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Quote: Originally posted by petemillis on 30/10/2011

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and not meaning to be cynical or judgemental....

Well thats exactly how it reads mate!

He made a kind gesture. It sounds a great idea if hes going anyway to ask if anyone else wants some stuff. He was only suggesting - it might have even developed into sharing the driving, take someone with them, share the petrol etc.  Lighten up, it might have been a fun trip and some people like doing favour for others, common hobby etc. Its not pointless unless you deal with it like an accountant calculation. If it turned out Robbie lived 1/2hr from me and was going anyway I might ask him to pick up something for me also, I would much rather do it that way and who knows I could return the favour if I was going at a later date.  Like crime, the fear of scamming is much worse than scamming itself.  Wouldnt it be great if we had regular posts, "I am on my way to Holland, got a bit of space, anyone want some items?".  Its called a community.

Quote: Originally posted by elanman on 31/10/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by petemillis on 30/10/2011

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and not meaning to be cynical or judgemental....

Well thats exactly how it reads mate!

He made a kind gesture. It sounds a great idea if hes going anyway to ask if anyone else wants some stuff. He was only suggesting - it might have even developed into sharing the driving, take someone with them, share the petrol etc.  Lighten up, it might have been a fun trip and some people like doing favour for others, common hobby etc. Its not pointless unless you deal with it like an accountant calculation. If it turned out Robbie lived 1/2hr from me and was going anyway I might ask him to pick up something for me also, I would much rather do it that way and who knows I could return the favour if I was going at a later date.  Like crime, the fear of scamming is much worse than scamming itself.  Wouldnt it be great if we had regular posts, "I am on my way to Holland, got a bit of space, anyone want some items?".  Its called a community.

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Quote: Originally posted by elanman on 31/10/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by petemillis on 30/10/2011

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and not meaning to be cynical or judgemental....

Well thats exactly how it reads mate!

He made a kind gesture. It sounds a great idea if hes going anyway to ask if anyone else wants some stuff. He was only suggesting - it might have even developed into sharing the driving, take someone with them, share the petrol etc.  Lighten up, it might have been a fun trip and some people like doing favour for others, common hobby etc. Its not pointless unless you deal with it like an accountant calculation. If it turned out Robbie lived 1/2hr from me and was going anyway I might ask him to pick up something for me also, I would much rather do it that way and who knows I could return the favour if I was going at a later date.  Like crime, the fear of scamming is much worse than scamming itself.  Wouldnt it be great if we had regular posts, "I am on my way to Holland, got a bit of space, anyone want some items?".  Its called a community.

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There is no reason why they should be any more expensive in the UK than Holland. I do consider £197 to £319 a significant amount and it used to be a lot more when the euro was 1.30 not that long ago when I looked into getting one.
One reason that harks back to some previous posts, is either illegal or at least not fair practice, is that the supplier in the UK Belltent and have told Obelink to stop supplying the UK (they are the same tents from the same supplier in China). They used to supply and ship them to the uk but were told not to, as belltent kicked up a fuss and wanted artificial protection of their market.  This is probabally against EU law and uncompetitive but as a consumer we have to take it. So Belltent would rather stifle competition than compete fairly with an overseas supplier who have extra shipping costs. I would rather go direct to NL in a car than deal with a company like that doesnt want to compete fairly on price. Obelink may be a bigger company but they do have a showroom were you can see the tents. Open competition is the only way to have reasonable prices and fair deals, its a shame you have to drive over to acomplish this.  We shoudnt have to drive over.

As for the community, maybe I am more trusting and would rather look at things that someone is genuine until proven otherwise, at least I would rather see a person that way.

Welcome Jules, we're practically neighbours as I'm only a few miles from Newmarket  

I no longer have a passport so not offering to go over and I'm not sure it will work out that much cheaper once you consider the costs of going over unless buying loads at once