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Re: Customs question...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 20 Nov 2001 02:54:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Brown writes:
> > Bottom line is that *you* don't get to define merchandise, the people who
> > wrote the form (and made the law) do. Doesn't matter what you think.
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> Doesn't matter what I think? If the duty payment that is at stake is that
> of another country, as it is for all of us in the states, then I don't even
> care to think about it overmuch. Some other country's laws is surely
> someone else's problem. If I can help a lego pal out by labelling the
> package "gift" -- I mean, really, who cares? Why are some of you so
> vehemently opposed to such a teeny, tiny white lie? Get over yourselves...
However, your "act of kindness" may result in a lot of extra trouble for the
recipient, if it's proved false. At best, they'll have to pay the duty anyway,
but there may well be other penalties. If they *ask* you to mark it as a gift,
then I agree, it's their problem. But unless they do, I think it's your duty to
be as truthful as possible in the declaration.
ROSCO
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| (...) How can someone be held accountable for something they did not do? Customs would have to prove that the recipient falsely asked me to mark the package as a gift. Failing that, the recipient has done no wrong -- committed no positive act in the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Yeah, its gets attenuated pretty fast. In the U.S. such a thing has it's origins in congressionally generated legislations, is duplicated by administrative law (sometimes with errors, additions, and omissions), and implemented by people that (...) (23 years ago, 20-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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