The a**hole who tried to rip you off is from the Bureau of Customs which is under the Department of Finance.
You can go to the proper channels by reporting it to RIPS (Revenue Integrity Protection Service) at http://www.rips.gov.ph. It seems the govt spent a lot of money for this site (ASP kasi ang ginamit). Sayang naman yung bayad kay Mr. Gates kung hindi natin gagamitin. :) -Joey > >or as a desperate move, publish your story somewhere. hehehehe... > >ciao! > > >On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 14:04:41 +0800, Holden Hao ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > * 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.). >> >> Please try to retrieve those CDs. Canonical spent money to >have it shipped. Sayang. It will be a pain to retrieve them >without paying but please do so. You can start by sending >them a letter and explaining the situation. Explain Linux, >explain the free CDs, print a copy of the Canonical website, >better if you have an email from Canonical. >> -- 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
