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Re:$49 Personal Genome at 23andme (incognito windows until y... by cynix on Monday November 26, 2012 @08:39PM (#4835133)
To be fair, the charge includes both shipping the kits to you and for you to ship the kits back to them, so the price isn't as bad as it looks. But I do agree with you that it can be lower.
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Re:$49 Personal Genome at 23andme (incognito windows until y... by khomenko on Monday November 26, 2012 @08:44PM (#4835162)
And customs duties. They are not trying to gouge you, AFAIK.
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Re:$49 Personal Genome at 23andme (incognito windows until y... by cynix on Monday November 26, 2012 @08:51PM (#4835198)
@Dramatize: but the US might charge them import duties when you send it back. Not sure if the US has a duty-free allowance like we do.
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Re:$49 Personal Genome at 23andme (incognito windows until y... by Dramatize on Monday November 26, 2012 @08:49PM (#4835190)
There won't be duties as it's under $1000. I did realise after that it included the return postage.
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