Re: GRRR :-( HM Customs

[Stuart Poulton <swp@xxxxxxx>]

Keith,

O know exactly how you feel, I had the same experience with TINI, hence
why I'm now looking at rabbit as a solution to these problems.

Stuart

On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 12:45, Keith Doxey wrote:
> Peaved is not the word......
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> Got a call from home today to say that my Siteplayer module had
arrived.
> www.siteplayer.com
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> Originally I was just going to get the module for $30 but opted for
the f=
ull
> development kit at $99.95.
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> P&P was an additional $35 making a total of =A394.78 approx.
Before the P=
arcel
> Force operative would release his sweaty mits from my parcel, Sharon
had =
to
> stump up =A327-05 for flaming Customs duty.
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> This means that what started life as a =A320-00 (approx) toy to see if
I =
can
> web enable KAT5 has ended up costing me a grand total of almost
=A3125.
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> Agreed I actually bought more than just the module, but total for all
the
> stuff I ordered was only =A369-94.
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> Apparently because the package was marked with a value of $100 it was
> liable, but it was actually 5 cents less than that :-(
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> If this turns out to be as useful as I think it will be I need to find
a =
UK
> supplier.
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> Keith