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"He had fair prices because......" - they were illegal
It is detailed in the court docs Ken posted. He didn't pay import overhead, that is how the cheap prices were made available - period.
Regarding explanation, baboonfan, let's go to the court records, shall we? I quote from document 38-1, page 3 in "Exhibit F, Report of Investigation" by FWS agents (emphasis added).This doesnt explain it all. His prices on well established domestic CB slings were lower than everyone else. Other dealers ARE NOT paying import fees for well established domestic captive bred units.
<edit - MrD>. He just wasnt as greedy with his profit percentile.
Any dealer who tells you his ridiculous prices are based on having to pay import fees on domestic captive bred units is lying to you.
[Paul Becker] admitted that he should have filed import declaration paperwork and notified USFWS. He admitted that he bought the tarantulas [from Thailand] to resell through his business. He admitted that he received approximately fifteen international packages containing live tarantulas in 2009.... When asked why he did not declare the spiders, [Paul Becker] said that it would have cost him all of the profit.