When I re-enter Argentina with my new iPhone, will the aduana charge me

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Fiscal

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These are my personal devices, with my info on them, logged in, used etc.. Not wrapped in boxes and not for re-sale. Will they still charge me fees?
 
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sts7049

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I've passed through with 2 computers before. I got dinged trying to bring through 3 once. even opened and without boxes. your iPad and MacBook is probably OK but if you try to bring more be careful. the phone in your pocket won't matter
 
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no problem. i routinely pass through with 2 computers. I occasionally get asked questions. If they look used, no big deal. I had the customs guy pick up the computer and look for wear on the keys. The computers i bring are big boy gamer computers or macbooks though.

I was a little worried about my wife's and mother-in-laws phone i had repaired in my pocket, but they didn't ask questions about that. I suppose if you brought in more than like 2 phones you might get into some issues.

Now that one time my wife asked me to bring 19 Stanley thermoses... Well that was not a good day.
 
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milanesas

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Never had problems either. If I have new items I make sure to take them out of the boxes before traveling and spread them out between bags. The few times I've been asked anything by customs at EZE I just speak English and look at them like I am confused.
 
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jblaze5779

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Brian_is_here said:
no problem. i routinely pass through with 2 computers. I occasionally get asked questions. If they look used, no big deal. I had the customs guy pick up the computer and look for wear on the keys. The computers i bring are big boy gamer computers or macbooks though.

I was a little worried about my wife's and mother-in-laws phone i had repaired in my pocket, but they didn't ask questions about that. I suppose if you brought in more than like 2 phones you might get into some issues.

Now that one time my wife asked me to bring 19 Stanley thermoses... Well that was not a good day.
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I brought 15 stanleys through a couple years ago. I didn't even take them out of the giant amazon box they were shipped in. Went straight through without a peep from the customs folks.

Anything you don't want them to find just keep on your body. So you can stick a few phones in your pockets without issue. And then if it comes down to it you can definitely pretend you don't speak spanish and you're confused by what's going on.
 
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jblaze5779 said:
Anything you don't want them to find just keep on your body. So you can stick a few phones in your pockets without issue. And then if it comes down to it you can definitely pretend you don't speak spanish and you're confused by what's going on.
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This was a good plan when you could mixup with tourists, but now that no tourist is allowed, it doesn't sound as much as bulletproof as before.

I would like to bring in the new 24" iMac M1 for myself. I really want to upgrade my computer and this one looks amazing. I am currently 'stranded' in Europe and I am working on my old 15" Macbook Pro which is a pain, since I am used to working on a 27". I would be using it before boarding the plane, so no doubt it is for personal use. I also need to buy an external HD to use for TimeMachine.

I went to see the new 24" iMac M1 and it is lightweight, definitely can fit in a suitcase, though I am not sure that also the cardboard would fit and if it would be handled more carefully if it stayed in its original box with the word FRAGIL all over.

I am not even sure I'd pay $900 in taxes or a random amount. It is not yet sold in Argentina anyway, so I am not sure if they would calculate taxes on the amount stated on the invoice or on a made up amount of their choice.

Thoughts?
 
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