It is one of those cost/benefit calculations. The cost of sorting the real gifts from the commerce <$100 labeled as gift probably wouldn't pay for itself.
It is, of course illegal. The question is are we better off changing the enforcement or the law. Not to mention the cost of the latter. Makes you wonder what the time constant of legal change to behavior change is and how that varies with penalty magnitude. To pull things back to a discussion of time. :) On Dec 30, 2011, at 19:55, "Richard W. Solomon" <w1...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Was it really a gift ?? The U. S. Customs folks take a dim view on folks > lying on a Customs Declaration. > But, being realistic, it's so rampant that only by making a Federal Case > out of one will it ever stop. But, I am not holding my breath. > > 73 es HNY, Dick, W1KSZ > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: li...@lazygranch.com >> Sent: Dec 30, 2011 4:41 PM >> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> >> Subject: [time-nuts] Speaking of shipments from China >> >> I got a feebay shipment from China today. Duty? No problem, it was declared >> a gift. ;-) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
