cwo4uscgret - "[background=rgb(252, 252, 252)]I guess after 41+ years in uniform - 30 military and almost 11 as a US Customs Officer I still can pride myself on my integrity". Agree, US Customs Officer = integrity, In many cases, ARG Customs Officer does not necessarily = integrity. Not one of the agents I bribed between 1989 and 2001 ever rejected the $$ or reported me. [/background][background=rgb(252, 252, 252)]As a matter of fact, in 2001 (at the height of the economic crisis) the agent said to my ex...."flaco, vas a tener que tirarme unos mangos mas...la cosa está[/background][background=rgb(252, 252, 252)] fea y tengo que adornar a varios". Loosely interpreted....."you are going to have to increase the $$$....things are bad and I need to keep higher ups happy with their share".[/background]
[background=rgb(252, 252, 252)]"On the issue of arriving in Argentina with "expensive electronics" in three trips in 4 years, my bags haven't even been X-rayed let alone searched." [/background][background=rgb(252, 252, 252)]Happy to hear your experience was positive.[/background]