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What’s being shipped? You may not think it’s relevant, but if the author omits it from their post, they certainly do.

rssoconnor 5y ago
The image claims the contents are * plastic carrying case * computer memory module
marcinzm 5y ago
It's a blog on a site which sells things and the audience is presumably people who buy things on the site rather than hackernews: https://www.bigmessowires.com/shop/ https://www.bigmessowires.com/shop/
occamrazor 5y ago
The photo shows a shipment containing a “computer memory module”.
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gipp 5y ago
There's a whole column in the table for it, or you could just check the shop page. It's electronics components for retro computing, basically.
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newacct583 5y ago
The site sells a bunch of retrocomputing emulator products. It's not at all unlikely that some of this looks like hacking or R/E devices and fell afoul of someone's filter (or maybe they sell a keylogger or something unsavory that I just didn't see). The author, as others are pointing out, should hire a customs broker. This is a licensed professional who knows the process (and often the specific employees at the customs office) and can get answers to questions that can't be answered in stickers on packages. Or, if there's really a law enforcement angle here, they should call a lawyer. But HN isn't going to provide much help.
ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
Looks like the big item is an "EMU," which is a floppy emulator (pretty cool). If the customs inspector has enough domain knowledge to know what a "computer memory module" looks like, and sees one of these: https://www.bigmessowires.com/shop/product/floppy-emu-model-c-bundle/ https://www.bigmessowires.com/shop/product/floppy-emu-model-... They are likely to say "this person is trying to ship a 'not-memory-module'. Goodbye, Mr. Bond!"
rriepe 5y ago
Quickly glancing at the list, it seems like it was emus and wombats. Highly illegal.

The image claims the contents are * plastic carrying case * computer memory module

It's a blog on a site which sells things and the audience is presumably people who buy things on the site rather than hackernews: https://www.bigmessowires.com/shop/ https://www.bigmessowires.com/shop/

occamrazor 5y ago

The photo shows a shipment containing a “computer memory module”.

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gipp 5y ago

There's a whole column in the table for it, or you could just check the shop page. It's electronics components for retro computing, basically.

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newacct583 5y ago

The site sells a bunch of retrocomputing emulator products. It's not at all unlikely that some of this looks like hacking or R/E devices and fell afoul of someone's filter (or maybe they sell a keylogger or something unsavory that I just didn't see). The author, as others are pointing out, should hire a customs broker. This is a licensed professional who knows the process (and often the specific employees at the customs office) and can get answers to questions that can't be answered in stickers on packages. Or, if there's really a law enforcement angle here, they should call a lawyer. But HN isn't going to provide much help.

ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago

Looks like the big item is an "EMU," which is a floppy emulator (pretty cool). If the customs inspector has enough domain knowledge to know what a "computer memory module" looks like, and sees one of these: https://www.bigmessowires.com/shop/product/floppy-emu-model-c-bundle/ https://www.bigmessowires.com/shop/product/floppy-emu-model-... They are likely to say "this person is trying to ship a 'not-memory-module'. Goodbye, Mr. Bond!"

rriepe 5y ago

Quickly glancing at the list, it seems like it was emus and wombats. Highly illegal.