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| (...) Both sides are right. Both the large discounters and the local shops have their place, I say. Me, I like hitting every Target I drive by during christmas clearance season, it's the thrill of the hunt, to a certain extent, even if I could save (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| On Fri, 12 May 2000, Larry Pieniazek (<FuFHyF.25o@lugnet.com>) wrote at 04:03:51 (...) Hmmm. Is it worth a trip to the US, just for the experience of going into a shop, seeing lots of LEGO at 50% off, and buying it. "Excess baggage?" "That pile of (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) 50%? For shame. Mike Stanley will tell you it's 40% and then 75%.. you know you've really hit the jackpot when you find a really old decrepit Target (NOT near where Conan lives) and you go in and find lots and lots of starwars on 75% off. (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) I (...) 75% (...) trouble (...) I thought (and I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong) that you could only bring a certain value of goods back into the UK (less than 100 GBP I think) before you were supposed to pay tax on entry, even if you (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) You have to pay VAT, etc. when it comes in but you claim back the sales tax you paid abroad. Carbon 60 (25 years ago, 12-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| (...) Could be, but I'm a 'murrican and I can bring in as much as I want into the US, I was able to quote the exact customs classification to the customs guy, which caused him to ask how I knew. His website, I told him. ++Lar (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| On Fri, 12 May 2000, Carbon 60 (<FuGovJ.240@lugnet.com>) wrote at 19:30:55 (...) So what sort of business do I have to be in for it to be a legitimate business expense? :-) (25 years ago, 13-May-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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