In Reply to: x-ray machines - alcohol posted by balione on Monday, 8. February 2010 at 15:19 Bali Time:
trying to sneak some extras in.
Without getting into the debate about who is the worst, the smuggler or the "negotiating" customs guy or girl......these things are always negotiable.
Last time I took 8 litres extra wine in, and this cost me 300K which I was more than happy about.
I declared it, and let the VIP VOA guy do the negotiations.
I found this less stressful than being caught with the extra and going to the room.
So the short answer is YES it's negotiable depending on what you have, what cash you may have and what negotiating skills you have.
Some on here will still see this as supporting corruption, but as long as they are packing in the copy DVDs, watches and handbags I wouldn't get too bothered about that.