You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That will be $5

Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by seanhunter on Friday January 17, 2025 @11:45AM (#42740040)

There was also the famous decision in the Jaffa Cake case where the VAT treatment depended on whether or not a Jaffa cake was a cake or a biscuit https://standrewseconomist.com/2023/12/31/let-them-eat-cake-...

The tribunal decided that Jaffa Cakes were cakes because when they go stale they go hard like a cake whereas a biscuit tends to go soft when it goes stale.

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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by ryao on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:03PM (#42740366)

I remember hearing about this because the one who wanted it classified as a biscuit proposed the test that determined it was a cake. That is the sole reason I remember this story.

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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by walthamstow on Friday January 17, 2025 @01:21PM (#42741551)

There’s another one about Walkers taste sensations poppadom snacks. Question was, is it a crisp or not? Can’t remember the outcome

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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by epicalex on Friday January 17, 2025 @03:41PM (#42743029)

The specifics were about whether it required any additional preparation like a traditional poppadom vs being a ready to eat snack like a crisp.

Walkers lost the case.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/19/walkers-min...

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Re:You can't use your $6,299.00 Camera as a Webcam. That wil... by EspadaV9 on Sunday January 19, 2025 @04:19AM (#42755384)

Which was a silly case to bring forward because they are clearly a cake. It's literally a sponge cake bottom.

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