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gripweed
why would you BUY bootlegs off the 'net anyways??? Most Bootlegs today are freeky shared on the net in various ways...
Talk is Cheap, Bootlegs even cheaper
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stonesmuziekfan
I was told you aren't alowed to download in the USA whatsoever.
Maybe this goes for Official cd's, but for bootlegs, I find it hard to beleive,
In the Netherlands where I live there was a time you could get a ticket from the police when you had disc copies in your car, unless you owe the Original.
I stopped buying silver bootlegs when I got married, well I bought a few more but she didn't noticed they were bootlegs at all!Quote
Britney
My wife filed for divorce because I spent too much money on bootlegs, does that count? ;-)
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Britney
My wife filed for divorce because I spent too much money on bootlegs, does that count? ;-)
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Britney
My wife filed for divorce because I spent too much money on bootlegs, does that count?
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coowouters
Back in the days that torrents didn't exist yet, and that you were trading bootlegs physically, I got caught by customs once.
I was sending a package containing 30 cds to the US (it wasn't the first time I was sending such a large amount) but a few days after I deposited the parcel at the post office, I got a letter saying that I had to present myself at the customs department at Brussels Int'l Airport.
I went there and was given the choice; court or paying around 1,000 Euro and CDs seized.
I didn't want to risk a house search, so I paid.
Needless to say that from then on, I stopped sending stuff under my own name, and that I made a couple of packages instead of one large one + I posted them from different post offices....
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coowouters
Back in the days that torrents didn't exist yet, and that you were trading bootlegs physically, I got caught by customs once.
I was sending a package containing 30 cds to the US (it wasn't the first time I was sending such a large amount) but a few days after I deposited the parcel at the post office, I got a letter saying that I had to present myself at the customs department at Brussels Int'l Airport.
I went there and was given the choice; court or paying around 1,000 Euro and CDs seized.
I didn't want to risk a house search, so I paid.
Needless to say that from then on, I stopped sending stuff under my own name, and that I made a couple of packages instead of one large one + I posted them from different post offices....
Nice read, thanks for sharing this story Chris!
Could it be that they think you were copying official cds instead of bootlegs stuff?
Well at least you have learnt something and upgraded your sending system at all!
And you kept your generous trading attitude!
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coowouters
Back in the days that torrents didn't exist yet, and that you were trading bootlegs physically, I got caught by customs once.
I was sending a package containing 30 cds to the US (it wasn't the first time I was sending such a large amount) but a few days after I deposited the parcel at the post office, I got a letter saying that I had to present myself at the customs department at Brussels Int'l Airport.
I went there and was given the choice; court or paying around 1,000 Euro and CDs seized.
I didn't want to risk a house search, so I paid.
Needless to say that from then on, I stopped sending stuff under my own name, and that I made a couple of packages instead of one large one + I posted them from different post offices....
Nice read, thanks for sharing this story Chris!
Could it be that they think you were copying official cds instead of bootlegs stuff?
Well at least you have learnt something and upgraded your sending system at all!
And you kept your generous trading attitude!
Interesting story, thanks indeed; Chris
But I would doubt that this customs-issue had any connection with the content of the CDs.....it's more a case of that it's not allowed to send things over a certain value to ANY country without paying customs.....
....at least that what my friends in the custom-departments of Norway told me
They clerks checking out packages being sent is only interested about value......they have no knowledge or interest about what's on the CDs/CDRs being sent.