Knut Pays The Taxman
The wait is over. But the picture of the package on my doormat is not quite how it went. No, there was a new slip of paper in my mailbox, telling me there was a package to be picked up at the post office. So, what was the tab?
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The alcohol tax was about 100 Norwegian kroner.
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The value added tax (based on an estimated value of 300 Norwegian kroner!) was about 100 kroner.
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The fee for the postal service to process this ended up at 180 kroner, including tax.
A total cost of 386 Norwegian kroner. 47 Euros or 61 Dollars. Not the most expensive beer known to man, but pretty close, as these beers retail at a few Euro is civilized countries. But, considering all the man hours involved, it was a quite cheap service. And they managed to stall me from abusing these beers for a
month. The beers look fine, they have been carefully packaged, and their warehouse is probably quite cool at this time of the year. So, it is time for a big thank you, to Alan, to Jeff from the Cracked Kettle. I don't know about the Department of Substance Abuse, though.
The wait is over. But the picture of the package on my doormat is not quite how it went. No, there was a new slip of paper in my mailbox, telling me there was a package to be picked up at the post office. So, what was the tab?
Comments
gary - March 26, 2007 11:17 AM
Knut, I am a lucky recipient today from the Cracked Kettle, a selection of micro-brews from Holland. Nobody chased me for a value added tax or anything else, and there was no delay, and the gents at Cracked kettle did a fine job with the packing and details. Hopefully Alan will post my little email and photo relating my experience.
Grant Goodes - March 27, 2007 8:52 PM
Well, Knut, I see you are a lucky man, as you have at
least two bottles from my favourite Amsterdam brewery,
'et Ij, namely Vlo ("flea") and what looks like Nate
or one of the other "-ate" beers. My friend who lives
in Amsterdam once brought me an 8-beer taster's pack
from 'et Ij, and all were wonderful.
Go' fornoelse!
grant..
Knut Albert - March 28, 2007 4:22 AM
Yes, these beers are hand picked. I tried a few of their beers last year, so I am really looking forwards to trying two more!
Jeff - April 1, 2007 1:01 AM
Wow, what a pain. At least you finally got them! There has to be a better way to get beer to Norway. I hope that you enjoy them, you certanly paid enough!
Cheers,
Jeff
Gary - April 1, 2007 3:53 PM
Listen Jeff, thanks a million for the great Dutch brews.
steve - December 6, 2011 1:51 PM
could the package not just have been marked as a gift?