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Paul;58890 wrote:I have them from coralgraph. But tbh i didnt buy via website so nt sure about the price. But if you willing to pick em up then price will be £25 per box. But i leave only 45min away so is noto bad...

When I have bought from CG and picked up in the past I got a vat invoice, so maybe they just didnt show it separate on there site

meldean;58881 wrote:OK probs been covered before but anybody know of any reputable places to buy blanks from that are a good price.

I know about BMS which i must say guys cannot fault your mugs at all.. just does my head in with VAT and postage but hey not your fault.

Coralgraph - never seem to have any stock - used there mugs before and was impressed with them also and price was good.. untill they all of a sudden got a new website and became VAT registered..lol probably was VAT registered before but im sure there mugs have gone up in price.

So any body else have any good suppliers that they can vouch for..

Many Thanks

you pays for what you get if you want quality with a diswasher safe gaurantee then you will have to pay a premium its as simple as that but ask yourself this do you want to buy cheapo mugs from a supplier who is as reliable as a chocolate tea pot , and produce mugs that MIGHT be ok in a dishwasher and MIGHT not craze crack and gain customers who MIGHT return to you until their mugs fade in the wash or do you want mugs that you know will DEFINATLY be safe in the dishwasher and will DefinatLY not craze crack and have customers who will definatly have no complaint on the quality of the mug ? if uyopu want to make a business out of this you really need to consider the importance of quality if there were mugs cheaper than the RN coated mugs which were as good then its a fair bet the rest of us would be using them

This may b some use. http://www.mugsandgifts.co.uk/oshop/ind ... ation_id=7

great article from jsr who is a member of this forum.

Thanks for you help on this. After much digging i think i have found a supplier that is cheaper the bms and coralgraph i have just got my sample today so will press it tonight when i get home.
I am sure they are same as the coralgraph ones that i got which will be a bonus if they are. Guess a good old test is in order.

meldean;59529 wrote:Thanks for you help on this. After much digging i think i have found a supplier that is cheaper the bms and coralgraph i have just got my sample today so will press it tonight when i get home.
I am sure they are same as the coralgraph ones that i got which will be a bonus if they are. Guess a good old test is in order.

It won't be long before the words 'cheap' and 'mugs' are no longer associated with each other, especially mugs coming from China. Anti dumping duties are increasing import duty on mugs from around 5.5% to 58.8% with effect from Nov 16th 2012.

meldean;59529 wrote:Thanks for you help on this. After much digging i think i have found a supplier that is cheaper the bms and coralgraph i have just got my sample today so will press it tonight when i get home.
I am sure they are same as the coralgraph ones that i got which will be a bonus if they are. Guess a good old test is in order.

Have you tried it yet?

Hi Martin

What does this mean. Will your cheapie mugs be increasing in price and if so do you know what price they will eventually be?

That's about a 25p rise for basic subli mugs coming out of China. A few years back they had limited quotas which was going to affect things but that got lifted I believe but I don't see a way around this one for China. It will kill off their supply to the UK as there are plenty of alternative source countries.

Is it "Made in China" or "Sourced from China" with the new law?

Well reading that Anti Dumping report it seems that the maximum rate is 58.8% and that some suppliers will get much lower rates circa 25 to 30% (but still way above the 5.5%). Glad to read it is only for an initial period of 6 months!