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Post by pgandy on Sept 30, 2017 14:07:40 GMT
Is the following only a glimpse into the future?
Two parangs returned by Pos Malaysia
Sad news for us at Sepuh Crafts. We are halting all international sale of parangs for the time being. Recently, two of our parangs, destined for Germany and Australia was returned from Pos Malaysia. The parangs never even left Malaysia!
We made several calls and was told that they are now enforcing a regulation that does not allow Parangs (categorized as dangerous weapons) to be shipped via air parcel. All parcels are now 100% scanned, so it does not matter how we declare it, they would still see it.
The only option they say may be other courier service. So, we contacted DHL and turns out they too no longer ship items dangerous weapons for consumers. Not sure what that means but I have a feeling it would be ok to ship commercially as in bulk.
Anyways, we at Sepuh Crafts have no choice but to make this difficult decision to halt all sale of parangs to be shipped internationally. However, it is still okay to ship the parangs locally. So, if you are travelling within Malaysia, we can still have them shipped to you locally.
We will continue to search for ways to overcome this. In the mean time, I would like to apologize for any inconveniences caused.
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Post by 28shadow on Sept 30, 2017 14:26:47 GMT
Sad news. With growing levels of "this makes me feel bad or not safe, don't like it go away" in the world I feel this is going to continue for some time.
I certainly hope the Indian and Chinese governments don't decide to halt the international sale and shipping of "dangerous to consumer items" because once that happens...there goes the production sword ball game.
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Post by bfoo2 on Sept 30, 2017 15:32:39 GMT
I certainly hope the Indian and Chinese governments don't decide to halt the international sale and shipping of "dangerous to consumer items" because once that happens...there goes the production sword ball game. ...then we might be forced to buy DSA! In all seriousness though I hope that wholesale distributors will find a way to get the items onto the international market. My bigger concern is what seems to be a move away from free trade and a return to tariff/trade wars. Sure the intent is to protect local businesses (and the debate about the relative merits of such policies is beyond the scope of this forum); however not a lot of countries have domestic sword makers in the low/mid-range price bracket. I'm in Canada and even though our dollar is around 80% the value of the US one, I expect to pay twice as much for a $150 - $300 sword from the states once I factor in the price-gouging on the foreign exchange markets, shipping, import taxes and UPS/FedEx helping themselves to whatever BS "customs brokerage fee" they feel like charging you on that particular day. And I'm actually fairly blessed when it comes to importing swords. If you want customs/import horror stories talk to pgandy or Croccifixio !
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Post by RickDastardly on Sept 30, 2017 15:51:30 GMT
Hmm... bad news. Seems the UK government doesn't have a monopoly on stupidity.
It's looking worse here too. Last I heard our lovely government is trying to get the anti-sharps laws through without even the usual parliamentary debate and consultation. They've been working on bringing in laws for a while to allow them to sidestep such things 'in the public interest'.
Our customs people are well known now for confiscating things that don't even break any laws... yet.
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Post by strigoil on Sept 30, 2017 15:53:53 GMT
Wonder if this is what happened with my Huawei as well, they tried shipping it 5 times and each time it was rejected by chinese outgoing, eventually she called them and was told they don't allow swords to be shipped to Norway anymore.
Not good at all if this becomes a norm
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Post by stormmaster on Sept 30, 2017 16:20:13 GMT
i think china already restricts internal shipping of swords within their borders no? this sounds bad, time to start hoarding swords to prepare for the incoming swordpocalypse
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Post by Croccifixio on Sept 30, 2017 18:51:37 GMT
Ever since I switched to freight forwarding (shipito in my case) I haven't had a problem, and I've been paying just about the same for a 2-5 day international shipping time that's delivered directly to my office.
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Post by pgandy on Sept 30, 2017 20:45:31 GMT
Ever since I switched to freight forwarding (shipito in my case) I haven't had a problem, and I've been paying just about the same for a 2-5 day international shipping time that's delivered directly to my office. Freight forwarding has gotten me things that would not have been shipped otherwise. I think, at least from the US, where it is not illegal but due to the red tape involved most small companies would rather not go through the hassle.
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Post by 28shadow on Oct 1, 2017 2:58:06 GMT
Just read on Facebook thst Fedex supposedly has implemented a no sword shipping policy.
Seriously bad news if this starts becoming the norm.
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Post by stormmaster on Oct 1, 2017 3:12:35 GMT
seriously dude, well usually i dont have fedex ship anything so its whatever but please jesus, ups and usps dont follow fedex, please lord, thats all i ask for
and does anyone have a link to an article confirming this?
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Post by William Swiger on Oct 1, 2017 13:34:53 GMT
Always get a kick when USPS has you confirm the package contains nothing dangerous.
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Post by bebut on Oct 1, 2017 13:55:40 GMT
Been thinking of consulting my local blacksmith... I don't expect a long sword done right, but he should be able to do a qama out of leaf spring, don't you think?
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Post by bebut on Oct 1, 2017 14:01:02 GMT
Always get a kick when USPS has you confirm the package contains nothing dangerous. Lithium batteries are more dangerous than swords! At least when not packaged right.
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Post by Jordan Williams on Oct 1, 2017 17:31:37 GMT
I don't like FedEx usually. That makes me like them even less. Doesn't even make sense, can't ship swords? We're the ones paying for the service!
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Post by pellius on Oct 2, 2017 3:48:30 GMT
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Post by Croccifixio on Oct 2, 2017 5:44:24 GMT
Silver lining: This all means that we have a unique opportunity to support our local bladesmiths and maybe get that custom we were planning to get after paying for those 12 other production swords...
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Post by 28shadow on Oct 2, 2017 15:03:39 GMT
Silver lining: This all means that we have a unique opportunity to support our local bladesmiths and maybe get that custom we were planning to get after paying for those 12 other production swords... I'm near Valiant Armoury so I suppose that's a plus. Sonny supplies one of the vendors at my local ren faire too.
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Post by Afoo on Oct 2, 2017 21:16:12 GMT
Always get a kick when USPS has you confirm the package contains nothing dangerous. Lithium batteries are more dangerous than swords! At least when not packaged right. Just ask Samsung! Also, after years of ordering explosive precursors educational materials online (I work in a research institution by day, and a part-time chemistry teacher by night so don't worry), I find it rather silly that swords are now being targeted
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Post by RickDastardly on Oct 2, 2017 21:36:18 GMT
You clearly don't live in the UK. We can't even order potassium nitrate any more without being put on a watch list. Acids are likely soon to be banned. Nitric acid and higher concentrations of hydrogen peroxide are almost impossible to obtain for non-verified business users.
Gone are the days when I could go to the local Boots Pharmacist as a 12-year-old and buy what I needed over the counter.
We can still buy cars though, one of the deadliest weapons commonly available to the general public. Fortunately... because if the new laws go ahead how the government hopes, I'll have an 850 mile round trip to get my sword when it's ready.
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Post by Leon on Oct 23, 2017 12:31:06 GMT
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