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Originally Posted by Richard
Ok, well aside from bananas not being trees, you are visibly asking for someone in the US to break both US and AU phytosanitary laws and ship to you. The authorities at both ends will be watching.
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Yes, what a terrible person I am. Please send the cattle cart immediately.
Under the Australian Quarantine act the buyer assumes all culpability; there is in fact
no risk to the sender/seller whatsoever. None.
If what I try to import is seized, it will be destroyed. There is an extremely remote possibility that I might incur a small fine, what is extremely more likely is that I'll get a good tut-tutting from ICON in the form of a letter.
I buy things from the US all the time without incident; the reality is, packages from the US are almost never even opened. Portugal/anywhere in south America, then yes. The US/Europe--No. I have never had a package destroyed incoming from any of those locales. However, this time I'm looking for something specific which will require somebody actually present in the US to purchase on my behalf.
You are an incredibly milquetoast human being if you do generally believe that big brother has the resources, time, energy and inclination to care about a Hobby grower importing a fruit tree for personal use, let alone to get into a protracted legal battle over it. It might be time for a new tinfoil hat.
regards
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