We had our first encounter with Argentine bureaucracy over at the customs department… We naively ordered contact lenses from the US to be delivered by Fedex with the idea that, you know, they would be delivered to us…
We were living in a fantasy world.
Unfortunately, contact lenses are designated as for ‘human consumption’ by Argentine customs, which means that unless you’re willing to go out to the airport, spend at least a day of your time, hire a customs broker, fill out endless forms, and spend an arm and a leg to get the damn things… You’re better off calling it a loss and moving on with your life, which is what we’ve decided to do…



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March 22, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Frank Almeida
By the way, never ever ship toys here. My sister in law sent away for a sleeping beauty wig from Disney because my daughter had the dress and while my in-law was in Disney she didn´t get it and when she got here she felt bad that she didn´t get it so she ordered it. They wanted to charge her something like $250 dollars to clear customs. This was for a toy that cost mabye $15 dollars.