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marv sherrill
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good news - road open - bad news declaring alcohol at border
Just got back from BOLA today - road open and great - got worried when we could not find free road exit from Ensenada - As I posted a month ago, I
finally bit the bullet and declared 3 cases of 2-buck chuck at the border - charge is 100% and you better have the receipt! Basic charge was $8.00 per
bottle!! Also - only $50 per person importing anything - food etc - so - El Cetto Cava next time, and hide it well. A wonderful month cleaning up
after the hurricane, fishing and exploring. Wind daily, but mostly sunny days! Whale shark sightings at the lighthouse-- in December???? Crazy -
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If you buy wine at the LA Cetto Cava in Ensenada and head south why do you have "to hide it well"????
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yes, the rules are changing because a friend also recently ended up paying a tax on 2 buck chuck - no receipt but each bottle came to $5
which is still a great deal.
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Bob H
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No charge for three bottles per person. If you have more, you may have to pay...
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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akshadow
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wine or hard liq?
last Feb. at East border Mexicali the inspector said I would have to pay on wine bottles over three. Then supervisor walked by and said no, the limit
is 6 litre for wine, but 3 on hard liquor. Wonder if this has changed? Or your inspector or my supervisor was wrong??
Ron San Felipe Oct, Nov. Feb. Mar. April. remainder in Juneau Ak
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Every border agent is different. I have been across in Mexicali thru the declare line 3 times in the last two months (Guns and ammo) and each time
they had different amounts of beer we could bring from 6 bottles each to 9 to 12. Maybe it just keeps going up. I think it depends on the person and
the day.
Good Luck
Mick
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Ok being here is fun to
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Quote: Originally posted by akshadow  | last Feb. at East border Mexicali the inspector said I would have to pay on wine bottles over three. Then supervisor walked by and said no, the limit
is 6 litre for wine, but 3 on hard liquor. Wonder if this has changed? Or your inspector or my supervisor was wrong??
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The 6/3 liter limit is still the current regulation.
But it can help to point out that most wine bottles are 750ml, so you might be able to get away with eight bottles. Depends on the agent.
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so--- explain to me ---- how much hard liquor per person going SOUTH !!!
thanks, mike
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Although those above responses sound like dealing with US CBP, they are referring to entering Mexico
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Martyman
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2 buck BLECCCH! How can you drink that swill?
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...one sip at a time.... 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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willardguy
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always gotta be one.......
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I'm glad you had a great trip. Thanks for the update. I'll be heading down there right after Christmas.
The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
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Hey, don't bad mouth Two-Buck Chuck. With the duties/taxes it works out to $7 - $10 a bottle
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if you are so poor you resort to drinking 2 buck chuck, which is so bad that 1 in 3 bottles is undrinkable and gets poured down kitchen drain, then
you should stick to bottom shelf hard liquor for your cheap buzz
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Beringer White Zin is better than $2Belch isn't it? :-)
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willardguy
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Marv likes it. Isn't that all that really matters?
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Cliffy
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Drink what you like is my motto, $2/gllon jug wine or $200/bottle FU FU wine Who cares but the drinker
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marv sherrill
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I just serve it to my guests from a real expensive bottle.....
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WORLD'S 4TH GREATEST LIE (never made the 'Top-3' list):
"I drink for the taste".
Personally, I have an Old Bushmills appetite on a Canadian Mist budget. 
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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