[sdiy] Overseas shipping (was: Senso's garage sale)

[Peter Forrest]

Oof, what a nightmare!
I think that electronic gear can only be in carry-on luggage.  Even then it 
can cause problems.

I regularly fly to the Czech Republic with little bits of recording gear, 
and once I had the search room in a real panic.  Amongst other gear and a 
laptop, I had two AKG C1000 mics (long cylindrical things) together in a 
case, and to the x-ray guy it looked like something much more sinister.
Luckily they didn't blow it up.
Peter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Altitude" <altitude at optrand.com>
To: "'Jason Tribbeck'" <jason.tribbeck at argogroup.com>; "'Rainer Buchty'" 
<rainer at buchty.net>; "'Senso'" <senso at dds.nl>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 5:29 PM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] Overseas shipping (was: Senso's garage sale)


> You should be worried.  The airlines take a "take no chance" stance on 
> stuff
> that they deem suspicious.  I had a customer at work who shipped a large
> hardware data logger/analyzer (not music related) that looked a lot like a
> big modular.  The airlines determined that it looked like a bomb so they
> called a bomb squad and for safe measure they blew it up at the airport 
> (as
> in strapping explosives to it).  The unit was $60K.
>
> -Raph
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> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Jason Tribbeck
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 12:00 PM
> To: 'Rainer Buchty'; 'Senso'
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Overseas shipping (was: Senso's garage sale)
>
> Hi,
>
>> Maybe we should set up a flyer's list so that people crossing the
>> oceans can donate luggage weight :)
>
> I certainly wouldn't like to carry random electronic components in
> hand-luggage in this climate :)
>
> Check-in luggage would probably be okay (but I'd still be worried!)
> --
> Jason Tribbeck
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