[ILUG] customs!

[Liam Bedford]

On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 11:14:56 +0100
Dave O Connor <doc at redbrick.dcu.ie> spouted:

> Padraig Brady said on Wed, Jun 26, 2002 at 11:03:06AM +0100:
> > Why I oughta...
> > 
> > I ordered 2 t-shirts from thinkgeek, total price $29.
> > Customs got their grimy hands on them and charged:
> > €8 duty + €12 "handling fee" + €5 COD charge. So
> > €25 extra for something that costs $29. I'm sorry
> > but that's extortion, so I sent them back.
> > 
> Yep. I got charged £30 on £60 worth of tshirts last year. Funny, I've never had
> problems ordering from anywhere else.
> 
it's airborne express.. they're doing it.

They even charged me 100+ on 50$ stuff once, and wouldn't deliver it until
I paid, even though I told them it was wrong, and them confirmed it later.

Then they refunded the money. They put the cash in an envelope to
Liam Bedford
Harcourt Centre,
Dublin 2.

Fortunately I know the concierge, and he came up 2 months later with it,
saying they were about to throw it in the bin because of the addressing.

They are gobshites, and I won't buy from thinkgeek because of them.

L.
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