Re: [CR]Customs duties, etc.

(Example: Bike Shops:R.E.W. Reynolds)

From: "dddd" <dddd@pacbell.net>
To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <MONKEYFOODXhUeWkNyx00003c4f@monkeyfood.nt.phred.org> <49C732C6-F8D0-48CD-B81F-73F797B6B19E@woodworkingboy.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Customs duties, etc.
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:21:24 -0800
reply-type=response

I've had E-buyers tell me to put "used bicycle part(s)" in the description box on customs forms. This won't cover for a high insured value, but supposedly is easier on them.

David Snyder Auburn, CA
> Dennis Young wrote: That works double for me. This quizzical country
> where I reside, charges sales tax as well as customs on foreign
> purchases. Then there is this odd little charge that the local post
> office throws in for spite. Old bikes often slip through without the
> charges, probably the inspectors at the airport don't spend much time in
> Dale's living room, but a high declared value insurance wakes them up
> every time. Sales tax on foreign purchases, is that also protectionism
> or what! Please complain to your congressional representatives for me.