Soldato
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Sorry, I'm also out this year . . . .
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sorry not for me folks - posting stuff to/from NI is too big of a faff now unfortunately, sucks all the fun out of it. but i'll be watching the unwrap thread as always, with a tear in my eye remembering the original gold hot pants.
What’s been the challenge? It should remain the same with RM no?
some retailers either don't offer shipping at all or add stupid ££'s if they do to NI. been that way since Brexit. amazon is about the only online retailer i bother with now as they usually don't have issues shipping to NI (unless it's a 3rd party) but your in NI, you know this surely.
He has to pull his finger out of his balloon knot and go to the post office.
if it were as simple as that i'd be all over SS....sadly living in NI is like living in a different country now.
Costs aside, what are the logistical challenges? Do you have to declare everything to customs or summat?
no idea. if i go to the post office to send something out myself it's usually hassle free - there's been a couple of times i've had to fill in a form of some sort when the posty person has asked me - but those are outliers.
it's getting stuff delivered to me in the first place is usually where the problem lies. the amount of online retailers now who just refuse to ship to NI is staggering, even for small things.
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Finally cottoned on to you lot being a bunch of wrong'uns then!
In all seriousness, if you want to participate let me know and I'll handle it from my end. Happy to order the stuff and either post it to you, or put the parcel together on your behalf (and definitely not include a few gag pressies, ofc not, me? never)
That’s very kind but passing my faff on to someone else wouldn’t sit well for me - plus I used to enjoy the ‘hunt’ when looking for things for SS online. As I say, most of my online shopping is now limited to Amazon for simplicity - there ain’t no fun shopping on Amazon
I haven’t sent much to mainland myself in recent years and was curious. I can confirm if ordering from certain retailers the challenges of getting it here.
Sent privately from mainland to NI shouldn’t be any different which is what I was getting at.
aye sending privately is still much the same, usually. though i have had times where they've had me fill out forms but it's normally just been a couple of questions about the package contents - it seems quite random as to what triggers the questions/form filling. but yea, it's the buying things in that's the biggest pain in the a$$.
anywho, apologies, i didn't mean to take the thread off on a tangent.
roll on reveal day - it's still a bit of fun seeing what others who did participate get in their SS delivery.
Soldato
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I can't wait to send my gift out to get nothing back as my gifter hasn't logged in for the last 2 years
You'd rock them!
they're quite comfy tbh, but you need to make sure your coin purse is hanging out the left leg as the right one gets a bit chafy, and that's where @413x had his when he wore them. Ewww.
Maybe crotchless this year?
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