Everything's a fight
gee that title was a positive way of starting out =P
to clarify that, its been a nightmare living in a country where your dealing with bastards' stupidity and greed rather than dealing with real issues like ppl dying with no homes and food
Just happened-->
we ordered some movies off amazon.com to be shipped over. 3 weeks later we get a letter from KLIA customs stating that its being held, need paperwork(invoice) to clear...(ALL IN BM!AND ITS COMING FROM A FUCKING INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COURIER) after we got it transalated, a deep pang tells me we're up for yet another BATTLE with the government workers. called up the number provided, a pleasant sounding lady name NORA answered (and thank the lord she spoke english ok) and said "all you paid is RM49.50 to clear it. we'll send it to the nearest post office for you to pick up". i asked "is that all?" she said, "yup, we just need you to fax over the form for clearance along with the invoice for your package" (i was guessin to prove the contents).
well lo' and behold, the very next day, we received a call from a FENDI saying "yes we need you to pay RM465 for tax...". our reply?
"why dont you go fuck yourself slowly"
COME ON!!! IT WAS A FUCKING SCAM AFTERALL! THATS WHY THEY WANTED A DAMN INVOICE!
we asked for black and white of this tax ruling and how they justify the percentage to be charged.
so the dvds have to fall under a category out of the many listed.
"disc for laser reading system" is one of them which is NIL on import/export and only 10% sales tax
BUT for SOME reason, this time it magically falls under "OTHER" with 30% import tax and 10% sales tax.
so i asked FARIQ SHAM (who claimed to be the customs relations manager) why is not under the correct category.
he says " actually., its under two categories la"
i said " if thats so, what justifies you choosing "OTHERS" and not the correct one?"
he says " uh...let me check back for you..."
YOU CALL THIS REPRESENTING MALAYSIAN CUSTOMS REPUTATION?????
a customs officer TENGKU AZIZ who had to deal with J made a BIGGER impression on representing us.
J asked, "how do you select which package to tax? as i've ordered many before but this is the first"
Dumbass answered," actually we randomly select because we do everything manually, we dont do computer system here"
HELLLOOOO????? KLIA AIRPORT? VOTED BEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT? DOES NOT HAVE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS IN COURIER / CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT????
WELL DONE MY MALAYSIAN FRIENDS! ITS THIS DISGUSTING GREEDY LOW-LIFE-GET-WHAT-YOU-CAN MENTALITY THAT PREVENTS THIS COUNTRY FROM GROWING TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL
*not to mention the fact that their CCTVs are not ALL in fully working and recording mode!!!* (referring to the latest weapon armed robbery at KLIA)
Now it seems like its another fight we have to put up with
Our country's leaders are too busy playing the blame game still amongst themselves. all that time and energy could have been invested in dealing with the issues that are actually serious and in deep need of immediate attention.
think about this:
1 - how long did that Lingam story go on for in the papers? weeks!!!
did it involve the security of the nation? hmmm.....
2 - how long did the blame-game stories go on for since mar 8? until now!!!
was it productive? hmmmm.....
3 - how long was the explanation and action plan about the incident at KLIA on for in the papers? 2 days? 3 days maybe?
now doesn't that involve the security of the nation? not to mention the REPUTATION of Malaysia? how are we keeping the country going if we're scaring tourist off with the Airport's incompetent systems?
The so-called leaders may wanna portray the country as being this peaceful nation where we have no racial issues.nothing wrong with wanting your country to look good globally...
although, there's a difference between hiding the truth and straight up lying
having your face on TV announcing that we have no racial issues at all while on a split screen, that Broadcasting news channel was airing the indian protestant and how we supposably dealt with it....way to go yo!
back to our DVDs, if these government workers are getting paid enough that they gotta scam every chance they get, what the hell is really going on in there?
or shall we say its just the Malay practicing superiority?
to clarify that, its been a nightmare living in a country where your dealing with bastards' stupidity and greed rather than dealing with real issues like ppl dying with no homes and food
Just happened-->
we ordered some movies off amazon.com to be shipped over. 3 weeks later we get a letter from KLIA customs stating that its being held, need paperwork(invoice) to clear...(ALL IN BM!AND ITS COMING FROM A FUCKING INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT COURIER) after we got it transalated, a deep pang tells me we're up for yet another BATTLE with the government workers. called up the number provided, a pleasant sounding lady name NORA answered (and thank the lord she spoke english ok) and said "all you paid is RM49.50 to clear it. we'll send it to the nearest post office for you to pick up". i asked "is that all?" she said, "yup, we just need you to fax over the form for clearance along with the invoice for your package" (i was guessin to prove the contents).
well lo' and behold, the very next day, we received a call from a FENDI saying "yes we need you to pay RM465 for tax...". our reply?
"why dont you go fuck yourself slowly"
COME ON!!! IT WAS A FUCKING SCAM AFTERALL! THATS WHY THEY WANTED A DAMN INVOICE!
we asked for black and white of this tax ruling and how they justify the percentage to be charged.
so the dvds have to fall under a category out of the many listed.
"disc for laser reading system" is one of them which is NIL on import/export and only 10% sales tax
BUT for SOME reason, this time it magically falls under "OTHER" with 30% import tax and 10% sales tax.
so i asked FARIQ SHAM (who claimed to be the customs relations manager) why is not under the correct category.
he says " actually., its under two categories la"
i said " if thats so, what justifies you choosing "OTHERS" and not the correct one?"
he says " uh...let me check back for you..."
YOU CALL THIS REPRESENTING MALAYSIAN CUSTOMS REPUTATION?????
a customs officer TENGKU AZIZ who had to deal with J made a BIGGER impression on representing us.
J asked, "how do you select which package to tax? as i've ordered many before but this is the first"
Dumbass answered," actually we randomly select because we do everything manually, we dont do computer system here"
HELLLOOOO????? KLIA AIRPORT? VOTED BEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT? DOES NOT HAVE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS IN COURIER / CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT????
WELL DONE MY MALAYSIAN FRIENDS! ITS THIS DISGUSTING GREEDY LOW-LIFE-GET-WHAT-YOU-CAN MENTALITY THAT PREVENTS THIS COUNTRY FROM GROWING TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL
*not to mention the fact that their CCTVs are not ALL in fully working and recording mode!!!* (referring to the latest weapon armed robbery at KLIA)
Now it seems like its another fight we have to put up with
Our country's leaders are too busy playing the blame game still amongst themselves. all that time and energy could have been invested in dealing with the issues that are actually serious and in deep need of immediate attention.
think about this:
1 - how long did that Lingam story go on for in the papers? weeks!!!
did it involve the security of the nation? hmmm.....
2 - how long did the blame-game stories go on for since mar 8? until now!!!
was it productive? hmmmm.....
3 - how long was the explanation and action plan about the incident at KLIA on for in the papers? 2 days? 3 days maybe?
now doesn't that involve the security of the nation? not to mention the REPUTATION of Malaysia? how are we keeping the country going if we're scaring tourist off with the Airport's incompetent systems?
The so-called leaders may wanna portray the country as being this peaceful nation where we have no racial issues.nothing wrong with wanting your country to look good globally...
although, there's a difference between hiding the truth and straight up lying
having your face on TV announcing that we have no racial issues at all while on a split screen, that Broadcasting news channel was airing the indian protestant and how we supposably dealt with it....way to go yo!
back to our DVDs, if these government workers are getting paid enough that they gotta scam every chance they get, what the hell is really going on in there?
or shall we say its just the Malay practicing superiority?
posted by =EM= @ 9:13 PM
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