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 customs tax
Hey gang,
I won an auction the other day on Ebay, and last
night I sent a mail to the seller of the item. In the mail I gave him my address
and and also left him instructions on how to package the game, which means... no
receipt, declare it as a gift etc... customs still have a way of
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
; even though the false
claim to accept paypal in his auction was his fault!! Doh..
Brad
- Original Message -
From:
Stefan Lindblom
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 10:27
AM
Subject: [SWCollect] Paranoid seller and
tax evasion
Hey gang,
I
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
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
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
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
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* games
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
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. His reasoning was that I
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