Luggage Solo
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009Can you help me take this very important decision?
Hello, basically, i have always loved jet skis since i was very young, now i am 19 and i decided to take one to my home country in north africa, i contacted Algerian customs and the problem is that, my country is not part of the international water sport trade organization and as a result, they tax huge amounts on water sports materials (jet skis, boats etc..) the amount they tax you is 3 times the price of the jet ski. Because these materials are known as 'Luxury materials'.
My jet ski is a solo type jet ski, so it's small, so a friend of mine told me to divide it into 5 or 6 parts and than send it to my country as a luggage using those transit companies.
I know that what i am doing is bad, but what i am supposed to do, algerian customs are crazy, 3 TIMES the price of the jet ski. Unbelievable.
So what do you think, will it work????, what are the risks? is there any other way to take it legally???
Thank you
Yea, fooling customs like that is against the law. It's quite tempting, but even as parts, it would no doubt raise suspicion and open you up for possible fines or even jail time!
I've had folks from various countries try to get me to do similar things with vintage radio equipment I sometimes sell on ebay. For me in the US that would have caused lots of problems, as well as problems for the persons receiving the things.
Defrauding customs is a government level offense, please don't do it. Temptation is very powerful and can over ride good sense, but don't let it. Every now and again Customs probably takes someone aside to show as an example - please don't be that person.