Hello, JMG. Thank you for this! My question relates to choosing auspicious ordering days (and ordering ways) to increase the chances of receiving books I order online.
It seems that Brexit has turned the Irish post office into a customs nightmare. There is a postal office which keeps snagging packages received from abroad, and, if they feel like it, they might notify you that you have 5 days to pay the tax/duty on it before returning it undelivered.
This has now happened to a succession of book orders that I have placed, and in these cases, i did not *even* receive any notice from An Post before the suppliers were notifying me of their "return to sender". Ironically, the VAT rate on books is 0%, and the duty on books is 0%, so I do not know to what to attribute this.
Anyway, what is the best day of the week for ordering a book in the hope of receiving it safely (in view of these new added layers of obstinocracy, and are there any "natural magic" type spells that might help.
Thank you!
PS. Please delete the anonymous version of this comment, which I unthinkingly, and too hastily, posted. :(
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Date: 2024-01-29 10:52 am (UTC)My question relates to choosing auspicious ordering days (and ordering ways) to increase the chances of receiving books I order online.
It seems that Brexit has turned the Irish post office into a customs nightmare. There is a postal office which keeps snagging packages received from abroad, and, if they feel like it, they might notify you that you have 5 days to pay the tax/duty on it before returning it undelivered.
This has now happened to a succession of book orders that I have placed, and in these cases, i did not *even* receive any notice from An Post before the suppliers were notifying me of their "return to sender". Ironically, the VAT rate on books is 0%, and the duty on books is 0%, so I do not know to what to attribute this.
Anyway, what is the best day of the week for ordering a book in the hope of receiving it safely (in view of these new added layers of obstinocracy, and are there any "natural magic" type spells that might help.
Thank you!
PS. Please delete the anonymous version of this comment, which I unthinkingly, and too hastily, posted. :(