Okay, folks, our stuff has arrived at home, intact and is currently being unpacked. I owe an apology to all the officials involved for talking about bribes, i guess. NO BRIBE was given by me knowingly throughout this process!! Many thanks to my attorney friend Mohit Mathur who advised me on how the process worked so i went in forewarned and forearmed about the legal side!
On the operational side, i was lucky that i happened to have the major receipts on hand with me. No one told me to bring them on the day i was supposed to "just inspect" the goods. So i would say that at least some of the bureaucracy or perceived corruption in India is due to the inefficiency and lack of clear information on what documents are needed at each step. Beyond that, the goods sat at the warehouse for about four days in the open (with nothing missing) which should not have happened either. We should have just been able to go home with the goods as soon as we paid the customs duty.
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