Klarinet Archive - Posting 000807.txt from 2003/09

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fw: MIsinformation
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 13:31:23 -0400

Michael Bryant wrote:
> I have just received this message from Stephen Fox.
> I have unwittingly upset him. He wants you to know
> that it is all okay. I note, with regret, that he suggests
> in his last paragraph, that many of your postings
> are as inaccurate as mine. Please accept my
> apologies for bringing the Klarinet into disrepute.
>
> I know nothing of Customs and Excise, except that
> all my regular monthly parcels of East European
> clarinet LPs from Canada regularly escape VAT
> and associated collection charges. Bravo!!
> When they came from Budapest (10 years ago)
> they were very heavily scrutinised.
>
> MB
>
> SF wrote Tuesday, September 30, 2003 4:07 PM
> Subject: MIsinformation
>
> Michael:
>
>
>>There was some trouble (wasn't there) importing
>>Stephen Fox's clarinets from Canada into the USA?
>
>
> Where on earth did you get that idea?! There's no problem at all. Canada
> and the U.S. have a free trade agreement, so instruments can be imported
> freely with no restrictions or import duty.
>
> Dan Leeson had to pay excessive fees getting his back across the border
> because he stubbornly refused my instructions on the shipping method and
> used a money-grubbing private courier service.
>
> This is the kind of misinformation that's rampant on the Klarinet list, and
> drives everyone in the profession absolutely round the bend. If you could
> post something on the list correcting this, it would be very helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve Fox

Unfortunately, Steve gets upset at everything. He can be quite
unpleasant when he wishes to be, and difficult to deal with as I have
found to be frequently the case, even from innocuous and innocent comments.

Having the ability to make a good instrument is not necessarily
synonymous with being polite and acting with restraint and dignity. In
the case at hand, he does not know or has failed to remember that about
which he speaks with respect to the shipment of my instrument to him. I
did exactly what he suggested and it still caused me $25 in customs duties.

What is "driving everyone in the profession absolutely round the bend"
is really an expression of Steve's impatience with any perceived slight.

Dan Leeson

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