[Elecraft] Re: Italy Customs Duties

[Vic K2VCO]

Peppino Berria wrote:

> First of all I believe it's wrong to talk about EU
> customs: Italy makes the difference! 

I think I have the ultimate customs story.  It happened in Israel in the 
  early '80's.  A fellow was bringing in a tape containing software from 
the IBM SHARE organization.  These were various utility programs, etc., 
written by members of the organization and made available free to anyone 
who wanted them.

The customs official asked him "how many programs are on the tape?"  The 
guy responded "284" (or some similar number).  The official then 
proceeded to multiply 284 by the price of Lotus 1-2-3 (I think about 
$150) and asked for duty at a 30% rate on the total!  Needless to say, 
the guy let them keep his tape.
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