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    I have been secondaried at Canadian customs many times. It was often annoying - they once decided to have a look at the files on my USB drives because I had old players cards attached to them (easy to misplace a tiny flash drive otherwise...) and that was "suspicious". Asides from annoyance, no real problem.

    Then again, before my first trip to Canada I had seen most of Border Security (Canada) - definitely worth viewing. If only to hear one of the genius agents declare "Well, he had 9,000 dollars on him - that's definitely suspicious - why not 6,000 ? Why not 13,000 ?.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freightman View Post
    Excellent post by blackjackFeign.
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    Not 10k per person or vehicle, 10k per family unit (husband and wife for example)

    U mentioned Vancouver. They are the meanest. Other ports are much better.

    Over 10k, you are always sent to secondary. It’s where the form is filled
    This was when I entered with less than 10kCAD...

    I don’t know why Vancouver has the nastiest agents. I wrote a complaint letter to the CBSA about the attitude of the agents in late 2016. I went into Vancouver airport twice this month without problems, so someone must’ve put me on a “leave this guy alone” list.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackjackFeign View Post
    This was when I entered with less than 10kCAD...

    I don’t know why Vancouver has the nastiest agents. I wrote a complaint letter to the CBSA about the attitude of the agents in late 2016. I went into Vancouver airport twice this month without problems, so someone must’ve put me on a “leave this guy alone” list.
    BlackjackFeign, it sounds like you travel often enough between the two countries to make it worthwhile to invest in a Nexus card if you don't already have one. Particularly valuable when crossing by car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackjackFeign View Post
    This was when I entered with less than 10kCAD...

    I don’t know why Vancouver has the nastiest agents. I wrote a complaint letter to the CBSA about the attitude of the agents in late 2016. I went into Vancouver airport twice this month without problems, so someone must’ve put me on a “leave this guy alone” list.
    The rules are the rules, and they are enforced. What differs is the interpretation of rules. Your experiences with cbsa might be if value to the board.

    I guarantee that you are not on a "leave this guy alone list". Whatever set them off on your mentioned trip was likely not in evidence on these last trips. Your letter of complaint, I'm assuming, was replied to. It may have been a boilerplate type response, or they may well have gone into the substance of your complaint. If the latter, then the substance of that reply may be if value go the board.

    What is also interesting, clear to me through my own experiences, is the sometimes difficult thing to do, is to complain about conduct and behaviour of those in positions, or supposed positions of authority.

    In 1988, I wrote a letter to the police commission, complaining about a certain officer. Though my complaint was not sustained (what else is new), they did advise that the cop would receive remedial education. Not only was he stupid, his arrogance in the process compounded his stupidity. Another individual then got his comeuppance regarding the issue in question.

    Late December 2016 or early January 2017, I got a call from revenue Canada (equivalent to IRS) a tax on . Bonzo said I owed them money, asked me for my visa (not a scam, really was the Feds). I asked - why do I owe you money - he replied, I don't know, what's your visa number - I said - hahaha - long and short is that I said I would check into it. He asked, demanded to know when I would get back to them. I replied that I didnt know. He demanded an answer. I told the prick that I didn't know - I was having medical issues which required several hospitalizations, that I would have surgery (turned into an emergency) and that I had no idea when I would get back to them. Numb nuts said he had to have an answer. I asked for a reference to the phone call, asked if the call was being recorded, and for his employee number, and I'm pretty sure I asked if he was brain dead. I hung up, immediately called back, asked for a supervisor, and laid it out. I WAS put on a no call list.

    Since everyone is wondering what probs Freightman us having with the Feds, I'd better finish this. A few months later, I did check into it, and forwarded a copy of the cancelled cheque front and back when they insisted that they did not receive payment. I finally got to the bottom of it. I actually owed the money. The call was to my business line, involved my business. For a quarterly GST tax payment, I wrote the Feds a cheque from my business account from Toronto Dominion, paid it through the Royal Bank where my personal accounts are - this is normally no issue. The bank forwarded the payment slip, but somehow slopped up on the cheque transfer. After a couple of weeks, not knowing where to forward this new to, they refunded this tax payment to my personal accounts. Just for the record, I extracted a $100 inconvenience distraction fee from the Royal.

    There's a lesson here. The first is not to take shit, when you're right. The second is - when the house doesn't know what to think, and giving you the stare down, non challance can go a long way. I've survived a few of those (though other situations would have me getting the hell out fast).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freightman View Post
    ....There's a lesson here....
    U r morphing into Tthree????

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sharky View Post
    U r morphing into Tthree????
    Was a bit long, but honest - haven't started molting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by beta View Post
    I might play in some Canadian casinos soon. The thing is, how do you get large amounts of money over the border?

    I have thought maybe I could open a bank account just inside the US border and bring over $9k, then if I lose it just keep going back to the American bank and reloading.

    But then if I accumulate a bunch of Canadian money, how to get it back into US? Can I as an American open a bank account in Canada, or would that cause problems?

    I could just declare $10k+ and go back and forth, but then wouldn't I be at risk for civil asset forfeiture?
    Why the heck come to Canada? It is all dry here now. Vancouver has the worst games ever. 45% pen for DD. And as soon as you start spreading, the cut 1/3.Alberta used to be very good. Now they cut 2 decks for the 6 deck game. I am not sure about Toronto yet because i have not yet lived there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ldubz274 View Post
    Why the heck come to Canada? It is all dry here now. Vancouver has the worst games ever. 45% pen for DD. And as soon as you start spreading, the cut 1/3.Alberta used to be very good. Now they cut 2 decks for the 6 deck game. I am not sure about Toronto yet because i have not yet lived there.

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    Ldubz,I totally agree with you. All countable BJ games are both PEN garbage and very crowded.Some stores even take counter measures(way less than 50% PEN DD) even if you play their badass games.Under these shitty conditions, you will experience what I believe is unusually large variance and swings. Counting cards is not worth much and just waste of time in this area.Actually you can take a shot at 240BB buy in 2/5 poker game and have much bigger edge over your opponents if you are a decent thinking player.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ldubz274 View Post
    Why the heck come to Canada? It is all dry here now. Vancouver has the worst games ever. 45% pen for DD. And as soon as you start spreading, the cut 1/3.Alberta used to be very good. Now they cut 2 decks for the 6 deck game. I am not sure about Toronto yet because i have not yet lived there.

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    Games in Vancouver have not gotten any better since this was posted. Much better to play the Wa. State First Nations stores. I get asked how much cash I have every time I cross the border while going to the casino, but since I have a US bank account, I never have more than a few thousand with me, and withdraw more if needed in the USA

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