Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watarts.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watarts!mupmalis From: mupmalis@watarts.UUCP (mike upmalis) Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: More on Customs Message-ID: <8354@watarts.UUCP> Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 09:17:39 EST Article-I.D.: watarts.8354 Posted: Mon Mar 25 09:17:39 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 26-Mar-85 03:27:03 EST Distribution: net Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 106 In article <330@oliveb.UUCP> gnome@oliveb.UUCP (Gary Traveis) writes: > ><> >Actually, it is a case of the Canadian customs people being in the >stone age. A three-year old camera and VCR is not "high tech". >Not only is it available in Canada, newer models tend to be released >up there for test marketing (from Sony, in particular). > >It is simply a good example of a tax intensive customs/trade policy. >And when it comes to the taxes and French language laws, you'll find >no one more pissed-off than the people of Vancouver! > >Gee, flying the same stuff in & out of England (two weeks ago) >was no hassle at all! (Maybe their customs people actually have >heard about TV!) > ><< FLAME OFF >> (in centigrade, of course) Gary; I have dealt extensively with getting stuff back and forth across the border, I worked for a Canadian department store, that used an American system to capture sales information. A prom board is my favourite example of high tech. It was always documented and paper work done to get it across the border. The main point of my posting is that if you were thinking ahead of time you would check. The customs officials took the time to make sure that you got a fair break under the rules. I prefer the time to an off the top of the head ruling. One time though some of the people from california came up and thought they would try to sneak some boards through to do a fix in the early days of implementation of the sytem, of course they got stopped, as everyone who is smuggling :-) They told the official that they were hobbysists visiting a friend. They let them through. Another time some data comm specialists from the American office of the department store were going to come through with a Data anaylyzer worth ~15,000, without paperwork!!! Take nothing for granted, they didn't get through. I am not sure what the bit about language law has to do with customs, maybe you could follow up and explain, of course we Canucks haven't got around to writin' yet :-) Newsgroups: net.travel Summary: More on Customs Expires: References: <853@decwrl.UUCP> <1508@ihuxl.UUCP> <316@oliveb.UUCP> <8336@watarts.UUCP> <330@oliveb.UUCP> Sender: Reply-To: mupmalis@watarts.UUCP (mike upmalis) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Keywords: In article <330@oliveb.UUCP> gnome@oliveb.UUCP (Gary Traveis) writes: > ><> >Actually, it is a case of the Canadian customs people being in the >stone age. A three-year old camera and VCR is not "high tech". >Not only is it available in Canada, newer models tend to be released >up there for test marketing (from Sony, in particular). > >It is simply a good example of a tax intensive customs/trade policy. >And when it comes to the taxes and French language laws, you'll find >no one more pissed-off than the people of Vancouver! > >Gee, flying the same stuff in & out of England (two weeks ago) >was no hassle at all! (Maybe their customs people actually have >heard about TV!) > ><< FLAME OFF >> (in centigrade, of course) Gary, I have dealt extensively with getting stuff back and forth across the border, I worked for a Canadian department store, that used an American system to capture sales information. A prom board is my favourite example of high tech. It was always documented and paper work done to get it across the border. The main point of my posting is that if you were thinking ahead of time you would check. The customs officials took the time to make sure that you got a fair break under the rules. I prefer the time to an off the top of the head ruling. One time though some of the people from california came up and thought they would try to sneak some boards through to do a fix in the early days of implementation of the sytem, of course they got stopped, as everyone who is smuggling :-) They told the official that they were hobbysists visiting a friend. They let them through. Another time some data comm specialists from the American office of the department store were going to come through with a Data anaylyzer worth ~15,000, without paperwork!!! Take nothing for granted, they didn't get through. I am not sure what the bit about language law has to do with customs, maybe you could follow up and explain, of course we Canucks haven't got around to writin' yet :-) -- ~~ Mike Upmalis (mupmalis@watarts)