I was out there as well during the medfly crisis. The level of hysteria was
bigger than after 9/11.
Bill Pearce
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hudson" <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 12:40 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Is Olympus going bankrupt? Am I a creditor?
>
> The one time we crossed from southern Oregon into northern California on
> Highway 101 in the early 1990s we had to drive into a large wooden shed,
> stop and declate our car's entire contents including personal effects,
> clothing, candy bars, etc, etc..We had inspectors busying themselves in
> the
> trunk, engine compartment, under the vehicle, and in the vehicle. What
> were
> they looking for ......? Undeclared lunchtime food such as loose cherries
> and oranges. They were paranoid about taking oranges into the state. Even
> taking one or two in for lunch was considered to be a major concession. We
> never bothered going back to the golden state. Oregonians were so much
> nicer
> to deal with.
>
> jh
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Gomez" <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, 18 August, 2005 01:54 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: Is Olympus going bankrupt? Am I a creditor?
>
>
>>
>> California is actually telling people that they need to declare items
>> bought over the Internet on their state income tax and pay the
>> equivalent CA sales tax, or some such nonsense. I fail to see how they
>> could ever hope to enforce such a provision.
>>
>> ---
>> Scott Gomez
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jeff Keller [mailto:jeff-keller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Subject: [OM] Re: Is Olympus going bankrupt? Am I a creditor?
>>
>> So if you drive to New York, buy a camera, drive home, then open the box
>> in Georgia you owe sales tax to Georgia? (and probably New York) Reminds
>> me of a comment made by someone in another country that the government
>> makes everything illegal then the government officials decide who has to
>> obey the laws ...
>>
>> Nearly 30 years ago I received a letter along with the rototiller that
>> came from New York, that although the company doesn't collect taxes for
>> the state of California, that I am obligated to pay the appropriate
>> taxes. IRRC California had been pushing to get everyone anywhere in the
>> U.S. to collect the taxes before shipping. They didn't succeed :) -jeff
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