I have had Canada customs here open a few large packages ( background stand, big car parts ) but normally it's just open the box peek insie and tape it back up, they do put a yellow ( orangish ) inspected by customs sticker on the box if they do open it. If the box has such a sticker it would say alot.
--- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can only speak from personal experience. I've had > maybe 30 items shipped here to > Canada, all from the US, over the past 2 years or > so. I've never had anything > damaged, and neither have I noticed that any of the > packages have been opened by > customs, or anyone else. > > Mind you, all of the packages have been small > (lenses, cameras and cycling > jerseys), so maybe they didn't arouse any suspicions > or curiosity at customs. > > regards, > frank > > Rob Studdert wrote: > > > Hi Guys, > > > > I have a problem. I sold my Polaroid SS4000 to a > Canadian guy, it took ages to > > reach him, it was apparently stuck in customs. It > left me working perfectly and > > in pristine condition. It now doesn't appear to > work, however there was no > > signs of overly rough handling on the box (it was > double boxed which made it a > > huge package overall) and there seems to be > nothing rattling inside. It has a > > cold cathode tube (no filament AFAIK) for > illumination which usually powers up > > when the on button is depressed, now nothing > however the scanner is visible on > > the SCSI bus and controllable. > > > > It seems to me like customs may have had a peek > inside to see if I was shipping > > more than a scanner? Does anyone know if they are > in the habit of doing this as > > I just can't think of any other reason that it > would stop working like this? > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Rob Studdert > > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. > To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the > directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > http://pug.komkon.org . > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all > possible worlds. The pessimist fears > it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. > To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. > Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at > http://pug.komkon.org . > ______________________________________________________________________ Only a few days left to file! http://taxes.yahoo.ca - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
