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Re: DEA to traveler: Thanks, I値l take that cash
Author: wsabo
Date: 05-07-2015 - 09:51
mook Wrote:
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> $10K has been a magic number for Feds and cash for
> a long time. Went to Expo in Vancouver BC in 1986,
> and at the border coming back all they asked was
> whether I was carrying fruit, or $10k+ in cash or
> negotiable securities. No sir. Welome back to the
> USA!
>
> Being in a rental car with OR plates, and with a
> CA DL, probably didn't hurt, and that was way
> before the TSA and passports for everything
> everywhere. Can you even get on a plane for
> domestic flight without a passport any more (I
> haven't had to go to LA that way recently)?
>
> In the other direction, the Canadians weren't
> interested in cash but did want to know if we had
> fruit (disposed of one WA apple) or guns. Both
> ways, there was less delay than I usually had at
> the GGB toll plaza, on the bus, for my daily
> commute. And the McDonalds in Bellingham accepted
> Canadian coin so we were able to get rid of the
> remainder. In fact, on that whole trip, with
> multiple border crossings, the only time there was
> an actual search (minimal, but done) was on the
> dock entering Port Angeles from Victoria. Ah, the
> good olde dayze ...
Mook you can fly in the US without a passport. I did it last month
Regarding Canada....
Many years ago I took a day trip from Seattle to Vancouver by bus. While I was there I bought a 12 pack of a beer not sold in California for a friend. At the border the Canadian customs agent said I could only bring in six and he made me pour out six bottles even though someone in line behind me offered to declare them. I had wrongly interpreted the Canadian policy. Maybe a different agent would have been gracious and allowed the other person to declare the beer
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> $10K has been a magic number for Feds and cash for
> a long time. Went to Expo in Vancouver BC in 1986,
> and at the border coming back all they asked was
> whether I was carrying fruit, or $10k+ in cash or
> negotiable securities. No sir. Welome back to the
> USA!
>
> Being in a rental car with OR plates, and with a
> CA DL, probably didn't hurt, and that was way
> before the TSA and passports for everything
> everywhere. Can you even get on a plane for
> domestic flight without a passport any more (I
> haven't had to go to LA that way recently)?
>
> In the other direction, the Canadians weren't
> interested in cash but did want to know if we had
> fruit (disposed of one WA apple) or guns. Both
> ways, there was less delay than I usually had at
> the GGB toll plaza, on the bus, for my daily
> commute. And the McDonalds in Bellingham accepted
> Canadian coin so we were able to get rid of the
> remainder. In fact, on that whole trip, with
> multiple border crossings, the only time there was
> an actual search (minimal, but done) was on the
> dock entering Port Angeles from Victoria. Ah, the
> good olde dayze ...
Mook you can fly in the US without a passport. I did it last month
Regarding Canada....
Many years ago I took a day trip from Seattle to Vancouver by bus. While I was there I bought a 12 pack of a beer not sold in California for a friend. At the border the Canadian customs agent said I could only bring in six and he made me pour out six bottles even though someone in line behind me offered to declare them. I had wrongly interpreted the Canadian policy. Maybe a different agent would have been gracious and allowed the other person to declare the beer
