> > Well, I *would* draw a distinction between *trading* games and
> > *buying* them. I dislike the thought of being taxed for non-cash
> > transactions.
>
> I tried to argue the same to a customs officer. His reasoning was that I
> "paid" by sending my game. Can you argue with that?
Then your cu
>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 2:04 PM
Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Paranoid seller and tax evasion
> Hi everybody!
>
> I'm also new to the list, but have been watching the
> discussions for a while. Guess I had nothing worth
> writing before
"Lee K. Seitz" schrieb:
>
> Marco Thorek stated:
> >
> >"Lee K. Seitz" schrieb:
> >
> >> Well, I *would* draw a distinction between *trading* games and
> >> *buying* them. I dislike the thought of being taxed for non-cash
> >> transactions.
> >
> >I tried to argue the same to a customs officer. H
Marco Thorek stated:
>
>"Lee K. Seitz" schrieb:
>
>> Well, I *would* draw a distinction between *trading* games and
>> *buying* them. I dislike the thought of being taxed for non-cash
>> transactions.
>
>I tried to argue the same to a customs officer. His reasoning was that I
>"paid" by sending my
"Lee K. Seitz" schrieb:
>
> Tomas Buteler stated:
> >
> >I don't ask sellers to declare lower values, unless
> >they offer first). [snip] But as a seller I
> >always ask which value they want me to state, because
> >I believe it's the polite thing to do when trading
> >older games.
>
> Well, I
Tomas Buteler wrote:
Anyway, I hope I can add something to the list once in
You already have -- welcome to the list!
a while. I'm not the most prized collector out there
(actually, I'm more of a fan of most of you guys,
Hugh, CE, Jim - love Moby :) but I'm getting there.
I'm flattered. :) But r
Tomas Buteler stated:
>
>I don't ask sellers to declare lower values, unless
>they offer first). [snip] But as a seller I
>always ask which value they want me to state, because
>I believe it's the polite thing to do when trading
>older games.
Well, I *would* draw a distinction between *trading*
Howard Feldman stated:
>
>Some have occasionally refused, especially if
>its a business. As long as there's no sales receipt inside, I don't see
>the big deal though, no one can prove anything, and customs has better
>things to do, like stopping terrorists ;p
Ah, but there's the rub. I includ
Stefan Lindblom stated:
>Just thought I should share this with you. Has any of you guys had any =
>trouble with people reacting hostile when you want them to ship it =
>discrete in order to try to avoid unnecessary involvement by the =
>customs? Guy has zero feedback btw, although he claims to hav
Hi everybody!
I'm also new to the list, but have been watching the
discussions for a while. Guess I had nothing worth
writing before this.
Funny Peo mentioned the taxes being absurd, because
it's something I know quite well, since I'm a computer
game collector in Brazil. I have to pay a whopping
>Don't forget the $5 'processing fee'. On a $20 item, this can be painful.
Heh, that's cheap..
If something gets caught in our customs, the first thing they do is slap a
handling fee of almost $9 to the sum. Then they take the declared value
_including_ the shipping cost + the $9 fee and add no
Stephane Racle wrote:
We have a similar issue here in Canada as anything that comes in with a
value of more than CAN $20 (or CAN $60 if it's declared as a gift) is
taxed at 15%. I've actually had items shipped to me where the seller had
Don't forget the $5 'processing fee'. On a $20 item, this
We have a similar issue here in Canada as anything that comes in with a
value of more than CAN $20 (or CAN $60 if it's declared as a gift) is
taxed at 15%. I've actually had items shipped to me where the seller
had declared a higher value than the eBay auction value, thinking it
made no differe
On Jan 14, 2004, at 9:27 AM, Stefan Lindblom wrote:
[Snip]
As if I didnt know they would be flagged, that was why I wrote it,
pure annoyance factor ;) And no, he is not the least paranoid..
sure..
I imagine this guy wears a tinfoil hat. He's a bit overzealous about
email monitoring.
All
> I was like... what? Never gotten anything like
that before in 4 years of trading. Was not sure how to reply but after a while I
started writing. Both professionally and pretty personal as well, and
since he was so paranoid I just felt I had to annoy him.. just a little. So I
included thi
In a message dated 01/14/2004 9:28:19 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was like... what? Never gotten anything like that before in 4 years of trading. Was not sure how to reply but after a while I started writing. Both professionally and pretty personal as well, and since he
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