Re: Bringing a VAX 750 and Nova from Canada to US: What to expect?

2016-05-26 Thread Stefan Skoglund (lokal
tor 2016-05-26 klockan 11:21 -0700 skrev Ian McLaughlin: > Last year I made a day trip from Kelowna BC to Seattle Washington to pick up > a Northstar Horizon, and I paid cash ($100 if I recall correctly). > > When I arrived back at the border, I got the third degree about the computer. > The

Re: Bringing a VAX 750 and Nova from Canada to US: What to expect?

2016-05-26 Thread William Donzelli
Have all your ducks in a row, have a plan B just in case. -- Will On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Ian Finder wrote: > Sorry to clarify I am bringing this back in person > > On Thursday, May 26, 2016, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: > >> My DS570 came from

Re: Bringing a VAX 750 and Nova from Canada to US: What to expect?

2016-05-26 Thread Ian McLaughlin
Last year I made a day trip from Kelowna BC to Seattle Washington to pick up a Northstar Horizon, and I paid cash ($100 if I recall correctly). When I arrived back at the border, I got the third degree about the computer. The agent didn’t believe that I would make a 14 hour round trip to pick

Re: Bringing a VAX 750 and Nova from Canada to US: What to expect?

2016-05-26 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr
You will still need the information and documentation because you are “importing” the item. A bill of sale and all of the custom forms will be required. TTFN - Guy > On May 26, 2016, at 11:17 AM, Ian Finder wrote: > > Sorry to clarify I am bringing this back in person >

Re: Bringing a VAX 750 and Nova from Canada to US: What to expect?

2016-05-26 Thread Ian Finder
Sorry to clarify I am bringing this back in person On Thursday, May 26, 2016, Guy Sotomayor Jr wrote: > My DS570 came from Canada. The biggest issue is to have a shipper that is > well versed in dealing with international shipping and knows how to deal > with > customs. Be

Re: Bringing a VAX 750 and Nova from Canada to US: What to expect?

2016-05-26 Thread Guy Sotomayor Jr
My DS570 came from Canada. The biggest issue is to have a shipper that is well versed in dealing with international shipping and knows how to deal with customs. Be clear on the customs/shipping documents about the country of origin and the value. You will need a bill of lading. Be warned,

Bringing a VAX 750 and Nova from Canada to US: What to expect?

2016-05-26 Thread Ian Finder
Self explanatory- asking other computer collectors here to see if anyone has experience. Will there be any trouble bringing them across? They look weird and big, but they have no real commercial value and are just going to my personal computer collection. Anything I need? I think both were