http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/28/chile-vendors-vs-police/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 27 May 2012 16:56:01 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/28/chile-vendors-vs-police/comment-page-1/#comment-1045356 Chileno Sat, 28 Apr 2007 05:45:29 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/28/chile-vendors-vs-police/#comment-1045356 A few days later I bought a DVD of Charlie Garcia from a street vendor outside my local supermarket, for 1,000 pesos (about 2 bucks). I went in to buy groceries and get change, but almost didn't make the DVD transaction because they were packing up. Plain clothes investigators were in the area, she told me. Her assistant said the police targeting is because of taxes; street vendors don't pay the 18% VAT. The rest (competition with shops, RIAA funds, whatever I said) is pure speculation. I'm glad my theories are supported, though :-) I, or somebody, really should research this. Anyway, I asked the street vendor if she had a return policy and she said no. But the DVD works, and it's beautiful. Not like the smell of chlorine and rotting meat in the back of the supermarket. A few days later I bought a DVD of Charlie Garcia from a street vendor outside my local supermarket, for 1,000 pesos (about 2 bucks). I went in to buy groceries and get change, but almost didn’t make the DVD transaction because they were packing up. Plain clothes investigators were in the area, she told me. Her assistant said the police targeting is because of taxes; street vendors don’t pay the 18% VAT. The rest (competition with shops, RIAA funds, whatever I said) is pure speculation. I’m glad my theories are supported, though :-) I, or somebody, really should research this. Anyway, I asked the street vendor if she had a return policy and she said no. But the DVD works, and it’s beautiful. Not like the smell of chlorine and rotting meat in the back of the supermarket.

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