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From: "John Duggan" <john.duggan1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, 12 November, 2002 07:00 PM
Subject: [OM] OM importing from USA.
I have just been mugged by UK. customs :-( .Expected 135mm macro plus
vario tube arrived today. Cost $365 including insured post. Import duty,
VAT. and collection cost by parcelforce added £66.50 / $100 to the cost. I
hope the lens is as good as advertised. The added charges mean I would have
been better advised to buy in the UK from a dealer, with the security of
being able to easily send it back if it was "duff". Final irony....My
daughter did not have the cash handy, Parcelforce could not take Visa so the
parcel will have to be redelivered. I will think very carefully before
importing from the States again :-( Regards
John Duggan, Wales, UK.
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