On 31-07-2002 05:00, "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: SVEN AERTS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 12:19:06 +0200 > Subject: Re: Re: Entourage vX questions/issues > > Currency exchange expenses ? > Import tax ? > FedEX ? I just went to collect a new adapter sent to me by Apple using DHL. Apple's European Repair Centre/Head Quarters are located in Ireland... No import taxes for it to get from Ireland to Belgium... We are all part of the EC. Talking to the lady behind the counter, she told me that goods sent between private people... Without the use of invoices... Slide through customs. -- Sven-Brussels GSM: +32 (0)485/389679 OSX.1.1.5-EntX:iBook-PowerPC G3 500Mhz/128MBRam-AZERTY-Keyboard For your info, herewith the full thread: > Can you give us some thumb-rule figures ? > I thought the world market was mainly import-tax free... What is the GATT > all about then ? Free movement of goods no ? Our money doesn't have to stick > to the fingers of incompetent governmental admins. That serves nobody. > > Sven-Brussels > > On 30-07-2002 05:00, "Entourage:mac Talk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: Ian Horner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:43:51 +1000 >> Subject: Re: Entourage vX questions/issues >> >> Hi Sherman, >> >>> On 7/29/02 12:59 AM, Ian Horner said: >>> >>>> Excited at the prospect of *any* speed improvements I doubled my RAM to 1 >>>> Gb >>>> -- with absolutely nil noticeable improvement. This cost me $450. >>> >>> $450 for 512 MB of memory???!!! Man, that's expensive! Current prices are >>> around $80-100 US. >>> >>> Did you mention which iMac you have? I'd be curious to know. >> >> Graphite SE slot. Yes, the RAM is more expensive here in Australia. It's >> still much cheaper than it *was*. My first 512 Mb chip I imported from the >> US. It was *very* cheap, but (a) currency exchange (double!) and (b) import >> tax (ditto) and (c) FedEx incompetency, rudeness and inefficiency made me >> bite the bullet and just go down to the local where I had it within two >> days. >> >> Not that it helped! >> >> Cheers from Down Under >> Ian > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
