[Straha]

I used to order cds, DVDs, books etc from outside the European Union for many many years without problems - until suddenly things began to happen like Wavetop described above. In Germany, in addition to making you pick up your stuff at customs and let you pay a percentage of (value of item PLUS shipping cost) they always open your package, go through your things and treat you like a borderline-criminal. At least this is what they do at my "local" customs office (which is located about 25 miles away). That's why I eventually stopped ordering things outside the European Union completely. However, I now make happy use of buying *downloads* - I hope this will not be made illegal or monitored by customs one day too.