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Replicant wrote:

Mandrake wrote:In fact all this gives customers an extra choice. Buy from the UK and get the product next day or buy from Rick and await the arrival in due course. If you really have to have something urgently it's now possible - best of both worlds really!

For those who need the product within a couple of days and are happy to pay a premium for the privilege (the price difference between Merlins and Outlaw for Luna, for example, is about £25), then Merlins all the way. Personally, I am happy to wait a few weeks so I'll be ordering direct from Rick - especially if I'm saving £25 at the same time!

Mage Tyler wrote:For those of us in the US there's also the hope that the dollar won't continue to stay so weak...

Mandrake wrote:

Mage Tyler wrote:For those of us in the US there's also the hope that the dollar won't continue to stay so weak...

That's how we feel about the Euro, the Australian Dollar, the.... etc! I don't mind the US Dollar improving for you if absolutely necessary but give me time to get a few quid's worth first please !

(on that note, if anyone is aware of a similar site in the US my bank account *might* be able to weather the storm )

Mage Tyler wrote:It's made all the worse with the likes of IAIN posting things like the "Cheapskate Mentalist" with fantastic deals - which aren't so much so when you factor in the exchange rate and shipping. As if CUPS weren't enough to deal with...

Mandrake wrote:Pssst, you didn't hear this from me but all you have to do is locate the UK TM members most likely to suffer from CUPS, make sure you give them plenty of encouragement about how wonderful they'd be doing whichever effect you need and, in about 4 weeks' time, watch the Trading Area for sudden 'For Sale' items at half price....