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They are going to hold every single camera and lens and every laptop, watch, article of clothing, etc and ask for receipts?...Really? This is what you think happens?
And yes, since $800 was never in question. The august 29th executive order was the issue at hand. But then...you already knew that...
I am beginning to think I've been trolled. And that you've never left the country. I guess that makes things make more sense now.
tctmp wrote:
shadow9d9 wrote:
patotts wrote:
There is no such thing as zero risk. I have a Global Entry and a US passport, and I was pulled aside at Dulles Airport in Washington, DC a couple of years ago. They put my passport/forms in a transparent folder and parked me in the secondary inspection area. I looked around and was the only business-type traveler there, also the only Caucasian. Meanwhile, other people's luggage was being searched, and they were being asked for receipts for items brought in, etc.
After a while, a customs official came up, looked at my papers, and sent me off without any inspection or questions. I guess it was my lucky day.
You can't say that there is zero risk. No such thing.
The question remains. You give them no receipts. How would they know? How many travelers keep receipts? There was a threat of risk in your situation, but was there actual risk?
The funny thing is, it actually makes me more nervous to brings things OUT of the country than in. I travel with 3 camera, 5 lenses. Multiple watches, bracelets, steam deck, 2 laptops, AR glasses, etc. How are they to know I had this all before I left?
Take this example from the OP. A Sony camera. Well, I am all Sony. And Sony is a Japanese brand. How would they know either way?
That's why you are no knowledge base on CBP/customs, despite your self proclaimed experience. It's already concluded when you didn't even know the $800 limit.
Do they actually need to know for sure before they do something? No, they don't. Because they would have asked you the question if you have anything to declare first. If you said you bought it in US, they will hold it and ask you to provide a receipt before you can take it. If you can't, go home and call the retailer and do whatever you can to get a receipt and come back, because it's perfectly reasonable to expect someone who buy expensive items to have the receipts, find them through emails, online accounts, etc. Otherwise, how do you get warranty service. And CBP absolutely has the authority to hold items that they suspect the source. The burden is on you, not CBP. So by that time, you probably admit you falsified, and pay the fine plus tariff, and have GE revoked if you had that, be put on the blacklist such that every time you enter afterwards, you will be put through a grill and search.
Today, I was originally going to list all the stupid statements you have made on this thread. But looks like you have just proved you shot yourself again. So I will save the effort of beating a dead horse for now, and let you go eat crow quietly with all the lines and lines of nonsense you wrote, hopefully.
Choderboy wrote:
All the arguing is pointless.
Indeed. Someone who attacks my original simple personal opinion that no one else having issue with, and refuse to go away unless proven absolutely wrong in every aspect, is beyond absurdity.
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