Customs and Border Patrol Seizes Fur Coats Valued at $76000

[Tu_che_le_vanità]

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-seizes-fur-coats-valued-76k

"commercial shipment of 16 fur coats that had arrived from Canada. CBP officers deduced that the furs lacked the required documentation and contacted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who determined that the fur garments were mink, fox, chinchilla and sable."

[lynxette]

It is unfortunately difficult at times to determine what the proper documentation is, or the whims of the particular inspector.  I have occasionally had some difficulty buying furs not due to any errors, but simply to the lack of knowledge of the law by the authorities tasked with enforcing it.

[Joe]

I've never had this happen, but about fifteen years ago, while driving home from a winter vacation, I was detained at the US border for hours. Two large USCBP agents didn't understand why a man would be traveling with so many fur garments of his own.  Not only were they curious about the rest of my possessions,  they needed to make sure nothing was being hidden inside the linings. 

I described the entire history of where I acquired every piece, almost to the point of annoyance, and they let me go.  One of the things they said was, "so you can put on every one of these, and it will fit you?"...I decided not to even mention fur fetishes at all.   

A few days later my eBay account was compromised.  I guess they wanted to be sure.  I never crossed an international border in an automobile with more than one or two pieces ever again.  

 

 

Edited March 21, 2020 by Joe
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