Fuchs set of Four 4.5" X 15" Wheels

[Fishcop]

I'll weigh in on this one... I'm not European, but I am a b@stard convict from the Antipoeds who enjoys trying to do the right thing in our small car community.

Tariff and duty are two separate things but for this purpose lets call it the same. In any case it's paid based on the 'value' of an item; in most cases we're dealing with new items with a RRP so that's easy. Now for the purpose of valuing a second-hand/vintage item, just because I pay $5,000 for an item doesn't mean it's worth $5,000.

Say I buy a set of S IDA webers at a garage sale for $500. I flip them for $5,000 but really the market value was probably $3,000 - I just got lucky with an American who really needed those webers. I pack them up in bubble wrap and mail them off to the States and insure them for whatever the new owner does or doesn't want them insured for (I don't care, they're not mine anymore and I have $5000 in the bank - the risk is his). What are they worth to me? I'll say $500... In the vintage car world, do any of us actually care that a government misses out on a few hundred bucks based on OUR micro-market assessment of what some 45-50 year old greasy car parts are worth?

If your moral compass gives you no room to waiver, fair enough - tell the government the carburettors you paid $500 for are worth $5000 (plus the $300 postage handling, and insurance) and make it someone else's issue.