prelude318is

I agree it is a miscommunication incident.  

I also agree the CBSA is very rude in general.   I remembered once I went to Pt. Roberts to pick up a parcel i bought on ebay.  On my way back to Canada, the custom officer asked me the value of goods i was bringing home.  I handed him the invoice and paid the duty/ gst / pst with a good attitude.  I was very cooperative in the entire process but he searched my whole car over.   He didn't find anything of course and then he told me "you are free to go" after 10mins of searching and just walked away.  I followed him and questioned him " Do i look like a smuggler?  I declared everything to the exact of what i was bringing over.  Why searched my car?"  He answered he has the right to search any suspicious vehicle and it is normal procedure.  Then he kept walking back to the office.  He didn't explain what was the reasonable ground for him to suspect i was hiding something in my car.  It wasn't just a pop the trunk quick check.. it was a complete search over....

I think they are abusing their power in some situation......of all the CBSA i have deal with, about 50% had very bad attitude.  They like to question you as if you are a criminal.

prelude318is

well, they may have a list to check for a certain type of car and we don't know it.
And they have  ...
布小熊 發表於 2010-3-17 21:28

    O.. i have nothing to hide obviously.  I let him do his work and i was very cooperate in the process like I said.  

I didn't take it personally , I was just trying to share my experience and feeling with CBSA.  I agree it is their job to search all suspicious vehicles.  This part is completely understandable.  I totally respect them to be responsible for their job.  I  have crossed the border hundreds of times and I would say approx 50%(not all, I have seen some very nice one too) of the CBSA I have met had very bad altitude.  In my example, I was just mad at them because they made me feel like a was a smuggler right at the beginning.  They asked for my car key then called me to wait in the office and they just started to search my car.  I went out to witness the search but i got called back to the office.  After the search, they didn't apologize of having me waiting.  Instead, they just gave me the key back.  Told me I was free to go and just walked away.....They didn't explain anything in the whole time.