Smuggery

[flemmings]

Remember this entry, written on Monday, about amazon.jp having sent off my books that day? What's waiting for me on the door when I come home today, Thursday? Yup. Wormholes, I tell you, they use wormholes.

For those inclined to be envious, however, this time Canada Customs' radar caught my three big-assed wide-han manga volumes. The delivery is COD and they want $8.75 from me. Having received the 8 am Dolorous Phonecall twice this week I intend to stay in tomorrow to be there to pay them in person.

Comments

[mikeneko.livejournal.com]

Response after paragraph one: h8 h8 h8

Response after paragraph two: Urgh, sucks to be you . . .

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Kind of. As it turns out, $1.75 of GST and $7 of handling fee. The government is literally pinching pennies: and you'd think they might exempt books from their damnable Goods and service tax. The provincial tax does.