Friday, April 19, 2013  How Illegal Is It to Collect Whiskey?
To give a good, lawyerly answer: it depends.     Inspector
Javert doesn't care.    It depends.  As you can see, this isn't
a simple matter.          Anonymous said...  Gary said . . .
Great points, Chuck. I think when eBay cracked down there was a
perception that "the law" was coming down on them. That may have
been the case (I don't work for eBay), but I certainly got the
impression that it was certain producers who engaged eBay and
asked that they put an end to it. At any point in time, there
were hundreds of high dollar transactions take place there - so
the "where's my cut?" question could have been asked by the tax
folks (although in the grand scheme of things - drops in
bucket).  I think if something similar begins happening here,
the same producers may try to do something about it (although fb
may be less inclined - since users/traffic ARE their product
that they are selling). Thus far, I don't see that - and hope
the site continues to p