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Post by upgrader on Dec 12, 2013 22:00:59 GMT
Missed out on a mini group buy so I decided the savings were more than justified to go it alone  Dulce de Leche Flavour-4oz (118ml) 1 $8.00 (£4.86) French Vanilla Deluxe Flavour-4oz (118ml) 1 $8.00 (£4.86) Vanilla Custard Flavour-16oz (473ml) 1 $22.00 (£13.37) Waffle (Belgian) Flavour-4oz (118ml) 1 $6.50 (£3.95) Carriage $31.55 (£19.25) So cost breakdown works out like this: Total buy in ML = 827ml Total buy in £ = £46.19 Price per ML = £0.05 Price per 10ml bottle = £0.55 Best previous price paid for VC 10ml in bulk from a UK supplier was £1.95 So a cost saving of virtually 75% was achieved Perfumers Apprentice US were fantastic to deal with and from ordering to me receiving the goods took just 7 days! I was a bit wary of getting stung by customs for import duty and tax even tho HMRC website has 0% duty on food flavourings, VAT is waived on purchases below £50 minus carriage. So wishing everyone a custardy new year from me  |
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Post by upgrader on Dec 10, 2013 17:56:30 GMT
So what was your recipe and percentages |
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Post by upgrader on Dec 6, 2013 16:48:06 GMT
Mine just arrived  thank you so much Ric  |
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Post by upgrader on Dec 5, 2013 22:56:32 GMT
Manual workers will never see retirement  The people who are proposing these changes have never done a days work in their lives and this makes my blood boil, all very well to sit in a heated office all day, just try doing a 3 shift system and working nights in the dead of winter. They know damn well a good proportion of those who do manual work will die long b4 they retire......nice little earner for HMG on your NI contributions thank you. |
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Post by upgrader on Dec 3, 2013 0:18:15 GMT
Another day aint gona hurt BTW thanks for all the time and trouble you have taken, I'll prolly take a VG litre next time. |
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Post by upgrader on Nov 28, 2013 22:37:35 GMT
My 3 main juice's all home made:
Custard
Custard
Custard
As a palette cleanser I do a sweet aniseed then its more custard.
Did i mention I like custard?
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Post by upgrader on Nov 26, 2013 7:21:20 GMT
Just make it a private forum
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Post by upgrader on Nov 22, 2013 18:48:34 GMT
great! im getting desperate to get stuff made intime for Xmas Special Xmas juice? Tell.... Just my usual custards, straight and one with toffee....Im running out of steeping time |
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Post by upgrader on Nov 21, 2013 19:56:32 GMT
great! im getting desperate to get stuff made intime for Xmas
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Post by upgrader on Nov 10, 2013 12:45:18 GMT
Got an email last at 19.30 night saying my order had just shipped, considering they are 8 hours in front of us means they are burning the midnight oil  I'm guessing they have a big backlog or trying to get stuff out in time for xmas or it could just be todo with their postage problems of late. |
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Post by upgrader on Nov 4, 2013 23:22:34 GMT
Go easy on the CCW Cream!  CCW Cream is minging......I agree its a puker |
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Post by upgrader on Nov 4, 2013 21:36:53 GMT
Just ordered a Vamo V5, Nitecore charger and some other bits. I'm giving the Swiss post option a try which is a extra $1 |
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Post by upgrader on Nov 2, 2013 17:41:13 GMT
Well Ive run out of nic but a kilo has been ordered from the group buy which should be landing late November, Im wondering rather than waste these steeping weeks would it be worth while doing some mixes with a longish steep time without the nic and then just adding it when it turns up? Would this lower the overall steep time on say VC? Would you not be easier just getting a small bottle of nic base from a UK supplier to tide you over until the group buy arrives Dont really need to as I have about 120ml of various brews kicking about It was more of a query as I wanted to test my DIY magnetic stirrer out. |
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Post by upgrader on Nov 2, 2013 9:12:36 GMT
OK I was asking because I want to give my homebuilt magnetic stirrer a try, I'll still mix 2 samples so I can compare a stirred and not stirred to see the results. As you say I'll probably still have to steep them again when the nics been added but at least I should get a visual comparison.
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Post by upgrader on Nov 1, 2013 23:30:08 GMT
Well Ive run out of nic but a kilo has been ordered from the group buy which should be landing late November, Im wondering rather than waste these steeping weeks would it be worth while doing some mixes with a longish steep time without the nic and then just adding it when it turns up?
Would this lower the overall steep time on say VC?
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thank you so much Ric
