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Can the cameroon embassy help with this, I am sure if you wrote to them and told them what you are doing and why, they may see that what you are doing is a good thing and a real benefit to the communities you are helping, and may even be able to pull a few strings to help. Paul Tom Brough wrote: >Well it seems that the 2nd hand laptop that I lovingly restored and >installed GNU/Linux and then spent a small fortune shipping via DHL to >the Cameroon has actually arrived in the Cameroon 4 days later than >estimated (due to the package lying around in the Staples (DHL Service >Point) Office in Torquay for 4 days). > >Only problem now is that they need to raise £100 customs duties in order >to "release" it. Im beginning to think that it would have been cheaper >to fly out with it myself. The Cameroon government putting crippling >taxes on technology (2nd hand at that) is not going to help improve the >educational and technical prospects for its people. > >I find it very Frustrating ........ > >Tom. > > > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html