JR>Dear Mark,

JR>Re your message -

JR> ML> Out of all the crap you and some others have sprouted 
JR> ML> this takes the cake.
JR> ML> How in hell did Austel get "ALL FIRMS/PEOPLE WHO 
JR> ML> IMPORTED MODEMS AND/OR PARTS etc", address's, you dont 
JR> ML> even have to declare to Aust Post whats contained in a 
JR> ML> package and the Federal Government Privacy Act prohibts 
JR> ML> the release/Use  of information except for the express 
JR> ML> purpose in which it was obtained, so that rules out 
JR> ML> Customs. Or do they have all our phones tapped?

JR>They got it from Customs - It seems as a reglatory body they have
JR>this right. All commercial goods (and most private mail) has to
JR>go through customs. Goods are declared by an identifing number.
JR>I guess they  used this number (the one for modems) to get a list
JR>of  everyone that imported modems recently.

JR>I got the info from one of our technicians who works as Complex
JR>Computers out  of InterLink's offices in Frenches Forest in
JR>Sydney.  His  name is Dominic if you want to check with him.  I
JR>further  checked it out by calling AUSTEL's head office in 
JR>Melbourne.  They said that it was true.

So, Are you saying that if you import an internal modem and customs 
rings you and asks what is in the box so that they can decide what 
to charge you, If you say it is an internal card for a computer you 
pay 21% sales Tax and they don't count it as a modem (7% to 15% of 
sales tax )so they end up with more money than they should get but 
you don't get hassled anymore because they did not record your 
identifying number
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