Surely, you all understand that this law is only to protect consumers from unscrupulous retailers from misrepresenting the item's contents.
  There is no reason that once a tagged item has been sold to the consumer, that the tag can't be legally removed.

Mike B.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: craig cowan 
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
  Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 12:37 PM
  Subject: Re: Carfax request apology and thanks

  "Don't tear off that tag in your sleeping bag
  either, cuz it's against the law!!"

  Oops.
  Should i turn myself in?

  -Craig
  '85GL turned westy
  (The tag has been removed from the westfalia mattress! It was an accident
  resulting from 25 years of age and hasty removal of the interior. Should i
  call the authorities and turn myself in, accepting any fine? I want to do
  the responsible and reasonable thing.)