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Re: EconMinutae 101 (was: Customs question...)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 20 Nov 2001 01:48:34 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> If my seven year old son trades his PBJ at the lunch table in school for the
> next kid's swiss on rye, was it merchandise? If not, is it because of your
> profit clause above, or because it wasn't a cash transaction? He thought
> it was a profitable transaction. And Wwat if I'm trading LEGO for LEGO?
I think we're getting way off here-- the question is "Is it honest to mark
packages as 'gift'?" Is the PBJ merchandise? Eh, I dunno. I'd hesitate to
call it such. But I certainly wouldn't call it a gift. If you're trading
Lego for Lego? Eh, still fuzzy on whether it's merchandise (in my book). But
I definitely wouldn't mark it as a "gift" unless I thought I wasn't getting
something in return. Or, that is to say, I would call me marking it as a
gift dishonest.
DaveE
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