Eight Hundred Quid for a Stamp | EroSpain, Brexit Paperwork, and Why 900 Miles Cost More Than 3,500

A bonus mini-pod from the road back from EroSpain.We went to Vegas in April. Three and a half thousand miles across the Atlantic. Customs paperwork was a web form. Some clicking, some typing, done. Then we went to Spain for EroSpain Barcelona. Nine hundred miles across one short hop of Europe. Customs paperwork cost nearly eight hundred quid in stamps, an ATA carnet via the chamber of commerce, four stamps each way, and a building site we had to cross to get to work. The doorstep cost more than the ocean.This is the EroSpain episode of record. Caz and I sit down together for the mini-pod treatment — about thirteen minutes, two-handed, no script — and we walk you through what it actually takes to ship a trade show stand into the EU since Brexit. The carnet. The chamber of commerce. The four stamps. Frankie the Tankie versus the budget Fiat. Spanish drivers who treat the car horn like a percussion instrument. A 787 with a tail cam and crew sales versus an A320neo with a packet of pretzels and no wifi. Three days of paella. A rooftop pool we never got near because Brexit didn't get us that one, the wind did. And the Spanish, who frankly speak better English than I do.It's a working podcast, not a holiday slideshow. If you ship product internationally, if you've watched post-Brexit trade shipping turn from a clipboard into a forensic accountancy exercise, or if you just like the gap between what a trip costs on paper and what it actually costs in admin, this one's for you.If you're enjoying the show, hit the follow button wherever you're listening. And if you've got a moment, a rating or a quick review genuinely helps other people find us.Mentioned in this episode: EroSpain Barcelona, ATA carnet, post-Brexit trade shipping, Altitude Intimates Las Vegas, Frankie the Tankie."I Make Sex Toys" is the personal podcast of Wayne Allen, founder and Managing Director of E-Stim Systems, the UK manufacturer of electrostimulation products. Made in Britain since 2004. Find us at e-stim.co.uk and at imakesextoys.me.Drop us a message, we cannot reply directly but it would be great to hear from you"I Make Sex Toys" is the personal podcast of Wayne Allen, the Director of E-Stim Systems. We have been creating ElectroStimulation Technology since 2004, Find out what really happens behind the doors of a specialist sex toy company.Please Note the content of these podcasts are not designed to be Explicit or Erotic but we may discuss adult topics and therefore these podcasts are not suitable for children or those of a nervous disposition. You have been warned.If you are interested in E-Stim Systems the company, or any of our products, have a look at https://estim.store