped selling to the UK, DHL have stopped delivering. Can't really blame them, as until they know what the customs rules and duties are, they can't put a system in place to handle them.

DHL have also stopped their service to Ireland, which us a pain, but it was routed through the UK, so again, until things get figured out, they're stuck.

Sites with other delivery options like UPS & DPD who have systems for fee collection still ship to Ireland, but I suspect DHL won't touch the UK for some time, as they use regular post, so they have no system for collecting fees, and could end up stuck with undeliverable parcels and no way to recover thir costs.


 
Posted : 21/12/2020 7:03 pm
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