24 Feb
2008
24 Feb
'08
8:21 a.m.
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 07:52:30AM -0500, Jerome H. Fine wrote:
By the way, I can't remember the Canada to USA
deal. What
are the criteria? I might want to bring some stuff to a
meeting in Ohio this summer - probably 3 or 4 BA23 boxes
with working systems. The stuff would be about 20 years
old at this point. I am in Toronto and no one seems to
want to pick the stuff up - and a BA23 is too heavy to
ship.
I brought back a PDP-8 from Canada a few years back with no
hassle. Fortunately, it had "Manyard, Massachusetts" in
a prominent location on the face. We crossed in upstate
New York, if it matters (not Detroit or Niagra). It was
also only one box; probably not enough to get them to raise
an eyebrow.
In the end, it's U.S. equipment coming back to the U.S.,
so there should be no duty, old or not. Documentation,
of course, is the key, should there be a question about
the gear.
Sorry I won't be in Ohio when you are coming through.
If you'll be down 12 months from now, that's a different
story.
-ethan
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Ethan Dicks, A-333-S Current South Pole Weather at 24-Feb-2008 at 13:10 Z
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