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Tony, please put the Jim Beam down, it's much too early, well it is over here anyway. If it's any consulation to you my wife buys a lot of Steiff for her collection from a retailer in England, with shops in Kingston and Guildford. Seems the retail prices are very similar here and in the UK, but the retailer she deals with subtracts the VAT, gives her a 10 percent discout for being a club member and FREE SHIPPING, it ends up being 20 to 25 percent cheaper than she could buy it here. The only add-on is a small currency exchange fee on the credit card. Point is, don't dispair, my wife's doing all she can to support your economy.:rolleyes:

Fred
 
Tony Neville said:
I took (most probably to close to heart) the qoute 'are the good old Brits getting diddled' As the main dealer of K&C in UK and supply to a lot if not most in Europe, i am sure you all can appreciate that this quote would seam a very close to home quote.:(


By the way i get my brother Bob Neville who is always backwarda and forwards to get my PSP and PS2 games for my kids and handbags for my wife, we definatly getting diddled on that one:)

over and out:D

Tony
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I am usually quite "up" on vocabulary but "diddled" was a new one on me. I am wondering if it is a UK English term so I looked it up for the rest of us and here's what I got:
Verb: diddle didl
  1. Deprive of by deceit
    - victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick [N. Amer], nobble [Brit], bunco [N. Amer], defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle [N. Amer], short-change, con, victimise [Brit], grift [N. Amer]
  2. Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
    - toy, fiddle, play
Derived forms: diddling, diddled, diddles
Type of: cheat, chisel, manipulate, rip off

I assume it's a British word especially since I had no problem with hornswoggle, which it lists as North American. My only previous experience with "diddle" is in "Hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle...":p
 
Tony,

Firstly, I can assure you that nothing I said or the stats that were given was at all personal or against the good name of K&C UK who I have bought from for a fair while now and have always received very good service from.

The post was in response to the first posting on this thread; the pricing of goods if Americans had bought from your Website would be similar to prices from US dealers. This question has now been answered.

I conclude that this discussion is closed, the answer having been given.

If you believe I have offended you in any way accept my apologies, it was never aired as such.

The word "diddled" was given as to mean "what's going on here then", a localism, (apologies again to the US and the ROW) in regard to the question stated above.

See you all on another thread, hopefully involving the hopefully newely released British Foot Guards ( I hope) and the Scot's Greys (I hope).

Regards

Andy
 
Tony Neville said:
As the person who started this thread and now wish i had my Jim Beam with me at work!!!! i thought i would be the one to try and close it.

The point i was trying to get across regardless of what calculators we use or way we work out the VAT. That yes most things are cheaper in US including the VAT but with the cost of shipping in and out of the UK the costs we charge are primarily to cover the overheads we pay on this lovely island. Personal tax advisor near me company Your Books On Time.

I took (most probably to close to heart) the qoute 'are the good old Brits getting diddled' As the main dealer of K&C in UK and supply to a lot if not most in Europe, i am sure you all can appreciate that this quote would seam a very close to home quote.:(

Mike & Sue (Mum & Dad) have worked very hard over the last 11 years establishing K&C UK and their relationship with Andy. In 2004 and 2005 myself and my brother put our careers on hold to join them to help them with the Beast of K&C UK they had developed. I can assure you as i sit here no body is getting diddled. The price to america is only less the VAT. So we do not do a deal for anybody outside the UK.:)

My quote for shipping was maybe a little bit of a school boy error. We do have a lot of US and other members customers from around the world, but as you can imagine we concentrate more on Europe. OUr US and rest of world customers always make sure they order a shipment that will be worth while including shipping.

Long and short of it all it is out there to get and with the WWW it is up to us all on how we get it, and what price we pay. i can assure you that the K&C product is of similar price throughout the world if you take into account state or country tax's.

Andy appreciate yoru feedback and as i said respect to somebody that can get the information to hand that you do.

By the way i get my brother Bob Neville who is always backwarda and forwards to get my PSP and PS2 games for my kids and handbags for my wife, we definatly getting diddled on that one:)

over and out:D

Tony
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I noticed that too)
 
Walsingham said:
Hi

I was wondering why this has popped up? Why reply to a thread that is over 14 years old?
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Perhaps he did a search on tax free and this thread came up and he didn't notice the age of the thread !

Steve
 
Walsingham said:
Hi

I was wondering why this has popped up? Why reply to a thread that is over 14 years old?
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Horus said:
Perhaps he did a search on tax free and this thread came up and he didn't notice the age of the thread !

Steve
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When someone replies to an old post, it's referred to as a zombie post. Depending on the venue, some folks go berserk about it (I'm looking in your direction, Hyperscale).

One of the forums I belong to is forum for Christian modelers, and on the day after Easter, someone replied to a thread that hadn't had a post in several years. Someone else asked why people post to dormant threads, and I got to quip, "Well, in light of the holiday, isn't it appropriate to resurrect a thread?

Prost!
Brad
 
theBaron said:
When someone replies to an old post, it's referred to as a zombie post. Depending on the venue, some folks go berserk about it (I'm looking in your direction, Hyperscale).

One of the forums I belong to is forum for Christian modelers, and on the day after Easter, someone replied to a thread that hadn't had a post in several years. Someone else asked why people post to dormant threads, and I got to quip, "Well, in light of the holiday, isn't it appropriate to resurrect a thread?

Prost!
Brad
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Cheers thought sonething had changed, but noew think the person just saw the post and replied, as Christopher Bullock first wrote
“'tis impossible to be sure of any thing but Death and Taxes”
 
theBaron said:
When someone replies to an old post, it's referred to as a zombie post. Depending on the venue, some folks go berserk about it (I'm looking in your direction, Hyperscale).

One of the forums I belong to is forum for Christian modelers, and on the day after Easter, someone replied to a thread that hadn't had a post in several years. Someone else asked why people post to dormant threads, and I got to quip, "Well, in light of the holiday, isn't it appropriate to resurrect a thread?

Prost!
Brad
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.......forget the 'zombie post', I'm now more concerned about what 'Christian modelers' do??^&grin
 
Desertkiwi said:
.......forget the 'zombie post', I'm now more concerned about what 'Christian modelers' do??^&grin
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I thought the same, but did not mention it as
"What happens at Christian Modelers club stays in Christian Modelers club".
 
When I noticed the age of the post I thought maybe he walked there for collection to save the tax {sm4}
Then I noticed the Christian Modelers club bit. ***?
Is that just joke like "*** monks in bondage" or is this some USA weird cult **** ?
 
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