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daserock

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Folks,
Will be landing soon... re above subject is it allowed in CA like:
1. portable HD 2TB -
2. NAS - network attached storage with 5TB

movies, pictures, personal stuff.. and most especially Anime's collection... can I bring this to CA...
I know laptop is allowed but my laptop has only 500GB of HD so cannot transfer my anime's collection in my laptop.

Thanks.....
 
daserock said:
Folks,
Will be landing soon... re above subject is it allowed in CA like:
1. portable HD 2TB -
2. NAS - network attached storage with 5TB

movies, pictures, personal stuff.. and most especially Anime's collection... can I bring this to CA...
I know laptop is allowed but my laptop has only 500GB of HD so cannot transfer my anime's collection in my laptop.

Thanks.....
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Why do you think this would be an issue as long as you have nothing illegal stored you should be fine and as far as I am aware you
are not obliged to declare such items any more than you would expect to declare a laptop. These are common items in Canada especially (1).
 
my movies and anime's collection are all from torrent :) do u think they will check that? coz it's piracy hehehe :):)

Bs65 said:
Why do you think this would be an issue as long as you have nothing illegal stored you should be fine and as far as I am aware you
are not obliged to declare such items any more than you would expect to declare a laptop. These are common items in Canada especially (1).
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I am not aware of any illegal electronics in Canada. So should be fine.

Border services do not generally bother with anything that is not criminally illegal (or banned from entering) Canada.

Just make sure that your power conversions work. Canada is on 110V not 220V. Not an issue for most electronics and even if it is , fairly easy (though expensive) to get step up transformers.

Make sure your devices will actually work.

Good luck
 
daserock said:
my movies and anime's collection are all from torrent :) do u think they will check that? coz it's piracy hehehe :):)
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CBSA are entitled to inspect anything whether they will be that interested in pirated stuff who knows as generally if they did access laptops or external drives they would be looking for far more dubious stuff based on an assessment of the traveller in front of them at the time. https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/public-safety-and-law-enforcement/your-privacy-at-airports-and-borders/
 
thanks guys.... btw, is torrent allowed in CA? I mean I can download via torrent there....just wondering..

Thanks,
 
daserock said:
thanks guys.... btw, is torrent allowed in CA? I mean I can download via torrent there....just wondering..

Thanks,
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http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/illegal-downloaders-beware-you-may-get-a-shock-in-2015-1.2169729
 
some sort of threatening you with a letter.... so all we can do is watch online movies/videos...


foodie69 said:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/illegal-downloaders-beware-you-may-get-a-shock-in-2015-1.2169729
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There are loads of inexpensive streaming services that will offer you a fair amount of unlimited streaming (and even some downloading these days). The movies they have are not that bad either. Lots of nice series etc.

Netflix $10/month
Crave TV $5/month

I have no doubt you can find loads of other services if you look a little. Finding entertainment is not hard.

Be wary however of internet providers and band width limits. Some charge stupid amounts of money for just a little overage. I got dinged one month for $100 extra for 1 GB overage. (I naturally changed providers.

Good luck.
 
Hi, Where to buy electronic items and home appliances at reasonable price (i mean that stores that price the items reasonably/with some discounts)? Any store names would be helpful.
 
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