Everything Dinosaur Offers New Tracked Postal Service for EU Customers

Everything Dinosaur updates European customers.

For the UK, the Brexit transition period comes to an end at 11pm GMT (midnight Central European Standard Time) on the 31st December (2020).  The UK has already formally left the European Union, this took place at 11pm (GMT) on the 31st January 2020 (midnight  Central European Standard Time), however, a period of eleven months was granted in order to help all parties prepare for the change.

At the end of the transition period, the rules which apply to non-EU imports will be extended to EU items.  Similarly, the European Union will treat UK imports as it does non-EU imports today.

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What Does This Mean for Everything Dinosaur Customers in Europe?

Items sent in the post to customers in the European Union will be affected.  However, Everything Dinosaur has been working with the highly respected OCS Worldwide, the global courier and logistics network to minimise any potential customer inconvenience.

Now that the UK has left the European Union/customs union, firms supplying European customers can offer two types of mail order parcel delivery:

1. The buyer pays VAT and any duties and this may include a carding fee (administration fee).  This is termed Delivery at Place (DAP), sometimes referred to as DDU.
2. The seller ensures that the customer pays the appropriate VAT rate for their country at the point of purchase but the seller picks up any additional costs, tariffs and duties.  This is termed Delivery Duty Paid (DDP).

Everything Dinosaur Will Offer Delivery Duty Paid (DDP)

Everything Dinosaur will be offering customers a hassle-free, delivery duty paid mail order service. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

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Offering a Variety of Postage Services

For the vast majority of EU member states, Everything Dinosaur is able to make use of a special airmail service for small items, but customers will also be able select a fully tracked, rapid delivery service which places the emphasis on Everything Dinosaur (the seller), to take care of customs duties and any customs clearance fees.

Depending on the country of destination, Everything Dinosaur customers will have a range of postage options available to them:

• Special Airmail below £20 incl. shipping (3-5 Working Days) Duty Exempt
• Special Airmail below £20 incl. shipping (4-7 Working Days) Duty Exempt
• Tracked (3-5 Working Days) Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)
• Tracked (4-7 Working Days) Delivered Duty Paid (DDP)

Other companies, whether based in Europe or in the UK may not offer such a high quality service.  They may be relying on import VAT, customs duties and any customs clearance fees to be collected by the receiving designated operator using the Delivery Duties Unpaid (DDU) process prior to delivery.  Ultimately, before a customer can receive their parcel they may be asked to pay extra duties plus a hefty administration fee.

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“It is our intention to make it easy for buyers, with Everything Dinosaur taking responsibility for the import costs and duties.  By offering a Delivery Duty Paid service, our customers can be confident that their orders will be received without any nasty surprises.  We have done all we can to help our customers and to make shopping with Everything Dinosaur easier than ever.”

The new Delivery Duty Paid (DDP) postage option offers terrific value for customers as well as peace of mind.  This new delivery option is typical of the high standards expected of Everything Dinosaur customer service.

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Movement of Parcels from the UK – Everything Dinosaur Statement

Everything Dinosaur comments on the current situation.

The rapid spread of a new variant of the coronavirus has led to a number of European governments taking the decision to impose travel bans on the UK.  Countries that have temporarily closed their borders to the UK include Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium.  Other nations too, such as Turkey and Canada have suspended UK flights.  The European Union member states are meeting this morning (21st December) to plan a co-ordinated response.

Whilst it must be acknowledged that this is a fast-moving news story, Everything Dinosaur is aware that border closures and flight restrictions will affect postal operations and delays in the delivery of parcels will occur.

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Further Delays to Overseas Deliveries

The restrictions began on Sunday, so overseas orders placed with Everything Dinosaur on Thursday (18th December), are for the most part unaffected as these will already have entered the international delivery system.  Some orders placed on Friday 19th December, will have been despatched that day, but these may now be delayed as they may not have left the UK prior to the new restrictions being put in place.

A spokesperson from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“The last recommended posting dates for parcels being sent overseas have passed.  For example, the last recommended posting date for airmail services for a Christmas delivery to Belgium, France and Ireland was Friday 18th December.  Our team members have been working exceptionally hard to get parcels despatched as quickly as possible.  The international mail network is already severely congested due to the very high demand for on-line shopping and due to the social distancing and other COVID-19 restrictions that have been imposed.  Delays have been occurring with international deliveries and with the closure of many borders and the imposition of further flight restrictions, these delays are likely to be exacerbated.”

The New Coronavirus Variant

Virus populations mutant and change all the time.  The mutation of the COVID-19 virus is an expected and anticipated event.  The virus wants to spread and replicate itself in as many hosts as possible and often mutations occur within the population of a virus to permit forms which are more virulent and easier to transmit to become the dominant strain.   Everything Dinosaur understands that the first signs of a potentially more transmittable virus were detected in laboratory tests back in September.

Research is at an early stage, there are huge uncertainties when modelling and predicting changes, but some of the mutations detected have been shown to increase the ability of the virus to infect cells in laboratory tests.

Hence the statement from UK government advisors on new infections stating that they have “moderate” confidence that it is more able to transmit than other variants.

It is because of this variant that parts of the UK were placed in Tier 4 with very strict measures in place to limit mixing.  Within the UK there are now harsher restrictions on mixing at Christmas in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.  Everything Dinosaur expects other countries to impose restrictions and travel bans which will affect the movement of parcels through the international delivery network.

Everything Dinosaur’s Response

Throughout this pandemic, our mail order business has remained open for business.  We have brought in appropriate measures to protect team members and done all we can to keep them safe and well.  We will continue to operate throughout the Christmas and New Year period.  Due to the new restrictions imposed we anticipate that overseas customers will experience delays in the delivery of their orders.

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We apologise for this and would like to reassure all our customers that we remain absolutely committed to doing all we can to ensure a swift despatch of parcels.  However, due to the imposition of travel bans that will affect air freight and UK ports, delays in deliveries are inevitable.

We thank you for your support and patience.

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Royal Mail Service Update (UK Customers of Everything Dinosaur)

The global mail network is severely congested at the moment.  The unprecedented demand for mail order items combined with the difficulties of trying to work whilst obeying social distance and hygiene regulations associated with the COVID-19 pandemic has put an incredible strain on delivery networks.

Everything Dinosaur is continuing to operate 7-days a week in a bid to ensure orders from customers are despatched promptly.  For UK customers please note, some first class parcels are taking up to 8 days to reach their destination.

Royal Mail Having to Cope with Extraordinary High Volumes of Parcels

Everything Dinosaur team members have taken steps to help minimise disruption for customers.  Royal Mail too are working hard to minimise any disruption.  Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Royal Mail Service Delivery Update

For UK customers, here is the latest Royal Mail service delivery update (dated 19th and 20th of December 2020).

Royal Mail operated the usual collection services on Saturday (19th December).  Deliveries took place as normal on Saturday and in most areas, Sunday, as staff work hard to get all the Christmas gifts and parcels delivered to customers.

Royal Mail continues to work hard to deliver the most comprehensive and high quality service they can to all their customers, all over the UK, large and small.  The combination of greatly increased uptake of on-line, mail order Christmas shopping, in no small part driven by the recent lockdown, and the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions mean that all delivery companies are experiencing exceptionally high volumes of parcels and packets this year.

Each and every single parcel, letter and card that Royal Mail handles is important.  Significant investment has been put in to provide extra staff and other resources to cope with this huge surge in demand.  However, some customers may experience longer delivery timescales than Royal Mail’s usual service standards.  These delays are due to the enormous volume of parcels and packets, exacerbated by the coronavirus-related measures they have put in place in delivery depots and local mail offices.  Everyone at Royal Mail is working extremely hard to get back to their usual level of customer service and delivery times.

Royal Mail would like to take this opportunity to thank its many millions of customers for their patience and understanding at this time of unprecedented strain on the UK delivery network.

Most of the Royal Mail delivery depots and customer service points are open over the weekend to permit customers to collect urgent items, such as those parcels that could not be delivered and a “something for you” card has been left at the delivery address.

Everything Dinosaur Assures Customers

Everything Dinosaur would like to reassure its customers that they are doing all they can to pack and despatch parcels, sadly, however, delays in deliveries are likely to occur.

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