So CRA's business procedure is to run a matching algorithm that tokenizes the original shipper's description, and then looks for matches against keywords in their own costing table. Obviously, the algorithm privileges matches that contribute more to provincial transfer payments.
w00t.
(In reality, I assume that their customs charge was simply levied as a standard percentage of the stated value of the goods by the shipper, and it wouldn't have mattered if the box contained postage stamps of that value, or a bunch of "Jeb in 08!" buttons. But then maybe I'm living in a glossy candy-wrapped dreamy world...)
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Date: 2006-05-23 21:44 (UTC)w00t.
(In reality, I assume that their customs charge was simply levied as a standard percentage of the stated value of the goods by the shipper, and it wouldn't have mattered if the box contained postage stamps of that value, or a bunch of "Jeb in 08!" buttons. But then maybe I'm living in a glossy candy-wrapped dreamy world...)