Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries

2005-09-03 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Insurance can be a very grey area when you try to value a piece of lace. It's worth what someone will pay for it and that's how insurance companies make their valuations. In UK Lace Guild members can get insurance through the Guild. I'm not fully in touch with the current situation but I do

RE: [lace] IOLI contest entries

2005-09-03 Thread Carolyn Hastings
Cc: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries Insurance can be a very grey area when you try to value a piece of lace. It's worth what someone will pay for it and that's how insurance companies make their valuations. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries - Insurance

2005-09-03 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 9/3/05 9:18:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In the US, people should know that they will not be paid one cent unless they have either a sales slip, or else an official appraisal. This sad lesson was something I learned when I shipped some antiques

RE: [lace] IOLI contest entries - Insurance

2005-09-03 Thread Carolyn Hastings
be a good chance of knowing what happens to it. Regards, Carolyn -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 10:37 AM To: lace@arachne.com Subject: Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries - Insurance

re: [lace] IOLI contest entries

2005-09-03 Thread Bev Walker
willing to tick off gift, under $15, on the custom's form? And then No, tick gift, write handmade item, NCV - (no commercial value - although I've been told this isn't such a great idea, but never had that properly explained - the last time I sent a competition entry, overseas, I declared it

[lace] IOLI contest entries

2005-09-02 Thread Bev Walker
Hi everyone (we may have to chip in for customs duty, as well as overweight luggage I do not think that pieces belonging to someone else that you cart across the border into Canada would be taxable or dutiable - unless IOLI is going to sell them? It is worth investigating from 'your end' ahead

Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries

2005-09-02 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 9/2/05 7:28:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I do not think that pieces belonging to someone else that you cart across the border into Canada would be taxable or dutiable - unless IOLI is going to sell them? It is worth investigating from 'your end'

Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries

2005-09-02 Thread RicTorr8
In a message dated 9/2/2005 8:20:39 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: is something to think about. I think everyone would rest easier if the contest entries were covered by insurance. Someone should be asking: Does IOLI have an insurance policy that would cover such an

Re: [lace] IOLI contest entries - Insurance

2005-09-02 Thread Jeriames
In a message dated 9/2/05 10:35:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Jeri's point leads me to I wonder, does anyone know if something comparable has ever been addressed at former conventions, and, if so, how? It would be easier for each person who was concerned about