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maspacifico
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I got sent back for long hair too! Probably '69 or '70, I think there was some "anti drug" thing going in the US and Mexico was upset. Imagine that!
Glad it's all straightened out now! Real progress......
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irenemm
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A guy that has a trailer here in the Park was turned back for firewood. He is Mexican but they did not care. Told him it could carry diseases and that
would hurt the environment here..
He turned around left it an amigos house and picked it up on the way home.
But then the next trip he haled down a commercial pool table and 2 large TVS. No problem.
A couple from BOLA were turned around for ATVS just about a month ago. one of the #'s on the registration was wrong. They put them into storage and
will pick them up on the way north. I think they live in another state so it was easier to put into storage they said.
I have always believed it just depends on the agents night before. That is for both ways.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by maspacifico
I got sent back for long hair too! Probably '69 or '70, I think there was some "anti drug" thing going in the US and Mexico was upset. Imagine that!
Glad it's all straightened out now! Real progress...... |
This is what was peeing everybody off. Even with very little traffic, a six hour wait to get back into the states was common.
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http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/e1960/intercept/...
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MrBillM
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Bikes from Baja
Back in '66 on my first visit to San Felipe, we took down three Dirt Bikes. A Greeves, Honda and Yamaha.
Arriving at the U.S. POE, we were asked for proof that the cycles were brought FROM the U.S. and not purchased in Mexico to avoid import duties. The
Greeves was almost new and the owner had the papers. The Honda and Yamaha were older and fairly beat-up. Not Licensed, no papers and we were
threatened with impounding, but the Agent finally accepted the "who'd try to sneak in Crap like these two ? " and let us go on our way.
Lesson Learned.
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Santiago
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Last time thru SY, going south, the young lady asked for my registration for the boat. I gave it to her and she looked for the vin number on the boat
(the CF number was not sufficient) and then wanted registration papers on the motor???? WTF??? I explained, as best I could, that Calif does not
issue registration for motors; that we can put any motor on any boat we want without the approval of the gov'ment. She seemed frustrated. Anyone else
get this?
In Mexico, are motors registered separately from the boats?
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backninedan
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I was turned back for bringing in used clothes for the poor.
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irenemm
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That is because many people bring them down here to sell. They say they have them for the poor but not true. I know many people that has happened to.
Some selfish a@@H*^% have cost the poor people many thing. It is usually done by Mexican that have gone to the States and told people they give to the
poor and collect clothes and then sell them. It is to bad some people spoil it for many.
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dtbushpilot
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| Quote: | Originally posted by backninedan
I was turned back for bringing in used clothes for the poor. |
It's also tough on locals who sell clothing locally when well meaning people bring down piles of clothes to give away keeping them from making a
living. You really need to try to see the big picture before "helping out", sometimes others get hurt by it. I'm not saying don't donate, just think
about it first.....dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
| Quote: | Originally posted by backninedan
I was turned back for bringing in used clothes for the poor. |
It's also tough on locals who sell clothing locally when well meaning people bring down piles of clothes to give away keeping them from making a
living. You really need to try to see the big picture before "helping out", sometimes others get hurt by it. I'm not saying don't donate, just think
about it first.....dt |
It is tricky business. Where we are, the traveling segundos are an important part of the economy and many make most of their money from selling
second hand clothes.
Then again, there are those who cannot afford to buy the second hand clothing---the really poor.
So we often find that one of best solutions is to give the used clothing one manages to get down here to the local padre as he knows who really needs
it!
Or ask around---just don't leave them with anyone. Now in the case of the area where Irene is, there is a lady named Irma. While I do not agree with
her religious beliefs, she does know where used clothing and items are well needed. She works with the farm laborers.
[Edited on 6-16-2010 by DianaT]
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David K
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4Baja's L.A. Bay amigos were turned back at Tijuana for bringing full cans of gasoline into Mexico... Now THAT is a hard thing to get rid of! They
spent a long time in a gas station parking lot getting people to take their gas instead of buying at the station... poor guys!
I had the inspector at Tecate check my empty red gas can and then sniff the water in my full blue can to make sure I wasn't bringing gas into Mexico.
That was in 2002.
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Ford
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I got a great one! Me and my dumb ass brother decided that we could get around paying that crazy duty by bringing a bunch of stuff to build our house
down ourself. We bought a big ass old u-haul truck (26' I think) and filled it with a 50KW generator, 5 huge patio pocket doors, 30 windows, 90 solar
panels, 6 inverters, and a bunch of other stuff. A rough guess would be about $150,000 worth of stuff! We got turned around because the truck was
too big to cross, so we went to the truck crossing. When we got there we kept getting bad info. Finally we got to the check point and they flipped
out and told us we needed to turn this big ass truck around and go back! When we turned around we were in some weird lane and were in line to get
back to US! Oh S--T! The US customs guy makes us open up the back and goes nuts! You cant bring this into the US! Then I went nuts and told him we
never made it to Mexico we just turned around 50' from here! He finally understood our situation and warned us that if we tried to take it in to
Mexico again they have been known to seize stuff! Needless to say we took the stuff to an importer paid $25,000 and had it sent to the house!
We sold the truck for what we paid for it....so the only loss was our time, but at least we have a great story!!!!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
It's also tough on locals who sell clothing locally when well meaning people bring down piles of clothes to give away keeping them from making a
living. You really need to try to see the big picture before "helping out", sometimes others get hurt by it. I'm not saying don't donate, just think
about it first.....dt |
And...if you think the concept is ridiculous now, Hurricane Season is fast approaching and will present a need for used clothing contributions to
assist those who are wasted by the weather.
They won't let those in either. There will be isolated exceptions, but that's the rule.
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Martyman
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I got hit for a $400us mordida on my 15 caballos honda outboard. The mexican inspector was a young guy and I said "no way, move the traffic cones,
I'm going back to the US" An older inspector was lecturng the younger one. They told me to wait and then 10 minutes later...pasa adelante!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
I got hit for a $400us mordida on my 15 caballos honda outboard. The mexican inspector was a young guy and I said "no way, move the traffic cones,
I'm going back to the US" An older inspector was lecturng the younger one. They told me to wait and then 10 minutes later...pasa adelante!
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Marty....was this recently or old regime? The new seems to be reverting to old methods, maybe worse.
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Martyman
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About twelve years ago...old school baby!
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irenemm
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Diane,
Besides Irma there are many groups here. Irma is a nice lady. The Orphanage has clothes to give away also. I have many groups that come and stay with
us and when they leave they leave the clothes to be given away. We also give to the Padres and The Nuns to give it away. This area has many Christian
groups that help the poor.
If someone want to bring used clothes just add a duffel bag and make sure it is in the middle of all your stuff. So it will make it hard to open up.
If you do bring clothes Give it to a Church for them to give it away.
there are aways ways to get something down here.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by irenemm
there are aways ways to get something down here. |
That's true. Unfortunatly, it usually involves smuggling. It's a shame one has to go to those egregious extremes to do a good thing.
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MikeYounghusband
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I recently got turned around because I had my golf cart on my trailer and they wanted the registration for the cart. Went home and got it thank
goodness they never asked for the trailer reg. because I did'n have it with me. Will now.
About 2 months ago they turned me around for having a bale of hay in my truck. Said "new law no bringing hay into Mexico". So they opened the gate and
back I go. Now the good part--- US Customs says can't bring hay into US. Took me 10 minutes to convince them I never made it into Mexico and the hay
came from the US. What next???
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bajachris
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| Quote: | Originally posted by spi619
I recently got turned around because I had my golf cart on my trailer and they wanted the registration for the cart. Went home and got it thank
goodness they never asked for the trailer reg. because I did'n have it with me. Will now.
About 2 months ago they turned me around for having a bale of hay in my truck. Said "new law no bringing hay into Mexico". So they opened the gate and
back I go. Now the good part--- US Customs says can't bring hay into US. Took me 10 minutes to convince them I never made it into Mexico and the hay
came from the US. What next??? |
We lucked out and had a receipt from a purchase shortly before we crossed into Mexico. Because of the lane we were in (closest to Mexico) and the
receipt, they did not take all our fruit and veggies or meat back in the US.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by spi619
"new law no bringing hay into Mexico". |
You're probably the first person in three thousand years to bring a bale of hay to Mexico and they turned you back?
I'll bet you felt absolutly shameful. 
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