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Originally Posted by merrylander
Tell me about it, I just sent our son a cheque so he could get the two girls their Christmas presents. It is not just the damn forms but the Post Office seems to have a new rule on shipments to Canada - "How much are the contents worth? Ok that is the postage."
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Well, how else are the people in customs going to know if there is anything worth stealing in the package?
Years ago I bought an SME IIIs owners manual from a guy in Germany. He wanted payment in the form of $20 US cash. He notified me that he received the envelope but without the green. So I sent another.
Then I received an envelope minus the manual. As he had another, he sent it and it finally made it.
Now I can understand customs stealing the green money, but a SME manual? I imagine that only a few of them had any idea of what is was.
I also bought a case of Busha Brownes Pukka Sauce from Jamaica. When it arrived, it had been opened and one bottle stolen.
Low rent bastards.
I suppose I should be grateful that the ninja brigade didn't wait until I had taken the package indoors and then burst in and shot my dog.
Chas