After having received the monies they e-mailed me to ask for further $260 USD as customs tax. If I do not pay this tax they cannot retrieve the item from the customs and I cannot get the monies back.

No tax no goods and no refund. When I protested a new demand came either pay the tax or order further $800 USD worth goods then they will clear the new goods plus the iphone 4 already paid for despatch.

To me it seems a con, how can they send the goods with higher monetary value than before without the taxes?

Carly