Cooling Fans and their controller finally arriving

So many months have gone by since I had ordered my additional fans and the a controller to control them along with some other accessories. Finally it seems that I may get them. My good friend Arun Bhakthavalasalam had very helpfully held on to them in US so that he could bring them when he come to India, but fate had other plans. His stay in US has been extended and that would mean further delay of the consignment. To avoid more delay in the items I had them got couriered to my place.

It was sent using USPS service. The tracking of consignment stopped after it reached India. My parcel got stuck in Customs.

I received a notice from the customs department about the parcel and they wanted a host of documents about the items. The documents were permission from RBI and so many other permits from other ministries. The rule is something like that we are not allowed to import stuff exceeding in value of Rs 2000. This amount includes the shipping changes also. Even if I ship something of zero value the shipping itself would go above the princely limit allowed to us. Ridiculous...

I went to the customs department to explain my shipment and to get it released. At first the superintendent was very angry and gave me nice dressing down about it. He wanted me go give a technical write-up about the items in parcel and why I needed them. I asked me about why I needed 4 fans for a single computer when the computer can run for 24*7 with the normal CPU fan. I had to explain things about the over clocking the processor and how cooling is important to do it.

The second time around he was receptive to what I was saying. It seems that before me, two people had tried to fool him and had signed in place of other people to clear their consignment.

Finally he cleared my parcel...

It should be arriving this week by Indian post at home and after paying custom duty of about 1k or so I should be able to finally see the stuff I paid for so many months back.

Thanks to my friend Arun Bhakthavalasalam for holding on to it and then taking the trouble to get it shipped to me. Taking time out of his busy schedule must have been difficult.

Awaiting the shipment anxiously ...