[NTLK] RE dongle

Sun Apr 27 07:42:11 PDT 2025

I'm in Melbourne and would like one as well....

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Dongle replacement shipment (Dennis Swaney)
   2. Re: Dongle replacement shipment (DXH)

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:10:19 -0700
From: Dennis Swaney <romad at mac.com>
To: NewtonTalk List <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Dongle replacement shipment
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I thought the $800 only applied to the Caribbean Basin or Andean countries?

Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

Cogito Ergo Mac

> On Apr 25, 2025, at 10:02, DXH <dxh at woh.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> De minimus value for US is currently $800.
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Apr 25, 2025, at 12:55?PM, Dennis Swaney via NewtonTalk
<newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
>> 
>> ?IIRC, under $200 US is tax and duty free in these United States.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> Dennis B. Swaney
>> 
>> Cogito Ergo Mac
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 25, 2025, at 02:53, Matthias Melcher <m.melcher at robowerk.de>
wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The hockey team comment made me laugh so hard in European. I felt 20 
>>> years younger, watching the silly teen comedy "Eurotrip": 
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3avzD21d7U
>>> 
>>> But seriously, packing multiple dongles in a single package is probably
the best thing to do for shipping across continents. Only issue, customs may
see it as commercial, vs. single items may slip through. I don;t know, I am
no shipping expert at all.
>>> 
>>>>> On 25. Apr 2025, at 11:36, Chris Rupnik <chris.rupnik at gmail.com>
wrote:
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>>>> I?m happy to help Canadian friends too!
>>>> Unless they root for the Toronto Maple Leaf hockey team !
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 19:21:21 -0400
From: DXH <dxh at woh.rr.com>
To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net, Dennis Swaney <romad at mac.com>
Cc: NewtonTalk List <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Dongle replacement shipment
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Nope.

https://www.nftc.org/de-minimis-a-vital-tax-exemption/#:~:text=The%20De%20Mi
nimis%20Tax%20Exemption%20is%20a%20law%20that%20Congress,free%20of%20duty%20
and%20taxes.

Sent from my iPad

> On Apr 25, 2025, at 5:10?PM, Dennis Swaney via NewtonTalk
<newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
> 
> ?I thought the $800 only applied to the Caribbean Basin or Andean
countries?
> 
> Sincerely,
> Dennis B. Swaney
> 
> Cogito Ergo Mac
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 25, 2025, at 10:02, DXH <dxh at woh.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>> De minimus value for US is currently $800.
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>>> On Apr 25, 2025, at 12:55?PM, Dennis Swaney via NewtonTalk
<newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> ?IIRC, under $200 US is tax and duty free in these United States.
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Dennis B. Swaney
>>> 
>>> Cogito Ergo Mac
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 25, 2025, at 02:53, Matthias Melcher <m.melcher at robowerk.de>
wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The hockey team comment made me laugh so hard in European. I felt 
>>>> 20 years younger, watching the silly teen comedy "Eurotrip": 
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3avzD21d7U
>>>> 
>>>> But seriously, packing multiple dongles in a single package is probably
the best thing to do for shipping across continents. Only issue, customs may
see it as commercial, vs. single items may slip through. I don;t know, I am
no shipping expert at all.
>>>> 
>>>>>> On 25. Apr 2025, at 11:36, Chris Rupnik <chris.rupnik at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I?m happy to help Canadian friends too!
>>>>> Unless they root for the Toronto Maple Leaf hockey team !
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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