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myversa

Hi, I just got back from my 2-day Seattle trip.  I stayed in Bellevue and it turned out to be a shopping trip.  

Tips 1: Do not go through x-win border checkup because many people like to cut in front of you from the middle lane.  The sign board said it was supposed to be 30 minutes and it turned out to be 2.5 hours.  It was crazy.  

When I made turn to the border lineup and be a good citizen and start to lineup at the left most lane.  The middle lane was supposed for nexus user; however, many people just drove through the middle lane and tried to cut into middle lane.  It was frustrating.  The passenger in the car in front of us even gave people middle finger when people tried to cut in front of her.

Tips 2: When I came back, there was no line up at all.  I bought approximately 400 dollars and I did not get charged duty and tax at all.

myversa

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    Do you have to pay duty if you bring home ipad?
somewhereintime 發表於 2010-4-4 17:54

Most likely no.  she only asked me how much I spent.  I told her 400 bucks.  She asked me if I brought back any alcohol and I said no.  She let me through.  If I have bought the ipad, she would not know anyway.

myversa

Get Nexus lor!  It's only $50us for 5 years.
chobit 發表於 2010-4-4 18:12

Yes I will wait for my wife to get the Canadian Citizenship and we will get it.

myversa

Actually Sunday is the day everything is closed.  I went to Granville yesterday and many shops here were closed including Costco yesterday.

myversa

Well..soemtimes... I can't find that item locally...instead of buying online and wait for shipping, i'd rather to go to WA and shop la.
fibbi 發表於 2010-4-4 21:46

I have the same feeling too.  There were actually some items you could only find in the states.  I especially like those cute household decoration items.

myversa

I actually stayed in Sheraton Hotel Bellevue.  It's just 2-3 blocks away from Bellevue Square.  It cost me about 100 bucks.  Free parking and LCD TVs.

myversa

which hotel did you stay, fibbi?  I booked mine from expedia.ca.

myversa

違規捷徑屢爆關卡路火 騎警嚴打蠱惑司機 2日罰款逾2萬元      2010年4月22日


http://www.mingpaovan.com/htm/News/20100422/vap1h.htm

【明報專訊】加元升值吸引大批市民南下購物，近日在Aldergrove關卡出現一些蠱惑司機兜路找「捷徑」過關，沿一條「違例通道」切線搶入排隊車龍前列，以省卻1、2小時排隊時間。蘭里騎警指這種違法行車事件，引發司機之間發生爭吵及打鬥的「關卡路火」頻生。警方強調此條「通道」絕對違法，在剛過去的長周末假期，便在該黑點發出大批告票，罰款總額逾2萬元，警方並會繼續檢控藉此「違例通道」切線的司機。

據曾目睹「關卡路火」事件的人士指出，「違例通道」是指有司機在Aldergrove關卡前，並沒有依照正常程序沿264街(264th St.)排隊等候過關，反而是駕車先駛往較遠地方(例如272街)，再駛經0路(0 Ave.)繞道回來，在接近過關的位置，才切線進入沿264街排隊等候過關的車龍前列。若在需要排長龍等候過關的時段，此舉可能會「節省」1、2小時的排隊時間。

警方昨日稱，在0路有清楚路牌顯示，不能夠沿0路西行線轉左切入往關卡的行車線，違例者同時犯了省府及市府條例，違例者可同時收到兩種不同罰款告票，罰款額分別為121元及100元。

警方又稱，在該處違例強行切線，通常是「關卡路火」的觸發點，因為會令到可能已排隊逾1小時的車龍中的汽車司機不滿，因而與切線汽車的司機衝突，甚至發生打鬥。

警方強調將會加強執法，在該個被某些司機視為「捷徑」的地點，向違例司機發出罰款告票。

在剛過去的復活節長周末假期，警方在兩日共8小時內，發出罰款額合共逾2.2萬元的告票，而在過去2月發出的告票，罰款額更合共達4萬元。警方表示，未來會繼續在該處地方加強執法，檢控違例司機。