Anyone ever done this? I have some money saved up, would love a USA standard precision and I'll be in the US with work in Jan.
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In my case they did not believe the false price I gave them at Dublin airport and called Waltons where the guitar was twice the price it was in AmericaYep. Just took of the price tag and threw it in the hold!
Whoa! Couldn't you have said you'd brought it over with you? ... I mean brought it to the US and you were just bringing it backI did it a good while ago, it was straightforward at that time assuming you were prepared to pay duty on it at the airport and had receipts and stuff. I had none of these, lied about it and it was seized. Had to pay duty and a fine.
Maybe, I wasn't prepared for customs, I just started lying and went from there. The guy was knob though, I think he'd have said it's up to me to prove I brought it with me and then called Walton's.Whoa! Couldn't you have said you'd brought it over with you? ... I mean brought it to the US and you were just bringing it back
I’ve heard of people doing that but bringing a shitty guitar in the case and leaving it in the states. Seems a bit wasteful to me but it seems a bit more likely to succeed than an empty case.could you -
bring empty (old) hard case over with you
bring hardcase and bass back with you
to confuse em.
Oh man this all sounds kinda stressful. Maybe I'll just get new pickups for that squier I have
a related note, anyone hear stories about people trying to get into the U.S. on an ESTA waiver (ie a non-work visa), carrying musical instruments with them
Happened to the Riptide Movement one time I believe.On a related note, anyone hear stories about people trying to get into the U.S. on an ESTA waiver (ie a non-work visa), carrying musical instruments with them?
I know of this one feller who went up to the Customs guy with his guitar on his back. The Customs cop asks him whether he was gigging. He says yes, but unpaid. The guy asks for his phone, and goes through all his emails, texts and his social media stuff looking for indications that he was doing paid gigs over there. He wasn't getting paid, but it didn't matter, he had been posting about these gigs. He gets turned back. So he goes home, takes all his anger out on Twitter, giving out shit about this Customs cop, and the system, and bla bla. Anyway, time passes and he attempts to go again, same thing happens, and they find all this shit. This time he spends a couple of hours in a tiny office getting shouted at before they turn him back.
(The story comes from a friend who lives in NY and was waiting at the other end for this guy on both occasions)
Happened to the Riptide Movement one time I believe.
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