(most) False Machine sales to the U.S.A. are paused

 Sales to the U.S.A. for the majority of False Machine Products are on pause.

(Silent Titans is the one exception - it is stored in the U.S.A. and sales are still active.)

This is not exactly my decision, my fulfilment company, Spiral Galaxy Games, won't currently ship to the U.S.

The main problem is the uncertainty of how the Tariffs will be actioned. To get a parcel to you my fulfilment company needs to interface with their delivery company, who go through customs and interface with USPD. Since its unclear if, where and how tariffs will be charged in this process, and if USPD even has the capacity to deal with the charges, everything is up in the air till this is resolved.

There are a couple of possible solutions;

A DDP Route 

We eventually work out a way for a 'Delivery, Duty Paid' service from the U.K. This will mean Americans paying more I am afraid.

A Mysterious DDU Route. 

'Delivery, Duty Unpaid'. There are currently only vague rumours about this but it would involved parcels being held in the U.K. while Tariffs and Taxes are charged directly to the end customer. This sounds like a nightmare but nightmares sometimes come true.

I Ship Pallets to America.

I manage to establish a U.S. Hub. This would mean shipping over several pallets worth of goods, probably about six pallets, and paying taxes on those, which would not be cheap at all. However, though expensive, it would be a sane long-term solution and would reduce and simplify relative postage for U.S. Customers.

Printed Matter Exemption

There is also talk of 'Printed Matter' being exempt from the Tariffs. Problem is no one is sure what will and won't count and if/how this will be actioned.

 

I will keep everyone informed as things develop!