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Re: Customs question...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:49:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> > > > Jason, you may be "honesty impaired" -- the condition of engaging in
> > > > unseemly contortions just to be able to claim you were doing the "right
> > > > thing."
> > >
> > > Is that how you define "honesty"? Or is that how you define "moral"? Is
> > > honesty necessarily moral? If you ask me, if you're honest with respect to
> > > putting the little "gift" mark on a package, then you *DON'T* mark it as a
> > > gift no matter *WHAT* you think of the moral implications of the law that
> > > you're breaking. If you're "honest", you tell the truth. And the truth is
> > > that it's not a gift.
> >
> > But the act of marking it as a gift might be a gift. So what then?
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> Well, considering that the "gift" denotes the contents of the package (or so
> I would assume the "law" dictates), then no, not really...
But if I sell you an old 3055 (say) for $3 & postage is "Merchandise" more
appropriate than "gift"? Merchandise is more for describing buying from a
commercial organisation. If anyone is selling several thousand dollars worth
pa then perhaps they should be viewed as an commercial entity, but that is
another issue...
Scott A
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> DaveE
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| (...) Not unless you define merchandise as necessarily above a certain cost or from a certain source. I'd say merchandise in this case is when you've paid for the contents of the package. If you only paid shipping, then, sure, mark it as a gift. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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