Whisk(e)y Lovers thread

[Spizz]

My day just got better and better....it has landed! 2 bottles of the good stuff...

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Nice. What did you pay for it?

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Mine's still going take a few more days.

Where from?

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Nice. What did you pay for it?

Too much...shipping was REDRUM.

 

[Spizz]

Too much...shipping was REDRUM.

Ooft, I hope it's worth it

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Ooft, I hope it's worth it

It better be...or Andy will have some 'splaining to do!!

 

[dualmeister]

Where from?

Hard To Find Whisky

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Hard To Find Whisky

Aah OK. Have never used them. Site looks good. GBP 45...seems about right. Shipping was probably more...

 

[dualmeister]

Aah OK. Have never used them. Site looks good. GBP 45...seems about right. Shipping was probably more...

Don't ask. That way I won't get divorced
Check some of the Ardbeg's that they have.

 

[Neuk_]

Agreed A good friend's first child is arriving in late December/early January so I am going to get him a bottle as a gift, so I can have some, of course.

P.S. I made two mistakes recently, the second was giving up alcohol for November and the first was not remembering the last time I gave up alcohol for November

Hello December 1st Looking forward to my first whisky in a while this evening with my fiancé and some friends.

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Don't ask. That way I won't get divorced
Check some of the Ardbeg's that they have.

Want to cry about Ardbeg...have a look at this:

Ardbeg by Ardbeg

www.thewhiskyworld.com

 

[TheMightyQuin]

I've decide to start cataloguing my Whisky...might as well post here too and not just give Santam all the fun.

 

[Rah_Skill]

I

Don't ask. That way I won't get divorced
Check some of the Ardbeg's that they have.

What did you end up paying in customs?

They offer free shipping over 500 pounds which is worthwhile on bigger purchases.

 

[TheMightyQuin]

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What did you end up paying in customs?

They offer free shipping over 500 pounds which is worthwhile on bigger purchases.

Customs is mostly VAT which is easy to calculate. then some extra fees from DHL...R150 pre-clearance etc.

 

[dualmeister]

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What did you end up paying in customs?

They offer free shipping over 500 pounds which is worthwhile on bigger purchases.

Hasn't shipped yet. No idea.
500 pounds. That is not going to happen in my life time.

 

[Rah_Skill]

Customs is mostly VAT which is easy to calculate. then some extra fees from DHL...R150 pre-clearance etc.

That's not bad.

I was fully expecting to pay 40% or so including VAT. I import a lot of perfume/cologne and that kills the wallet faster than the actual item.

I might give Hard To Find Whisky and Hedonism (~£30 flat shipping) a try then. Cheers.

 

[TheMightyQuin]

That's not bad.

I was fully expecting to pay 40% or so including VAT. I import a lot of perfume/cologne and that kills the wallet faster than the actual item.

I might give Hard To Find Whisky and Hedonism (~£30 flat shipping) a try then. Cheers.

To give more detail:

A bottle of Whisky recently costing me GBP 44.13 had additional costs of R 1.36 for Duties, R 162 VAT and R68.20 in Excise.

Then add approx R150 in DHL pre -clearance and then there is/or isn't the latest Dept, of Agriculture fee of R230.

So total of: R 611.56

 

[Rah_Skill]

To give more detail:

A bottle of Whisky recently costing me GBP 44.13 had additional costs of R 1.36 for Duties, R 162 VAT and R68.20 in Excise.

Then add approx R150 in DHL pre -clearance and then there is/or isn't the latest Dept, of Agriculture fee of R230.

So total of: R 611.56

Which is pretty reasonable - especially on larger orders where a few of those costs won't make up such a large portion of the original price.

Thanks!

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Which is pretty reasonable - especially on larger orders where a few of those costs won't make up such a large portion of the original price.

Thanks!

Well on larger order all those costs will increase except the DHL fees so it will still all ad up.

 

[axsis]

That's not bad.

I was fully expecting to pay 40% or so including VAT. I import a lot of perfume/cologne and that kills the wallet faster than the actual item.

I might give Hard To Find Whisky and Hedonism (~£30 flat shipping) a try then. Cheers.

Plenty of local shops have the standard Hedonism? Or are you after one of the special releases?

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Hard To Find Whisky

Quite an ironic name for them...most of the hard to find stuff in their listings, are Out of stock...