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Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/18 13:03:07


Post by: Da Boss


I have been slowly talking myself into a box of Kroot and some Kroot Hounds for a couple of days but they are online only.

My local GW is closed, likely for a couple more months, so I figured I could try ordering from the GW website.

Anyone know if they hold stock centrally in the UK, or if they have warehouses on the continent to ship from?

Anyone ordered from there? Did you have to pay extra VAT or have it end up in customs?


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/18 13:24:13


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


GW did say they’d cover fees and that for the time being. Dunno if that helps though.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/18 13:30:22


Post by: Da Boss


I'm not hugely fussed about the fees, though it is nice of them to do that. I am more worried about my stuff being nabbed by customs and having to drive out to the customs place on short notice to pick it up.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/18 13:49:45


Post by: Overread


I think right now everything is a mess at all ends. So it might be that even going through the same store you might get different experiences in different countries and also even within the same country as a firm perhaps learns how to better use the system or something changes etc...

What tax you do and don't pay appears to be in a big confusing bubble right now. It might be easier to wait a month or two before doing any direct ordering from the UK if you can just to let things settle. Otherwise you might wind up playing VATs twice or charges that you don't need to pay etc..


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/18 13:55:36


Post by: Mad Doc Grotsnik


I suspect the same will be true for personal parcels and all.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/18 14:22:13


Post by: Geifer


Have you considered ordering from Fantasywelt? They do offer GW's online only items through web orders, even though they don't hold any stock of the ones you're looking for currently.

https://www.fantasywelt.de/Mailorder-Kroot-Jagdtrupp

https://www.fantasywelt.de/Mailorder-Kroothunde-des-Sternenreichs-der-Tau

I've only ever ordered mail order only items they had in stock, but as far as I know these are restocked frequently and fairly quickly as long as GW actually has stock to send out.

Usual caveat in these times, I of course don't know about delays due to Covid or Brexit. But since it's a German store, what you buy there won't end up at customs.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/18 14:40:08


Post by: Da Boss


That is a good suggestion, thank you! I will do that. Fantasywelt's stocking seems pretty erratic on certain items but at least I will know I will not be dealing with customs if I order from them!


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/18 16:08:04


Post by: Mendi Warrior


If you find a local alternative with decent pricing, that is probably the best option indeed.

I am also wondering about the impacts of ordering from the UK, either from GW/FW or third-parties. I am currently trying to get a clear picture of possible additional costs. So far, I haven't got any fully satisfactory answer. Hence, I'm extremely interested getting feedback from people having recently ordered from both GW/FW and third parties in the UK for delivery within the EU, especially to Belgium (as that is where I live).

For those interested here is a link to the Q&A published on the EU Commission website: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_20_2532
My understanding reading the "Trade in Goods" section is that there are no tarifs levied (so import duties = 0) but all imports are subject to customs formalities and local VAT applies.

Our respective national postal services and other delivery companies (e.g. FedEx, DHL, ...) all have their specific cost schedules, best to check on a case-by-case basis. The customs processes will be quite similar.

For parcels delivered via Bpost (Belgium), you can check the following link https://www.bpost.be/en/receive-parcel/customs

There are typically three elements to take into account: (1) customs formalities + (2) VAT + (3) import duties

(1) customs formalities: typically a flat fee charged by the delivery company (e.g. national postal services, FedEx, DHL, ...) covering the paperwork but also the costs for the delivery company of paying upfront on your behalf the VAT and import duties to the tax authorities

(2) VAT: the VAT rate applicable to the type of goods you are importing, typically the normal rate is applied but some types of goods can benefit from a reduced rate, always best to check and have the corresponding tarif code to be explicitly indicated in the paperwork (e.g. books, antiquities, works of art, ... have reduced rates in some countries), if not mistaken the amount due is computed on both value of the goods and their shipping costs

(3) import duties: the applicable tarif, in the present case = 0 thanks to the UK - EU deal (or at least as I initially understood as there seems to be a caveat linked to rules of origin, impacts still unclear to me)

For Belgium, parcels delivered via Bpost will have no additional costs if the shipment's value is up to €22 (caveat: this exemption might be removed at some point in time), from €22 to €150, you'll pay €24 for customs formalities and VAT (normal rate is 21%), and with a shipment's value above €150, you'll pay €32 for customs formalities and both VAT (21%) and import duties.

For GW/FW, under Taxes and Charges - EU Shipments (https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Taxes-and-Charges), it is said that deliveries will be made under shipping terms delivery duty paid, which results in GW/FW covering VAT and import duties. I'm not sure this exempts you from paying costs for customs formalities. I received no clear answer on this. They basically said that if I were being charged any customs fees for an order I should let them know asap so they could pay them on my behalf and advised against paying them myself before letting them know. Not super clear imho.

Wayland Games also deliver under the DDP - Delivered Duties Paid method. They pointed me towards their information page on EU shipping (https://www.waylandgames.co.uk/content/182-eu-shipping-information) where they give some interesting explanations. I simulated a purchase, the prices reflected my local VAT so that is something I should not be asked to pay again but I'm still not sure about costs for customs formalities.

Element Games seems to have chosen another route. They charge you the UK price, inclusive of UK VAT (20%), and if you are charged local VAT by your local customs authorities, you can then submit proof of it and ask Element Games to reimburse you the amount of UK VAT, either on the paypal account or the credit card initially used for the purchase.

I think knowing the minimum costs for customs formalities is extremely relevant when ordering bits for conversions, as most are sent via Royal Mail and delivered by our respective national postal services.

There is a clear risk of double taxation with regards to VAT too if the price you pay is inclusive of UK VAT.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/18 16:28:26


Post by: tauist


If you order now, prepare to wait for a long time for the items to ship.

I ordered from Forge World on 23rd of December, products were dispatched 15 days ago and I've still not received any notification about pickup from my local post office. Before Brexit, it only took about 7 days for my orders to arrive, now its already taken twice that long..


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/18 16:30:33


Post by: Da Boss


Very comprehensive! Man, that looks pretty complicated overall. Will probably put me off making purchases unless I can get them from an EU supplier.

I saw that Vanguard Games (that makes 6mm minis and space ships) are waiving the VAT for EU customers now, so that is good. Hopefully more suppliers will do that, as it seems like a less complex route and less likely to result in double charge.

There are a lot of good wargaming companies in the UK. Something like this could be a bit of a pain for them, I can imagine.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/18 17:28:37


Post by: wuestenfux


Not from the online store but from our local retailer and from a German internet retailer.
Both orders are on hold ...


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/18 19:38:08


Post by: Azreal13


 tauist wrote:
If you order now, prepare to wait for a long time for the items to ship.

I ordered from Forge World on 23rd of December, products were dispatched 15 days ago and I've still not received any notification about pickup from my local post office. Before Brexit, it only took about 7 days for my orders to arrive, now its already taken twice that long..


That's just as likely Covid as Brexit, maybe more. I placed an order with a UK company for UK delivery on the 2nd. It was marked dispatched with a tracking number on the 5th. It arrived on the 16th. That's a process that normally takes 48 hours from dispatch at worst.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/19 08:38:55


Post by: tneva82


Mendi Warrior wrote:
(3) import duties: the applicable tarif, in the present case = 0 thanks to the UK - EU deal (or at least as I initially understood as there seems to be a caveat linked to rules of origin, impacts still unclear to me)


That remains to be seen. Biggest danger is for books and terrain manufactured in China. If they are from there imported to UK and from there sent to EU and don't meet rule of origin % tariff will be applied. IF sufficient amount is not done in UK then tariffs will apply(this incidentally means plenty of UK cars will be hit by tariffs despite the trade deal. They have quite a lot of parts from EU and Japan and even if EU parts were counted it would still not be enough).

Being produced in china does make amount done in UK in doubt...

GW did say they would cover those prices so that means it's GW's loss and they can get around by bringing them to EU store from china rather than UK(much like one bicycle part producing company needs to adjust their system so that all items produced in UK don't go first to Italy from where they are shipped. Now that results in extra fees and paper work when going back to UK for UK buyers...So company needs to adjust production system so that UK deliveries are fulfilled from UK in the first place)


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 Azreal13 wrote:
 tauist wrote:
If you order now, prepare to wait for a long time for the items to ship.

I ordered from Forge World on 23rd of December, products were dispatched 15 days ago and I've still not received any notification about pickup from my local post office. Before Brexit, it only took about 7 days for my orders to arrive, now its already taken twice that long..


That's just as likely Covid as Brexit, maybe more. I placed an order with a UK company for UK delivery on the 2nd. It was marked dispatched with a tracking number on the 5th. It arrived on the 16th. That's a process that normally takes 48 hours from dispatch at worst.


With hauliers from EU starting to refuse to go to UK due to extra delays brexit has done(drivers are hardly motivated to go there when they are paid by the distance travelled so sitting in queues is unpaid time. And possibly even fined for exceeding your time limit while waiting for paperwork to go through...) so even if it's not yet brexit it will soon be. As is there's 25% of usual(non-peak) traffic of lorries between EU and UK ATM. Transport capacity isn't what it was last year.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/19 08:52:34


Post by: CragHack


I received one already. Here it was done through the post office and it works like this:
Package arrives at the customs->customs send a notification/package to the post office->post office sends a notification to you-> you pick it up and pay extra euros that the post office ‘handled’ the parcel from customs. Then they charge you 21% vat+4% duties from the price on thing you bought+shipping+handling fee. So you pretty much end up overpaying around 30%.
It’s absurd.

To clear things up with GW:
People buying webstore exclusives will have to pay extra customs/vat/whatever.
FLGS who order from GW are safe, because all the goods will be send to Germany and then sorted to EU countries from there. It will obviously take longer for orders to arrive. Maybe 2-3 weeks time for the first month, until they won’t find any holes in the system they can abuse.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/19 09:58:27


Post by: Mendi Warrior


tneva82 wrote:
Mendi Warrior wrote:
(3) import duties: the applicable tarif, in the present case = 0 thanks to the UK - EU deal (or at least as I initially understood as there seems to be a caveat linked to rules of origin, impacts still unclear to me)


That remains to be seen. Biggest danger is for books and terrain manufactured in China. If they are from there imported to UK and from there sent to EU and don't meet rule of origin % tariff will be applied. IF sufficient amount is not done in UK then tariffs will apply(this incidentally means plenty of UK cars will be hit by tariffs despite the trade deal. They have quite a lot of parts from EU and Japan and even if EU parts were counted it would still not be enough).

Being produced in china does make amount done in UK in doubt...

GW did say they would cover those prices so that means it's GW's loss and they can get around by bringing them to EU store from china rather than UK(much like one bicycle part producing company needs to adjust their system so that all items produced in UK don't go first to Italy from where they are shipped. Now that results in extra fees and paper work when going back to UK for UK buyers...So company needs to adjust production system so that UK deliveries are fulfilled from UK in the first place)


That is exactly what I see as big danger also. I haven't looked into the details yet. A question I asked is if there is a way to identify the products actually made in China, so as to be able to gauge the risk before actually buying the stuff, no answer yet.


CragHack wrote:I received one already. Here it was done through the post office and it works like this:
Package arrives at the customs->customs send a notification/package to the post office->post office sends a notification to you-> you pick it up and pay extra euros that the post office ‘handled’ the parcel from customs. Then they charge you 21% vat+4% duties from the price on thing you bought+shipping+handling fee. So you pretty much end up overpaying around 30%.
It’s absurd.

To clear things up with GW:
People buying webstore exclusives will have to pay extra customs/vat/whatever.
FLGS who order from GW are safe, because all the goods will be send to Germany and then sorted to EU countries from there. It will obviously take longer for orders to arrive. Maybe 2-3 weeks time for the first month, until they won’t find any holes in the system they can abuse.


It seems your postal services have been extra zealous. I would suggest checking with them and getting in touch with GW customer services, provide them with a copy of the charges you had to pay for customs and ask them to have a look. As they send EU Shipments DDP, you should definitely not have been charged any additional VAT. With regards to duties, it might be related to the rules of origin point that I alluded to and that tneva82 expanded upon. Also, part of what you were charged is the handling fee for customs formalities (it can be heavy in percentage terms).

Was there a customs declaration form filled in by GW? What tarif codes did they mention? Which countries of origin were listed? When was the package sent? Was it after or before January the 1st? If sent before, there would be no customs declaration as it was not mandatory, also I read it should fall under the previous situation of intra-European free trade (if sent before January the 1st and received before April the 1st if not mistaken, I'll try to find it again).

I'm really interested in the details so as to gain a better understanding.



Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/19 10:16:34


Post by: tneva82


Mendi Warrior wrote:

That is exactly what I see as big danger also. I haven't looked into the details yet. A question I asked is if there is a way to identify the products actually made in China, so as to be able to gauge the risk before actually buying the stuff, no answer yet.


ATM books & terrain. More than that dont' think so. GW doesn't list where stuff comes from :(



Was there a customs declaration form filled in by GW? What tarif codes did they mention? Which countries of origin were listed? When was the package sent? Was it after or before January the 1st? If sent before, there would be no customs declaration as it was not mandatory, also I read it should fall under the previous situation of intra-European free trade (if sent before January the 1st and received before April the 1st if not mistaken, I'll try to find it again).


At least Finland officials said if it's sent before 1.1.2021 it would be as it was before. Can't say anything about other countries though.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/19 11:01:40


Post by: lord_blackfang


I have a 500 GBP kickstarter pledge held up in the mail from the UK since mid December. If the post won't honour that a package mailed before 1.1. still counts as internal EU shipping, I'll let it bounce and demand a refund. I'd feel too stupid paying the cost of a resin 3d printer in extra charges on a crate of resin minis.


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So Element went straight to tax fraud route? How does that work out when publicly announced?


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/19 12:00:03


Post by: Mendi Warrior


The following link was posted elsewhere, question 7 deals with goods in transit at the pivot date of 31/12/2020 - 1/1/2021 and question 11 gives some more lights on import tariffs and rules of origin
https://www.accountancyeurope.eu/publications/vat-customs-duty-and-brexit-prepare-now/

and for those brave or fool enough here is a link to the 1449 pages of the Trade & Cooperation Agreement (I haven't looked into it yet):
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2020.444.01.0014.01.ENG

Your kickstarter pledge could just be hold up due to too many packages to process. Have you enquired as to the reason it is being held up? I have had a few things held up by customs or applied the wrong VAT rates in the past and usually I was able to have things cleared and corrected once I provided additional information. Still, it can be a cumbersome and lengthy process. Fingers crossed for you to get it without trouble.

With regards to Element's choice, it is a big red flag for me, hence I'll avoid ordering from them (not that I ordered often from them anyway). I would have preferred if they had told me that EU customers would have to deal with customs on their side but that UK VAT was subtracted from their total before completing payment. That would have been cleaner.




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tneva82 wrote:

ATM books & terrain. More than that dont' think so. GW doesn't list where stuff comes from :(


It is actually printed on the boxes if not mistaken, but that would be quite cumbersome for us to have to check each and every packaging before ordering.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/19 19:38:08


Post by: BrookM


GW will be eating all VAT and customs fees, which is a big pro right now.

I've placed an order on the 3rd of January and another one on the 4th (go figure that a day later they get stuff back in stock!) and both will some day be delivered via UPS, bonus! Anything is better than Royal Fail's own fleet of men with vans, which under normal circumstances before the pandemic took six to eight weeks to deliver.

Now for the downside.. One order was supposed to be delivered yesterday, but due to the system being swamped, it hasn't arrived yesterday or today, so maybe tomorrow? The other one is still stuck in limbo somewhere at the border. While this is faster than Royal Fail, it looks like it will on average still take two to three weeks at the very least for a parcel to cross the Channel and reach you. :(


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/20 07:40:51


Post by: Klickor


A friend is still waiting for a store pickup order from November and I am waiting for 3 orders placed between 25/12 and 1/1. None of them even shipped yet.

At this pace I almost regret not ordering recasts instead. The dice I bought from China took 6 work days to arrive while I am looking at over a month for my UK order. Who knew Sweden was so close to China.

Bought other stuff from the UK mid/late December and they arrived weeks ago. Just GW that is super slow.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/20 08:27:29


Post by: tneva82


And for me GW ships quickly, delivery slow same as other stores and orders from China takes months(order I made on september arrived last week actually)

Too hard to say what's fast/slow based on individual orders.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/01/21 08:36:37


Post by: lord_blackfang


 lord_blackfang wrote:
I have a 500 GBP kickstarter pledge held up in the mail from the UK since mid December. If the post won't honour that a package mailed before 1.1. still counts as internal EU shipping, I'll let it bounce and demand a refund. I'd feel too stupid paying the cost of a resin 3d printer in extra charges on a crate of resin minis.


Just got a payment request from DPD customs for 21€ which I would guess is the 2% difference between UK VAT and Slovenian VAT. Fair enough.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/05 15:14:32


Post by: tauist


It has now been over 30 days since Forge World UK declared my recent purchase as having been "Shipped". And still no flocking sign of the package!

I'm not ordering a thing from them or GW UK until this is sorted.

Anyone else gotten their stuff from the UK?

FWIW I've since bought stuff from ebay sellers residing in the UK, as well as some bits, and they have all arrived. Is GW somehow having trouble with their shipments?


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/05 15:51:24


Post by: lord_blackfang


It took my Trollandtoad order a month between dispatch and getting scanned for the first time on the continent in France, then it lay there another week before being put on a southbound truck. Gak be whack yo. In the meantime I'm discovering that German stores actually have larger catalogs and better stock levels than "biggest gaming store in Europe" Wayland or any other of the UK's big players.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/05 16:53:57


Post by: Illumini


Living in Norway and as such never having had access to EU marked at all, my experience is that if you order delivery to their store, everything will go fine. If you order to your home, you will get slapped with customs fees, and GW will not be helpful at all in resolving the issue.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/05 17:01:22


Post by: BrookM


I receive almost daily notifications from UPS that a rescheduled delivery will take place the next day, only for the actual parcel to still be stuck in customs in Germany.

One of the parcels has finally been cleared, after having been checked and processed four(!) times in three weeks.. so hopefully next week then?


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/05 18:48:40


Post by: Da Boss


I just ordered some stuff from Fantasy Welt almost as a kind of test. It was out of stock so they have to re-order it from GW, and I am curious to see how long it takes. It has been a week and no update that it has shipped from Fantasy Welt yet, so I guess they are waiting on the restock?


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/06 11:42:20


Post by: lord_blackfang


 Da Boss wrote:
I just ordered some stuff from Fantasy Welt almost as a kind of test. It was out of stock so they have to re-order it from GW, and I am curious to see how long it takes. It has been a week and no update that it has shipped from Fantasy Welt yet, so I guess they are waiting on the restock?


Please keep us posted, that's probably going to be my go-to shop now, along with Kutami and MiniaturicuM.

Gonna be a royal pain to get English rules tho.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/06 12:19:03


Post by: Da Boss


Will do. They have a decent selection.
They do stock English rules, but not as much it seems.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/09 11:41:07


Post by: tauist


Forge World finally replied to me, they are sending a new instance of the stuff I bought, shipped with tracking this time. Lets hope this one gets through.

Brexit has messed things up more than I thought...


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/09 12:17:08


Post by: Da Boss


Yeah I'm looking at Fantasy Welt and seeing that stock levels from UK companies are basically non-existent. I wonder how they are gonna deal with it?


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/09 12:23:16


Post by: Blackie


Mendi Warrior wrote:

For Belgium, parcels delivered via Bpost will have no additional costs if the shipment's value is up to €22 (caveat: this exemption might be removed at some point in time), from €22 to €150, you'll pay €24 for customs formalities and VAT (normal rate is 21%), and with a shipment's value above €150, you'll pay €32 for customs formalities and both VAT (21%) and import duties.



Same here. Anything bought from the UK comes with custom formalities and anything that costs more than 135£ (approx 150 euro) also comes with VAT 21% to pay. Total extra fees is notified only when the item is received so there's no way to calculate it in anticipation, although an estimate is possible.

Even in the best case scenario minimum extra fees would be so high that buying from UK is basically to be avoided without second thoughts at the moment. Unless there's something you really want regardless the cost.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/09 12:33:15


Post by: Da Boss


I wonder how this will impact wargames companies in the UK going forward. The UK is a huge market on their doorstep, but I do wonder how widely some of the models were sold outside the UK. And is it an advantage for EU operators like Shieldwolf and so on?


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/11 17:37:22


Post by: BrookM


We may see that some of the non-EU companies who ship orders / KS rewards via the UK to the EU now may in the future look for a mainland EU location instead.

Still being bombarded by almost daily bogus shipping notifications from UPS. Contacting their customer services regarding this all has been very unhelpful and I'm not going to bother GW with something that is out of their hands right now.



Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/11 18:00:55


Post by: wuestenfux


Well, I have four parcels in the pipeline,
two ordered from our local gaming store, and
two ordered from Fantasyworld.
Delay of 4 to 6 weeks so far.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/11 18:49:05


Post by: Da Boss


I put my order in on the 1st Feb, and aside from the confirmation email I have heard nothing since. Definitely, nothing has shipped.

I'm pretty curious how long this is going to take and how it will shake out long term. That long for delivery for a country right beside us is totally crazy and unacceptable.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/11 18:51:43


Post by: Manchild 1984


I hope UK-Switzerland still works since we were never EU


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/11 22:54:58


Post by: Cronch


Local LGS just put a notice saying "We've no idea where the GW delivery is, if you can't wait any longer contact us to cancel your order"



Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/12 00:15:31


Post by: totalfailure


Cronch wrote:
Local LGS just put a notice saying "We've no idea where the GW delivery is, if you can't wait any longer contact us to cancel your order"



It's not just over there. I got notice from my closest store here in the US no preorders on the upcoming Sigmar stuff. They have no idea when, or what, they might get. This is after no preorders but for the codex book for Death Guard & Dark Angels/Marines 40K releases. They are a moderately sized independent that usually carries the full GW line and usually has 6-12+ preorders for most things; more for major releases. Things are looking grim.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/12 01:11:08


Post by: Overread


Not grim just snarled up - esp overseas; though Brexit is also snarling up shipments and things like models are lower priority over things like food and other perishables.



Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/12 07:27:41


Post by: Da Boss


It's been a month since Brexit and we're still looking at multi-week delays, I hope it's not "the new normal" but I suspect it will be to some extent. Brexit raised trade barriers, that creates friction and slows down trade.



Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/12 08:12:27


Post by: tneva82


 Manchild 1984 wrote:
I hope UK-Switzerland still works since we were never EU


But you have deals replicating most of rules and requlations(apart from vat) to keep border open. If you didn't same paperwork and checks that are cripling uk trade to eu would be cripling swiss trade to eu and reverse.

So checks etc have to be done on your side. That's thing with deals for uk. If they want to make deals with countries that have deal with eu they run into having to follow relevant eu standards anyway.


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 Da Boss wrote:
It's been a month since Brexit and we're still looking at multi-week delays, I hope it's not "the new normal" but I suspect it will be to some extent. Brexit raised trade barriers, that creates friction and slows down trade.



It will improve slightly when companies get used to it but paperwork will be there to stay. Though on april things gets worse as some extra rules come into force(they got delayed to give time to prepare) and another hit coming july when uk implements controls on their border(atm apart from certain dangerous items uk has open border. Opening itself for fraud).

Though with 68% exports to eu gone for good there will be less queues for remaining so maybe that helps...


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/12 08:25:29


Post by: Hivefleet Oblivion


An acquaintance who runs a medium-sized clothing company just mentioned they are moving their main office to Europe to try and ease these new barriers to trade.

I wonder if GW are planning a similar move? I haven't seen figures on their trade with the EU but I suspect it's substantial. Recent stock market reports highlighted that the company relies heavily on small retailers (more than its own outlets) which means that the extra red tape will have a disproportionate impact.

Thanks for the summaries above which provide a pretty good explanation. It's much the same for Brits purchasing from Europe. A big hassle.



Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/12 08:36:25


Post by: tneva82


 Hivefleet Oblivion wrote:
An acquaintance who runs a medium-sized clothing company just mentioned they are moving their main office to Europe to try and ease these new barriers to trade.

I wonder if GW are planning a similar move? I haven't seen figures on their trade with the EU but I suspect it's substantial. Recent stock market reports highlighted that the company relies heavily on small retailers (more than its own outlets) which means that the extra red tape will have a disproportionate impact.

Thanks for the summaries above which provide a pretty good explanation. It's much the same for Brits purchasing from Europe. A big hassle.



Gw has 2 options on easing sales to eu:

A) open up warehouse in europe, ship all to there well in advance, distribute from there. There still would be delay but that's getting stufff from uk to warehouse. Gw can reduce impact by sending stuff there early enough but if eu shops sells something fast enough they drain warehouse customers might notice it.
B) less likely open up entire production line as well. Gets rid of delays in border period. Would cost more to set up though.

I keep hearing mentions of eu warehouse gw is supposed to have but haven't found evidence and seeing store orders are hitting customs obviously not coming from that mystical warehouse. If no likely they will open up one. Weeks delays getting new items(dg codex still hasn't got here...) is no good for business and delays aren't going to dissapear in future.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/12 10:12:52


Post by: lord_blackfang


 wuestenfux wrote:
Well, I have four parcels in the pipeline,
two ordered from our local gaming store, and
two ordered from Fantasyworld.
Delay of 4 to 6 weeks so far.


Fantasywelt customer support says customs are sitting on every GW order they made in the last 6 weeks with no hint on when they'll be released.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/12 10:13:14


Post by: Da Boss


AFAIK they closed all their European operations down about 8 or 9 years ago. They used to have a huge store in Duesseldorf that got closed in the downsizing.

It might be that they need to open something up again. I hope so anyway! I don't want a 5-6 week wait on every parcel.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/12 13:31:20


Post by: wuestenfux


 Da Boss wrote:
AFAIK they closed all their European operations down about 8 or 9 years ago. They used to have a huge store in Duesseldorf that got closed in the downsizing.

It might be that they need to open something up again. I hope so anyway! I don't want a 5-6 week wait on every parcel.

Ddorf was a great place to be. I played several GTs there.

Our local retailer said that GW plans to open a base in the Netherlands.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/12 19:44:15


Post by: BrookM


Huh, if true, not a bad move, I can see them shipping in their products here and once the customs process has been streamlined, it should be peanuts to timely cover the rest of mainland EU like they did before.

My own local store has reopened in limited capacity and has made it clear that you can only get whatever he's got in stock at the moment. He has no clue as to when mail orders will open up again or when he can reorder stock for the store.

Two of my orders have now officially passed the one month in limbo period. UPS has put the delays on Brexit, COVID and the adverse weather going on right now around here and are "working hard to alleviate the backlog"


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/12 19:49:48


Post by: tneva82


Netherland is one big winner of brexit. Amsterdam overtook london as financial center in europe and all sort of companies are taking advantage of good logistics(short distances to train/airport) and all of europe being close.

Could be worse options for gw distribution center.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/12 21:11:23


Post by: CorwinB


I have several orders from GW and FW stuck in an UPS warehouse in Germany as well (ordering from France). My LGS hasn't received anything since the beginning of the year as well, I think.
OTOH, I got stuff from Wayland with reasonable delivery time twice since Brexit.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/12 21:20:06


Post by: thegreatchimp


Checking now...

Space wolves pack is now €38.37, was €33 when last I checked. Was only €28 5 years ago, but I digress. 16% increase since Brexit then.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/12 21:30:04


Post by: lord_blackfang


CorwinB wrote:
OTOH, I got stuff from Wayland with reasonable delivery time twice since Brexit.


I know Wayland has the VAT prepaid thing, carrier also didn't tack on any bullgak handling charge?

EDIT: Never mind, I see there's a 26GBP minimum shipping charge for my location now... pass.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/13 09:08:50


Post by: Da Boss


I'm gonna send FantasyWelt an email on Monday. That's two weeks after I ordered with no sign of any movement, so I figure it's not unreasonable just to check with them what the situation is.

Though I figure they are probably swamped with emails, so I might wait a bit longer. Since it is pretty predictable what the problems might be.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/13 09:56:01


Post by: CorwinB


 lord_blackfang wrote:
CorwinB wrote:
OTOH, I got stuff from Wayland with reasonable delivery time twice since Brexit.


I know Wayland has the VAT prepaid thing, carrier also didn't tack on any bullgak handling charge?

EDIT: Never mind, I see there's a 26GBP minimum shipping charge for my location now... pass.


I don't have free shipping to continental Europe anymore on Wayland, but only got £5 of shipping fees, which is reasonable.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/13 10:37:21


Post by: lord_blackfang


 Da Boss wrote:
I'm gonna send FantasyWelt an email on Monday. That's two weeks after I ordered with no sign of any movement, so I figure it's not unreasonable just to check with them what the situation is.

Though I figure they are probably swamped with emails, so I might wait a bit longer. Since it is pretty predictable what the problems might be.


I already said what the situation is

Fantasywelt customer support says customs are sitting on every GW order they made in the last 6 weeks with no hint on when they'll be released.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/13 10:55:56


Post by: Geifer


I pre-ordered a couple of Slaanesh things from Fantasywelt. Maybe I'll get lucky. Probably won't.

It's just not something they can influence. Trade with Britain will normalize in time, but there was always going to be a rough transitional period with the way negotiations were handled.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/13 11:15:24


Post by: Overread


And with Corona meaning that many ports and sites can't operate staff at full capacity as normal; plus added on top vastly increased postal trade due to lockdowns and people avoiding shopping; plus post likely coming in the wrong way since the airports are basically not doing much freight right now so its all coming via shipping.

I suspect things like models just get pushed aside for perishables and the like which are, honestly, far more urgent that they get through the system faster.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/13 11:23:07


Post by: kodos


news from my local store, he got all the new AoS stuff now, but still nothing from the DG release

also orders from Warlord are here in time (via UPS) and not delayed


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/13 12:32:43


Post by: lord_blackfang


So is anyoue up to indexing tabletop online discounters on the continent? Doesn't have to be GW centred. So far I've had dealings with Fantasywelt, Kutami and MiniaturicuM (all .de)


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/13 15:44:03


Post by: Da Boss


Sorry Blackfang, I had read what you posted and then forgot!

Well, I hope it can get through the customs eventually. Must be on the German side, my experience is that they are not very helpful in general.

Edit: Just to say I don't buy at all that the disruptions are particularly Corona related. First, the disruptions only apply to the UK. Second, we had Corona in 2020 as well without these severe problems (not no problems but not like this). The situation changed in January and the reason is barriers to trade with the UK were raised due to the political choices of the UK.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/14 17:32:40


Post by: Low_K


GW shipped a miniature a while ago which was made to order, but as they are using UPS, it still haven't arrived. The shop here in Holland which sells at 15% off, is also still waiting until UPS delivers their stacks of goods from GW. They are all locked in a UPS transit hub for several weeks now. Appearantly UPS is in total chaos.

I cancelled my pre orders and ordered from Wayland Games. First order arrived in a few weeks, They use Hermes and they sent also DDP do no custom fees.

Second order underway, almost two weeks now, but looks like better delivery than GW, or even the Dutch stores.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/14 17:42:49


Post by: tneva82


You do pay custom duties with ddp. Store just does it for you so prices are higher to begin with


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/14 18:13:02


Post by: Low_K


tneva82 wrote:
You do pay custom duties with ddp. Store just does it for you so prices are higher to begin with


The store does pay it, yes. But I find it not too bad. My last order was 100£ with a fee of 5£. You pay that for shipping at, for instance, Element and they don't send DDP so you pay taxes on top of that.

The prices of GW stuff have not changed from before the Brexit, so now you loose the free shipping at Wayland but don't need to worry about customs when ordering elsewhere with discounts. It takes a bit longer than before Brexit, but luckily not as long as UPS.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/14 18:49:12


Post by: jeff white


 Low_K wrote:
GW shipped a miniature a while ago which was made to order, but as they are using UPS, it still haven't arrived. The shop here in Holland which sells at 15% off, is also still waiting until UPS delivers their stacks of goods from GW. They are all locked in a UPS transit hub for several weeks now. Appearantly UPS is in total chaos.

I cancelled my pre orders and ordered from Wayland Games. First order arrived in a few weeks, They use Hermes and they sent also DDP do no custom fees.

Second order underway, almost two weeks now, but looks like better delivery than GW, or even the Dutch stores.


Not since Brexit, but before, I have had great experience with Wayland.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/14 19:31:37


Post by: tneva82


 Low_K wrote:
tneva82 wrote:
You do pay custom duties with ddp. Store just does it for you so prices are higher to begin with


The store does pay it, yes. But I find it not too bad. My last order was 100£ with a fee of 5£. You pay that for shipping at, for instance, Element and they don't send DDP so you pay taxes on top of that.

The prices of GW stuff have not changed from before the Brexit, so now you loose the free shipping at Wayland but don't need to worry about customs when ordering elsewhere with discounts. It takes a bit longer than before Brexit, but luckily not as long as UPS.


Uuh...wayland bakes price of vat difference to product price and depends on your vat is it less than uk price, same or more. For example finland vat is higher so product that costs 30 pound on gw store costs more for me. That is straight in wayland's product price...

In short they take uk price, remove 20% vat and applies your country. End result you pay same as if you paid yourself. It's just more convenient for you

Think it was about 6.6% or so compared to uk for me. Plus shipping fee as no more free shipping. Of course that's Depending on where you live. But still not saving any cash with ddp


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/15 08:42:09


Post by: BrookM


On Saturday I noticed that my White Dwarf subscription, while still on time, is being sent through a different company now, or at least, in the Netherlands they do.

Other than that, all quiet on the shipping front.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/15 10:59:21


Post by: Finn83


tneva82 wrote:


Uuh...wayland bakes price of vat difference to product price and depends on your vat is it less than uk price, same or more. For example finland vat is higher so product that costs 30 pound on gw store costs more for me. That is straight in wayland's product price...

In short they take uk price, remove 20% vat and applies your country. End result you pay same as if you paid yourself. It's just more convenient for you

Think it was about 6.6% or so compared to uk for me. Plus shipping fee as no more free shipping. Of course that's Depending on where you live. But still not saving any cash with ddp


Just to make clear if I understood correctly. What VAT Wayland uses when selling to Finland? Should be 20% I think if they are not registered for VAT to Finland (Limit is 35k€, but you can choose register with smaller amount).

I did an order to Wayland Jan 23th and it came Feb 1st (Arrived to Finland 29th Jan) . Consisted couple of paints, new Death Guard and Blood Angels codexes and Foetid Bloat Drone. No problems and that DDP worked fine. No free shipping anymore, but it only around 5€. Still cheaper than GW like 20%.

EDIT. Actually checked again my order and they did not take any shipping charges for that one. Now it seems to be around that 5-10€.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/15 11:07:17


Post by: lord_blackfang


Lucky, shipping to my location is suddenly 30€ for some reason. I'd love to take advantage of their DDP otherwise and have peace of mind. I really appreciate them doing things by the book and not playing dumb like Element and Firestorm.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/15 19:19:56


Post by: tneva82


One order finally waiting final clearance. Other still stuck. Tracking shows "brexit related delays" huge list

Hopefully gw opens up warehouse in eu. As is not inspired to order anything when delivery is "one day".


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 07:35:41


Post by: BrookM


Checked UPS this morning and most of my orders have cleared the customs facility and are back in transit, so maaaaaaaaybe, fingers crossed, I'll get some of my orders by the end of the week?


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 15:29:44


Post by: wuestenfux


Looks like the new WD arrived at our gaming store.
The rest is stuck.
I'm not planning further orders until the orders already made arrived.
Everything is on hold here.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 16:23:34


Post by: Moscha


Finn83 wrote:
tneva82 wrote:


Uuh...wayland bakes price of vat difference to product price and depends on your vat is it less than uk price, same or more. For example finland vat is higher so product that costs 30 pound on gw store costs more for me. That is straight in wayland's product price...

In short they take uk price, remove 20% vat and applies your country. End result you pay same as if you paid yourself. It's just more convenient for you

Think it was about 6.6% or so compared to uk for me. Plus shipping fee as no more free shipping. Of course that's Depending on where you live. But still not saving any cash with ddp


Just to make clear if I understood correctly. What VAT Wayland uses when selling to Finland? Should be 20% I think if they are not registered for VAT to Finland (Limit is 35k€, but you can choose register with smaller amount).

I did an order to Wayland Jan 23th and it came Feb 1st (Arrived to Finland 29th Jan) . Consisted couple of paints, new Death Guard and Blood Angels codexes and Foetid Bloat Drone. No problems and that DDP worked fine. No free shipping anymore, but it only around 5€. Still cheaper than GW like 20%.

EDIT. Actually checked again my order and they did not take any shipping charges for that one. Now it seems to be around that 5-10€.



Hey, I think what you mean is an inter-european regulation, which was in force until UK left the EU. As a company, you have a certain limit of sales to any european country (varies! some are 35.000 €, some are 100.000 €) to private customers, until which you are using the VAT applicable in the country you´re located. If you sell more than this amount to private customers, the VAT of that european country is applied. Sales to corporate customers which are subject to VAT in their country were generally tax free.

Now, if you sell something to a customer to a third party country (Like from UK to Germany after Brexit), no VAT is applied in the country you sell. But person buying has to pay Einfuhrumsatzsteuer, which is basically the VAT in the country you live in. Plus extras for customs tariffs etc... Really, really, a great idea, this Brexit.





Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 16:30:15


Post by: tauist


Forge World advised me that I should always use the tracked shipping option in the future, according to them its more likely to arrive on time. No idea if that's actually true in practice but thought it worth mentioning.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 17:01:08


Post by: BrookM


As of right now, not true. The only real difference between tracked and untracked is that you pay €15,- (or your local currency) extra for the ability to see a more detailed breakdown of what happens to your parcel.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 17:19:12


Post by: Overread


Yeah the bonus with tracked is that you can at least see earlier when something has gone a strange way or got lost in the system. And for FW is also makes it easier because the customer can see exactly where there parcel is as can FW - its not like untracked where the parcel vanishes into the system and you have to wait for it to make it out again.

That said I do agree, right now there's no point paying extra for faster delivery, its just not happening for many stores. It's got better over the last few weeks, but we still have an overloaded under supported local and global system which will likely remain this way until the wrold gets a bit more back to normal.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 21:20:59


Post by: BrookM


From Facebook:



You've probably noticed, but these are challenging times for anyone trying to ship stuff from the UK into Europe. And, well, that's something we do quite a lot.

So, if you place an order on games-workshop.com from mainland Europe or Ireland, it might take a bit longer than usual to reach you. And if you visit your local Warhammer store or stockist, they might not have every new release on day one.

Rest assured, we're all working hard to get awesome Warhammer into our stores, our independent stockists, and your eager hands as soon as possible.

Thanks for bearing with us, and feel free to get in touch with any queries.
It's a bit of an understatement and a bit late at this point, but it's something?

In the comments mention has been made that well over 90% of all customs forms were either rejected due to improper filling in or because they got lost, anybody heard anything on that?


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 21:30:16


Post by: tneva82


That's been common story on all business.

Surprising gw has been struct so badly though. They ship worldwide stuff so they have experience. It's the small business that have never had to bother with those that have it extra hard


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 21:36:49


Post by: Overread


GW is likely fine with the paperwork, which is where smaller stores might be having far more trouble. Thing is GW is sending big orders and that limits their options for couriers. In addition the whole system is overloaded and snarled up. Even if GW's paperwork is in order staff at processing centres are not all up to speed.

In addition a lot of freight that went by air is now going by land only; through systems overloaded and understaffed due to corona.

Shipments like models and non-essential non-perishable are likely being delayed far more than things like food and medical supplies and the like which have a limited shelf life and have to get through the system or they are lost.


And yes its a common story everywhere. Stuff is getting through but its snarled up and there's an element of luck if things get through fast or slow.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 21:40:28


Post by: tneva82


"In the comments mention has been made that well over 90% of all customs forms were either rejected due to improper filling in or because they got lost,"

Doesn't sound like paperwork is fine. Well unless 100% of that 90% is lost.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 21:42:36


Post by: BrookM


Might explain why one of my orders has been put through customs checks four times.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 21:54:13


Post by: Cronch


It'd make sense. Until last month, this "international" shipping didn't differ at all from shipping inside the country, and now there's a brand new procedure that no one has any experience with in the UK, cause it didn't exist until 01.01.2021. Even if your shipping center is used to shipping all over the globe, they probably have very little ideas about the procedures to follow for this particular market, cause it didn't even exist recently, and UK took forever to sign the deal and (to my understanding) the UK govt's "guidelines" for businesses dealing with Europe is to set up European hubs....not very helpful right now.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 22:36:35


Post by: lord_blackfang


It doesn't help that I've never dealt with a customs official who wasn't a functionally illiterate sociopath.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 22:38:16


Post by: Overread


 lord_blackfang wrote:
It doesn't help that I've never dealt with a customs official who wasn't a functionally illiterate sociopath.


Dare one wonder how many you have dealt with?


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 22:46:41


Post by: Domican


An order I made with Wayland on Jan 28th disappeared into the void when they handed it to Hermes a day or two later, absolutely no updates on the Hermes website and Wayland seemed unable to get any info it seems.

Has been spat out in Dublin today though so all in all should have it about 3 weeks after ordering. Hermes tracking still seems to be unaware that they've done anything but receive it from Wayland


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/16 23:43:24


Post by: lord_blackfang


 Overread wrote:
 lord_blackfang wrote:
It doesn't help that I've never dealt with a customs official who wasn't a functionally illiterate sociopath.


Dare one wonder how many you have dealt with?


Who even knows, ours aren't required to identify themselves. I avoid them like the plague but when it can't be helped (Kickstarters) and I get a request for paperwork I just resend it every day to the customs general address and ignore all the responses saying I didn't sent the correct paperwork until by luck I hit someone with more than one brain cell bouncing in their skull like a Windows screen saver who invoices me for tax and lets the package through.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/17 05:53:44


Post by: Finn83


 Moscha wrote:
Hey, I think what you mean is an inter-european regulation, which was in force until UK left the EU. As a company, you have a certain limit of sales to any european country (varies! some are 35.000 €, some are 100.000 €) to private customers, until which you are using the VAT applicable in the country you´re located. If you sell more than this amount to private customers, the VAT of that european country is applied. Sales to corporate customers which are subject to VAT in their country were generally tax free.

Now, if you sell something to a customer to a third party country (Like from UK to Germany after Brexit), no VAT is applied in the country you sell. But person buying has to pay Einfuhrumsatzsteuer, which is basically the VAT in the country you live in. Plus extras for customs tariffs etc... Really, really, a great idea, this Brexit.


Yes I meant selling to consumers. Sales B2B is without VAT, is customer in EU (needs Vat number) or outside of it. Didn't remember to think this completely. Finnish VAT is basically added here of course(as part of customs). Situation I described was how it was before brexit.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/17 08:04:44


Post by: Horla


 Domican wrote:
An order I made with Wayland on Jan 28th disappeared into the void when they handed it to Hermes a day or two later, absolutely no updates on the Hermes website and Wayland seemed unable to get any info it seems.

Has been spat out in Dublin today though so all in all should have it about 3 weeks after ordering. Hermes tracking still seems to be unaware that they've done anything but receive it from Wayland

Tracking seems to be all over the place at the moment, a friend was getting something delivered and according to the tracking it arrived in Dublin, spent three days there and then went to Germany. The it was delivered to him in Kildare but it’s still being listed as being in Germany.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/17 08:19:50


Post by: Viterbi


I ordered something with standard shipping from GW directly last week. Regarding to my UPS tracking number it cleared the UK very fast, but is now stuck in the Herne UPS center. Planned delivery was yesterday, but I'll guess it will remain a bit longer in limbo. Apparently (based on some FB posts of the Kutami webstore) a lot of packages is waiting to go from there to their recipients. I'd gather that the other German webstores have the same problems. I have two open orders with Fantasywelt atm, but knew when I ordered, that I probably will have to wait some time for them.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/17 09:28:05


Post by: Cronch


 Domican wrote:
An order I made with Wayland on Jan 28th disappeared into the void when they handed it to Hermes a day or two later, absolutely no updates on the Hermes website and Wayland seemed unable to get any info it seems.

Has been spat out in Dublin today though so all in all should have it about 3 weeks after ordering. Hermes tracking still seems to be unaware that they've done anything but receive it from Wayland

I used to work for an international retailer that used a lot of different shipping companies. Hermes delivery is as reliable (based on the amount of complaints received) as handing the pack to a random person at the gas station.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/19 10:44:10


Post by: Geifer


Guess who's been a naughty little boy and got a visit from Santa Slaanesh this morning.

So that pre-order I placed with Fantasywelt actually arrived on time (well, a day early, technically). Seems like they are able to get limited stock after all even if most of GW's kits are out of stock whenever I check (out of curiosity how things are going more than any need at the moment).

Does that mean initial stock of new releases may fare better than restocks? That things are getting better? That they use different suppliers for different types of orders? Who knows, but at least the situation is not entirely desolate. Just mostly.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/19 11:09:00


Post by: Overread


I think GW has been sending out some parts of orders early to stores due to the slowdown of shipping. IT might be part of why the shifted to a 2 week system


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/19 11:31:37


Post by: kodos


yeah, local store received his (limited) contingent of Slaanesh stuff, while the DeathGuard has still not arrived

GW might now have figured out how to handle the situation but it will only affect future orders


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/19 11:50:05


Post by: Da Boss


I am waiting on Kraeth's Shadowpact that I ordered while it was still in stock for GW, it is delayed somehow but I hope the box is actually en route and I actually get it, since it is out of stock online now and probably won't be restocked.



Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/19 14:32:52


Post by: DaveC


Wayland Games shipped my Hedonites order this morning. It’s the first post brexit order I’ve made from them so it will be interesting to see how long delivery takes. Opted for Wayland as they are doing DDP whereas Element and Firestorm don’t seem to be? It’s a pity free shipping is gone but £4.92 flat rate is still pretty good and the double loyalty points for Valentines weekend will cover my next shipping charge.

I ordered Khagra’s Ravagers from GW direct it shipped on the 5th of February and reached Germany on the 10th it has just sat there since. It’s scheduled for delivery on the 23rd but I’ll believe it when I see it. If I’d known they’d use UPS for such a small order I would have waited and tacked it on to my Wayland order instead. You live and learn and it’s all very much trial and error at the moment.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/19 15:52:07


Post by: tneva82


 DaveC wrote:
Wayland Games shipped my Hedonites order this morning. It’s the first post brexit order I’ve made from them so it will be interesting to see how long delivery takes. Opted for Wayland as they are doing DDP whereas Element and Firestorm don’t seem to be? It’s a pity free shipping is gone but £4.92 flat rate is still pretty good and the double loyalty points for Valentines weekend will cover my next shipping charge.
.


Not only wayland is doing ddp thev remove british tax from price. Element you would get double taxed...

To here it's almost 10 pound shipping though so for about 80-90 pound order local flgs with 10% discount eeks out despite wayland 20% and pound conversion rate. Mujti hundred order would be different.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/19 16:56:40


Post by: BrookM


My GW store has received the new Hedonite releases for tomorrow, not a lot, but he got them in time.

Hopefully the preorder put in tomorrow will be handled as swiftly as they supply their stores now, would be nice not having to funting wait ages for those books.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/23 12:45:24


Post by: BrookM


Quite unexpectedly an order showed up just now. Placed on the 27th of January, as point of reference. The orders placed before this one are still stuck in limbo however. :|


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/23 21:19:29


Post by: Da Boss


Still waiting here, but glad to hear your stuff arrived!


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/23 22:45:39


Post by: lord_blackfang


Kutami.de reports that they have started to receive their backlog from UPS but it's been well randomized by the customs process and needs sorting. Judging by their stock level indicators they've also started an aggressive restock campaign with almost every GW item now listed as about "20 copies on the way from the supplier"

It seems to me that UPS finally figured out how to classify GW items and should now breeze through any new orders, but there's still warehouses full of backlog.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/23 23:37:55


Post by: Sarouan


Got my order from Wayland I ordered a week ago to Belgium. I used the DPD premium shipping EEA - certainly more expensive, but I didn't pay any extra on delivery and it was still kinda fast in comparison to others, I guess. It was more than 250 £. Still worth it with the change and the -20% price tag on Wayland.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/24 09:51:54


Post by: tneva82


GW seems to be figuring out how to do this. DG finally came, slaanesh came on time and one player here ordered stuff from forge on monday and it arrived today(which would have been pretty impressive even pre-brexit)...

Maybe worst is over at least straight from GW.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/24 18:13:51


Post by: BrookM


I have high hopes that my book preorder, which should be shipping out in a few days, will reach me before the rest of my still in limbo orders at this point.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/28 19:07:20


Post by: BrookM


According to UPS I should be getting six orders delivered to me tomorrow, it's probably going to be another false alarm.

Also, GW appears to be removing or hiding comments of people asking about their stuff from FB posts now.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/28 19:18:58


Post by: Da Boss


I hope you actually get them! I'll not be ordering from the UK like this again, at least for the next while. If it's not in stock, I'll just not order. The stuff I ordered a month ago is still not here.

Oh well. I am willing to wait another little while. I am disappointed though, because one of the things I ordered is now not available any more. I suspect it may never arrive.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/28 19:33:50


Post by: DaveC


UPS delivered my GW order that shipped on the 5th yesterday so 22 days. It had an expected delivery date of the 4th of March on the app and it wasn't even listed as out for delivery it just turned up at 8AM. The delivery date was rescheduled twice each time pushing it out a week, without notice and it updated the day after it was listed for (and missed) delivery.

Germany seems to be the bottle neck as it went from Germany to France to Ireland in 2 days but it spent 15 days in Germany. I was half expecting it to show up as retransiting the UK at some point but it looks like UPS shipped direct from France.



Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/28 19:46:39


Post by: lord_blackfang


A friend ordered GW direct and got it delivered, here's what he found

1) GW charged him British VAT
2) he was charged Slovenian VAT (and handling of course) by customs
3) the included invoice was doctored as if he had not paid UK VAT

So the complete list of VAT-registered UK hobby companies that are not commiting tax fraud when selling to the EU is to my knowledge (and I've been very nosy about it):

Wayland, Warlord Games (full DDT)
North Star (removing UK VAT from price)

My friend will of course demand reimbursement for the roughly 30€he paid on his 80€ order considering GW's "guarantee" that they will cover all import costs.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/28 21:39:09


Post by: DaveC


I just checked the box mine was delivered in there's no invoice and no customs paperwork or details whatsoever no wonder it took so long to clear customs I'm actually surprised it did at all it probably only cleared as it's a small item. So it does look like GW aren't operating customs and VAT correctly despite what they said.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/28 22:16:23


Post by: BrookM


No special tape on the box either to denote that it has been opened and handled by customs?

And GW has removed tracked shipping from their store for all EU customers as well now it seems.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/02/28 22:20:58


Post by: DaveC


Nothing to indicate it was opened no it was sealed with brown tape and the address label is over that which has only 1 cut which I made. UPS removed their part of the delivery label so there may have been something on there but there's noting on the address label and no invoice in the box.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/01 23:57:09


Post by: WaaaghPolice


I have an order with Wayland Games that I placed at the start of Jan. It took them until the start of Feb to actually send it.
I was tracking the parcel and got a bit worried as the status hadn't changed for a while. I found a site that showed me more info and it said that delivery had been attempted twice (dear reader, it had not).
I sent WG an email asking them to check up, especially as I was worried that they had put the address in wrongly. I got a reply saying... yeah, we will check.
Today, the tracking site tells me the parcel is being returned to sender.... 2 damn months and it got within a 30 min drive of me... Hopefully the 2 emails I have sent this afternoon might get a reply soon enough to sort it out. I'll be super upset if they offer a refund as I got this order in before they changed the shipping t&c, so I won't be able to get the same models with the same price again.... grrrrrr...


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/02 07:49:28


Post by: wuestenfux


Yesterday, I got a message from Fantasyworld that my Silent King is underway.
But three other parcels (new Necrons) are still in the pipeline.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/02 08:58:32


Post by: CorwinB


Unexpectedly received 2 orders shipped very recently (Uriel Ventris & the Ork duo) so it looks like the situation may be improving for recent orders, but I still have 3 packages lost in custom limbo...


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/02 09:43:46


Post by: Da Boss


Reassuring to hear that other people are getting their stuff from limbo.
Let's hope it gets sorted out sooner or later!


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/02 13:01:38


Post by: CorwinB


And another box delivered this morning from Forgeworld (alternative weapons for Adeptus Titanicus Warlord), this one was sent early January, was lost in transit, resent in February and finally showed up on my door. Good thing my backlog is mountain-sized already.

I'm down to 2 orders not yet delivered.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/02 14:36:03


Post by: vim_the_good


I'm still waiting for a package that was posted on the 22/01/2021. It even disappeared off my UPS tracking app until I manually re-entered the UPS tracking number.

The tracking history is an amusing game of ping pong between Tamworth and Stanford Le Hope
Spoiler:

02/02/2021 20:31 Tamworth, United Kingdom Departed from Facility
02/02/2021 7:43 Tamworth, United Kingdom Arrived at Facility
02/02/2021 4:41 Stanford Le Hope, United Kingdom Departed from Facility
31/01/2021 23:44 Stanford Le Hope, United Kingdom The package is being held for a future delivery date. We'll attempt to deliver on the date requested.
25/01/2021 10:00 Stanford Le Hope, United Kingdom Your parcel is delayed due to a Brexit related disruption. We are adjusting delivery plans as quickly as possible.
25/01/2021 10:19 - Your parcel was released by the customs agency.
25/01/2021 6:24 - Your package is being processed at the clearance agency.
23/01/2021 7:52 Stanford Le Hope, United Kingdom Export Scan
23/01/2021 6:16 Stanford Le Hope, United Kingdom Arrived at Facility
23/01/2021 3:26 Tamworth, United Kingdom Departed from Facility
22/01/2021 22:59 - Your package may be delayed due to a required document inspection by the clearing agency. / Your package was released by the clearing agency.
22/01/2021 22:49 - Your parcel was released by the customs agency.
22/01/2021 22:49 Stanford Le Hope, United Kingdom Your package may be delayed due to a required document inspection by the clearing agency.
22/01/2021 19:56 Nottingham, United Kingdom Departed from Facility
22/01/2021 16:23 Nottingham, United Kingdom Origin Scan
22/01/2021 16:01 - Your package is being processed at the clearance agency.
22/01/2021 15:51 United Kingdom Shipper created a label, UPS has not received the package yet.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/02 18:18:37


Post by: BrookM


Nothing showed up yesterday, so it was another set of false hopes / alarms. Two more days and two of my orders will officially be two months stuck somewhere in the system.

And yes, the tracking history can be a bit.. busy.

Spoiler:
02/27/2021 5:54 P.M. Herne-Boernig, Germany Import Scan
02/27/2021 1:17 A.M. Your package is being processed at the clearance agency.
02/20/2021 10:25 P.M. Herne-Boernig, Germany Import Scan
02/20/2021 12:38 A.M. Your package is being processed at the clearance agency.
02/15/2021 9:46 P.M. Your package is being processed at the clearance agency.
02/02/2021 12:02 P.M. Your package was released by the customs agency.
01/29/2021 3:55 A.M. Herne-Boernig, Germany Warehouse Scan
01/22/2021 2:28 A.M. Herne-Boernig, Germany Warehouse Scan
01/21/2021 1:44 A.M. Herne-Boernig, Germany Warehouse Scan
01/21/2021 1:44 A.M. Herne-Boernig, Germany Import Scan
01/20/2021 7:00 A.M. Herne-Boernig, Germany Your package is delayed due to a Brexit related disruption. We are adjusting delivery plans as quickly as possible.
01/19/2021 7:00 A.M. Herne-Boernig, Germany The package is delayed due to a Brexit related disruption. We are adjusting delivery plans as quickly as possible.
01/18/2021 7:00 A.M. Herne-Boernig, Germany The package is delayed due to a Brexit related disruption. We are adjusting delivery plans as quickly as possible.
01/15/2021 11:51 P.M. Herne-Boernig, Germany Arrived at Facility
01/15/2021 11:14 P.M. Your package is being processed at the clearance agency.
01/15/2021 2:09 P.M. Your package was released by the customs agency.
01/15/2021 11:24 A.M. Stanford Le Hope, United Kingdom Departed from Facility
01/15/2021 6:35 A.M. Your package is being processed at the clearance agency.
01/15/2021 4:22 A.M. Stanford Le Hope, United Kingdom Export Scan
01/15/2021 2:42 A.M. Stanford Le Hope, United Kingdom Arrived at Facility
01/14/2021 11:50 P.M. Tamworth, United Kingdom Departed from Facility
01/14/2021 11:43 P.M. Your package may be delayed due to a required document inspection by the clearing agency. / Your package was released by the clearing agency.
01/14/2021 11:33 P.M. Your package was released by the customs agency.
01/14/2021 11:33 P.M. Stanford Le Hope, United Kingdom Your package may be delayed due to a required document inspection by the clearing agency.
01/14/2021 11:25 P.M. Tamworth, United Kingdom Origin Scan
01/14/2021 2:37 P.M. Your package is being processed at the clearance agency.
01/14/2021 5:19 A.M. Shipper created a label, UPS has not received the package yet.
Almost feels like bullying now.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/03 00:18:27


Post by: MinscS2


Got two GW-packages on their way.

The first one was sent on the 28th of january, and has been stuck in Herne-Boernig, Germany since the 31st of january.

The second one was sent on the 6th of february, and has been stuck in Herne-Boernig, Germany since the 11th of february.

Have gotten several "false alarms" about pickup dates on both, which of course amount to nothing in the end.

Wonder if it's possible to cancel GW-orders post-despatch in the current chaos.

My local retailer has gotten most of the stuff I ordered in stock now, so if I could cancel my GW-order and order from them instead, I'd have the items by tomorrow...



Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/03 05:12:53


Post by: tneva82


Stlll waiting for my 2 orders. And flgs running short on paints. Lots of my requlars out :(


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/03 07:07:09


Post by: BrookM


Oh my God Emperor..

Is onderweg 03/03/2021 7:15 Utrecht, Netherlands
Verzonden 01/03/2021 13:11 -
Etiket aangemaakt 01/03/2021 7:48 United Kingdom

For reference, this one did not go to the hellhole that is Herne-Boernig, but instead straight to Cologne for some bloody great reason. Hopefully this will be the new way of things going forward with GW orders.

So, should be coming home to Pariah, Penitent and other books today.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/03 09:38:20


Post by: DaveC


My Wayland order just arrived shipped on the 19th of February so 12 days to deliver which isn’t much longer than before. No issue with customs so their DDP seems to be working. There’s no invoice in the box but the shipping label lists it as a DDP delivery.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/03 10:37:50


Post by: Ferryman


Order placed Jan 17th. According to UPS it has cleared customs this morning. In Langenhagen, Germany. Maybe I´ll see the package someday in June.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/03 10:46:29


Post by: Domican


Not GW but I did order some bits from the Ukraine, alternative heads for my CSM.
They shipped Ukraine on Feb 15th, arrived to the UK the next day and have sat there since, unmoving.
Bit of pain in the hole and after it taking 3 weeks for my last shipment from Wayland I'm hesitant at ordering at all for the moment unless it's already in Ireland.

Thankfully I've been well sorted with paint and accessories by HobbyMad, HappyGoLucky and AirSoftEire


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/03 10:57:43


Post by: Da Boss


Yeah, I'm coming to the same conclusion. Too much of a hassle to deal with, from now on if it's not in stock somewhere in the EU I'm not ordering it.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/03 14:03:27


Post by: wuestenfux


 Da Boss wrote:
Yeah, I'm coming to the same conclusion. Too much of a hassle to deal with, from now on if it's not in stock somewhere in the EU I'm not ordering it.

Dito.
Good policy. If it's not available, then it's better to work around.
Nevertheless, I hope that my 60 Warriors led by a Silent King will become reality soon.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/03 15:44:50


Post by: lord_blackfang


Kutami.de posted yesterday that they're expecting a flood of restocks today.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/03 16:58:10


Post by: Cruxeh


Last friday I ordered some stuff from GWS directly (a Corpse Cart and some VC Dire Wolves), and much to my surprise the order arrived today! There were no additional fees, no additional taxes, nothing.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/06 13:17:56


Post by: tauist


Well now I'm just getting royally annoyed. I preordered KT Pariah Nexus from GW and just received a shipping notification this morning.. While my Non-GW owned FLGS about 1km from my house shows "In Stock". So I cant cancel my GW order anymore and pick up an alternate copy from my FLGS without a tiresome return roulette and months of hee-haw...

What in the actual F GW!

I'm not ordering anything from GW.com or ForgeWorld.com for a while. This ish is bumming me out. Sort yourself "Nothingham"


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/06 13:24:58


Post by: Overread


 tauist wrote:
Well now I'm just getting royally annoyed. I preordered KT Pariah Nexus from GW and just received a shipping notification this morning.. While my Non-GW owned FLGS about 1km from my house shows "In Stock". So I cant cancel my GW order anymore and pick up an alternate copy from my FLGS without a tiresome return roulette and months of hee-haw...

What in the actual F GW!

I'm not ordering anything from GW.com or ForgeWorld.com for a while. This ish is bumming me out. Sort yourself "Nothingham"


That's no surprise. Your store's stock was likely shipped before your orders were in the GW system. Furthermore your store's stock might have come through in a bulk consignment whilst your stuff went through individually. The issue might also not be GW it could be the simple mechanics of customs at the UK end or even your local end.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/06 15:47:07


Post by: tneva82


 tauist wrote:
Well now I'm just getting royally annoyed. I preordered KT Pariah Nexus from GW and just received a shipping notification this morning.. While my Non-GW owned FLGS about 1km from my house shows "In Stock". So I cant cancel my GW order anymore and pick up an alternate copy from my FLGS without a tiresome return roulette and months of hee-haw...

What in the actual F GW!

I'm not ordering anything from GW.com or ForgeWorld.com for a while. This ish is bumming me out. Sort yourself "Nothingham"


Well this isn't brexit related. Gw ships preorders on release date. You never get new releases faster from gw than flgs.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/10 20:18:49


Post by: Ohman


I have been ordering from Dark Sphere for years but post Brexit they no longer ship to EU countries. Are there really no stores in the EU that can match their discount? The UK is full of stores that offer 25%-20% off GW-retail so I figured it would be easy to find a store within the EU that did the same but no.

Feels like I've looked everywhere, from Poland to Portugal.



Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/10 21:01:27


Post by: Da Boss


I haven't seen any 20% to 25% discounts in the EU, no. I wonder if Dark Sphere will be able to keep that up with the smaller market available to it now? But perhaps the margins on EU sales were already low due to shipping?

Stock levels seem to be a bit of a problem for EU online shops too. Fantasy Welt is still out of stock on loads of items.

No sign of my order from the first of February either. Really hope it actually does arrive, I might shoot them another email to check the status, but I assume their shipment is still stuck in customs on the German side. Seems like a crazy long delay.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/10 21:38:53


Post by: kodos


20% off GW except for MailOrder is standard here (don't know any FLGS without)

but no one will match 20% off + conversion rate


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/10 22:57:19


Post by: BrookM


Most of the mainland EU online retailer market collapsed overnight after GW implemented the rule that they would only deliver to retailers who also had a brick and mortar store.

I've sent GW a polite email asking them if they know anything about what the feth is going on in Herne-Boernig at this point. I doubt I'll get an answer, but it beats trying to ask UPS, who simply tells me to have another look at the shipping info tomorrow. :|


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/11 10:45:38


Post by: Ohman


Da Boss wrote:I wonder if Dark Sphere will be able to keep that up with the smaller market available to it now? But perhaps the margins on EU sales were already low due to shipping?

Stock levels seem to be a bit of a problem for EU online shops too. Fantasy Welt is still out of stock on loads of items.


I was expecting Dark Sphere to be among the first to resume EU-shipping but most of the others have and Dark Sphere still haven't. Like you I asumed they got a lot of international orders that made up for the low margin but perhaps that wasn't the case.

The stores here in Sweden are out of stock of a lot essentials too so my shopping list have been growing for months now.

kodos wrote:20% off GW except for MailOrder is standard here (don't know any FLGS without)

but no one will match 20% off + conversion rate


Austria, huh? The Euro does add about 10% but still, worth checking out.

BrookM wrote:Most of the mainland EU online retailer market collapsed overnight after GW implemented the rule that they would only deliver to retailers who also had a brick and mortar store.

I've sent GW a polite email asking them if they know anything about what the feth is going on in Herne-Boernig at this point. I doubt I'll get an answer, but it beats trying to ask UPS, who simply tells me to have another look at the shipping info tomorrow. :|


Didn't realize that was still in effect but that would explain it. Though the UK stores still manage to offer great discounts.

Is Herne-Boernig where the big hold up is? I know of stores that have orders made in January still held up in Germany but newer orders have been coming through much faster.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/11 12:08:51


Post by: lord_blackfang


https://games-island.eu/ has 20ish % off most GW and is trustworthy, been buying Magic there for years. But there's no such thing as free shipping on the continent.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/11 13:58:10


Post by: Crispy78


I can't say I blame anyone for not exporting since Brexit. I just tried to work out how to ship a laptop charger to someone in Ireland for work, and now have a massive headache from trawling through gak like this:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/classifying-computers-and-software#accessories-of-a-computer

https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/headings/8471

Just... No. Buy one from the Irish Dell website. Leave me alone.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/14 00:15:31


Post by: niall78


Warlord just changed their EU shipping cost.

Let's hope they get an EU distribution centre soon as the new charges can't but hurt their business.

Just got a GW order with no issues or extra postage costs. Are GW losing money on these transactions now like Warlord claim they are I wonder?


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/14 11:03:26


Post by: kodos


never ordered direclty from Warlord as I can order via my local store
I guess need to ask them if something is changing for them as well

Ohman wrote:

kodos wrote:20% off GW except for MailOrder is standard here (don't know any FLGS without)

but no one will match 20% off + conversion rate


Austria, huh? The Euro does add about 10% but still, worth checking out.

yeah, problem is just that a lot of things go Mail Order only very fast these days but if you plan to buy the big boxes on release might be worth checking



Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/16 18:49:03


Post by: Da Boss


Contacted Fantasywelt to check again, apparently their stuff is still stuck and no idea when it will get to them. 6 weeks so far, which is a long time for Fantasywelt to be without stock. I feel bad for them!


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/16 19:02:45


Post by: lord_blackfang


Kutami also posted a quite pessimistic update today. All their stuff vanished through the Herne-Boernig warp rift. I found what I wanted (Titanicus starters) in stock at an Italian store and will cancel my Kutami order.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/16 19:14:11


Post by: BrookM


GW got back to me and could do nothing but apologize and ask me to be patient, so I'll give it two weeks or so until I hit the three month marker, at which point I'll either cancel all outstanding orders or ask them to resend.

As of right now at least one of my orders has entered the clearance process for the seventh time..! Bunch of inept fethwads.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/22 14:46:23


Post by: wuestenfux


Still isn't working well.
I got The Silent King, but 3 boxes are still in the pipeline since January.
Ordered the new Drukhari codex plus cards. Retailer says order will be delayed.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/30 06:30:24


Post by: BrookM


My latest GW order seems to be stuck in France of all places now. Again due to a B-word related issue.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/31 12:01:13


Post by: Da Boss


Pretty much two months since I ordered my stuf now. No sign. I can see that FantasyWelt are getting restocks on stuff now, but that must be from stuff where either they or GW actually sorted out the paperwork.

A bit disappointed that it wasn't sorted out before January to be honest, given we knew the shape of Brexit for ages. It hasn't been on the cards that the UK would remain in the Customs Union for years, since Theresa May originally ruled it out.

I'm not sure what to do. One of the things I ordered was one of the Broken Realms sets that is now out of stock everywhere it seems. Without that box, I'm a bit less interested in the start collecting box I ordered to go with it. So I'm not sure if I should cancel my order or ask them to make it up from the kits that were in the Broken Realm kit individually, or just keep waiting. At the moment settling on continuing the wait, but I do wonder what could be going on up in Hamburg that the stuff is stuck for two months.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/31 12:16:17


Post by: wuestenfux


Pretty much two months since I ordered my stuf now. No sign. I can see that FantasyWelt are getting restocks on stuff now, but that must be from stuff where either they or GW actually sorted out the paperwork.

At least I got the SK from FantasyWelt after almost two months.
Another parcel with Necron Warriors is still underway and new Druhkari codex and datacards are delayed too.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/03/31 13:29:29


Post by: BrookM


Two of my orders finally came in today, they were supposed to be delivered yesterday, but if UPS doesn't notify us of when they're delivering, yeah no gak nobody will be around to answer the door.

Leaves me with two parcels from way back in January still in limbo and my preorder that's stuck in France.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/04/13 12:31:09


Post by: CorwinB


After a couple of weeks where things were much better and faster (including some deliveries just days after the weekend release date), we are now back to our regular circus with UPS and customs...
My order with the Lumineth rules is now stuck with a "Late because of UPS error" message which doesn't exactly fill me with confidence, plus a tracking history that mentions it apparently went through customs 3 times or more... And my Cursed City tracking is in a quantum state between "Delivery today" and "Still held by customs".

More than the delivery delays which I don't mind too much, it's the vagueness of the labels and the illogical tracking history that make me wary.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/04/13 14:43:09


Post by: BrookM


Visited the GW store last week and the poor devil is still waiting on a lot of his own stuff and mail orders, with stuff coming in at random with no rhyme or reason involved.

He also pretty much confirmed that my orders from January are at the bottom of a massive pile in the German "sorting" centre and that they just keep throwing gak on top of it, instead of doing the decent thing and sending out the backlog first. donkey-caves.

Tomorrow it'll officially hit the three month mark.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/04/14 07:09:38


Post by: Blackie


I made an order through an italian local store and the two GW kits that needed to be imported from UK arrived after 3 weeks, as expected. The shop's owner told me that several orders placed in january-february are still on hold though with stuff blocked in a german warehouse.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/04/14 11:13:32


Post by: Da Boss


Yep. Still waiting here too. Flabbergasted that it can take 3 months to process!


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/04/14 12:26:20


Post by: tneva82


 Da Boss wrote:
Yep. Still waiting here too. Flabbergasted that it can take 3 months to process!


Well if above poster is correct they are basically getting more per day than they can process in germany and rather than first in first out it's last in, first out.

In theory they might never actually get to the bottom of the pile...


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/04/14 12:38:03


Post by: lord_blackfang


FLGS just got the Drukhari wave in.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/04/14 12:38:18


Post by: Cronch


From shipping company perspective it makes sense I guess, the bottom stuff is already delayed to hell,better to keep the current flow going than delay everything to clear the backlog


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/04/14 15:27:45


Post by: Reavsie


Cronch wrote:
From shipping company perspective it makes sense I guess, the bottom stuff is already delayed to hell,better to keep the current flow going than delay everything to clear the backlog


This.

Sadly, any company that runs on Service Levels and KPI's (all of them nowadays) will operate like this. The stuff that is late has already failed the promised service levels. The new stuff can still be delivered on time which won't affect the failure rates. To deliver the backlog first would mean new stuff would run late which would in turn worsen the failure rates.

Companies only care about what they can show on their reports with massive pressure from on high to keep Service Level failures as low as possible. Doesn't matter that the right thing to do is clear the backlog first. The reports looking good is more important than the customers that they serve.

Ask me how I know. I worked in IT where Service Levels are more important than the users they serve. I'm looking at you ITIL - virtually single handedly responsible for this.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/04/14 16:28:52


Post by: Overread


Also don't forget that they aren't getting any downtime or slowdown of deliveries. It might be that some parcels are basically blockaded in by the mountain of new things and that they can't clear out the new fast enough to physically reach the earlier deliveries easily if at all.

Esp when they have to keep space clear to sort and to separate urgent deliveries from regular.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/04/17 11:54:17


Post by: DaveC


My Cursed City order direct from GW shipped on the 9th and was delivered on the 16th so 1 week which is a lot better than before. Delivered by UPS and it went via France rather than Germany which seems to be a lot quicker.

I've had small orders from Firestorm and Element games delivered in less than a week. I've tried to only place essential orders (things I can't get anywhere else) with them and keep it less than €22 so as not to get stopped by customs as they aren't doing DDP. I had 1 order at around €50 make it through without getting stopped but that was just luck rather than anything else.

Only 1 order has gone missing since January and I got got credit for it.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/04/28 14:04:49


Post by: BrookM


My longest outstanding order, a pair of codex books, has finally arrived and both books look like they've been kicked through a warehouse for three and a half months, FFS.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/04/28 16:56:34


Post by: Da Boss


Jeez. I'm waiting on my order, 3 months now but no news. You getting yours gives me some hope, because apparently most of it is in the same warehouse.

No more ordering from the UK for me I think. Not worth the aggro.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/04/28 19:54:54


Post by: BrookM


Funnily enough, the delivery date is listed as.. three months ago, using the original delivery date from aeons ago.

As is, UPS is using a different route now, thankfully skipping Germany for most of their mainland EU shipments now. Biggest bottleneck is the order being held up in a UK port facility for about a week, after which it is stomped through France in no time at all.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/04/28 23:07:02


Post by: OrlandotheTechnicoloured


fingers crossed they cough up replacements fast


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/05/18 11:16:56


Post by: Da Boss


Over 100 days from my order now, still no word.

I'm probably gonna have to cancel. I feel a bit aggrieved, because I ordered one of the Broken Realms boxed sets that was only available for a short time, and because of this stupidity and GW not being ready for a Brexit signposted years in advance (we knew the UK was not staying in the CU since Theresa May's Lancaster House speech) I've missed out. Ah well, it's trivial stuff really but definitely leaves a sour taste.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/05/18 12:07:49


Post by: Blackie


Here recent orders from UK (both by ordering from the GW site or from other shops, both local stores or online shops) arrive within 2 weeks. GW stuff at least.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/05/18 12:45:10


Post by: Overread


 Da Boss wrote:
Over 100 days from my order now, still no word.

I'm probably gonna have to cancel. I feel a bit aggrieved, because I ordered one of the Broken Realms boxed sets that was only available for a short time, and because of this stupidity and GW not being ready for a Brexit signposted years in advance (we knew the UK was not staying in the CU since Theresa May's Lancaster House speech) I've missed out. Ah well, it's trivial stuff really but definitely leaves a sour taste.


If its already shipped chances are its best just to wait it out; its not as if cancelling would be able to do anything until the parcel moves through the system


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/05/18 12:51:07


Post by: tauist


All my recent FW orders are coming through just as fast as they did prior Brexit. All my prior orders have also cleared by now.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/06/09 18:15:44


Post by: Da Boss


Wondering if anyone else like me is still waiting to receive items from February? I contacted FantasyWelt again and all they said was they were waiting for the broken realms box.

I don't normally order stuff online very often, I have to say this year my experience doing so has confirmed to me that I'll just use my FLGS like I used to in future because I've had a lot of problems. Maybe I'm just unlucky!


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/06/11 20:59:12


Post by: BrookM


That's a damned shame to hear.

GW has a mainland facility now by the way, not in the Netherlands as had been mentioned before, but in Lyon. Pre-orders should now arrive on the first Thursday / Friday after release, or at least they have in my case for the last few weeks.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/06/11 21:01:36


Post by: lord_blackfang


The store supply chain seems to be back to relatively normal but UPS's backlog might just rot atthe back of the warehouse, we're heard it here first that they work last one in, first one out.

Also seen a notice by GW that ordering direct is now duties pre-paid. Although we've seen that in January too and it was a blatant lie.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/06/12 07:10:33


Post by: wuestenfux


Well, I'm still waiting for an order (Warrior box, *mancer) made 1/2021.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/06/12 12:06:45


Post by: Da Boss


While I'm sorry to hear that it's also a bit reassuring to me to know that other people are in the same situation.

It's kinda unbelievable to me that my stuff has apparently been sitting in Hamburg for 5 months.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/06/12 12:45:18


Post by: Overread


Yeah sadly a lot of mail systems are still overloaded and waiting for the surge of mail ordering to ease off and for covid work conditions to relax so they can relaly start to clear backlogs.

The big trap will be if this year+ of mail ordering and lockdowns results in a sustained use of online ordering. Esp with highstreet shops closing and people changing behaviour patterns.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/06/12 13:26:38


Post by: BrookM


 lord_blackfang wrote:
The store supply chain seems to be back to relatively normal but UPS's backlog might just rot atthe back of the warehouse, we're heard it here first that they work last one in, first one out.

Also seen a notice by GW that ordering direct is now duties pre-paid. Although we've seen that in January too and it was a blatant lie.
Not sure how this is on GW when you've also said this:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
It doesn't help that I've never dealt with a customs official who wasn't a functionally illiterate sociopath.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/06/12 15:11:31


Post by: lord_blackfang


 BrookM wrote:
 lord_blackfang wrote:
The store supply chain seems to be back to relatively normal but UPS's backlog might just rot atthe back of the warehouse, we're heard it here first that they work last one in, first one out.

Also seen a notice by GW that ordering direct is now duties pre-paid. Although we've seen that in January too and it was a blatant lie.
Not sure how this is on GW when you've also said this:

 lord_blackfang wrote:
It doesn't help that I've never dealt with a customs official who wasn't a functionally illiterate sociopath.


I'm not sure why you think the two are mutually exclusive.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/07 08:19:21


Post by: beast_gts


Not GW, by Wayland Games just posted this:

Wayland Games wrote:Important Customer Update
Our courier partners have supplied us with an updated list containing product classes that can no longer be shipped into certain countries. Unfortunately, Germany and Spain are prohibiting goods with an HS code that starts with 32 (Germany more specifically codes 3202 - 3215).
This means that, for the moment at least, we are not able to ship PAINTS (or anything containing a dye or extract) into Spain or Germany.
We have done our best to prevent carts containing these products from going through the checkout. However, if your order does go through the checkout containing one or more of these items we will be cancelling and refunding them back to you so the rest of your order can ship.
We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused, Brexit really is the gift that just keeps on giving!


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/07 09:34:08


Post by: tneva82


 lord_blackfang wrote:

Also seen a notice by GW that ordering direct is now duties pre-paid. Although we've seen that in January too and it was a blatant lie.


How's so? No duties for me ever. If you got asked it was mistake and you could just ask for refund from GW.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/07 10:38:31


Post by: Da Boss


Still waiting here with no update on arrival for the stuff I ordered on the first of feb.

Still sour over the fact that GW apparently didn't have their customs sorted out even though it was known the UK was leaving the customs union and single market since 2017.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/07 10:43:25


Post by: beast_gts


 Da Boss wrote:
Still sour over the fact that GW apparently didn't have their customs sorted out even though it was known the UK was leaving the customs union and single market since 2017.
The customs rules are changing on a weekly basis - Germany and Spain have just banned paint imports, for example.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/07 11:56:03


Post by: kodos


"just"

this is not really something new as not being allowed to ship paints by air is there for years now (~10) same for spray cans and you needed more expensive shipping for those

there is no new ban on paints


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/07 11:59:28


Post by: beast_gts


 kodos wrote:
there is no new ban on paints
Then why is Wayland Games and others saying there is?


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/07 12:19:44


Post by: kodos


I don't know, maybe because of brexit their partners doing now air freight only hence they cannot ship those any more

another possibility would be that those paints contain special chemicals or animal products that are banned

yet it would be strange if Vallejo paints, produced in Spain, are banned from importing them back to Spain from England


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/07 13:12:34


Post by: lord_blackfang


beast_gts wrote:
 kodos wrote:
there is no new ban on paints
Then why is Wayland Games and others saying there is?


There's a rich history of shifting blame in this industry.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/14 10:13:13


Post by: wuestenfux


Well, I was waiting very long for an order from Fantasywelt made at the end of 2020.
The order consisted of green stuff, cryptek, and 10 warriors.
The delay came from the green stuff which was not available!
So I've I cancelled the green stuff and the remaining two items arrived a few days ago.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/14 11:02:20


Post by: Da Boss


I ordered one of the Broken Realms boxed sets and a start collecting boxed set (Kraeth's Shadowpact and Anvilgard).

The Kraeth's Shadowpact is apparently stuck indefinitely in a warehouse in Hamburg. I'm pretty surprised that this far along from my order (6 and a half months!) there's been no movement and I suspect my box is lost or stolen at this stage. I'll probably also have to ask for a refund but I'm pretty unhappy because the Shadowpact boxed set is out of production now. Lesson learned for me: only order stuff that's in stock in a European webstore if it's coming from the UK.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/14 14:46:56


Post by: lord_blackfang


Seems half the FLGS shipment of Crimson Court (WHU vampire team) got permanently lost, apart from that shipping seems smooth lately, we had Dominion on launch day.

I've made two preorders for non-GW UK miniatures from German retailers lately (North Star via MiniaturicuM and Great Escape Games via Stronghold-Terrain) and stock arrived in a reasonable timeframe both times.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/20 14:44:37


Post by: Pacific


Going the other way around (sending stuff to EU) I feel like I have slipped into a bureaucratic hell.

Jesus fething wept, if the referendum Remain campaign had just sent everyone around a sample of the paperwork you would need to fill in to send one box of stuff - then printed in triplicate - the UK would still be in the EU now with a 98% vote win majority.

What an absolute, unmitigated load of complete BS. A friend of mine works in a company that ships to the EU a lot, I can now understand what he meant when he said he wanted to kill himself (and I have only sent a couple of things!)


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/20 15:09:00


Post by: Crispy78


 Pacific wrote:
Going the other way around (sending stuff to EU) I feel like I have slipped into a bureaucratic hell.

Jesus fething wept, if the referendum Remain campaign had just sent everyone around a sample of the paperwork you would need to fill in to send one box of stuff - then printed in triplicate - the UK would still be in the EU now with a 98% vote win majority.

What an absolute, unmitigated load of complete BS. A friend of mine works in a company that ships to the EU a lot, I can now understand what he meant when he said he wanted to kill himself (and I have only sent a couple of things!)


Oh yes. Something else I wonder, when trade figures are talked about and comments made about how it's really going alright and trade hasn't fallen that much since Brexit...

I work in IT, and my employers have a number of employees over in the Republic Of Ireland that I support. It used to be that I could just post them any kit they needed. Now, we have to fill in (as you correctly say) horrendous export documentation classifying what we're sending out in terms of customs tariff codes, provide country of origin information and so on. In other words, it counts as trade. Me sending a replacement laptop charger to a colleague in another country counts as international trade. It never used to. How much of this is going on, quietly buoying up the trade figures?


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/22 05:13:32


Post by: tneva82


 Pacific wrote:
Going the other way around (sending stuff to EU) I feel like I have slipped into a bureaucratic hell.

Jesus fething wept, if the referendum Remain campaign had just sent everyone around a sample of the paperwork you would need to fill in to send one box of stuff - then printed in triplicate - the UK would still be in the EU now with a 98% vote win majority.

What an absolute, unmitigated load of complete BS. A friend of mine works in a company that ships to the EU a lot, I can now understand what he meant when he said he wanted to kill himself (and I have only sent a couple of things!)


No it wouldn't. People were told. Repeatedly. With examples. Diagrams.

But a) if they don't personally have to send they don't give jack b) doesn't fit with narrative. Like guys who says EU would get just as hurt by loss of trade and they need UK badly while ignoring that trade with EU was over 40% of UK trade and UK trade is mid single digits for EU...And EU countries have each 26 nearby countries to find alternative markets close to them while UK has...not quite as many. But that doesn't fit the narrative so it got ignored.

People WERE told what will happen. Nothing has been surprise if facts were of interest. So either they knew facts and would have voted same way anyway or they weren't interested in facts in the first place so samples would have been ignored.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/22 11:52:12


Post by: Templarted


The whole EU shipping thing is funny because people pretend it’s not like we were shipping with the same documentation to other countries and territories that are actually in the UK(let alone regularly sending items to non-EU countries) with the whole thing being well documented. Then given four years to prepare for a potential worst case scenario(literally the same rules as trading with the rest of the world and UK dependencies not within the EU). Then customs on the EU side also couldn’t prepare for something that they were given four years notice for and got hugely overwhelmed(and escaped any blame at all). GW was probably well prepared for brexit as they shipped to multiple non-EU countries anyway.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/23 13:09:50


Post by: Cronch


Customs in the EU got prepared, it's not their fault the UK took so long to actually negotiate the deal it's companies didn't have time to learn the regulations that did come into effect and it ended up with a pile of wrongly-filled forms.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/07/30 08:22:09


Post by: Blackie


I made an order on Sunday from the GW site, all Direct ("available to order") material. Arrived this morning, just in 5 days.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/08/04 11:33:56


Post by: tneva82


Read comment that says GW is sending stuff from Lyon(France) now to EU. Not sure if true but if true would explain how the GW solved issues. EU warehouse in Lyon, from there inside EU deliveries have no issues.


Any Europeans ordered from the GW online store since Brexit? How did it go? @ 2021/11/09 09:32:10


Post by: Da Boss


As a final update, it's been over 10 months now, no further communication from Fantasywelt, I assume my package was just lost, I'll be asking for a refund.

Disappointed by the whole thing.