sas@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Scott Sutherland) (06/05/90)
I'll be traveling to Hong Kong for a conference this July, and I would like to bring along my Mac Portable. How hard is it to travel overseas with a laptop (er, well ok, to heavy to be called "laptop", how about "portable" :-)? Anyone have an "If only I'd known..." story? Anything I should know about taking it to Hong Kong in particular? Thanks in advance!! Scott --- Scott Sutherland sas@cis.ohio-state.edu or scott@dance.ohio-state.edu Staff Software Developer The Ohio State University, Department of Dance
anita@ut-emx.UUCP (Anita Cochran) (06/06/90)
In article <81202@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, sas@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Scott Sutherland) writes: > I'll be traveling to Hong Kong for a conference this July, and I would like > to bring along my Mac Portable. How hard is it to travel overseas with a > laptop (er, well ok, to heavy to be called "laptop", how about "portable" :-)? > Anyone have an "If only I'd known..." story? Anything I should know > about taking it to Hong Kong in particular? I have never carried my laptop out of the country but I travel a lot. You should register your computer with customs BEFORE you leave the country so you don't have any problems bringing it back in. This is useful for any destination but especially so when going to a country with an active electronics or camera trade (yes register your camera if it is anything sophisticated). The process is quite simple. Take the items to be registered to any customs office in this country. You fill out a form with the serial numbers and then they confirm you have the computer in your possession prior to leaving the country and stamp the form with their seal. Then take the form with you whenever you leave the country with the item. You only have to register the item once. If no customs office is convenient, then take the sales receipt to prove it was bought in this country. Otherwise, they might try to charge you duty on the item. 99% of the time they will ignore you, but if the official is having a bad day... -- Anita Cochran uucp: {noao, ut-sally, ut-emx}!utastro!anita arpa: anita@binkley.as.utexas.edu anita@astro.as.utexas.edu anita@emx.utexas.edu snail: Astronomy Dept., The Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712 at&t: (512) 471-1471
KPURCELL@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (06/12/90)
The advice give before about regeritering with customs is good, but if your product was made in the USA and is clearly marked as such on the case then you won't have a problem anyway. This is certainly true of the the Mac portable. But beware of your T1000's :-) Kevin