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- From: glyn@cs.UAlberta.CA (Reade Glyn Devin)
- Subject: Re: Canadian Customs (was Re: Zip Chapter 11 ... Not anymore)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.214218.23952@cs.UAlberta.CA>
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- Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 21:42:18 GMT
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- [Me:]
- > > Keep in mind that if you send stuff back to the States (refund, exchange,
- > > repairs, etc) that you should register it with Customs (Canada Post
- > > will usually do it) so that you don't have to pay any more when it
- > > comes back (or so that you can get reimbursed, as appropriate). I can't
- > > remember what the form is called, but it's green, if that helps any :)
-
- [Him:]
- > Our local campus post office doesn't handle that type of request, so
- > I had to go down to the nearest Customs office to get one. I waited in
- > line, got a green form (I can't remember the name either), filled it in,
- > got back in line and handed over the package (a hard drive) with the
- > form. Just call up your Customs office and they will tell you which
- > form to use. Still, it's a lot of hassle...
- >
- > -- Real name: Brian Tao (Dept. of Exobiology, University of Toronto)
-
- I get around this by keeping a few of those forms around. Fill them out
- and take them down to the post office; they will stamp them & send them
- off. If the Canada Post employee has a problem with this, don't get into
- a pissing contest, ask to see his superior. Keep on going up the chain
- until you get someone who knows what they're talking about ( :). If the
- boss doesn't know tell them to phone the customs section of the main
- _postal_ branch in your city.
-
- Remember, when dealing with bureaucrats: If politeness doesn't work, be
- obnoxious and persistent. It's amazing how they'll do what you want just
- to be rid of you... Just remember to try the polite route, first.
-
- --Devin Reade glyn@cs.ualberta.ca
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