In praise of Fiji

[Twister_Ken]

Got an LED anchor light all the way from Fiji. Works brilliantly (ba-boom). Turned itself on a minute or two before sunset, and off at sunrise.

http://www.bebi-electronics.com/owl.html

Liked this line in the order acknowledgement:

Fiji products are received duty free in the UK, but they are liable to VAT. The good news is that often the tax man doesn't levy it (impressed by the pretty stamps?).

 

[FullCircle]

Loved this quote from the site....



"...when sailing from St Thomas to Antigua, we had a chainplate fail, and lost the whole (mast,sails) rig. I've been designing a new rig here in St Croix so things have been a little shall we say...frazzled!

A sideways attaboy for your BEBI tricolorr is while we were in the process of cutting away the rigging, as the mast was doing a very convincing imitation of something trying to sink us, the Bebi tricolor was burning quite happily about thirty-five feet underwater, and continued to do so, until I cut the electric cables. Pretty amazing really!

Seriously, it was scary how bright that light is as from our cockpit you never see it at the masthead from the cockpit. But underwater on a moonless night it sure was bright down below as it lit up the whole hull!"

 

[prv]

I'm a big fan of Bebi stuff, all my lights both internal and external are from them (with the sole exception of the fluoro tube in the heads which wasn't worth changing).

However, although my first purchase from them (the same anchor light as you) got through un-taxed in a jiffy bag, the much bigger consignment for the re-wiring project got well and truly hammered. So not sure about the "Fiji duty free" part. The really annoying bit is that the taxman charges his percentage on the price including shipping, not just the value of the goods. My previous order had been delayed in transit, and on this one a year later Bebi had paid extra for a faster service out of pure goodwill. A very nice gesture on their part, but unfortunately the more expensive shipping meant I paid more tax!

Pete

 

[alant]

Got an LED anchor light all the way from Fiji. Works brilliantly (ba-boom). Turned itself on a minute or two before sunset, and off at sunrise.

http://www.bebi-electronics.com/owl.html

Liked this line in the order acknowledgement:

Fiji products are received duty free in the UK, but they are liable to VAT. The good news is that often the tax man doesn't levy it (impressed by the pretty stamps?).

Praise them all you like, but we still beat them 66-0!