I think he was more worried with how customs handle these things rather than trying to overcome unauthorized import.
Thing is, we Italians have shitty mail services and even worse customs. It has nothing to do with legislation and such..it's the chaos that drives us crazy. What I mean is that, if a country is strict or obsessed with something it wants to enforce, its citizens might feel hurt or limited by such act but at least they know this is how it is going to be.
We Italians have a different fear: regardless of what our country legislation says, it is the multitude of specific cases that kills us: we have no definite way of knowing how the law will be applied.. some representatives might apply it by the letter, others forget about it, others refer to laws that are no longer in effect, others use their own common sense to say what is right and wrong (and while doing this they even feel like they are helping the system to speed up things and simplify burocracy.. it's crazy).
So bottom line, chaos drives us crazy. We, as a country, lack discipline and method. Everyone feels the law is just some very wide suggestion on how to do things and it is up to you to bend it accordingly.
It's almost laughable but it kills every possible teamwork and sense of civic progress.
So, this explains probably why your friend wanted a better care for something he valued, because he did not want other variables to affect the shipping.
If you guys want me to buy stuff and ship it to you let me know..just don't ask me to bring in gun parts that make me look like a terrorist eh eh (Scopes should be fine..)
Thing is, we Italians have shitty mail services and even worse customs. It has nothing to do with legislation and such..it's the chaos that drives us crazy. What I mean is that, if a country is strict or obsessed with something it wants to enforce, its citizens might feel hurt or limited by such act but at least they know this is how it is going to be.
We Italians have a different fear: regardless of what our country legislation says, it is the multitude of specific cases that kills us: we have no definite way of knowing how the law will be applied.. some representatives might apply it by the letter, others forget about it, others refer to laws that are no longer in effect, others use their own common sense to say what is right and wrong (and while doing this they even feel like they are helping the system to speed up things and simplify burocracy.. it's crazy).
So bottom line, chaos drives us crazy. We, as a country, lack discipline and method. Everyone feels the law is just some very wide suggestion on how to do things and it is up to you to bend it accordingly.
It's almost laughable but it kills every possible teamwork and sense of civic progress.
So, this explains probably why your friend wanted a better care for something he valued, because he did not want other variables to affect the shipping.
If you guys want me to buy stuff and ship it to you let me know..just don't ask me to bring in gun parts that make me look like a terrorist eh eh (Scopes should be fine..)
