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May 01 15:29:59 <jkridner[m]> gm all
May 01 15:31:57 <pratimugale[m]> Gm
May 01 15:32:44 <pranav_kumar[m]> Hello
May 01 15:32:53 <Abhishek_1> pranav_kumar : did the board thing get resolved?
May 01 15:33:26 <pranav_kumar[m]> Yes i got the board after the payment
May 01 15:33:47 <Abhishek_1> Was it a X15?
May 01 15:34:05 <pranav_kumar[m]> No
May 01 15:34:16 <pranav_kumar[m]> Black and pocket
May 01 15:34:29 <pranav_kumar[m]> But it was too much in terms of custom charges
May 01 15:41:10 <Abhishek_1> Yup, almost more than the price of the boards themselves
May 01 16:20:39 <Abhishek_1> Yes
May 01 16:21:25 <ravikp7[m]> They don't calculate taxes on the US pricing, but on the Indian pricing which already includes custom taxes, all messed up..
May 01 16:23:48 <Abhishek_1> Oh man. But I've seen the bill of entry that FedEx files for customs payment. And that explains the whole calculation in a very nice way
May 01 16:24:51 <Abhishek_1> A rough estimate is that you will pay 40-45% of invoice value (goods + shipping) + 600 RS.    duty handling charges
May 01 16:25:36 <Abhishek_1> If shipping is "free", they will assume shipping cost as 20% of goods value
May 01 17:13:36 <jkridner[m]> embden: thanks for showing up...
May 01 17:13:42 <jkridner[m]> I've only been half-here.
May 01 17:14:22 <jkridner[m]> pranav_kumar: I cannot imaging how the duties were so high!
May 01 17:15:34 <jkridner[m]> pranav_kumar: once I can figure out how, I will reimburse....
May 01 17:15:46 <jkridner[m]> I just got the DHL account today that I'd've needed to pay the duties. :-(
May 01 17:16:33 <jkridner[m]> 40-45% of invoice is insane!
May 01 17:16:49 <jkridner[m]> embden: did you get your hardware request in?
May 01 17:26:53 <pranav_kumar[m]> @jkridner:matrix.org:  in this regard the payment system of amazon.com is very good .As they already calculate the amount of custom i have to pay for a certain product during the checkout only. But in regards of the courier services it is not told by them during the checkout as happened with this shipment.
May 01 17:53:26 <jkridner[m]> probably.
May 01 18:00:24 <jkridner> julieng ping
May 01 19:51:16 <julieng> jkridner: Hi
May 01 19:51:23 <jkridner> howdy
May 01 19:51:45 <jkridner> you should see an invite from me.
May 01 19:53:22 <julieng> jkridner: Sorry I don't always watch IRC on the evening (it is 9pm here). I have seen an invitation and now join the channel
May 01 19:56:12 <jkridner> julieng and others in Europe.... suggestions on the best weekly meeting time. moving much earlier impacts ds2 who is US/Pacific
May 01 19:56:41 <jkridner> we need to be friendly to India time as well, though I hope evenings is fine.
May 01 19:56:55 <jkridner> ds2: how early can you do?
May 01 20:05:40 <embden> jkrinder: haven't I missed something? 4.30 UTC is good for me. I missed previous weeks due to moving to another apartment.
May 01 21:24:47 <ds2> not early
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