When I worked for Karsh and he crossed borders, he showed a typed list
of his equipment with S/Ns which he had had countersigned by Customs.
I've also done this for myself.
Customs probably prefers it, as they don't have to write down cramped
descriptions and S/Ns. I brought my stuff with me, but they didn't ask
to see it.
tOM
On Sunday, May 09, 2004 at 8:01,
Andrew Gullen <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> on 2004/05/09 12:26 AM, Garth Wood at garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > ...there is no simple way of keeping said
> > offspring from assuming that, on the return leg of any journey my
> > precious Zuikos might take from being maintained in the U.S., I'm not
> > actually importing lenses which I did not previously own. In other
> > words, they'd assume I just bought them used, and would assess taxes,
> > duties, etc., etc., etc. Maintaining Oly equipment in Canada is
> > increasingly difficult. And NAFTA's largely a joke when it comes to
> > the movement of goods across the border, and worse when you're trying
> > to purchase services south of the border.
>
> FTA and NAFTA were written for corporations, not people, but let's not
> start that subject here.
>
> It certainly used to be the case that you could go into a Customs
> office, show them your equipment (no smutty jokes here) and they would
> write down make/model/serial number on a little green card. This could
> subsequently be used to prove you had had in the country before. I did
> it once or twice and they didn't even ask for receipts to show proof of
> duty - guess they could see it wasn't used.
>
> Andrew
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