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Didn't the EU implement a similar law, except they still offer the loophole of having the end customer pay import VAT if the seller is not a big business? I didn't check if having the loophole in place reduces the risk of fraud though.

@carlsson: that sounds about right, though IIRC it's also possible for individual countries to have their own regulations outside of the EU ones for VAT and other duties / taxes on imports.  My recollection is that it's based on sales volume, but don't quote me on that as it's been some time since I checked.

What's happening in these cases is that HMRC are just one total fuck up of an organisation. All these companies have registered for VAT with HMRC and stolen this guy's address in Cardiff. If they do that, eBay and Amazon don't have to collect the VAT. It never raised any alarms within HMRC that all these companies were registered at the same address. So, by doing this, the companies were charging VAT and instead of paying it to HMRC, they were pocketing the extra 20%. So this poor guy got hundreds of tax demands and was threatened with court and bailiffs for non-payment. HMRC did nothing about it until the guy approached a TV programme.

Only cure for that is....

Smoky and the Bandit? Think that was one of the clips I watched the other day. A movie I used to watch every time it was on TV.

Saw that one in the theater BITD

At least you're handling it better than she is

Huh?

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@cvga Yes, with grace and dignity as always. FUCKING USELESS BASTARDS!!

To you as well...Sorry had to look that one up.

Well,

Sharknado is a full-on, produced and completed movie filled with ridiculousness...We laughed pretty hard at it actually.  For example, the tornado is spinning around filled with sharks,  but then he shoots the sharks,  and if he hits one,  for some reason it falls out of the tornado, dead.  And I say, "Wait!  Why isn't it still up there spinning around once it's dead?"  LOL, and sharks don't breathe air, anyway, (it goes on ...I think I've watched almost all of those and Bigass Spider, Lavalantula, and 2 Lava 2 Lantula hahaaa...

Velocipastor is more low budget for sure...(Sometimes they left in placeholder words where they couldn't afford the FX haha)

I just watched Llamageddon last night,...Also low budget, fun, and bad on purpose...Although it actually had LASERS and cartoon segments...So it couldn't have been That low budget.

Tell ya what,

I'd watch all of those movies again Twice, followed by a Steven Seagal film festival before I'd sit through Marvel's Eternals again!

I understand this is a microbudget movie costing $35,000.

If two pregnant women fight, is it technically two babies having a Mecha battle?

^The more I thought about this...The funnier it became.

Ah, but the real question is, how many times were you unsuccessful?

Last couple of minutes of Picard. ☺️

Ok

LOL - I'm sure they've got their own porn sites by now.  THAT is an industry that Russia is capable of replacing.

they could always go to.... redtube.  ?

As a recovering porn addict, I didn't really like redtube. I used either Xvideos or Xhamster.

Now I don't care for either or any of it. I'm on the road to recovery

@bluejay The Ukranian president has massive balls of steel. Unfortunately, either he's being ruled by those balls or he's got rocks in his head. He's agreed to meet for "peace talks" just over the Belarusian border. He's had assurances from arguably the most untrustworthy, slimiest, person on the planet. This is worthy of its own Admiral Ackbar meme.

At this point I really think he has something planned. Doesn’t seem like the type of guy to get killed like that, or maybe he is. In any case, he’ll always be remembered as the most badass president in history. 

He's sending a delegation. It was just the way it was originally reported that gave the impression he was going to attend the meeting in person.

Installer packages for Windows have been overly complicated for years.  I have some stories . . .  I'm interested in the scenario you ran into.  Are you installing from the Xbox app?  Is this something classic?

Cause they're Xbox games that are installed by a crappy App Store made for mobile games...

Yeah, Xbox app. Tried installing Forza 4 but just hangs. The Microsoft Store installer has never been great at installing games either, with regular hangs and downright failures.

That's good, but who has a big piece of metal and giant magnets sitting around the house? 

@Reaperman I like this presenting style. Reminds me of the kind of tech presenters we got in the 80s. He covered the 800XL not long ago.

@Random Terrain Most people have a car and maybe a hacksaw, right? Depends how desperate you are.

HMmmmmm...They didn't mention the new atari VCS?

I haven't had his videos recommended to me on YT in years...

@GoldLeader - He did, just to say he actually went out and bought one after being one of the unit's biggest critics. It's a shame about the Amico, though. It looked pretty cool but, even if it was released, the price would have rendered it DOA.

I don't know if I exactly like that specific drive. But I do like the idea of studios and movies licensing out their design language and IP, imposing it upon daily tech products. Phone cases aside of course!

What's next, Microsoft selling Rare?

Nah, they're the Chelsea of the gaming industry. They'll probably loan them out.

I don't blame him for not wanting to be in the live-action City Hunter, nor do I blame him for disliking it.

Classics never go out of style, just like classic games.

Phil Spencer (Microsoft) is talking about bringing back past games that are not CoD...might we see the return of Pitfall?

I don't think the name will disappear.
The name, heritage and library are largely the motivation behind the deal.

Look at their acquisitions of Rare and Bethesda...those names are still intact.   

@Leonard SmithFor now. It's still very early days. Psygnosis were bought by Sony. A few years later the name disappeared even if the studio didn't. Now, that's gone as well. I get their reason for purchasing it. Activision have a huge back catalogue that Microsoft could pick their way through. It's going to be like one of us going through a deceased retro gaming hoarder's attic.

@Tickled_Pink It got pushed out by other status updates bro. But I reposted it above yours to see it. Enjoy.