tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19660187.post7844164073493156438..comments2023-10-18T13:20:16.450+04:00Comments on The Grumpy Goat: Death and taxesGrumpy Goathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07944514711900089561noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19660187.post-63197559151623012242009-11-11T15:32:07.376+04:002009-11-11T15:32:07.376+04:00Import duty is indeed calculated on the CIF (carri...Import duty is indeed calculated on the CIF (carriage, insurance and freight) value of the goods for everything coming here. It's nothing personal, it's the same for everything.<br /><br />Now, if you want to have a rant about the random additions to Joe Public's recent phone, leccy and water bills - now that's a REAL ripoff! (Go on, you know you want to..)Ian the Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17783121240694368049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19660187.post-58860794566234720902009-11-11T10:29:10.108+04:002009-11-11T10:29:10.108+04:00Yeah but you do now have a sexy new exhaust so at ...Yeah but you do now have a sexy new exhaust so at least you can console yourself with that.<br /><br />I once had some silver jewellery shipped here that wasn't even new it was stuff left behind ona trip home which mum posted to me.<br /><br />The 'nice gentlemen' at the post office insisted I pay a sum nearly equal to the value of the nick-naks. When I objected he jsut smiled at me and said "you pay or we keep package....and you will never see again".<br /><br />I refused and then sent the office drive back the next day with a sum equal to the 5% import duty....and he returned with the parcel no probelms.The Yellow Box Of Doomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259957718530158280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19660187.post-87312589211038664792009-11-04T07:38:30.783+04:002009-11-04T07:38:30.783+04:00Now it sounds like you are oversea's and you d...Now it sounds like you are oversea's and you didn't make clear how the package was shipped..ie priority, or express or slowest boat via China...so to get it in a week, including having to use "other" countries mail, not knowing how it was shipped i would consider good!! I mailed a post card from Mexico to states over a month ago to my co-workers here and still have not seen it...Probably still in Mexico.....awaiting the next illegal worker shipment.....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10896223072723540925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19660187.post-60935111387378660942009-11-03T09:52:19.483+04:002009-11-03T09:52:19.483+04:00Count yourself lucky you actually got the package!...Count yourself lucky you actually got the package! If you'd ordered it closer to Christmas, it woul dhave stayed in the post office until after Jan 1.Mme Cynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00270050276741592376noreply@blogger.com