One example what Brexit means for UK-EU trade:

[DetlefK]

I live in the EU.
Between Christmas and New Year, I ordered something recreational from a seller in the UK, via Amazon.

Years ago, pre-Brexit, a delivery like this would have taken about 10 days.
Now, post-Brexit, it's 4-5 weeks.

I have been planning to buy this for some time now and it's not urgent, so I don't really mind waiting 4-5 more weeks.





But imagine what this means for other customers who DO mind waiting 4-5 weeks. Why would somebody in the EU order something from the UK and wait 4-5 weeks if he/she has the option to order the same/similar from another vendor and wait a few days?

[NBachers]

1. They really screwed the pooch on Brexit.

[machoneman]

2. is there a site that lists all the negatives the UK has suffered post Brexit? I've read of some...

...but no full descriptions of all the dumb stuff Brexit has brought on. Well, on edit, I did find a comprehensive accounting of Brexit's foolhardy stumbles below:


https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/03/spiralling-inflation-crops-left-in-the-field-and-travel-chaos-10-reasons-brexit-has-been-disastrous-for-britain

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. Here's a weekly blog that I follow, and the site it often refers to as "invaluable"

https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/

The blog is good for articles in the past week about Brexit. This is the Brexit Impact Tracker:

https://www.gerhardschnyder.com/brexit-impact-tracker

There was also the 1000-post Twitter thread by Daniel Keleman:

Link to tweet

[yaesu]

3. Brexit, one of putins pet projects. Nt

[Easterncedar]

8. Yes.Division created. Chaos sowed.

Check.

[KS Toronado]

4. Is DeJoy the Postmaster General in the UK also?

[modrepub]

5. Probably More Government Imposed Bureaucratic Hurdles

that joining the EU was supposed to limit. You know, stuff Conservatives constantly rail about.

Oh well, at least the Brits created another (or several) government jobs for their folks; paper pusher, field inspector. On second thought, those jobs are probably severely understaffed given the current state of British tax collections. Hence, the long waits for exports.

So much winning...

[flor-de-jasmim]

6. Amazon.de and amazon.es are better bets

[eppur_se_muova]

7. Try paying for a UK purchase by wire transfer. It might go through, it might not.

In my case, not. But it cost me $30 to try.

[mitch96]

9. I have recently bought some items from Ireland. They came within a week. The same item

orderd from the UK said they did not know when it would get to the US... Uff..
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