After a long hiatus,finally the Fed Ex people called me to their office at IGI airport. Reached there by 3pm and left at 9,but finally got my hands on what i had been dreaming about for a very long time.
I had been called to meet the Deputy Commissioner Customs for a hearing about my case. Heard a lot of weird and wild theories in that office yesterday. eg. You can change the barrel and convert it into a firearm,we cannot import airguns via courier(according to him cargo and post were fine ),it is not an air pistol as it says colt 1911A on the slide engraving,where is the sports ministry letter,if he puts his signature on the release papers he will be held responsible for the rising crime in delhi(ok i made the last one up!).. Anyways to cut to the chase.. i finally sat at the clearence warehouse till they finally dug it out of a hugh pile of stuff(was detained for almost 22days).Did not have to pay any extra warehousing charges though(saved almost 2000 as it turns out). Reason being i had cursed the Fed Ex throughly for the delay so it was kind of an olive branch gesture from them.When i finally got the box in my hands ,kept on feeling it might be one of my more vivid dreams(have had loads in the past few days). Couldn't wait to open and take a look inside ,but thankfully restrained myself till i reached home(delhi being what it is these days i would become the 9 pm news...
) . Thank you Abhijeet ,Mack The Knife Sir ,Yash and all fellow members who took time off to guide me and gave much needed moral support. Have included a link below to my picasa album.. Hope you guys like it..
http://picasaweb.google.com/sharad.jsr/ ... A3gKaxmvaw#
What about the duty sunny boy? Did you have to pay any?
