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Beachnutt

(8,873 posts)
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 07:44 AM Apr 2025

Will folks go to Canada to shop ?

Americans may just go to other countries to buy products and tourism.

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Wingus Dingus

(9,173 posts)
1. Will we be let back in, is the question.
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 07:46 AM
Apr 2025

Search our phones and send us to El Salvador because we criticized Donnie Dumbass.

lapfog_1

(31,758 posts)
4. there might even be a resurgence of black markets
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 07:48 AM
Apr 2025

for illegally imported smaller expensive items.

Not just illegal drugs... iphones? computer chips?

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
9. They should, but can and will have to smuggle back, like shoes and phones
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 08:05 AM
Apr 2025

tRump has ended the $800 personal exemption for the border and for packages.

But if you buy some $300 shoes in Canada for $200, wear them for a few days, who are they to say you didn't buy them in the states? "Yes officer, of course I bought new shoes in preparation for my vacation!"

I suppose the potential exists they might assess a tariff tax on the shoes and dare you to provide a US receipt to get the money back. But how likely is that really?

The Border goons would have to search your phone to determine if it is new (file transfer dates), but it is illegal for them to search the phones of American residents.

surfered

(12,143 posts)
10. People go to Mexico for prescription drugs procedures. I have a friend who got genetic testing for cancer
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 08:06 AM
Apr 2025

..and a full body MRI for $600

MichMan

(16,792 posts)
12. Our dollar is worth $1.40 there, so always a possibility
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 08:57 AM
Apr 2025

Not likely I will because it is a three hour round trip to Detroit plus the tolls to cross the bridge. I don't recommend anyone try to smuggle anything through customs

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