In Reply to: Garuda excess baggage warning posted by bambu on Tuesday, 30. August 2005 at 20:10 Bali Time:
I saw the same thing happening when we left. A friend of mine also had the same thing happen to her the year before and I relayed the story to the people in front of me.
Basically .. don't accept what you are told. My friend initially was told $500US and after a long time with the "authorities" her bill was reduced to $25US after she demanded an official government receipt, which of course can't be given as the money is being pocketed by the corrupt people at the airport.