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Originally Posted by maianhvk
no I hope Amazon didn't put any dark book in the replacement kindle they sent me 
just check again this morning: still delayed. |
Anh, if this is coming from Amazon, they probably shipped via FedEx or UPS. Both of these carriers have their own private Bonded Customs Holding areas as an extra way to make a LOT of money. They pay smaller countries for the 'privilege' of doing the Customs duty inspections for the county.
Most countries don't inspect EVERY package coming into their systems, (and usually don't charge import duties on most goods under a certain price,) but FedEx and UPS will. Then they tack on several extra charges such as insurance while in holding, holding charge, etc. even though you never asked for your package to be held. Every day that they delay, they are able to charge more and more money. Then the customer gets charged import duties, holding charges, insurance charges, forwarding charges, etc. paid to FedEx or UPS, while they only pass along the import duties to the country, keeping the rest for their efforts. Several years ago I realized what was going on, and now NEVER permit FedEx or UPS to ship to me in Asia. Only USPS Express, which still has a tracking number for safety, but usually doesn't get held up for Customs inspections!
Stitchawl