Guys.
As noted I am a one man band.
I do everything, clean up, answer phone, do the work, the paper work ordering parts etc..
Sending parts out of the UK commercially isn't that easy as there is a whole heap of red tape to get around, plus I end up with a *** load of paperwork for it.
I've not been around much lately as I am in the process of moving workplaces as I have outgrown where I am.
I am currently booked up for just short of 2 months with no space to get anymore work in.
basically I am really struggling to do my normal work that pays the bills without doing any extra, thats why there is a note on the homepage saying I won't send out of the UK.
My days at the moment see me start work at 8:30, no morning or afternoon break, I eat my dinner and get straight back up and carry on.
I finish when i finish, around 6ish them I am away to the new unit to get that ready for the big move in 2 weeks, I'm there till 9pm most nights, I then come home and do another 3 hours infront of the computer administering the webshop and printing orders for the next day...
There is light at the end of the tunnel tho..
I have had a friend knock me up a spread sheet for postal costs, inc. US and canada, but it is not cheap, but I don't do the volume of sales to be able to get a decent rate.
In the last day I have finally sorted postal rates into the EU.
I have been talking with the web monkey over the last week about zero rating (VAT) items on the site so I can send them overseas too, but the site doesn't have the functionality to do it easily (american system, tsk)
Basically, if I sell to the EU, thats easy, I just treat it as a UK sale, but if I send something to the US I do not add the 17.5% tax that we pay here.
I cannot do this through the site, plus I have to make a log of everything that has gone and keep records of it all. PITA.
I am looking to take on an employee soon, but I will have to get my head down for a bit and earn some money as a compressor, ramps, welders and electricians don't grow on trees!
So, I will be able to do it soon, but at the moment I cannot afford the time to lavish on sending stuff out of the country in dribs and drabs.
If I can do it in one order I will do that for you, and send it to one address and someone that end dish it out, but I can't do loads!
If someone wants to organise a group buy then come to me with a list I will get it together for you.
And remember, there is 17.5% VAT on the advertised prices that you do not have to pay!
(divide by 117.5 then x 100 to work out real price to you)