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Shipping a CBG to Australia

Posted by Richard Sanabia on January 7, 2012 at 12:49pm in For Sale: Cigar Box Guitars, other instruments, cd

Hi Guys.

I gave a CBG to my grandaughter, and she is taking it to Australia. She is concerned that customs might seize it because of the cigar box it is made of.  She will declare it when she arrives, but doesn't want to lose it because of some bureaucrat that think there might be some cigar residue after 5 years. Can anyone give me some guidance?  

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  • Richard Sanabia January 8, 2012 at 6:17am

    Thanks Guys. She is on her way home. She'll let me know what happens.  Peace, Richard in Tennessee.

  • Richard Sanabia January 8, 2012 at 6:15am

    Yuup! We couldn't get a decent answer from customs, the airline, or TSA. I told her to say that if they didn't give it to her. they would incur the wrath of the "NATION". 

    Roosterman said:

    Perhaps if you stuff the cbg with mouldy old cabbage leaves, wriggling with maggots and other pests, or maybe with hard core drugs, they will overlook the fact its a cigar box....

    Classic misdirection.

  • Roosterman January 8, 2012 at 4:23am

    Perhaps if you stuff the cbg with mouldy old cabbage leaves, wriggling with maggots and other pests, or maybe with hard core drugs, they will overlook the fact its a cigar box....

    Classic misdirection.

  • The Phrygian Kid January 8, 2012 at 4:13am

    i should add it depends a lot where youre coming in from too, particularly flying in from sth east asia they can go thru your stuff pretty hard core, but from usa and europe they might be a little less so

  • The Phrygian Kid January 8, 2012 at 4:09am

    no, they are not.  Ive flown in to australia (where i live) many times and the customs ppl at the airports can be much more hardcore than the folks at the post office.

    anyway good luck with it.  it might be ok, and it might not.  asome of the customs guys at the airport can be very zealous, particularly with untreated vegetable matter.   if its laquered it shouldnt matter..

    also, ive had two tin guitars damaged by flight crews in the past on qantas flights too after they wouldnt let me take em on board

  • Richard Sanabia January 8, 2012 at 3:31am

    My thoughts exactly. I don't think she will have any trouble.

    ChickenboneJohn said:

    Posting things makes no odds..the postal service are just as rigorous screening stuff. As I say, I've had no problems in the past, just make sure you check it out with Australian customs beforehand to avoid any potential problems.

  • ChickenboneJohn January 8, 2012 at 1:16am

    Posting things makes no odds..the postal service are just as rigorous screening stuff. As I say, I've had no problems in the past, just make sure you check it out with Australian customs beforehand to avoid any potential problems.

  • The Phrygian Kid January 7, 2012 at 9:38pm
    They might indeed seize it. I would wait and post it to her
  • Tom January 7, 2012 at 4:16pm

    I started out thinking.............HHHhhhmmm..... these guys have WAAAY  too much time on their hands.

    But then I remembered that I seemed to have the time to SOAK UP  EVERY WORD :)

     

    Nice work on the lap steel !

  • Richard Sanabia January 7, 2012 at 1:47pm

    Wow! Great answers! Do you think her Australian passport is a cover for aliens?? She looks like my granddaughter, but maybe not? Maybe she was abducted, and returned posing as an Australian? Maybe they think the CBG is really a jambuck stowed in her tucker bag? She just wanted a CBG so she could play waltzes...

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