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Re: December Cactus world is here

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Aiko wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:40 pm I think my CactusWorld (and probably my MSG bulletin) will not be delivered as a revenge by British customs from confiscated British sandwiches by Dutch customs: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55622331.
Funny stuff, a box of seeds from Mesa Garden I received today made it over to me in six days!
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Aiko wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:58 pm
Aiko wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:40 pm I think my CactusWorld (and probably my MSG bulletin) will not be delivered as a revenge by British customs from confiscated British sandwiches by Dutch customs: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55622331.
Funny stuff, a box of seeds from Mesa Garden I received today made it over to me in six days!
That's excellent service from all involved.
I ordered seeds from Italy on 17th Dec. Despatched 19th Dec. Still not received :sad:
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If the sandwiches were home-made I feel sorry for the lorry driver. But if they were purchased from motorway services .... it's good revenge on the Border Patrol for delayed goods and services. Especially if they ate them rather than disposed of them.
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esp wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:14 pm That's excellent service from all involved.
I ordered seeds from Italy on 17th Dec. Despatched 19th Dec. Still not received :sad:
I also got some seeds from the Czech Republic, sent late November and arrived this Monday. The postal service works in mysterious ways.
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Aiko wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:40 pm I think my CactusWorld (and probably my MSG bulletin) will not be delivered as a revenge by British customs from confiscated British sandwiches by Dutch customs: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55622331.
Hi Aiko,

The latest seed list has now been published on the main Society page. You can at least check the seeds out before the journal arrives ;)

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No only if you ordered farmers weekly
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Aiko wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:40 pm I think my CactusWorld (and probably my MSG bulletin) will not be delivered as a revenge by British customs from confiscated British sandwiches by Dutch customs: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55622331.
I finally got my CactusWorld! I already had mentally given it up. Got it together with the MSG bulletin even! But I reckon some of you are still waiting...?
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Aiko wrote: Mon Jan 25, 2021 10:54 pm
Aiko wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:40 pm I think my CactusWorld (and probably my MSG bulletin) will not be delivered as a revenge by British customs from confiscated British sandwiches by Dutch customs: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55622331.
I finally got my CactusWorld! I already had mentally given it up. Got it together with the MSG bulletin even! But I reckon some of you are still waiting...?
Or slowed down by Dutch Customs too, if a CN22 label wasn't attached? Periodicals don't count as simple correspondence so I understand such labels are now required.
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Tony R wrote: Thu Feb 04, 2021 7:47 am
Or slowed down by Dutch Customs too, if a CN22 label wasn't attached? Periodicals don't count as simple correspondence so I understand such labels are now required.
Which is it, you think, Tony, slowed down by Dutch Customs, or slowed down because the BCSS did not attach a customs declaration in the probable foreseeable situation that arrival would be post-Brexit?

It's important not to look back at the past but for our overseas friends to understand the BCSS policy, especially with regard to what will happen for despatch of the March journal.
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Tony R wrote: Thu Feb 04, 2021 7:47 am Or slowed down by Dutch Customs too, if a CN22 label wasn't attached? Periodicals don't count as simple correspondence so I understand such labels are now required.
Surely a CN23 as the value is over £270? The cost or price may be a lot less but the value...
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