----- Original Message -----
From: Asher Frenkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: ILUG Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: Redhat 6 for free
> On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Aviram Jenik wrote:
>
> > What will the mekhes/Maam say about it? (the "free" Solaris 7 CD cost me
> > almost 50 shekels, not including what I paid Sun for the media and S&H)
>
> according to www.mof.gov.il/customs, you are only required to pay 17% VAT
> on if you are importing a CD. so even if you have to pay for the shipping
> costs it 4*1.17=4.68. anyway, whenever I purchase something small (that is
> <100$) the customs don't bother with me.
>
Too bad the customs don't surf the Internet much ;-)
>From my experience, they are pretty random in what they charge. Sometimes
there's no customs charge at all, sometimes it's 5-10 shekels, and once it
cost me almost like the price of the whole package.
Seems to me they get confused when they see too many numbers on the receipt
(original price, discount, S&H, quantity, etc) and they just pick a number
at random.
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Aviram Jenik
"Addicted to Chaos"
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Today's quote:
I'm desperately trying to figure out why kamikaze pilots wore
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