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 From:  JonCooper   9 Nov 2012 14:04 
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fuckin wankers

every time I send anything at all to my daughter in Canada the stupid customs have to get involved and cause unnecessary delays

usually based on some numpty making a personal 'judgement call'

previously they didn't like Jaffa-Cakes

now it's "12Kg seems a lot for £30 of baby clothes" (not if they're second-hand)

FFS! just deliver the damn stuff!!!


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 From:  graphitone   9 Nov 2012 14:17 
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they didn't like Jaffa-Cakes

Just what sort of barbarians are they?



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 From:  Jo (JELLS)   9 Nov 2012 14:28 
 To:  JonCooper      3 of 25 
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Are they refusing it, or just holding it up?

The Canadian Border Agency Site is a bit confusing, but if what you're sending would mostly fall into the "gift" category, the declared value shouldn't exceed $60, which is (currently) about £37. In the case of second-hand baby clothes, I wouldn't have put any monetary value on it at all.

Anyway, this section of their website may (or may not) be of some help for future mailings.
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 From:  JonCooper   9 Nov 2012 14:46 
 To:  Jo (JELLS)      4 of 25 
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thanks, I declared a 'value' of £30, should I just be saying GIFT - no value ?
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 From:  JonCooper   9 Nov 2012 14:47 
 To:  graphitone      5 of 25 
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I /know/

I would send her more stuff but so much gets held up
and (suspiciously) gets through if you pay a bit more
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 From:  JonCooper   9 Nov 2012 14:52 
 To:  Jo (JELLS)      6 of 25 
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that link is more useful than anything else I've seen, thanks
guess I just have to send smaller (or lower value) packages in future
makes me mad though, when the shipping cost is more than goods value
Jon
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 From:  Jo (JELLS)   9 Nov 2012 15:17 
 To:  JonCooper      7 of 25 
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Assuming that if you didn't have your daughter to send the baby clothes to, you'd probably just donate them to a thrift shop/charity or something, then yes, I'd put $0, or some really low figure - $10 - essentially meaning that if the parcel got lost, you wouldn't be that upset in terms of the monetary value of the items.
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   9 Nov 2012 18:22 
 To:  graphitone      8 of 25 
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The sort that don't like jaffa cakes.

I don't like jaffa cakes either!

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 From:  graphitone   9 Nov 2012 20:54 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      9 of 25 
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BARBARIAN!!!

 


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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   9 Nov 2012 21:12 
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Merely well-cultured and refined taste

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 From:  graphitone   9 Nov 2012 21:26 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      11 of 25 
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I guess my delicate palette has yet to mature. :-{)

 


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 From:  Manthorp   12 Nov 2012 09:49 
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Palate!  Barbarian.
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   12 Nov 2012 10:12 
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Hello!

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 From:  Manthorp   12 Nov 2012 10:19 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      14 of 25 
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Hello!
"We all have flaws, and mine is being wicked."
James Thurber, The Thirteen Clocks 1951
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 From:  graphitone   12 Nov 2012 11:19 
 To:  Manthorp      15 of 25 
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Ah, fuck biscuits. That's where an art school education gets you. :C


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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   12 Nov 2012 11:24 
 To:  Manthorp      16 of 25 
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Haven't seen you around much.  And I'd like to say how nice it is to see you now.

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 From:  Manthorp   12 Nov 2012 18:05 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      17 of 25 
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That's most kind of you; it's a delight to see you, as always.

My limited presence has been entirely accidental; a recent rush of work for which, as ever, may the good Lord be praised; an overnight visit to my dear mother in Chipping Campden; a long-promised weekend in Poland with No.s 2 & 3 sons, followed by a weekend with my lovely newish lady friend to her family's pied a terre in France.

Set out like that it sounds like a (rather civilised) riot of self-indulgence, but sadly most of my time has been spent attempting to give a group of arts graduates hope for a professional future in an economic climate which palpably will not sustain 90% of them.
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 From:  Manthorp   12 Nov 2012 18:07 
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That's where an art school education gets you.

I refer you to my previous post to the Great White Bastard...
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   12 Nov 2012 19:36 
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quote: Manthorp
give a group of arts graduates hope for a professional future in an economic climate which palpably will not sustain 90% of them.

Au contraire, I think you'll find an almost insatiable need for burger-flippers the length and breadth of the land.

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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   12 Nov 2012 19:37 
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quote: graphitone
That's where an art school education gets you. :C

I refer you to my previous post to the Great White Artfag...

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