About 25 years ago, I was detained at a Canadian airport for 4 hours
while the Canadian authorities tried to contact my employer of the time,
Atari to verify that a floppy disk I had was indeed an alignment disk
and not something that it was illegal to import. They never explained
what it was I might be sneaking in.
Since it was after 10 PM when I landed, needless to say they couldn't
contact anyone at Atari in California. After 4 hours, they were finally
able to contact my boss at home. Although he verified what the disk was
and why I had it (training session for dealer repair technicians), they
still hung onto the disk, although they at least let me go.
Don't both bitching about customs agents based on country. You'll find
stories for EVERY country, ranging from the stupid to the dishonest.
George Richardson
1957 Triumph TR3 - TS15559L http://www.key-men.com/triumph
1975 Triumph TR6 - Undergoing restoration
1972 Triumph Stag - Daily Driver
Key Men: Keys for Classics - http://www.key-men.com
Mark Hooper wrote:
>This one is pretty sad. Or perhaps the word is pathetic.
>
>I live in Montreal, Canada. I went for one of my fairly frequent short trips
>to NY last week. In addition to my laptop bag, I was also carrying a box with
>a few video tapes in it that our ops people had asked me to carry to save on
>the fedex charges. At the airport/customs I was rather determinedly pulled to
>a private area where the box was inspected and each tape was carefully
>examined. There was concern over whether or not the films were pornographic
>despite the names on the cassettes. The tapes were in a professional format
>that the customs people did not know. I had to pass a dual level of scrutiny
>and x-rays etc. to get over the border. Next time it's fedex for sure. Anyway,
>I made it.
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>Mark
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