weird. the suse evaluation contained 4 DVD media and I only paid for the standard fee (Php25 or Php30, i cant remember which).
packages are only retrieved in window #1 of the makati post office. if you are going to get your packages in this post office then you will get them through these people. i wonder how much my 5 pieces will cost me. if it goes above 100 then they can keep it. ciao! On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:02:47 +0800, Dexter Ang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No I'm not selling these CDs for 12900 Pesos. In fact I don't even > have them. They were shipped. And they are at the Makati Post Office > (Window 1). I had 50 CDs of the x86/LiveCD combo shipped to me. I was > hoping to distribute them to fellow plug'ers. Unfortunately I did not > see the declaration form stuck on the box. I would assume that, for > things free, Canonical either declared them as "free" or "$1" for > customs purposes. I told the Post Office guy that these were free CDs. > They had to count them. They of course counted them as 100 CDs since > it was a 2 CD set each piece. > > Now I have no idea how the customs guy came about to the tax amount of > 12,900+ Pesos. I'm assuming he saw me dressed nicely (in office > attire), and that the CDs looked very nicely packaged, and probably > assumed that I was gonna sell them (which he didn't even ask me), and > probably assumed that the CDs were important enough for me that I'd > pick them up myself. I'd love to see the law that states that taxes on > CDs are on a per-piece basis whether or not that are free*. > > Anyway, I didn't bother even asking for a lower tax amount as the time > to waste wasn't worth it. I've had free CDs and other items shipped > before (albeit not this many), but I was never taxed on them before. > > So this serves as a warning/FYI I guess. Makati Post Office. Window 1. > The customs guy that sits behind a desk behind the counter. Has > glasses, with his feet always up on the table without shoes. Don't get > me wrong, I'm not pissed (well a little for getting taxed roughly $230 > without basis). I was actually laughing all the way to the office. =) > > * As I'm unfamiliar with customs laws, I'd love to really get a > reference of this for future use. Especially for tax exemptions on > free/promotional items (limits, etc.). > > That's all. Have a nice day folks. =) > > dex > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- "Programming, an artform that fights back" Anuerin G. Diaz Registered Linux User #246176 Friendly Linux Board @ http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
