Re: FOR SALE: Radio Shack Astronaut 8

CW wrote:

> I have seen it. Look it up your self. I'm not going to hunt for something
> for you. Look under US Customs Laws.

U.S. Customs? Yeah so what? That is used simply for the purposes of levying an
import duty (or not).

Whether something is considered to be an antique or not is simply a matter of
convention or custom. Cars may have one designation, radios may have another, as
does furniture. An old computer may be considered an 'antique'.

But it all depends with whom or what commodity one is dealing with. Different
groups, by convention or custom, have decided what they consider to be
'antique'. It just happens that US Customs has settled on the 100 year mark, as
have others, but they are not necessarily the final arbiter on what gets the
designation of 'antique'.

In other words CW, you are wrong, wrong, wrong. Give it up...

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> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > CW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > >The 100 year rule applies to the US. If  you were to sell as an item as
> an
> > >antique knowing it was only 75 years old, the buyer would have grounds
> for a
> > >lawsuit. They would win. The definition in the dictionary simply reflects
> > >common usage, not law. It just shows how ignorant people are.
> >
> > Can you provide a *LEGAL*CITATION* to back up your claim  that -anything-
> > claimed to be an 'antique' must be 100 years old?
> >
> > Or are you, in actuality, as ignorant of _actual_legal_facts_ as you
> > claim others are?
> >
> > "Put up, or *SHUT*UP*" applies.
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> > >
> > >"- - Bill - -" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > >> CW wrote:
> > >> > I am. There is no such thing as an antique radio.
> > >>
> > >> Oh Lordy, here we go again.  It might not be an "antique" in the UK
> > >> where they have the "100 year old rule" but
> > >> American Heritage Dictionary sez:
> > >> an·tique
> > >> (click to hear the word) (n-tk)
> > >> adj.
> > >>
> > >>     1. Belonging to, made in, or typical of an earlier period. See
> > >> Synonyms at old.
> > >>     2. Of or belonging to ancient times, especially of, from, or
> > >> characteristic of ancient Greece or Rome.
> > >>     3. Of or dealing in antiques.
> > >>     4. Old-fashioned: wore a suit of rather antique appearance.
> > >>
> > >> n.
> > >>
> > >>     1. An object having special value because of its age, especially a
> > >> domestic item or piece of furniture or handicraft esteemed for its
> > >> artistry, beauty, or period of origin.
> > >>     2. The style or manner of ancient times, especially that of ancient
> > >> Greek or Roman art: an admirer of the antique.
> > >>
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