Re: Cheap cellphones.

["Dennis Henderson" <hendomatic () gmail com>]

> >
> > Actually you are supposed to pay customs on things that you buy from
> foreign
> > countries, so while the sale is legal, you're probably violating the law
> by
> > not reporting it and paying the tariff.
> >
> > The small fry largely go unnoticed, but that doesnt mean that its legal.
>
> There's an amount below which you don't have to report it, isn't there? I
> know there is when I walk through customs. I don't remember the amount.
The things you buy from a company outside your country, in the comfort of
your own home, do not have the same tourist exemption that the thing you buy
on vacation in another country do.

> From her majesty's own web pages..

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageTravel_ShowContent&propertyType=document&resetCT=true&id=HMCE_CL_0014545

Anyway this has gotten so far off topic it makes me laff out loud...

Have a great terror-free week solly.  I love you guys..

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