Confiscated by Customs - advice please

[marcusallen]

Caesar, you are a pratt. Reading between the lines, you obviously know that some of the stuff is out of order . Now you are bleating. This has been covered times innumerable & if you and your ilk persist on ordering gear that is deemed unnacceptable-take your medicine & don't expect sympathy from the world in general. You took a shot and it failed. Personally I've no time for you but if some of my esteeemed collegues want to give advice-all is well in the graveyard.

[raw]

I know of someone who ordered 3 or 4 horror titles & 2 PC games from the same place, because Customs decided 2 of the DVD's were obscene they seized the whole lot...INCLUDING the computer games!!

The guy sent a few letters and phoned em and in the end he got his stuff back minus the 2 they had initial problems with.

Worth a go I'd say.

[jj]

And during this time usefully spent, ?4.7 million worth of Class A drugs, 3 tons of Leb Red and 45 Uzis + ammo entered the country behind their backs...........

[magoo]

True. But also your cheap tobacco and my cheap beer also got through behind their backs while they were nicking ceasers porn. So every cloud etc

jj wrote:> > And during this time usefully spent, ?4.7 million worth of> Class A drugs, 3 tons of Leb Red and 45 Uzis + ammo entered> the country behind their backs...........

[jj]

No, sorry: beer + fags are legal in this country. We are SUPPOSED to have unrestricted trade with EU memeber countries. If the Govt. need to raise money, they can ASK me for more taxes, not IMPOSE a morally-dubious surcharge with no basis in common law or, indeed, common sense. We should pay the same for snout in Leicester as in Lille.
I will continue the time-honoured democratic tradition of circumventing malicious or ill-thought-out legislation wherever possible. They can let drugs in as well, taxed, with the revenue going to help the poor addicts. And, as a bonus, halve the petty crime-rate overnight.

[caesar]

Thanks for all the helpful advice from almost everyone.

No, Marcusallen, I did not know that Customs would take exception to bondage, I am new (last month or so) to bgafd and so have not seen previous info on this subject, which is why I asked for advice. Try reading less between the lines - you can overdo it!

[buttsie from Downunder]

I agree with JJ on that you either legalise everything and collect taxes or you just leave it be

When are these morons in government going to learn prohibtion never works.Every time something is illegal up springs a black market for that product.

said my peace

cheers
Buttsie

[horace Ward]

Gentlemen,do be careful of H.M.CUSTOMS and take heed of my friends advice,under the heading of Marcus Allen.
If necessary that Department makes random checks at your property,without a warrant,any time of day or night,to make a thorough search if they find fit of 'over importation' of certain goods.
No rules apply-never be complacent,always a first time,the powers to be are still with us,nothing has changed...it's an experience that will haunt you for the rest of your life.
NEVER ruffle the feathers of H.M.C&E,they have very sharp teeth which they keep to the grindstone.

[jj]

This is the whole point: they have search-and-seize powers which would be ILLEGAL in any other sphere of British life, PACE doesn't apply, etc........powers which any dictator would be proud of.
And they answer to no-one.
What the FUCK has this to do with 'democracy'?

[marcusallen]

Come, come, JJ-How long have we been living in a "democracy"