Re: (idm) Rushed by the Fedz at UK Customs..

From martin wood
Sent Tue, Feb 23rd 1999, 15:44

i think the pound sign was sposed to be a dollar sign....
jus a little test....

£ $ £ $

(pound dollar pound dollar)

Greg Clow wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Steve Taylor wrote:
>
> > > Got my first Forced Exposure Order Through Today...
> > > Great CDs, only took 1.5 weeks, and cheap...
> > > except UK customs slapped an extra 7.68UKP (£12.48) on top.
>
> First, a question... I thought UKP and that little symbol next to the 12
> (sorry, it's not on my keyboard) referred to the same thing. But you've
> got two different values listed there. What's the story? Just curious.
>
> Anyhoo... I often have the same problem with stuff coming into Canada from
> the US. So I suggest that you do what I do for future orders you place with
> out-of-country businesses: request them to mark the package as promotional
> material and declare it to have no value, or at least a low value like a
> dollar a disc.
>
> Some places won't do this, but most smaller businesses (like s://kimo and
> probably FE) will.
>
> Greg