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I spent a good 2 days cleaning up my tools so I could bring them over here in my hold baggage and customs didn't even check my bags!!! I have a right mind to back and complain and demand someone checks them properly!!!!

 

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Nope, nothing not even scanner or X-ray. I declared them and a few bits, an Ipad, bag of sweets and phone just in case but just got asked a few questions like "where are you goin from here" "what's your job". Then " thanks sir of you trot!

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I spent a good 2 days cleaning up my tools so I could bring them over here in my hold baggage and customs didn't even check my bags!!! I have a right mind to back and complain and demand someone checks them properly!!!!

 

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Maybe they could smell the jeyes a mile off

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Maybe they could smell the jeyes a mile off

Quite possibly, the smell was still lingering at home about 2 weeks later!

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They didn't check our food items either, even though I declared them but didn't specify what. Weird! I was expecting customs to be like the Border Security TV show (all new episode on Channel 7 this weekend, can't wait!) - swizz!

 

I have left my food actually given it to the removals guys yesterday, wished I had seen this, then I would have taken it, I had a list to declare done too:arghh::arghh::arghh::arghh:

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I spent a good 2 days cleaning up my tools so I could bring them over here in my hold baggage and customs didn't even check my bags!!! I have a right mind to back and complain and demand someone checks them properly!!!!

 

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You must have an honest face and they knew you would do the 'right thing' and make sure your tools were clean. :wink:

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I have left my food actually given it to the removals guys yesterday, wished I had seen this, then I would have taken it, I had a list to declare done too:arghh::arghh::arghh::arghh:

We may have been lucky although I don't think we were bringing anything that would have been seized anyway (chocolate, big pack of chewing gum, Hawaiian powdered coconut drink mix...) - but I do get the impression you're under more scrutiny if you don't declare anything at all, especially if the case scan shows organic stuff or the sniffer doggies show interest in you!

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I'm not so sure about the honest face- tired and bored of flying face more like it!! But I did go overboard with the cleaning as I didn't want to chuck them away when I got here!

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I'm very impressed that they didn't look, but also know what you mean.

 

We spent ages cleaning all our stuff, and hubby spent hours and hours on his fishing gear alone - they'd checked the bag marked 'shoes' but didn't even sniff at the fishing gear!!!!

 

Glad you got through ok, and welcome to Oz :)

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Thanks and just glad they got through I was expecting an interaction like on the telly but nothing! No cameras there either- maybe that's why???

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Nah, they're just as strict regardless of the cameras :)

They probably just smelt the Jeyes and from the initial scan (before the carousel) you were all good. Besides, tools are pretty safe, most of them won't have been shoved into mud and dirt and that's what they're really looking for !

 

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We brought about 2 tons of tools with us and didn't clean them. Most were pretty clean but in amongst it all was a box of nuts and bolts covered in grease. They opened two of our boxes, out of about 190, random ones which wouldn't have posed any danger anyway! Didn't check the tools, footwear, horse riding gear, camping gear, fishing gear, outdoor furniture, gardening equipment or caving gear!

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Thanks and just glad they got through I was expecting an interaction like on the telly but nothing! No cameras there either- maybe that's why???

 

we got the whole kaboodle & were only going for a family visit!! they opened luggage of all 3 of us- searched everything- full pat-downs even on my son & all because I'd left some cartons of juice in my hand luggage & my son had a bundle of earphone/DS wires in his bag ("we don't lke wires madam" ) lol- we must have looked like a real threat !! we made it to the plane just in time- I think their supervisor had turned up just as we were going through..... funny in hindsight but they were so over the top it certainly wasn't at the time !!

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