Today's adventures with customs

[scirocco@powerlink.net (John C. Worden)]

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What the hell, did Canada become a dictatorship or something?  Maybe you
should just have someone from the US bring the stuff over.  I've never been
inspected(and the last time I had the truck with a cover on the bed and 2 semi
automatic rifles from a hunting trip and i told them I had guns in the back)

John





At 04:15 PM 4/1/02 -0500, Cathy Boyko wrote:

>Okay, so off I go again, too cheap to pay a broker, so I do the US mailing
>address thing, which I've done many times. And agree to have another set of
>goodies sent there for someone else, should be no problem. So I contact the
>other guy, who will not be named pending notification of his family, and we
>set up a secret meeting place (okay, the Duty Free) and there we hatch a
>plot...So he is supposed to follow me, and I give him really skimpy
>instructions on where we are going, since he is following me and we have cell
>phones. (can you see where this is going?)
>
>I'm first through Customs, and have the passport all ready, and I decide to be
>all honest (MISTAKE) and say I'm going over to pick up some car parts. Well,
>now it's Where? Are they for your car? ( well, yes, but the other guy is
>getting some too but I don't mention that) What car are they for? And what do
>you do? Do you have a business? etc...it goes on for some time. I'm thinking
>the other guy is toast, young, male, old car (MkI Rocco)...So I pull ahead and
>wait, and wait, and wait, no signs of him. So off I go after it is clear he
>ain't coming, and get the parts. I try phoning, but no cell service...
>
>So I hit the other side, with two of everything (we're talking Quaifes here),
>and go in to pay the taxes (and discover that "warrantee replacement" means
>you still pay full taxes). Same deal...show me who you work for ( I produce my
>teacher's card, looking for the Mohawk College one), are you reselling these?
>(would you like to see the four VW ownerships in my purse? yes, I could use
>all those parts...) So I pay and then they decide to launch into a phone
>verification of whether the business on the bill really exists, and then the
>car search. I'm a wreck by the time this is over, and still have no clue where
>the other guy is, could be in jail for all I know...but I have his diff, so
>I'm sure he was more worried. Turns out he got yanked in for interrogation,
>(something about his story being vague...) and we finally met up and all is
>well. But serves me right for being honest. They must have served bad ham at
>the Custom's Easter dinner. Bunch of miserable so and so's.
>And it's not the Sept 11 thing either, I've done this since then and it wasn't
>a hassle at all. I thought they were going to sieze it. Thanks for listening.
>Now tell me your worst Customs horror story. It wouldn't bother me, but I had
>real bills and paid on the full value and they still made me feel like a
>criminal. Next time I'll just smuggle...
>Done ranting, Cathy
>
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