[geeks] Import Fees

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
>Date: 2008/05/21 Wed PM 05:02:47 EDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] nVidia 8800GT for Apple Mac Pro

>sammy ominsky wrote:
>> On 21/05/2008, at 23:39, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
>> 
>>>> Now you've done it and gone and gotten Geoff started on an import duty
>>>> rant! :-D
>>>
>>> No, that was it. :-)
>> 
>> Ugh, import duties.
>> 
>> My wife bought a nutritional supplement from the US that's not available 
>> here in the form she wanted.  It cost $50.  She got a notice today that 
>> she will have to pay 187 shekels to pick it up ($56.25).
>> 
>> WTF?!
>
>Was that with a declared value?  If so, that's absolutely revolting.

I think they have to believe the stated value, and the onus is typically on the receiver as I understand it. If they don't believe the value, they get to make their own up. Also, as a food supplement, maybe it is taxed at a higher, protectionist rate...

Lionel