I’m sorry to say that shipping prices for EU orders have had to go up.

This is because of the EU’s new small parcel levy, which applies to goods under €150. Royal Mail collects this charge from us when we post the items, so it has to be built into the shipping price at checkout. It is not APF adding extra money on top, and it is not something we can avoid or absorb across every order.

I know this is frustrating. It is frustrating for us too.

APF Records has always had brilliant support from European fans. You buy the records, wear the shirts, share the bands, come to the shows and help keep this label alive. The last thing I want is to make it harder or more expensive for you to order from us.

Unfortunately, small labels like APF are being caught up in a rule that seems mainly aimed at huge low-cost ecommerce platforms. We are not shipping millions of cheap throwaway items. We are sending records, CDs and shirts to people who genuinely care about underground music.

We have updated the EU shipping rates so that the levy is covered as fairly as possible. We are not using this as a way to make extra money. We are also looking at what we can do to reduce the impact.

For now, the best advice is to order items together where you can, rather than placing several smaller orders. It may not remove the levy completely, but it should help spread the postage cost.

We are genuinely sorry about this. APF exists because people support heavy music directly, and we never take that for granted. Thank you to everyone in Europe who continues to order from us despite the extra barriers being thrown in the way.

Andrew Field
APF Records

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