NeXT slabs, recent finds and a request

From: McFadden, Mike <mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu>
Date: Tue Apr 10 11:39:49 2001

Surviving customs
My experience when shipping through customs you must make sure that you
don't say it's "worthless", they think you are lying. I have tried saying
"used medical equipment" but they translated that to "medical waste". I
ended up with "sterile out of date medical equipment that is composed of
stainless steel and plastic". Actually supplying the least amount of
information is probably smartest. Try to avoid mention of the
"radioactive" or in our case "non-radioactive" word. I suspect that any
mention of any form of the "drug" word would also be a stupid. Mentioning
that it will be used for educational purposes may have helped.

They asked for an itemized list with values of each item. I had included
several thousand catheters, needles and injectors and estimated the value of
each item as $1 and ended up with the question then "Why aren't you insuring
this shipment?"

My frustration level was high but the third time for the shipment it made it
through.

Mike
mmcfadden_at_cmh.edu
Received on Tue Apr 10 2001 - 11:39:49 BST