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Originally posted by jedimaster:
And don't forget they re asses anything that looks suspicious so if you declare the camera at 5.00 and they decide its worth 1000 you pay tax on 1000.
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">True, however, in cases where they wrongly charged you, you can get a refund by filling out the back of the declaration form and sending it with a copy of your receipt to the address listed and they'll send you a cheque back for the amount that they overcharged. I did that once for a USR I-Modem. The guy, who I bought it from, put down the retail value instead of the Ebay winning price as the Declared price and I was charged tax on the retail value. The price difference was huge. A new external USR I-modem is about $500 ($350 US) while I got it on Ebay for about $150 ($100 US).
[ 13 September 2002, 14:04: Message edited by: Sam W ]