High European Import Duties (was: lying on customs forms)

In article <200810061919.m96JJKYD001107 at yagi.h-net.msu.edu>, Dennis Boone <drb at msu.edu> writes: In 1986 I had just graduated college and secured a job with a firm outside of Paris, France. I wanted to show them the possibilites of how scientific software could go, so I wanted to have my Amiga 1000 shipped over to France. Holy shit, you would not believe the amount of paperwork and red tape involved in doing this. It might be better now, but I don't expect it to be tons better just because they're under the EU now. I had to pay 4,000FFR "temporary import duty" and I had to pay it in *cash*. Supposedly the money would be returned when proof was presented at customs that the machine was shipped back. I also never found a good technical bookstore in Paris, which always amazed me. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>