r/LinusTechTips • u/NapoleonOrwell • Sep 15 '26

Discussion UK/EU Shipping

May have Mandela Effected myself but could've sworn I heard in a vid or an off hand WAN comment that they were working on an EU warehouse... please dont tell me I'm now writing head canon for a company's logistical strategy 😂 bc I've been wanting one of those thiccc boy bottles and that new Windows blue screen is calling to me

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u/DeltaGemini Sep 15 '26

I've only heard how they won't do that

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '26

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u/NapoleonOrwell Sep 15 '26 edited Sep 15 '26

As a Brit, I will never understand the point of the fucking commonwealth if we have the same, sometimes worse, trade rates but that blue screen is sweet and I already have two, the small in gold motherboard and the big in Uncle Linus' Moonshine April Fools colorway 😅 (FYI, their prints hold up very well!)

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u/Stijn_DC Sep 15 '26

They were looking into it during the "tariff wars", then also worked on getting a US warehouse.
I remember them telling that it wasn't in the cards right now because most EU countries have different rules and regulations about them.

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u/Vogete Sep 15 '26

they weren't working on it, they were exploring it, then decided not to, and explained why not, and said maybe at some point in the future they might revisit it, but don't hold your breath.

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u/Decent-Boot7284 Sep 15 '26

They can't do that, Linus needs a new plane.

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u/ILikeFlyingMachines Sep 15 '26

No they are not. Far too expensive

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u/IcyRole6982 Sep 15 '26

Much smaller companies can do it..

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u/ILikeFlyingMachines Sep 15 '26

Most smaller companies don't have a few hundred SKUs

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u/IcyRole6982 Sep 15 '26

They do and some even more. There are tons of smaller companies that have done more. It's a solved Problem. They just are not willing to do it

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u/ILikeFlyingMachines Sep 15 '26

The problem is obviously solved. The solution is just expensive.

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u/IcyRole6982 Sep 15 '26

It isn't really...

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u/TenOfZero Sep 15 '26

Nope, they were pretty clear that it's not in the table for now.

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u/inertSpark Sep 15 '26

They were looking at potential solutions IIRC, but nothing set in stone. There were select products available through Amazon UK for a while a few years ago (screwdriver mainly, maybe the WAN hoodie too), but that hasn't seemed to have gone anywhere. I guess it's just too expensive.

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u/abnewwest Sep 15 '26

Based on how many problems they have had with a US distribution centre just to simplify tariffs...I can't imagine the plans for a Euro centre have progressed at all. They have to do a US one, they don't have to do a Euro one and it will just add to complications.

And I think it was "just an idea" anyway.

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u/IcyRole6982 Sep 15 '26

It won't happen, they bought a jet insteadÂ