> Please stop requesting CDs from Canonical if you can't commit to getting > them from the customs office. You do not need to pay. But you have to > educate the customs officials about the CDs. There are a lot of things > that you can do like write a letter to the chief of your local customs > office to explain.
Canonical has released a letter in PDF format that can be used for convincing custom officials that the CD packages are not for sale, hence should not be subjected to custom tax. Unfortunately on my case, the letter was posted a few months after. Though I tried explaining to the custom official the CDs were not for sale and I am not obliged to pay any tax for it, he insisted that I should pay for it. > Its either this or just ask Canonical to channel the CDs to PLUG or to > their local representatives. This is a good idea. PLUG officers? ;-) On 5/30/05, Holden Hao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know with you guys but I really feel that this practice has to > be stopped. The CDs mentioned above will just rot now. It is such a > waste. There are more people who could really benefit from them. > > Please stop requesting CDs from Canonical if you can't commit to getting > them from the customs office. You do not need to pay. But you have to > educate the customs officials about the CDs. There are a lot of things > that you can do like write a letter to the chief of your local customs > office to explain. > > Its either this or just ask Canonical to channel the CDs to PLUG or to > their local representatives. > > The CDs are easy to mass produce but think that Canonical is sending CDs > worldwide. Every penny counts. If we let this abuse go on then Ubuntu > might die a premature death. > > > > Holden -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List plug@lists.q-linux.com (#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
