woody with a view
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taking tires to a friend
my buddy at work is getting new tires on his tacoma. i have a friend in baja who could really use the old (25% tread left) BFG's for his truck. when
we showed up last time he had a flat and i gave him a package of plugs and aired him up. will the guys at the border at tj want me to pay a duty on
these? can i tell them they are a gift and will that matter to them?
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gnukid
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Ultimately you must decide, you declare the value and that determines your rate.
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woody with a view
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would a receipt saying i paid $20/tire from my buddy help determine value? or does the inspector just laugh and determine the final price?
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bajalou
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Shouldn't have problems with used tires, especially with that little tread. Just say they're for your dunebuggy inn Baja.
I've taken over several sets without ever being asked.
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comitan
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The guy at Tecate will set the value even if you have a receipt that he thinks is too low.
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Mulegena
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Some girls prefer diamonds.
Some, apparently, like tires.
Me, I'd rather receive fresh flowers, thanks.
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woody with a view
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you're confusing me with fishbuck?
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fandango
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i had 4 new tires that i took to baja 2 at a time. i stopped and declared them each time. i had the receipt and wasn't charged a fee. this was last
year.
sbwontoo
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Hang em over your bumpers like a tugboat
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805gregg
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Just tell them they are spares incase yours give out.
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Paulina
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
Hang em over your bumpers like a tugboat |
Dern usually travels with more spares than we need. The times that we've been pulled into secondary we have not been questioned about them.
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Bob and Susan
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take a look at this one minute video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ztyXu_7G-U
how old are the tires you are giving away???
they could be JUNK!!!
here is an abc news store...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mu2jMJedLw
a little longer
[Edited on 5-26-2009 by Bob and Susan]
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CaboRon
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Thank you for the posting ....
I had no idea this was a safety factor .....
Will be chicking those numbers in the future for sure ...
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fishingmako
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Tell them their for a friend that runs the, baja 1000 or 500 and his car is in mexico, they then don't care, because it is a cause rather than
something other, they don't know one tire from another meaning size etc.
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DENNIS
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Their big problem is with new, unmounted tires. If they give you any crap, which they probably won't, tell them you'll take them out and put them
in the trash. It will either be a good day or a bad day at customs. Can happen to anybody. Whatever happens, you'll have done your best to help a
buddy. What more can you do.
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fishingmako
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Good idea Dennis, leave them there as trash, I don't think they want a stack of tires hanging around.
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Bajajack
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Gringo Trash is usually some mexicans Treasure.
\"take what you can, give nothing back!\"
We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the
American people.\'
Theodore Roosevelt 1907
We can have no \"50-50\" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.
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fishingmako
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Yea you are right Jack, didn't think that one out. "OH WELL"
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fishingmako
I don't think they want a stack of tires hanging around. |
I don't think so either. Their making a living wage now. The last time I was in Mexico customs, the inspector I talked with lives in Chula Vista.
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Paulina
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You could always tell them that you're going camping, and that they are your fire starters for the cold desert nights.
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