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13/6/2013 at 12:22pm
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Here yer go 22 pages to look through, they all seem to require a min order though. FOB(free on board)means that buyer pays all costs from the port of loading so add shipping cost & customs & import duty to unit price.
& its not anticompetitive for Obelink to not offer a delivery service to the UK even if it does protect UK retailers who they presumably supply because anybody is free to go & buy one from their shop in Holland.
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14/6/2013 at 10:42am
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Interesting information - thank you
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16/6/2013 at 9:07pm
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We looked at importing from china too. The tents Soulpad, karma and Bell Tent UK etc sell can be had for £100-200 pounds. The problem is that most factories that make them will only trade in quantity. But even if you can get one imported, what happens if its defective? You are basically up that famous creek.
As for certain companies having exclusivity deals with suppliers, it might be annoying but this is extremly common with all sorts of products. What annoys me about belltentuk.co.uk is that they claim they make theirs yet they actually by them from obelink (who I think themselves import from china).
As much as I love my Karma bell tent, I was buying again I would pay a bit more for a British made one with thicker canvas.
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