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The Laser made it 
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The story so far:
So first off I bought a 300mw firedragon laser from rhd 15 days ago for 210$ shipped.
Before anything else I'm not putting down rhd in any way,
he seems like a great guy and has been very helpful..
I think its an interesting experience for both of us so far.
I live in Alaska and rhd lives in Canada,
so I thought it just had a short trip across the border.
Obviously I was wrong.
Anyways He said he packaged it with a couple cheap flashlights and declared it as electronics. He also sent a separate package with the batteries and keys. seemed like a good way to avoid a customs taking it right? He then told me 1-2 weeks for shipping.
after about 10 days after he shipped, he told me he got the packages back from the post office. apparently when you ship internationally it has to have a name on it. So he put the name from my paypal and sent it off again except this time using Expedited Parcel. (5 business day shipping)
Since its Expedited Parcel, It can now be tracked which made me feel a bit better.
After two days of it being shipped I checked and saw that it arrived in customs.
as you can see:
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Label/Receipt Number: C*43 0*81 87*C *
Class: Priority Mail International Parcels
Service(s): International Parcels
Status: Processed Through Sort Facility
Your item has been processed through our sort facility in ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS) at 7:03 pm on October 15, 2011.
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Uhh I don't know too much about customs, but that is not what I expected.
New york is no where near the direction of alaska I thought there might be a customs office on the border of alaska and canada,
I guess not.
I have been eagerly awaiting my beloved firedragon for 15 days so far.
I have been very worried about customs taking it, and now that's its at customs I feel worse about it then ever.
So that's my laser customs experience so far.
Ill update you guys as this progresses, If anybody cares to know.
Any thoughts, good luck, and encouragement is greatly appreciated.
Oh and thanks again rhd, you've been such a great help through the process even if the laser is taken by customs. I hope to buy again from you soon.
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The Laser made it
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The story so far:
So first off I bought a 300mw firedragon laser from rhd 15 days ago for 210$ shipped.
Before anything else I'm not putting down rhd in any way,
he seems like a great guy and has been very helpful..
I think its an interesting experience for both of us so far.
I live in Alaska and rhd lives in Canada,
so I thought it just had a short trip across the border.
Obviously I was wrong.
Anyways He said he packaged it with a couple cheap flashlights and declared it as electronics. He also sent a separate package with the batteries and keys. seemed like a good way to avoid a customs taking it right? He then told me 1-2 weeks for shipping.
after about 10 days after he shipped, he told me he got the packages back from the post office. apparently when you ship internationally it has to have a name on it. So he put the name from my paypal and sent it off again except this time using Expedited Parcel. (5 business day shipping)
Since its Expedited Parcel, It can now be tracked which made me feel a bit better.
After two days of it being shipped I checked and saw that it arrived in customs.
as you can see:
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Label/Receipt Number: C*43 0*81 87*C *
Class: Priority Mail International Parcels
Service(s): International Parcels
Status: Processed Through Sort Facility
Your item has been processed through our sort facility in ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS) at 7:03 pm on October 15, 2011.
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Uhh I don't know too much about customs, but that is not what I expected.
New york is no where near the direction of alaska
I thought there might be a customs office on the border of alaska and canada, I guess not.
I have been eagerly awaiting my beloved firedragon for 15 days so far.
I have been very worried about customs taking it, and now that's its at customs I feel worse about it then ever.
So that's my laser customs experience so far.
Ill update you guys as this progresses, If anybody cares to know.
Any thoughts, good luck, and encouragement is greatly appreciated.
Oh and thanks again rhd, you've been such a great help through the process even if the laser is taken by customs. I hope to buy again from you soon.
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