Al salaam a'alaykum Tom

11 Nov 03 09:30, Tom Walker wrote to Mark Lewis:

 ->>  RJT> I have *no* idea of what the laws are in the UK or anywhere
 ->>  RJT> else outside this country when it comes to business practices,
 ->>  RJT>  though a number of years back when we had some students from
 ->>  RJT> the UK visiting with us they bought bunches of music,  talking
 ->>  RJT> about how much cheaper it was here than at home.

 ->> i hate to see what kind of taxes they had to pay on them when they got 
 ->> back home...

 TW>  That is right. Most countries get you one way or another on Taxes. 
 TW> Of course yuo can try to smuggle it in but the Consequneces may not 
 TW> be nice if caught. And in Countries like Mexico where you are GUILTY 
 TW> untill Provem Innocent it could have even more dire consequences.

I purchase DVDs across the Web from Hong Kong. Landed they're about 60% of
what I pay locally.

To date I have not paid any taxes as they have arrived here.

There is some threashold before the items incur import taxes, although I'm
not sure what it is.

Regards,
David

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