26 May
2016
26 May
'16
11:21 a.m.
Last year I made a day trip from Kelowna BC to Seattle Washington to pick up a Northstar
Horizon, and I paid cash ($100 if I recall correctly).
When I arrived back at the border, I got the third degree about the computer. The agent
didn?t believe that I would make a 14 hour round trip to pick up something worth $100 and
that it must be worth much more. After much arguing and showing him emails on my phone
about negotiating the purchase he decided to let me go, but warned me that next time I did
something like this I should at the very minimum bring paper copies of any emails
negotiating such a purchase. Normally all my hassles at the border are at the US end, but
this was on the Canadian side re-entering my own country. I was disappointed.
Ian
On May 26, 2016, at 11:17 AM, Ian Finder
<ian.finder at gmail.com> wrote:
Sorry to clarify I am bringing this back in person
On Thursday, May 26, 2016, Guy Sotomayor Jr <ggs at shiresoft.com> wrote:
My DS570 came from Canada. The biggest issue is
to have a shipper that is
well versed in dealing with international shipping and knows how to deal
with
customs. Be clear on the customs/shipping documents about the country of
origin and the value. You will need a bill of lading. Be warned,
declaring a
value of $0 will raise eyebrows. There are also ?keywords? you need to
avoid.
If I recall, I used UPS freight.
TTFN - Guy
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On May 26, 2016, at 10:51 AM, Ian Finder
<ian.finder at gmail.com
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Self explanatory- asking other computer collectors here to see if anyone
has experience.
Will there be any trouble bringing them across?
They look weird and big, but they have no real commercial value and are
just going to my personal computer collection.
Anything I need? I think both were manufactured in the US.
Thanks-
- Ian
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