ok, I think the Canadian customs may be mad with me. I ordered 5 adult movies - plain couples movies - from the US. I've been thinking that surely Canadians do order porn from the US, what didn't occur to me is that the Canadian Customs website do state that pornographic materials cannot be brought in. Am I committing an offence here? Are they going to lock me up?
Today I receive a call from the customs. They ask me to go to their office. I am not sure if I should go and see them. What am I going to do? Is my life over just because I ordered some adult movies?
Secondly, Calm down - You're not going to prison for ordering a few DVD's.
I know lots of guys and gals here at ADT will be able to help you with your query. It does seem harsh to me that they would call you. I thought normally a letter through the door was the normal method of communication.
Why are they calling you? This is highly unusual. I'm in Canada and once had a vhs confiscated by Canada Customs becuase it had some rough stuff in it. But they didn't call me, they sent me a letter saying they didn't like the content and that I had 30 days in which to respond or I could ignore their letter and they would destroy the material, I did the latter. I'd like to know why they called you, didn't they send you a letter in the mail telling you what's going on?
Don't worry about it. Just yesterday, I received a bunch of adult movies from the US. But I too had to go to the customs to pay GST and PST for the movies I ordered. (I received a call too).
Since this is only yesterday, I think it's safe to assume that the customs will allow the adult movies through, not unless they change their policies.
It's nothing really serious, probably just need to pay the sales tax.
I finally found some courage to go to the customs. I figured there can only be 3 scenarios. One, they would confiscate the movies - which isn't the case. Two, they would let me have the movies. Three, they would press charges for buying porn. If they really do want to press charges, I would have to face them eventually and can be even more embarassing when they come looking for me. What will the neighbours think?
So ok, I'll go and it turn out to be just paying the sales tax. My movies were not molested. Whew! Thanks to the people especially Samurai Dai, Westminister and others who has responded.
I'm going to have some fun watching the movies and order more movies. One day, I'll move south of the border to be fully free.