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Hi! Based in my experience . It will arrived in The Philippines. But the problem is ... It's in our home Country's corruption. Through my experience way back ~while we lived in The Philippines, my father in- law's sent parcel contains 2 IKEA hanging lamp to us via POsten. And 3 months after ,i received a letter of Noticed from The Post Office. It said i needed to pick up the parcel from Sweden. So, i went in the post office right away after i read the letter. Surprisingly, when i arrived in the Post office. The officer told me, that i needed to pay some tax before they will hand me the parcel from Sweden. But according to my father in-law he already paid enough extra charged in Sweden before he sent the parcel going to The Philippines. But the officer insist that we really need to pay tax and told me that it's our obligation with some very long blah, blah , blah ~explanation. And he told me the tax amount that i needed to be paid around 5,800 pesos according to his own computation. How Ridiculous it was! Jesus! Of course, i did not pay that crazy tax! It's almost the price of the lamp. It was crazy! So, i told the officer, i don't have had money to pay that tax and i told him i lived very far and i just came to pick that parcel from Sweden... And i told him some more drama so he will be satisfied enough and believe me that i don't have had enough money to pay that stupid lies. Plus, (that time i just wear very simple house clothes! )LOL it makes the officer more convinced. Until, he told me to went into a small room with so many parcel inside and he toke away from me the receipt of 5,800 pesos tax that he issued to me. And the officer told me : "Okay, i will toke this receipt. Just give me all the money you have had in you." ... So, i just show my coin purse contains 400 pesos bills and some coins. And i told him " that's the only money i have had in my coin purse if you take everything ..i can't go home to commute going home sir" (even ,it's all lies i had taxi service outside waiting for me) He replied: "Okay, give me your 300 pesos instead" and he already handed me the parcel from Sweden. So, i gave up! I handed the 300 pesos to him.The important is i had already the Parcel. So, i can go home ~ that's all that matters to me. And he ripped off the receipt of the 5,800 pesos and told me. " let's forget about it," and he let me to signed something about Records of Released Parcel. Second bad experience from the post office again, my mother in-law sent some clothes for my 1year old daughter bought from Lindex via posten. BINGO! The parcel did not arrived and the post office did not sent any noticed letter about it. And i don't have any plan to return to that Post office, i once swore blind i would never return to ~ just to claim those clothes. No! Thanks! Ummm ..Enough! for revealing faux pas in our corrupt country. How very SAD and very dissapointing. So, it's up to you if you want to take the risk.... Good luck! I hope it helps.
