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#264,444
Gaolee said:
I went up to Victoria on the ferry from Port Angeles to play at a friend's wedding. We had my Chevy van full of equipment - my upright, a PA, a couple guitars and amps, etc. I don't think we used drums. There were three of us in the van. Canadian customs asked why we were entering Canada, and we told them. She asked if we had alcohol. I told her only what we already drank. She said we would regret that, because the price is so high in Canada. Then waved us through. We thought it might be an issue that we were going to be "working" in Canada, even though we weren't going to be getting paid.

On the way back, we were told not to take anything edible. So we ate a couple bananas that were left from before we even got to Canada. We missed a pack of gummy bears. Entering the US, the car ahead of us got taken apart because they had an orange. We pulled up, and the guy asked if we had any food. The answer was no. It was only after we were through that I looked over and saw that the guy in the passenger seat had been munching gummy bears the entire time. I guess those aren't food. I didn't know we even had those in the van, since I don't eat that kind of thing. Go figure.

Weird stuff happens.
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I've been to Canada once. Entered through Detroit/Windsor. Canadian Customs lady couldn't have been nicer. Left a few days later through St Catharines/Buffalo. U.S. Customs guy was an arsehole. 'Course it mighta been 'cos he was in Buffalo.
 
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Gaolee said:
I went up to Victoria on the ferry from Port Angeles to play at a friend's wedding. We had my Chevy van full of equipment - my upright, a PA, a couple guitars and amps, etc. I don't think we used drums. There were three of us in the van. Canadian customs asked why we were entering Canada, and we told them. She asked if we had alcohol. I told her only what we already drank. She said we would regret that, because the price is so high in Canada. Then waved us through. We thought it might be an issue that we were going to be "working" in Canada, even though we weren't going to be getting paid.

On the way back, we were told not to take anything edible. So we ate a couple bananas that were left from before we even got to Canada. We missed a pack of gummy bears. Entering the US, the car ahead of us got taken apart because they had an orange. We pulled up, and the guy asked if we had any food. The answer was no. It was only after we were through that I looked over and saw that the guy in the passenger seat had been munching gummy bears the entire time. I guess those aren't food. I didn't know we even had those in the van, since I don't eat that kind of thing. Go figure.

Weird stuff happens.
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At a guess it could be because 1. it’s packaged 2. Manufactured rather than fresh/natural.

Just a guess based on Aussie. We are very strict on food coming in so no fruit, veg, meat even. But packaged chocolates and the like seem not to be a worry.

The ‘Border Security’ tv show seems to have as much footage of Asian or Indian nonna’s (I know) coming over with a suitcase full of food. Evidently they think that the 25mill of us here eat air - cos they seem very concerned there isn’t any food here!

The other main subjects are drugs of course, and cigarettes - we heavily tax tobacco products so the issue is that the Govt miss out on the tax revenue, and the people coming in on a tourist visa but with no way to support themselves here and are therefore suspected of coming to work illegally. Plus of course the plain ol dodgy looking folk.
 
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They seem desperate to sell. Wrote me saying $175.

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