> If I was going to smuggle anything... I'd get a US postal box,
> and take
> trips across to get stuff and bring it into Canada without
> customs.
> Besides, even if I declared it and paid customs, it would be a
> heck of
> a lot cheaper paying at the border than Canada Post's 5 dollar
> fee,
> plus whatever taxes THEY decide... they've valued 10 dollars in
> circulation coins at 100$ because they felt like it. (But don't
> worry,
> my receipt from the purchase won that appeal, and I was
> refunded 100%).
>
> I was in Niagara Falls Canada because my partner's business was taking
> care of the hotel. I don't *need* money to stay at a hotel, if someone
> else is paying. Why would anyone go on "vacation" from Sunday to
> Tuesday and plan it that way? I always take days off when my partner
> travels around Southern Ontario (if I can), because it's always crappy
> weekdays that I end up getting off my shift-job, and it's days he has
> something to do. That's why i crossed the border by myself on Monday,
> instead of going with him.
>
> I'm by far, one of the cheapest people you'll ever meet, but it's not
> because I don't have the money to spend it the way I want to... it's
> because if I wasted that cash on Canada Post postage, then I wouldn't
> have been able to afford the $16.99 buffet at the Casino Niagara,
> where
> I devoured a pound of crab legs and shrimp.
>
> So yes, if I could afford to stay at a hotel by the border (just
> because I wanted to visit the town the hotel was in), I'd do it...
> like
> Windosr for example. I'd go and lose $200 at the Casino because I
> thought it would be fun to gamble and I wouldn't care... if I have an
> opportunity to save 10 cents, I'll take it. What I save on necessity I
> can spend elsewhere in my life. That's why all my co-workers are in
> debt and spend $50 a week eating food at the store, and I buy the same
> type of food in large chain grocery stores. I don't believe in paying
> cash just to have convenience, and that's my peroggative. I may have
> to
> explain these things to a border official, but I shouldn't have to sit
> at my computer and explain it to you, just because you don't believe
> me, and you think I'm a smuggler. (I would only care what you think,
> if
> you were the one approving or denying my entry...)
I do. I visit my daughter and grandchild on the West coast by flying
on a Saturday and returning on a Tuesday. I also go to Montreal to
visit my in-laws by driving up on Friday night and returning on
Tuesday morning.
Look, our resojnses are merely speculative. We are not custom agents or
border personnel. We can judge only from our little bits of knowledge
and personal experiences.
When my Canuck came across the border with his K-1 Fiancee Visa back in
'98 he met up with a female B***h who approached him with her hand on
her revolver handle. Thankfully her supervisor walked in and took care
of his paperwork and explained that the agents are transferred regularly
so he just happened to pick the wrong day to cross over in terms of
drawing her. Sounds like you might have met up with her yourself.
--
I'm not an attorney. This disclaimer is valid in NYS!
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