lemme take this thread BACK on-topic:::::::
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Quote Originally Posted by wrtiii View Post
Mostly nobody
searches luggage
in the "nothing to declare" line
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lol
lol


oh r-e-a-l-ly ...???..

lol
lol

*they* have played with me a couple of times

and
you should see the look pon the passport-stamper's face
when i tell 'em i'm going to Lucea
lol
lol

dem look pon my bags
...wanna give me a search
......but THAT ain't there job (at that check point)
lol

i *guess* i look suspicious eh
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Quote Originally Posted by booger View Post
I have never been asked to open my bags, knock on wood,
so you likely will have no issue.
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i've watched 'em.

if you going-to/staying-at an A/I or another resort-type place
they don't trouble you

always *play* your dumb-tourist card.

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Quote Originally Posted by booger View Post
And if you do,
be honest
and share your intentions.
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i second THAT..!!

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1..Once upon a time,
they check my bags
and
grilled me 'bout all my camera equipment
and boxes & boxes of Polaroid film

mi-SAY:::>> ''..Polaroids for test, exposure-checks...''

2...Once upon another time
dem asked 'bout some school supply stuff

mi-SAY:::>> ''..for my pickney(s) going back to school..'''
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Quote Originally Posted by wrtiii View Post
........ Lying to customs officials is (if they care to pursue it) a violation in itself
.... - making a false declaration of entry.
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yep yep

you DON'T want to spend time in dem Ja-jail cells.

I seen 'em.
.... NOT a pretty set-up

:-(

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Quote Originally Posted by Thatswhatshesaid View Post
Customs people are human

BUT you might run across one that got up on the wrong side of the bed
and wants everyone else to have a bad day too. I once heard a customs person say to another......lets search everyone with a mustache today ...no reason, just because.

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* sigh *

been there done/seen THAT, too

and
*folks* will do that mess-with-the tourist thing-y in OTHER-places around the island.

such as:::>> Once upon a time,
this nasty & evil Cambio-teller
in Negril
wouldn't cash my traveler's check
'cause he-said::>> ''..signature don't match..''

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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Once, same thing happened over in MoBay, too