Re: Seed Seller Licensing

Curious question for anyone on list ?
        How does Howard Dill's PVP #8500204 effect the selling
of pumpkin seed. Just curious.
                                        Bill Van

At 05:02 AM 5/20/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Brad --
>
>Sorry to hear about your encounter w/ the Oregon Dept of Ag.  I'm in 
>Michigan, so I don't have any specific info for you, but I have two 
>suggestions.
>
>1.  Don't bother asking them who "turned you in."  They're not likely to 
>tell you b/c you're not being charged w/ a crime, which is the only time 
>you're immediately entitled to know who accused you & why.  Asking will get 
>you off on the wrong foot, & put the focus somewhere other than settling the 
>actual problem.  (My experience is that they immediately think you're a 
>crank &/or have something to hide.)
>
>2.  Call & ask what the definition of "seed sales" is in Oregon, and why 
>they thought you qualified.  Usually, sales licensing kicks in when there's 
>ongoing, regular activity & a threshold amount in sales.  (Unless, which is 
>unlikely, they're treating it like medicine or law -- in order to do it at 
>all, you must 1st be licensed -- but again, I don't know what's up w/ 
>Oregon.)  You will probably get bounced from one person to another in the 
>dept; keep track of the names of the people you talk to.  Follow up with a 
>letter reiterating the points you got in the phone conversation, & ask for 
>confirmation. (You may or may not get it.) Alternatively, they may give you 
>the name/address of someone to write to, explaining why you believe you 
>don't need a sales license.  Obviously, keep copies of all the letters you 
>write & are sent.  The reason you want to treat this seriously is b/c you 
>don't want to have a phantom "business" that looks like it could've brought 
>in income which didn't get reported to the IRS. (I assume you've been 
>keeping track of the $$ coming in, & can get a receipt for the $$ you've 
>turned over to the charity.  If not, now's a good time to play catch-up.)
>
>They may tell you that you need a permit to sell, even for charity, in which 
>case I suggest that you get the license in the charity's name & ask for 
>permission from the group to take the fee from the proceeds of the previous 
>sales.  (Of course, if you let this group know how much the fee is, I'm sure 
>a few donations would be forthcoming!)
>
>If you have trouble getting through to the dept, or don't get a clear 
>response, or don't have time for this nonsense, sic a lawyer on them. I'm 
>sorry I don't know anyone in Oregon I can recommend, but if you like, I can 
>ask around.
>
>Good luck with this!  We're rooting for you!
>
>Vicki Green
>vgreen31@hotmail.com
>
>
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