After years of buying stuff from all over the world, including many high value goods that I was able to make a huge saving on, I today got stung by customs for the first time, on a relatively low value purchase. I bought myself a new pair of Rollerblades from the US last week, and today, got landed with a EUR 45 bill on a pair of US$ 150 skates, which I really hadn’t been expecting. Now, how they calculated the bill, and what they base their figures is beyond me. Anyone got any ideas?
Still, managed to save EUR 100 over what it would have cost me here in Ireland, even with customs and postage factored in!
