In Reply to: Bringing wine into Bali posted by Fawnee Kate on Thursday, 6. December 2012 at 19:33 Bali Time:
has a lot of flaws, having dealt with Customs on more occasions than I can count, it will depend on who you strike, some don't care and will just wave you through, some will except a token amount, most will screw you over with the threat of confiscating your excess. It is after all illegal to bring in more than the allowance, and they do have the right to confiscate and "destroy" any excess (which usually means they get to take it home and re-sell it) My only tip if they do get excessive on the "Duty" and threaten to confiscate it, tell them you will destroy it yourself, take the tops off and pour it into their bins, this will often bring the "Duty" down.