Another new Brexit thread

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

I guess there is time for this to change so that UK citizens with a second home in Europe get parity with EU citizens who have second homes here (I think I’ve understood correctly that is the position).

Would be interesting to hear from any bluemooners who find themselves potentially affected by this, especially advocates of Brexit to see if they are happy it’s a fair price for our relative new freedom and opportunities . Does anyone know of any?

my neighbours are still wailing .... they voted leave ..... its f@cking delicious..... there goes their 6 months in tenerife over winter.

 

[journolud]

It isn’t even 180 days in a 12 month period.
It’s 90 days in 180 days.
The clock starts the day you arrive. 90 days later you have to leave and not return for a further 90 days.
So in any 6 month period you can only be there for 3 months.
You cannot go for 6 consecutive months in a year.

The least of my concerns as far as Brexit goes

 

[smudgedj]

my neighbours are still wailing .... they voted leave ..... its f@cking delicious..... there goes their 6 months in tenerife over winter.

So for the last few years they couldn’t be arsed to walk into the Spanish immigration office and pick up their residency certificate.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

It isn’t even 180 days in a 12 month period.
It’s 90 days in 180 days.
The clock starts the day you arrive. 90 days later you have to leave and not return for a further 90 days.
So in any 6 month period you can only be there for 3 months.
You cannot go for 6 consecutive months in a year.

Really bad news for all of us that go to second homes for 6 months at a time. Obviously no effect whatsoever for the vast majority of holidaying Brits.

 

[jimharri]

Let's try and keep the personal abuse of those with opposing viewpoints out of here.

 

[Ban-jani]

The least of my concerns as far as Brexit goes

Same.

Our economy is far more important and selfishly I don’t go on holiday for 3 weeks, never mind months so I’m not that arsed.

I am sure you’ll get a working visa if anyone needs one.

My concern is a no deal impacting the economy and us losing more colleagues on top of this horror show of a year.

 

[bluethrunthru]

ha ha ha - respect international law ha ha ha

 

[Vic]

ha ha ha - respect international law ha ha ha

Doubly laughable. Respect international law that does not offer the assurance he was offering.

 

[west didsblue]

my neighbours are still wailing .... they voted leave ..... its f@cking delicious..... there goes their 6 months in tenerife over winter.

You won’t be laughing when they’re getting on your nerves for the three months they’re normally away;-)

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Same.

Our economy is far more important and selfishly I don’t go on holiday for 3 weeks, never mind months so I’m not that arsed.

I am sure you’ll get a working visa if anyone needs one.

My concern is a no deal impacting the economy and us losing more colleagues on top of this horror show of a year.

Agree there are probably more important things to worry about. I'd imagine some sort of annual long-stay visa costing between €80-100 would be one possible solution for those wishing to stay longer than three months per year in their second homes. I wonder if such a thing exists in most EU countries?

 

[west didsblue]

Same.

Our economy is far more important and selfishly I don’t go on holiday for 3 weeks, never mind months so I’m not that arsed.

I am sure you’ll get a working visa if anyone needs one.

My concern is a no deal impacting the economy and us losing more colleagues on top of this horror show of a year.

You’re right. It’s no big deal to most people, however there are dozens of these little annoyances that individually get dismissed as no big deal, but the accumulation of them becomes a bit more noticeable. It was always going to be the case that there wasn’t a single thing that makes Brexit shit but all of them combined certainly do.

 

[Vic]

Have I got this right? Right wing press complaining about the dossier about the cost of Covid tiers not telling the whole story, but still ok that the government has not released its estimates of the costs of Brexit?

 

[Ifwecouldjust.......]

In my inbox this morning

Hello ****************** the time has finally come, and we, here at BestSecret, are all very sad to see Britain leave the EU. Whilst we cannot influence politics, we all feel the consequences. With the new rules, regulations and customs in place, we no longer feel capable of providing the service you deserve. Our services will terminate on December 2nd. If you have any inquiries about orders, returns or other issues, our customer service department will be happy to help you. You can reach customer service by phone (+ 44 (0) 203 / 6974001) or by email at: service@bestsecret.co.uk. We would like to take the opportunity and express our gratitude for many years of your trust. It was a pleasure and an honour for us. Take care. ​ Thank you! Your BestSecret team​

 

[journolud]

In my inbox this morning

Hello ****************** ​ the time has finally come, and we, here at BestSecret, are all very sad to see Britain leave the EU. Whilst we cannot influence politics, we all feel the consequences. With the new rules, regulations and customs in place, we no longer feel capable of providing the service you deserve. Our services will terminate on December 2nd. If you have any inquiries about orders, returns or other issues, our customer service department will be happy to help you. You can reach customer service by phone (+ 44 (0) 203 / 6974001) or by email at: service@bestsecret.co.uk. We would like to take the opportunity and express our gratitude for many years of your trust. It was a pleasure and an honour for us. Take care.​ Thank you! Your BestSecret team​

Never heard of bestsecret until now but having just googled them all I can say is lucky for you Primark will be open 24/7 over the next couple of months

 

[jaseirai]

In my inbox this morning

Hello ****************** the time has finally come, and we, here at BestSecret, are all very sad to see Britain leave the EU. Whilst we cannot influence politics, we all feel the consequences. With the new rules, regulations and customs in place, we no longer feel capable of providing the service you deserve. Our services will terminate on December 2nd. If you have any inquiries about orders, returns or other issues, our customer service department will be happy to help you. You can reach customer service by phone (+ 44 (0) 203 / 6974001) or by email at: service@bestsecret.co.uk. We would like to take the opportunity and express our gratitude for many years of your trust. It was a pleasure and an honour for us. Take care. ​ Thank you! Your BestSecret team​

I know it’s going to be tough, but you’ll just have to knuckle down and purchase those clothing brands from a company that pays VAT in this country instead.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Never heard of bestsecret until now but having just googled them all I can say is lucky for you Primark will be open 24/7 over the next couple of months

It's a tiny distributor that restricts membership to 250k people globally to distribute reduced designer stuff - sort of like an online TK-Max. Their business model is not viable in the UK post-brext as direct imports of clothing without EU tariffs will undercut even their discounts. Essentially one of the few tangible good news stories about brexit.

 

[BobKowalski]

It's a tiny distributor that restricts membership to 250k people globally to distribute reduced designer stuff - sort of like an online TK-Max. Their business model is not viable in the UK post-brext as direct imports of clothing without EU tariffs will undercut even their discounts. Essentially one of the few tangible good news stories about brexit.

In other words ’a barrier to trade’. Why is a barrier to trade ‘a good news story’?

 

[Metal Biker]

It's a tiny distributor that restricts membership to 250k people globally to distribute reduced designer stuff - sort of like an online TK-Max. Their business model is not viable in the UK post-brext as direct imports of clothing without EU tariffs will undercut even their discounts. Essentially one of the few tangible good news stories about brexit.

As brexit sob stories go, he didn't exactly choose the most empathic one to lament over.

A bit of a snobbish example, to be honest.

 

[west didsblue]

In my inbox this morning

Hello ****************** ​ the time has finally come, and we, here at BestSecret, are all very sad to see Britain leave the EU. Whilst we cannot influence politics, we all feel the consequences. With the new rules, regulations and customs in place, we no longer feel capable of providing the service you deserve. Our services will terminate on December 2nd. If you have any inquiries about orders, returns or other issues, our customer service department will be happy to help you. You can reach customer service by phone (+ 44 (0) 203 / 6974001) or by email at: service@bestsecret.co.uk. We would like to take the opportunity and express our gratitude for many years of your trust. It was a pleasure and an honour for us. Take care.​ Thank you! Your BestSecret team​

Another one to add to the "Death by a thousand cuts" that is a not unreasonable metaphor for Brexit.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

In other words ’a barrier to trade’. Why is a barrier to trade ‘a good news story’?

No Bob, BestSecret are becoming nonviable in the UK due to us removing a trade barrier - the EU tariff on clothing. This means their discounting model doesn't work anymore as imports to the UK free of EU tariffs undercut even their ability to discount.