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Posted by Adrian A on 05/31/07 15:03
Nimrod wrote:
> "Turbohat" <bob@bob.com> wrote in message
> news:Zty7i.216927$MW1.63238@fe03.news.easynews.com...
>>
>> "Meng" <nospam@fnarg.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:Nkn7i.45293$4a.22738@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>> Turbohat wrote:
>>>> "kim" <ntscuser@aol.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:3cidnce7O-4L9cDbnZ2dnUVZ8saonZ2d@giganews.com...
>>>>> "Turbohat" <bob@bob.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:pYb7i.21078$3h2.18840@fe08.news.easynews.com...
>>>>>> 8 years of importing DVDs and the 1st time I've been stung by
>>>>>> customs!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 17.63
>>>>> Is it the first time you've exceeded the personal import limit?
>>>>>
>>>>> (kim)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nope, been lucky up til now though
>>>
>>> How much was the value of the goods?
>>>
>>
>> I think it was about $110 (US). Fair cop for the VAT but the PO
>> handling charge annoys me though.
>
> that's always my bugbear. Ok, getting caught by the customs once in a
> awhile, that's the risk you take - sometimes you win sometimes you
> don't. But the PO handling charge? The sooner someone in authority
> takes them to task over that the better - its not even as if the
> thieving bastards deliver it to you - you have to go to their sorting
> office because they don't trust their posties! And if they don't
> trust them.........
It was bad enough when the handling charge was 4, now it's 8 that's really
taking the piss.
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