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FrozenGate by Avery

Getting a laser into Australia :)






Hi, I am australian to and I have shipped many lasers into australia (some through olike). Most recently I bought a 400mW purple laser from olike, they automatically sent the batteries and tail cap seperate from the main laser.
So all in all, I have never had a laser taken by customs from olike or anywhere else.
Have fun, use eye protection and welcome to the forum.
 
Lol alf I think he's sick from hearing eye protection from how much I stressed it in my PM's :D btw he bought the 50mw green cute from olike :) nice choice puyol ;)
 
Thanks alf yea I know about eye protection haha. Which other sites have u bought from? Have u used DL or rayfoss?
 
Hey guys, fellow Aussie here,
A few years ago I tried to import a USB wireless power point presentation controller, but customs nabbed it cos it had a 5mw laser pointer in it which I hadnt even realised. They wouldnt give it to me and I was trying to tell them I dont even want the laser and they could take the diode out then send it to me, but they didnt wanna be nice at all. Jerks.

Anyway, I've just ordered a red 100mw module from china off ebay as a replacement in my party laser light cos the other one died, I was told by a friend that if I get them to label it 'lighting accessory' (which is what it will be) then it will get through. Should this be alright? Cos I'll be pissed if they take it. It will be put in a device used for parties, not turned into a handheld pointer.
 
No modules are completely legal i imported a 5mw> red module just for the casing i scrapped the diode and it had a huge sticker on the side stateing 5mw> and it came through fine so a module without any stickers on it would increase your chances even more, im pretty sure it wont be taken :D

I know Customs are noobs Read my sig :D
 
It just makes no sense, if people want to do stupid illegal things, they will find a way, I just dont see why law abiding citizens have to be punished, i'm pretty sure it was illegal to point them at planes in the first place, but that didn't stop them, so whats to stop them from still doing it when its so easy to bypass such retarded laws?
 
@Madhatter

Unfortunately it does make sense. The same kind of idiots who would point at a plane out of sheer stupidity are too stupid/lazy to build a laser. Having a law in place that prevents those people from getting a laser, does actually make for a safer environment.

I don't like it either, but it works.
 
InfinitusEquitas said:
@Madhatter

Unfortunately it does make sense. The same kind of idiots who would point at a plane out of sheer stupidity are too stupid/lazy to build a laser. Having a law in place that prevents those people from getting a laser, does actually make for a safer environment.

I don't like it either, but it works.
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making things illegal just makes them more attractive in my opinion, Prohibition is a prime example, the only reason lasers aren't more popular is simply because they have never become mainstream...only reason why you don't see more people use them in devious ways.
 
Comparing prohibition to lasers?!?! There are some similarities, but the differences are huge... Not a very good analogy.

Lasers aren't used more in devious ways simply because for most tasks there are simpler ways to accomplish better results.
 
InfinitusEquitas said:
Comparing prohibition to lasers?!?! There are some similarities, but the differences are huge... Not a very good analogy.

Lasers aren't used more in devious ways simply because for most tasks there are simpler ways to accomplish better results.
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I use it as an obvious example as to what happens when something that is readily available is all of a sudden a rarity, it is an obvious exaggeration, but yes you are correct, its cheaper to be a 'jackass' in many other ways, Draino bombs come to mind..
 
Thing is, even in Australia, where lasers over 5mW are prohibited, getting one is in relative terms, VERY easy. The point of many laws is simply to push the people on the fence to the "correct" side, and it works for the vast majority of people. If you make something that is not in high demand to begin with, illegal, you will get fewer people using it. To a very small minority the item will be more appealing though.

The reason why I said prohibition is not a very good analogy is that alcohol is, and was in very very high demand.
 
Rumour has it that the UK are about to do something similar, because of the 2012 Olympics.
The penalties for being caught with a laser pointer anywhere near the Olympic venue could be as high as 5 years/unlimited fine.

Just wait till they start banning the sale of replacement laser blocks, Aixiz modules etc online... thats going to suck.

-A
 
I doubt they will restrict the sale of modules and diodes, as they are used for lots of Different things, and Laser pointers probably only amount s to a small portion of all laser uses
 
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