I paid 34% customs and VAT on my original unit ($1549 for 18GB empeg, $26 case, $50 S&S - $1625 total + $556 taxes + some change for local TNT agent/importer - ouch!). I didn't even ask Rob for 'fake' invoice for customs purposes (well, perhaps very obliquely , but he kind of read my mind and told me the invoices were produced without human intervention). He did declare empeg as portable Linux computer (as opposed to car stereo), but customs guys didn't buy that (would have saved me 10%).

Gee, I must have been mad spending that much! I didn't regret it a moment, of course In that light, this a bargain of lifetime - 60GB unit for one third the price of 18GB one! I would have been mad not buying one!