txbumper57
Enlightened Member
Everybody's gotta pay taxis.
And Frono said that's how they nailed Capone.
Not if you're the Driver and Frono said "Tax Evasion". That will be all for today.:biggrin-new: LOL
TX
Everybody's gotta pay taxis.
And Frono said that's how they nailed Capone.
Now that's a surprise!
One would think it would work the other way 'round, but then it occurs to me this may be an example of a "favored nation" tariff break or exemption: Less import duty on a more finished product.
Thanks for additional info, I know there isn't always enough time to do that.
If you were a taxi driver and a big angry Amazon with a sword hailed you, would you pick her up?Not if you're the Driver and Frono said "Tax Evasion". That will be all for today.:biggrin-new: LOL
TX
If you were a taxi driver and a big angry Amazon with a sword hailed you, would you pick her up?
No?
THAT's xenaphobic taxi evasion.
think about the cost of a brand new Newark Street SF with mahogany and (Indian) rosewood, vs. a USA New Hartford built Starfire with mahogany and (Indian) rosewood. some of it is the difference in labor cost but alot of it is the tarrif on the raw materials. with the imported guitar, both the labor cost and the tax are way down. thats why its 3-4x less expensive than the USA version. granted, the USA might be nicer, better quality, higher graded cuts of those woods...but we can't build the newark street version over here in the USA, for much less than the GSR New Hartford version, is my guess, just by the numbers.
and Frono, "poor" is definitely the correct vocabulary to describe me, currently.
Reminds me of Lisa (Marisa Tomei) on the witness stand in "My Cousin Vinny"
My early '80's Fender F210 acoustic said "Made in Korea set up in the USA" on the box.This is exactly what they did with my DeArmond Starfire Special. Made in Korea, final assembly in the US. But, it doesn't have the Guild logo in the headstock either.
I'm not well versed myself but I was speaking in generalities that I was sure of.Clearly there is much I don't understand about tarrifs but in the interest of keeping things away from international politics I'm not going to try and further my education.
I missed that link but what you're describing still conforms to the principle of "most favored nation" treatment.In a previous post I linked to the Customs and Border Protection listing of tarrifs. While there were different tarrifs for different countries for musical instruments it did not appear that there was any kind of "favored nation" in trade going on. There definitely were "unfavored" nations.
"Gangnam style" Series