[jtdavies1000]

This is inteneded purely as a warning for others in my situation.

I bought the Amazon Kindle to be shipped to Uruguay. This part of the process was fine.

When the kindle arrived at Uruguayan customs, i was informed that i would need to be 184 US dollars of import fees to release it. Needless to say this shocked me as i had not been informed beforehand that the import fees would be anywhere near as high.

I could not bring myself to pay so much and am hoping it will be possible to decline the product and obtain a refund. I am disapointed partly with Amazion for not being clearer about these fees, but mainly DHL, the shipping company, who made no refernece of them to me despite frequent emails beforehand.

I don´t suppose that anyone else has experience this and can offer advice? The 184 dollars are specifically for DHL´s Broker service. They say i can find my own broker which i intend to try, but i cannot imagine another broker´s fees would be far lower.

I am seriously gutted. I was so looking forward to having a Kindle at last.

I hope others are not caught out this way.

James