Horizon Hobby UK website temporarily unavailable due to Brexit...

[Tony]

[Oh How Original]

And so it begins... Thank you Leavers.

[.AJ.]

Thanks for the heads up Tony 👍 

 

 

 

Can we leave all politics off the forums we are all in it together, the constant moaning about it is getting boring and I come on here to get away from  it......

[mydoddy69]

Wow this is bad news indeed seeing as Horizon have cornered the market of late. I wonder if this will apply to the likes of Logic there U.K. distributors  or just non retail ? You can bet your bottom dollar there will be price hike coming now as well 😧

[Lone-wolf]

17 minutes ago, mydoddy69 said:

Wow this is bad news indeed seeing as Horizon have cornered the market of late. I wonder if this will apply to the likes of Logic there U.K. distributors  or just non retail ? You can bet your bottom dollar there will be price hike coming now as well 😧

Price hikes wont affect me, cant afford there stuff anyway😆

[Kpowell911]

Sooo, Arrma's are going up?

[Lone-wolf]

I guess now and i mean NOW is the time to order the Arrma cars before a hike, if shops have any

[Alex97]

It might mean that suppliers will supply direct from the states Vs an EU warehouse. 

 

Once businesses start seeing the £££ fall they'll start to make things work , it's in their own interests to supply us. 

[BashingBrian]

If you read the msg its states "due to recent carrier service changes" so all that says to me is that Horizon is having issues with their current carrier ie: DHL etc

Please correct me if I'm wrong 🤔

 

I just really wish Arrma/Horizon had a legit UK presence here and not LogicRC..

 

Maybe if we're lucky Horizon USA may start supplying the UK direct..!!

[mydoddy69]

2 hours ago, Guns said:

Sooo, Arrma's are going up?

I would have thought so  probably something to do with that 20% and I bet it won’t be absorbed by them or logic that’s for sure 👍

 

[Tony]

Royal Mail/Post Office are the same - they're not accepting any parcels that needs to be sent to EU - they said it's because they don't know what sort of paperwork are need to declare it. So could be related for EU to UK?

[mydoddy69]

15 minutes ago, BashingBrian said:

If you read the msg its states "due to recent carrier service changes" so all that says to me is that Horizon is having issues with their current carrier ie: DHL etc

Please correct me if I'm wrong 🤔

 

I just really wish Arrma/Horizon had a legit UK presence here and not LogicRC..

 

Maybe if we're lucky Horizon USA may start supplying the UK direct..!!

They did have a U.K. base it closed and moved to Germany 😂👍

[mydoddy69]

Just seen Modelsport have removed some of there dates for January arrivals on Horizon products as well now 😧

[Tony]

Someone said this in the ARRMA forum - "Think it's all European retail. had an email from Euro RC saying can not post to the UK . and Hobbykings EU warehouse won't ship to UK"

 

 

This is not good at all.

[Oh How Original]

I'm glad I've got basically all the RCs I need, along with some spare electrics and so on, though it might be wise to stock up on some stuff like batteries, tyres and other wear related items.

I know I will be buying a few more bits and bobs.

[m4inbrain]

I believe that it very much has to do with the new VAT/Duty regime, and no one knowing how to traverse the system.

 

That might change - but very much expect price increases though, margins weren't huge to begin with, so likely the increase in cost will be forwarded to the customer.

 

[Jens]

I would have expected that all the shipping companies would have at least prepared themselves for any outcome and changes from 1/1.

After all, it is their loss of turnover.

But even Amazon Prime is having problems now. 3 of my 5 orders suddenly turned "Undeliverable". Never had that before.

 

On the other hand Covid had a massive influence as well.

For some days the UK was almost completely locked out.

German Post stopped delivering any mail to the UK for a while and DHL (formerly German Post) is probably struggling as well to get anything over here. 

 

I think once they find the new Covid mutant in the rest of Europe and all those customs/tariff matters are settled things will run smoother again.

 

Meanwhile I hope everyone has enough running cars or spares to repair and we should just keep on bashing/crawling/flying/riding/whatsoever into the new year. 😁😁😁

That's all what counts!!

[Tony]

15 minutes ago, Jens said:

I would have expected that all the shipping companies would have at least prepared themselves for any outcome and changes from 1/1.

 

Yes, but the problem is, everyone is waiting on the Gov to give them something to work with. All of their adverts saying "Get Ready" but they published little docs on how to get ready. Now that the Gov has voted the so-called  'Deal' earlier today, things is moving forward but tomorrow is 31st, the last day of 2020...

 

So we'll see a few weeks (or months) of disruptions until it 's back to normal - whatever the 'new normal' is!  

[Oh How Original]

Yes that is very true, I myself had a gander on the Gov website about preparing yourself for 2021, not that I think it'll make a huge difference to me besides some of my hobbies and information wasn't as readily available as I expected.

It will be interesting to see what happens with these eBay sellers who break the selling rules by drop shipping items instead of having inventory.

Edited December 31, 2020 by Oh How Original

[babylon]

12 hours ago, Oh How Original said:

And so it begins... Thank you Leavers.

 

Your welcome.

 

They should all really have  got together and wrote up one statement they could have sent out.

  Due to the democratic decision of the United Kingdom to leave the EEC,  Sorry,  Europe,  No sorry again, The European Union, It turns out that the United Kingdom has slowly and physically been moving away from the continent of Europe, The unforeseen circumstances that has come of this is that all courier companies can now not find the UK on a world map.

 If and when they do locate the UK and  because this democratic vote was taken 5 1/2 years ago, They have not had time to work towards a worst case scenario of WTO trading, Not having a free trade agreement(Not sure how it's was free as it cost you 10 Billion a year to be a member) with the European Union makes it difficult for them to deliver to the UK from said EU countries, The fact it's not a problem sending parcels from said EU countries to the United States and China who they also do not have a free trade deal with is by and by, There is no bought a DHL van is running up the streets of Syria at this very moment, But expecting them to be ready to deliver to  the UK with only 5 1/2 years notice is pushing it.   

 One happy consequence of the United Kingdoms democratic decision to leave the EEC is that we now have yet another reason to screw you over, A free trade agreement with the EU has been voted through by the British Parliament as of 30th December 2020, But we had already put the wheels in motion when it comes to jacking up the prices, And no trade deal of any kind will make us go back on that as it's already been factored into 2021 profits.

 We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, But next time you will remember to vote the way you are told, And not the way you want. If it dose help, The UK has been a member of the EEC for 40 years, And you have been paying more than pretty much any other EU country for pretty much anything for them 40 years, Why do you think your in such a tiff about not getting your cheap hobby bits from Germany, So us sticking another 50 quid on the price of that 5ive is something you should be use too by now.

 Once again, Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, We will do everything within our power to get parts and models flowing again, Not because we care, But because so many companies of the European Union  and the world see the United Kingdom  as the Goose that keeps on laying the golden egg, And under no circumstances will we allow Brexit or Macron get in the way of that cash cow.

 Yours 

 Every company that needs a cash injection before the end of Tax year.

Edited December 31, 2020 by babylon

[m4inbrain]

nvm, lost cause

Edited December 31, 2020 by m4inbrain

[Alex97]

The shipping rules are no different to the rest of the world, as we didn't get a trade deal we will treat them like any other country when it comes to importing and exporting. 

 

Another part of the issue is that due to Covid and the massive increase in items beun shipped they ar struggling to keep up, adding a load more paperwork will only add to the issues. 

[babylon]

People that voted leave and them that voted remain will never see eye to eye, Maybe there were some good things with being a paid up member that I and others will miss when there gone, But it wasn't all good, And them that voted remain not accepting the result didn't help, The only thing that has ever come across to me is that the leave voters feel that we can be stronger and better outside and have faith in the people of this country, And remain voters just want to say 'I told you so'.

 Without a shadow of a dought some will look at this as a good opportunity to jack up prices and blame it all on the turmoil,  It's been going on for years, You know what, I don't care, I'm used to it by now,  I've never known any different.

 Lost cause or not, I would still like a remainer to tell me what I'm gonna lose or miss out on, I'm still waiting for the big change of not joining the Euro to swallow me up.

[m4inbrain]

1 hour ago, Alex97 said:

The shipping rules are no different to the rest of the world, as we didn't get a trade deal we will treat them like any other country when it comes to importing and exporting. 

 

Another part of the issue is that due to Covid and the massive increase in items beun shipped they ar struggling to keep up, adding a load more paperwork will only add to the issues. 

 

We did get a trade deal. The rules are different.

 

Christ.

[Jens]

I was just wondering...

What really has being a remainer or a leaver anything to do with RC or the shipping problem of Horizon?

 

I am only a new member of this forum and not even a Gold member.

So my opinion might not count much here.

I started RCing again to get my mind off Covid and off politics in general.

Just like @.AJ. mentioned in the second post.

 

Then I also agree that there is a tremendous need to discuss Brexit or anything related.

But shouldn't we carry on in more suitable forums?

 

 

 

Here, we should not divide into into 2 political fractions going against each other but rather discuss whether Bashing, Racing, Drifting or Crawling is the best way to enjoy RC. 😁😁😁