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Author:  dtex63 [ Sun Oct 01, 2017 9:30 am ]
Post subject:  Laptop for friend
I know CR had very high import tax and I want to bring a friends 13 year old so a laptop for Xmas. Thinking of wrapping in a sweatshirt and putting in second bag. Good idea, an other ideas?
Author:  MM3 [ Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Laptop for friend
I brought my usual plastic trunk full of Lodge stuff and regalos.

Laptop, docking station, monitor, printer, etc. for mi novia, plus cell phones for various people (in SJ and in the jungle). Plus a new laptop for the Lodge. Etc.

And 2 on-demand hot water heaters.

Guess what the aduna went apeshit over?

Here's a clue - it was something you use for your shower.
Author:  Rac [ Sun Oct 01, 2017 11:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Laptop for friend
I've brought in many laptops, TV's, phones, 10 pairs of K*ds shoes, bras, pills :roll: , and a lot of other stuff. The only thing that was confiscated was a bag of 15 different varieties of dried beans that I use to make 15-bean soup. The Aduana Witch said no agricultural products. :evil

If the quantities seem to be non-commercial, for personal use, there isn't much risk.
Author:  LocoGringo [ Sun Oct 01, 2017 2:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Laptop for friend
I brought a new, in the box computer for my old novias k*d at Christmas with no problems. He was supposed to use it for school but all he did was play games on it. It disappeared eventually. Also brought an X-box, shoes, clothes and lots of Victoria's Secret products and never had any issues at customs.
Author:  Orange [ Sun Oct 01, 2017 6:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Laptop for friend
Like pretty much everything else in CR, it depends on who the customs employee is that day.

This is a post that I made in 2010:
Quote:
We brought in 2 suitcases, CPU in one and monitor in the other, in between clothes. No boxes, just wrapped in bubble wrap. As expected, they wanted to see it. He asked how old and I said 4.5 years. Value? We said $200. So he asked for my wife's passport and stamped it, didn't stamp mine. What does that mean exactly? He said you can bring in $3000 worth of laptops, but desktops are not considered personal items. WTF? A computer is a computer. Muy Tico

They told us that laptops are no problem but "desktops are not personal items". We didn't have to pay any tax, but they stamped my wife's passport so she lost her personal exemption for the next 6 months (I think if she tried to bring in anything within the past 6 months, it would be taxed.)
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