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You seem assume that CBP will just trust you on your word alone. That's my entire point. They don't know what your intentions with this are, nor if you are bein

• true_religion 6y ago
  If that's true... then they should investigate, not make an assumption and simply capture all of someones valuable property. OP is inside of the US, and probably lives here as well. He's not a flight risk, and its totally reasonable to ask them to go through slow bureaucratic means to make sure they get it right. CBP acts like they are the first line in a war when really they ought to be helping people come into compliance, and track down bad suppliers.
  • jacquesm 6y ago
    > CBP acts like they are the first line in a war Taped to the wall on the Sault Ste. Marie crossing CBP station: "We Are The First Line Of Defense"
  • kop316 6y ago
    I think there is more to the story here than being told really. I bet they did investigate, and the poster didn't have documentation. Why are we assuming the commenter is being totally.honest?
    • tyingq 6y ago
      Why would I want adapters with fake UL marks? The adapter is a very small amount of the cost.
      • srtjstjsj 6y ago
        Obviously one would want them to save money. Same reason the seller put fake marks on.
• tyingq 6y ago
  No, I'm saying they saw the main item with their own eyes.
  • kop316 6y ago
    So...CBP are now magically EEs and should now know everything about electronics?
    • tyingq 6y ago
      They could see it had no brand labels, or labels of any kind. No magic required.
• nfjfk9393 6y ago
  The only issue you’ve really highlighted is that criminals should be sure to buy properly UL labeled electronics. They don’t know what anyone’s intentions are except to apply electrical components to solving a problem. Should they stop all electronics shipments? Except for the Apples of the world? Would that make you feel safer? The occasional irrational actor isn’t as real a threat to me as my constantly paranoid neighbors and government.
• ashtonkem 6y ago
  I have absolutely no idea why “trust” and “intentions” are relevant here. Why should CBP siege all the electronics if just the adapters are not legal? Sure, if the main electronics also have counterfeit UL marks then they also should be seized, but if the main electronics aren’t counterfeit why should invalid adapters be the grounds for seizing everything else?
  • kop316 6y ago
    So how do you know everything is legit and not just the adaptors? You are "trusting" the poster here and assuming there "intentions" are good.
    • ashtonkem 6y ago
      I don’t know if the rest of the electronics were legit or not, but I sure hope CBP would be able to tell the difference rather than just asking. Seems like it’s literally their job to determine this kind of thing. If they can’t determine whether or not the rest of the shipment was valid and had to try and determine OP’s intentions, then I genuinely doubt if they should even be seizing anything at all. As far as me “trusting” OP on the story, well yeah, it’s a random HN comment. Literally nothing is at stake here. If you’re going to start assuming that OP is lying for HN cred then be my guest, but it seems needlessly paranoid to me.