Jeff Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Of course, I'd like to be in, but I don't have a donation and I don't feel right taking and not giving, and like they say on Dragons Den........... 'so for that reason I'm out'....................... in my little pea brain , for me , it is about giving not receiving, so I think this is a really cool thing , and I will watch closely ,as so far the donations are incredibly generous. I'm very impressed with you guys...... best of luck to all who enter...................is it too early to say Merry Christmas? Erni, just let ius know who won what, if at all possible....... that would be most exciting....and interesting... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted November 15, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 15, 2018 Jeff, please enter. It's Christmas. You don't need to give to receive, ya goof! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I vote to add Jeff's name !........harv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted November 15, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 15, 2018 Just now, harv said: I vote to add Jeff's name !........harv Done. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, Clunkmeister said: Done. I’m donating a Hasegawa FW-190F8 as Jeff’s entry. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted November 15, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 15, 2018 3 minutes ago, 1to1scale said: I’m donating a Hasegawa FW-190F8 as Jeff’s entry. WOW!! That's awesome, man!! DONE!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Awe shucks you guys................. NOW I owe beer, and by the looks of it a LOT of beer............. I honestly didn't say what I did to get anything for nothing..... kind of how I was brought up.... and Ernie, you know me well.................. Goof is my middle name !!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 41 minutes ago, 1to1scale said: I’m donating a Hasegawa FW-190F8 as Jeff’s entry. THANKS, that's a VERY generous entry................. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted November 15, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 15, 2018 Wokka wokka woo woo! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Vodka Vodka Voo voo ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators James H Posted November 15, 2018 Administrators Share Posted November 15, 2018 I'll see what I have in my stash this weekend. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 We know what is in your stash James, it has 4 engines and double tail 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumm Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, James H said: I'll see what I have in my stash this weekend. How about something with a 'Nick' in the title? And I don't mean that Rugby Nutter from down in Kent either! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators James H Posted November 15, 2018 Administrators Share Posted November 15, 2018 Just now, Wumm said: How about something with a 'Nick' in the title? :wink: And I don't mean that Rugby Nutter from down in Kent either! Haha! If only that hadn't just cost me £110 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted November 15, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 15, 2018 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumm Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 £110 sounds like the bill from a night out with Mr.Mayhew at the Bell & Jorrocks! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumm Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Ern, I'll have a look through the stash tonight for something, it's 05:30 here and I'm off to work. Steve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunhertz Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 OK I've got a Revell 1/32 109 g10 new tool to go in 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Having participated and been a donor in the previous raffles on LSP, may I add two comments ? 1) We most likely all have too many kits in our respective stashes, so giving a kit away seems the right thing to do, but current postal rates can sometimes make a « free » donation expensive ... 2) Don’t forget a simple « thank you » when you receive something. I was somewhat pissed that a beneficiary of a kit I donated and sent did not even bother to send a thanking PM Hubert 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted November 15, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 15, 2018 Hubert, that's a great point. Another thing to bear in mind that those of us in the USA and Canada can sometimes lose sight of, or even not even realize. (I only found out a few months back). Most Western Social Democracies have a thing called GST and or VAT. It's often payable on every single thing imported into the Country, even gifts. VAT and other taxes in some instances can run 30-40% of the retail value of the kit or more, plus convenience fees on the shipping, brokerage fees on Customs, duties, excise, and all those other fees that Governments find to slap on. So suddenly that "free gift" ends up costing a pretty penny. Plus the cost of shipping. OK, I'll put Scrooge McDuck back to bed. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 You don’t normally pay VAT on parcels identified as « gifts », Ernie. But the shipping can be expensive, still. Hubert 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted November 15, 2018 Author Administrators Share Posted November 15, 2018 1 minute ago, HubertB said: You don’t normally pay VAT on parcels identified as « gifts », Ernie. But the shipping can be expensive, still. Hubert I think someone got stuck on one going to Britain, Hubert, but maybe I labelled it wrong. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunhertz Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Just now, Clunkmeister said: I think someone got stuck on one going to Britain, Hubert, but maybe I labelled it wrong. We have a peculiar system over here in blighty me old chap where the customs people pick boxes at random and then decide whether to charge you or not. I bought a WNW Albatros for what worked out at £35.00 (55$) by the time the thieving B&£**+_&@#s at Royal mail had finished it cost me another £20.00 "handling charge" they called it. However I bought a hasegawa 109F from HLJ and nothing. So if you ship to the UK the value is 0 and its a gift. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I'm in please Ernie and I'll donate a Trumpeter A-7E as I somehow managed to order a duplicate. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Grunhertz said: We have a peculiar system over here in blighty me old chap where the customs people pick boxes at random and then decide whether to charge you or not. I bought a WNW Albatros for what worked out at £35.00 (55$) by the time the thieving B&£**+_&@#s at Royal mail had finished it cost me another £20.00 "handling charge" they called it. However I bought a hasegawa 109F from HLJ and nothing. So if you ship to the UK the value is 0 and its a gift. If you want robbery, let me tell you about a package we sent to my sister in Chile. Her youngest daughter was turning 1 so we wanted to send her a red candle shaped like the number 1. We'd used it on the birthday cake for all our kids up to that point. Postage wasn't horrid, $25 or so from Canada. It took 3 weeks instead of the guaranteed 1 week. About 2 months after it got there, we received a letter from the courier company that there were duties owed of... ...$325 CAD!!!!! On a used candle no less!!!! Plus, since they had paid the duties on our behalf, if we didn't reimburse them the bill would be sent to a colllection agency. Now we all joke that the candle is going to be an heirloom for when our kids have children. Carl 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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