Anything to Declare ?

[mr flibble]

Folks,
With reference to high value goods it is the passenger who has to prove that the goods have already had duty paid on them.
Also all goods with serial numbers ie cameras are easily traced to source and the country it is marketed for.Therefore your camera serial number will reflect it was sold in the us market.
All goods "smuggled" are also liable to forfeit and you are liable to arrest and prosecution.It`s not just a case of paying the duty.That is what the Red channel is for.
Don`t let greed spoil your holiday
Ian

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by mr flibble

Folks,
With reference to high value goods it is the passenger who has to prove that the goods have already had duty paid on them.
Also all goods with serial numbers ie cameras are easily traced to source and the country it is marketed for.Therefore your camera serial number will reflect it was sold in the us market.
All goods "smuggled" are also liable to forfeit and you are liable to arrest and prosecution.It`s not just a case of paying the duty.That is what the Red channel is for.
Don`t let greed spoil your holiday
Ian
[/quote]

I would buy tons of clothes for us....but most would come back in an unwashed state.....I've yet to find anyone in customs brave enough to go through my dirty clothes case......and we have been stopped many times.....I think its the biker jackets..it makes us look untrustworthy.....

I always worried when they opened up the cases about the amount of gifts we had......but they never seemed interested in those....I think its just luck......my daughters been asked to work her cameras many times.....even before 9/11......maybe they think if you don't know how everything works....then it could be new......[?]

[blott]

These days they have strip searches Chrizzy so I don't think a bit of dirty laundry is likely to put them off somehow.

Getting cameras to work is like asking people to start up their laptops - if they work, they're not likely to be just pretending to look like the articles but actually are the genuine articles!

[Nostromo]

Getting cameras to work? That's silly. Why, my wife could own a camera for a year and not know how to open the battery compartment, whereas I could familiarise myself with one in less than an hour. So where do you draw the line? As for clothes, we own a LOT of American branded clothes from previuos trips like Cabelas, LL Bean etc which one does not even find in the UK. We've never been asked about them.

[firsttimer]

I think the camera thing is more to make sure they are not converted into weapons or the like- they have been checking them for over 20 years. They could also be checking whether there are any drugs inside.

[Nostromo]

Fair enough. I am all for very thorough security checks even if it slows us down a bit. Makes us travellers feel safe. I'd rather be late than blown-up!

[mr flibble]

Hi
I think Customs have more important things on their minds
nowadays ie Drugs,Firearms,Paedophile material[msneek]
Organised Crime etc.
However I thought you`d want to know the answer about the camera.
This is getting heavy!!!![msnsad]
Have a Nice Day[8D]
Ian

[chrisj]

I have always been asked to turn my mobile phone on to show it is a phone