On a recent foray into Ebay Singapore (pardon me for advertising) I made a bid on a "Hello Kitty" peg. I had bid $4.00 and a few days later found that I was the successful bidder.
I wrote to the seller and asked whether she was prepared to post the peg to Australia and asked what the cost would be.
She replied that if I lived in Melbourne, she would deliver it to me as she was flying in for one night in a week's time.
Now DB and I are avid fans of a TV program about border security which highlights the problems the department of Customs and Immigration has with visitors arriving in Australia.
If a person is only staying one day after a long haul flight, their reason for visiting is called into question in case they are simply acting as drug couriers.
Well, this young lady rang me to say she was staying in a hotel near the casino and so(having added money laundering to our list of suspicions) with some trepidation, DB and I drove in to see her.
She handed me the package that I had purchased and I could not contain myself, I had to ask her why she was only staying the one night.
She was an air hostess.
How many people have had $4 purchases hand delivered from a place that is an 8 hour flight away? At least we didn't have to pay carriage!!
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