RE: [plug] [OT] FedEx shipping cost from US

[Orlando Andico]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, William Villanueva wrote:
..
> A month back, we ordered some books worth about $270 including shipping.
> UPS called up and said Customs is charging us around P1200+.  But since
> books are tax-free, they can file some application form but we need to pay
> P400 for that.

Hm. 1200+ is roughly 10% of your cost ($270 minus shipping should be
around $240, 1200+ is $24). That means they tack on a uniform 10%
tariff. Personally, I'm willing to swallow this additional fine example of
government usury, AS LONG AS I GET THE PACKAGE ASAP. If they expect
additional palm-greasing then that would REALLY piss me off.


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