Wanted Ruta Locura 9" stakes

[cathyjc]

I broke one trying to bend it round a stone ……. Yes, I know, Carbon stakes were never designed for this

i still think they are best for my usual camp locations so I'd like to replace/get some more.
But the current £:$ rate probably put the cost into the "Legalised Highway Robbery" category for Royal mail .

So does anyone have any lying around they would be happy to sell to me.

Please

 

[Arne L.]

I have some... but postage from Belgium might be... interesting.

I’ll take a look in the attic tonight if you’d like how much I still have?

 

[craige]

I also have some, can't remember for sure, but I think I still have all 4.

Outdoorline also have them but I think it might be cheaper importing them from the states

 

[Robert P]

I bought 4 Ruta Locura 9" stakes earlier this year $15 + $6.75 delivery (£17.80 at today's exchange rate) - no other costs. They are not cheap, but still competitive: marginally less than the large Eastons from Valley and Peak (with cheapest postage, nothing else ordered) and significantly less than the large MSR core stakes from ULOG (£25). Though the MSRs are a work of art...

I really like them - but carry at least one Easton or similar in case of a pegging point requiring a little more force.

 

[cathyjc]

I bought 4 Ruta Locura 9" stakes earlier this year $15 + $6.75 delivery (£17.80 at today's exchange rate) - no other costs. They are not cheap, but still competitive: marginally less than the large Eastons from Valley and Peak (with cheapest postage, nothing else ordered) and significantly less than the large MSR core stakes from ULOG (£25). Though the MSRs are a work of art...

I really like them - but carry at least one Easton or similar in case of a pegging point requiring a little more force.

I think the £17.80 will trigger the VAT charge as it's over £15 (I don't mind that so much) but Royal mail will charge £8 handling charge - and that is plain ridiculous IMHO .

I was camping on a "bed" of moss laid over stones/boulders on a summit. I needed something that would grip the soft moss easily - a Ti hook wouldn't have helped (I do carry a couple ) - I just shouldn't have tried to shove the peg between 2 sub-surface rocks quite so persistently .

 

[cathyjc]

I have some... but postage from Belgium might be... interesting.

I’ll take a look in the attic tonight if you’d like how much I still have?

Postage from Belgium might be OTT - when are you coming over next ?





(-assuming you can stomach the appalling politics currently in vogue over here )

 

[cathyjc]

I also have some, can't remember for sure, but I think I still have all 4.

Outdoorline also have them but I think it might be cheaper importing them from the states

Outdoorline seem to only have the 6" stakes .

If you have 4 of the 9" I'd be very pleased to buy them from you . Thanks.
PM me.

 

[craige]

Outdoorline seem to only have the 6" stakes .

If you have 4 of the 9" I'd be very pleased to buy them from you . Thanks.
PM me.

No worries, I'll have a look in the morning.

 

[Arne L.]

Postage from Belgium might be OTT - when are you coming over next ?





(-assuming you can stomach the appalling politics currently in vogue over here )

Currently awaiting the state of politics before booking anything

Looking into the Skye Trail, but that’s only next April

 

[craige]

@cathyjc they're the old style ones without a hole for a string but they are in good nick, hardly used.

 

[Arne L.]

I have 3, same ones as @craige . Used for 5 nights.

 

[craige]

Although you can probably find a few shards from the other one behind the lodge at the southern end of loch Treig

 

[Arne L.]

Although you can probably find a few shards from the other one behind the lodge at the southern end of loch Treig

Alledgly...

 

[Robert P]

I think the £17.80 will trigger the VAT charge as it's over £15 (I don't mind that so much) but Royal mail will charge £8 handling charge - and that is plain ridiculous IMHO .

I was camping on a "bed" of moss laid over stones/boulders on a summit. I needed something that would grip the soft moss easily - a Ti hook wouldn't have helped (I do carry a couple ) - I just shouldn't have tried to shove the peg between 2 sub-surface rocks quite so persistently .

Sorry my explanation was probably not clear, my point was that I didn't get any VAT/customs charge, though I may just have been lucky

 

[Dave V]

@cathyjc I've PMd you

 

[cathyjc]

Sorry my explanation was probably not clear, my point was that I didn't get any VAT/customs charge, though I may just have been lucky

Yes, my previous orders haven't attracted VAT either, but the £ has dropped a lot against the $ recently, and the situation may be different now ?

 

[cathyjc]

@cathyjc I've PMd you

 

[cathyjc]

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@cathyjc they're the old style ones without a hole for a string but they are in good nick, hardly used.

. PM incoming.

 

[cathyjc]

I have now been sorted.
Pegs from both Craige and Dave. Thank you both.
I am most gratefull and want to say - "So pleased I didn't have to contribute to the Royalmail "handling charge" scam".

 

[edh]

Wait until the 20% VAT from Europe kicks in.....

 

[craige]

Wait until the 20% VAT from Europe kicks in.....

Surely they can't charge VAT twice?

 

[WilliamC]

Surely they can't charge VAT twice?

That would depend on the seller. If the seller didn't remove the VAT on selling to outside the European Union, you would end up paying it twice.