donations and customs

[Emiel Kollof]

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Op dinsdag 14 september 2004 17:16, schreef justin at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> > Nice to have the donations list on the main site now, but it would be
> > nice if a little blurb about donating to developers abroad and how to
> > avoid getting raped by^W^W^Wdealing with customs. Stuff like labeling it
> > non-commercial and specifying a value of 0 on the packing slip are things
> > that were mentioned on IRC.
>
> Which countries is this specific to?  What other options are there?  How
> legal are these manuvers?

Very legal. In .nl you can end up paying lots of money to customs if it isn't  
clear that 1) the hardware is used (second hand) and 2) it´s for a private 
person (non-commercial entity) and 3) not bought. Other dutchies on these 
lists might know more about this. But it's still thoughtful to mention that 
customs might become an issue and that the donor and the person donated to 
should think about this when shipping stuff abroad.

The fewer surprises, the better, I always say :)

Cheers,
Emiel
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