OT: Booze cruises

I've just heard on the radio there's plans to abolish the limits on how
much booze you can bring back from the continent :-)

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Whinging Courier <markonusenetTAKEITAWAY@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
<MPG.1ad8aa2263b7c672989741@news.individual.net> :

>I've just heard on the radio there's plans to abolish the limits on how
>much booze you can bring back from the continent :-)

Pity really. Looks like there are tax rises in other areas on the way.

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On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 12:02:33 +0100, Whinging Courier
<markonusenetTAKEITAWAY@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>I've just heard on the radio there's plans to abolish the limits on how
>much booze you can bring back from the continent :-)

Those limits have always been of very questionable legality anyway.
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In uk.rec.motorcycles, Champ said:

> Those limits have always been of very questionable legality anyway.

Well quite, heh ;-)

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In uk.rec.motorcycles, said:

> Hey, I've brought 70l of wine back in the past so, as I think the phrase
> is, "fill yer boots"

It's by no means a certainty. I'll 'ave to clear it with "'er indoors"
but there's loads more space than here and you won't have to park in the
road either.

She's a diamond and didn't seem averse to the idea when I casually
mentioned it a few weeks ago :-)

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Whinging Courier wrote:
> I've just heard on the radio there's plans to abolish the limits on
> how much booze you can bring back from the continent :-)

And tax free online buying of booze abroad!

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On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 12:02:33 +0100,
Whinging Courier <markonusenetTAKEITAWAY@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote in <MPG.1ad8aa2263b7c672989741@news.individual.net> :
> I've just heard on the radio there's plans to abolish the limits on how
> much booze you can bring back from the continent :-)

From what I saw (must have been today's Grauniad[1]) it goes
further than that -- you won't have to bring it back yourself, it just has
to be for personal consumption. Anyone within the EU will be able to
order from elsewhere within the EU and have it delivered, so long as the
corresponding tax is paid at the point of origin. Given that several EU
countries have _no_ excise duty on wine...

[1] Yeah, page 2, or http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0...184820,00.html

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Whinging Courier	OT: Booze cruises I've just heard on the radio there's plans to abolish the limits on how much booze you can bring back from the continent :-) -- Smile...tomorrow will be worse CBR1000FL

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deadmail@burnt.org.uk	Re: OT: Booze cruises Whinging Courier <markonusenetTAKEITAWAY@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message <MPG.1ad8aa2263b7c672989741@news.individual.net> : >I've just heard on the radio there's plans to abolish the limits on how >much booze you can bring back from the continent :-) Pity really. Looks like there are tax rises in other areas on the way. -- it's better to burn out than fade away

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Champ	Re: OT: Booze cruises On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 12:02:33 +0100, Whinging Courier <markonusenetTAKEITAWAY@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >I've just heard on the radio there's plans to abolish the limits on how >much booze you can bring back from the continent :-) Those limits have always been of very questionable legality anyway. -- Champ GSX-R 1000, GPz 750 turbo, ZX7RR Endurance Racer x 2 GYASB#0 BotToS#2 BOTAFO(T\|F)#35 WG*#1 DFV#8 Team UKRM Racing : www.team-ukrm.com

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Whinging Courier	Re: OT: Booze cruises In uk.rec.motorcycles, Champ said: > Those limits have always been of very questionable legality anyway. Well quite, heh ;-) -- Smile...tomorrow will be worse CBR1000FL

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Linger	Re: Booze cruises Whinging Courier wrote: > I've just heard on the radio there's plans to abolish the limits on > how much booze you can bring back from the continent :-) And tax free online buying of booze abroad! -- Linger CR250 TFSTR#? \|BOTAFOF#43 \|SKOGA#(can't find the number) \|BBB#4 \|BHaLC#7\| COSOC#7

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Dr Ivan D. Reid	Re: OT: Booze cruises On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 12:02:33 +0100, Whinging Courier <markonusenetTAKEITAWAY@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in <MPG.1ad8aa2263b7c672989741@news.individual.net> : > I've just heard on the radio there's plans to abolish the limits on how > much booze you can bring back from the continent :-) From what I saw (must have been today's Grauniad[1]) it goes further than that -- you won't have to bring it back yourself, it just has to be for personal consumption. Anyone within the EU will be able to order from elsewhere within the EU and have it delivered, so long as the corresponding tax is paid at the point of origin. Given that several EU countries have _no_ excise duty on wine... [1] Yeah, page 2, or http://www.guardian.co.uk/eu/story/0...184820,00.html -- Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@brunel.ac.uk Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD. "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO# 003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".