Klarinet Archive - Posting 000174.txt from 2003/01

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] RE: Chinese Clarinets
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 14:30:58 -0500

Been across the border a few hundred times in my lifetime; never had any
comments made about musical instruments I've brough back either direction
on the few occasions that I've brough instruments over, and never been
asked if I had any instruments with me.

But ... didn't answer my question.

On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Steve Fleckenstein wrote:

> Try crossing over the US / Canadian Border with your clarinet and then try
> to come back in with the same clarinet without the border guards first
> taking down the serial number of your instrument on the first pass.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
>
> | On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Steve Fleckenstein wrote:
> | > | You get what you pay for. When the instruments sell for HUNDREDS of
> | > | dollars less than legitimate music stores ask, little warning buzzers
> | > | should go off in your ears............
> | >
> | > Why can you get the same high quality instruments in Canada much cheaper
> ?
> | > ( I didn't say you could import them into the USA)
> |
> | Where can you buy them for significantly less? I live near Canada, and
> | even with the strong exchange rate I haven't seen R13s or equivalent for
> | significantly less than I can buy them in the US, even with VAT refunds.

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