By paying taxes you are supporting your country! (big ironic grin)
Don't worry - that's the way the customs work in many countries AFAIK. So
far I belived this is normal for former USSR coutries, now it seems that
this happens else too. I _do_not_ recommend you to try it, but here
situation like
> >the camera. I paid US$651 for the camera. Then they
> >seem to think they can charge the freight on top of
> >that. I paid US$27.50 freight. Now, in the days
> when I
> >learnt maths, that was US$658.50.
> Actually, it should be US$678.50 according to the
> current
> maths standards :-)
Haha
At 02:12 14.8.2001 -0700, you wrote:
> NZ Customs is holding my new LX. They have mailed me
>a bill for NZ$213.13 (multiply by 0.4 for US) which I
>must pay to get the camera. This is supposed to be for
>GST (Goods & Services Tax) on the "US$699 value" of
>the camera. I paid US$651 for the camera
Sorry about the title. Don't let your kids read it,
JF.
I am so pissed off. And it takes a lot to get me
swearing. I didn't swear once in the first 24 years of
my life.
NZ Customs is holding my new LX. They have mailed me
a bill for NZ$213.13 (multiply by 0.4 for US) which I
must pay to get t
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