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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by lmm on Friday January 17, 2025 @05:44AM (#42736154)
Sounds like Ford putting seats in the back of their vans so they could pay less tax when importing them from Mexico, then removing them before they're sold. Looks like they've now been fined, but they got away with it for a while.
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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by mauvehaus on Friday January 17, 2025 @08:08AM (#42737138)
This was also the reason for the (in)famous BRAT seats:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru_BRAT

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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by whaleofatw2022 on Friday January 17, 2025 @07:07AM (#42736687)
Technically the ones they got in hot water for were from EU to get around the Chicken Tax.
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