My situation..

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well as you all might know or not know my knife was confiscated b4 it even got to me... so i nicely emailed josh and sent him the letter that customs sent me... here ill show you all here ^_^
im still waiting for a reply from josh as to what is going to be done...
 
man that really sucks, customs some times are just a pain. I wonder if they get to keep there "confiscations" like my local police.
Anyway from what i here josh is a pretty cool guy who responds well. Just give him a bit of time.
 
I wonder if they get to keep there "confiscations" like my local police.

Didn't you read the letter? It says, "abandon the goods to the crown."

Do you know that this means?

It means that the Queen is a balisong collector. Yes, she's one of us. Can't you just see her flippin' that thing around. I wonder if she wears those white gloves when she plays with her balisongs?

I wonder if any of the other royals are balisong artists? What do you think about Prince Charles? I sort of doubt it. He just doesn't seem like the balisong type to me.

But maybe Prince Andrew?
 
You are lucky that you just lost the value of the knives. A cop would have charged you if you were found in possession of them. I read that you're from Edmonton - I'm from Rainbow Country, Ontario. If you shop around you may be lucky enough to find balisongs for sale in Canada. There was a punk rock clothing store at a flea market near where I live that used to sell them a few years ago. I guess the Queen will be melting down your knives in her oven. It's not "politically correct" for the government to auction confiscated weapons anymore.
 
How could they consider a "Butter-Fly" a weapon. You have "Butter", and you have "Fly", one harmless creation made by man, unless you eat too much of it, and one harmless creation made by God. Watch out, or I'll get you with my "Butter-Fly".
 
Customs is supposed to destroy "abandoned" items. I've heard (from more than one customs agent) that about 10-20% of the time it doesn't happen quite that way. (Insert appropriate expletives here.)

Slightly OT: I've been tempted lately to start doing some research on exactly how many times a bali has been used in a criminal fashion (other than as "posession of a prohibited/restricted weapon"). I'm not sure what I could hope to accomplish by this, since I lack the re$ources to bring whatever I might uncover to any legal forum. Even if I had such re$ources, I'd be up against a manipulative government whose only trust is that the majority of the voting population doesn't understand that they aren't benefitting from useless laws, such as C-68, they're only being sedated by them.

It makes me ill when I think of the myriad ways in which the varying levels of Can. gov't has tried to limit and eliminate personal responsibility, while extending it's own powers, and this extends beyond the blaming of tools for the crimes in which they may have, may not have, or could conceivably have one day been used (meaning, the prohibition of knives and other items that just look "scary"). This extends to the shabby state health care is in, the huge number of completely healthy but very lazy people on welfare, etc. (Granted, not everyone on welfare fits that description, but I find it interesting that everyone I've ever met who is a welfare recipient fits it perfectly.)

I mention these only because they were the issues that were "big" during the last federal election. Every party (with one notable exception) ran at least one promo TV spot about how they would clean up health care and welfare. The problem is, it was a federal election, and, to paraphrase the leader of that other party (now leader of the opposition in the House of Commons), as any idiot knows, health care and welfare are controlled at the provincial level. (I'm well aware that I'm siding with a guy who's been the focus of public ridicule in the media lately, and I don't care.) And his party was one of two (perhaps three) that were in support of eliminating C-68. The massive landslide against these more sensible political parties was the result of Ontarians being weak-minded, ego-centric, "politically correct" dupes. :barf:

A metaphor: You don't blame Chevrolet for the whackjob who whips along in his Camaro at insane and dangerous speeds. You don't blame Molson for brewing the alcohol that was in the drunk driver's blood while he tried driving around both sides of a tree at the same time. Why is it Ok to blame a type of knife (or anything else listed in C-68) for things it/they has/have almost never been involved in?

ARGH!!

ARGH!!!!

ARGH!!!!!!!

Now, if you'll all excuse me, I'm going to go practice arguing with a Liberal - I'm going to yell at a brick wall.

Thanks for indulging.
 
I understand the general feelings of frustration. But we all know that there is a chance of confiscation. Check out Sniperboy's post. That is what is keeping me from ordering a Dobruski. I just don't want to take a chance and lose about $300.00.

I won't go off on a rant here, but this is the world we live in. And it will not be any better for our children. We are giving up freedoms everyday, and not many people seem to mind.

AzN_JoNny, can you keep trying? I'm sure they don't check every package. Of course, they could be keeping a database.
 
if my knife gets seized ill see how "nice" josh really is.... i cant believe he said 100% for sure ill get my knife..
 
Originally posted by Random
AzN_JoNny, can you keep trying? I'm sure they don't check every package. Of course, they could be keeping a database.

Don't think that'd be such a hot idea. My friend's mother got flagged coming through customs for having mangos or bananas in her carry-on once... the next time she went through, they stopped her (after almost letting her past customs) and checked all her bags and the bags of all her party members. Luckily, my friend smuggled his fireworks in the battery compartment of a small radio. ;) My guess is that you'll lose the next package as well.
 
heh yea.. iguess... but im gonna try again if josh some how sends another? heh.. i dunno i hafta wait for a response from him, im going to get it delivered to a friends house... heh he knows wat happened to me and is willing to take the risk if i give one of them to him :) so yea... hehe ^_^
 
Originally posted by AzN_JoNnY
heh yea.. iguess... but im gonna try again if josh some how sends another? heh.. i dunno i hafta wait for a response from him, im going to get it delivered to a friends house... heh he knows wat happened to me and is willing to take the risk if i give one of them to him :) so yea... hehe ^_^

WOW... you sound really desparate. You're better off hopping a greyhound or Amtrak or even a taxi over here (US of A) to get one.:p
 
greaT! well ive talked to josh and hes sending me some replacements :) which is great! :) hopefully this time they wont be confiscated... ^_^
 
It's okay to vent about a government who turns people into criminals over what they might do instead of what they actually do.
 
Originally posted by AzN_JoNnY
greaT! well ive talked to josh and hes sending me some replacements :) which is great! :) hopefully this time they wont be confiscated... ^_^


thats good to hear, just wondering how long did it take you to get your "fake" package?
 
Custom really is a huge pain, well may be not the custom, but the system !!
I just don't get it, why do they have to confiscate balisongs ?? Are balis considered as lethal or deadly weapon ?????
Let me tell you something. There are many many many weapons around us that can be used to kill someone. Forks, knives (any knives, even kitchen knives), swords, pen, pencil, stone, bare hand, frying pan, field pipe, baseball bat, screw driver, I can still mention hundreds of items. Beside, would you use your balis that are worth hundreds of dollar to kill people ?? I would not.

I collect japanese swords (antique or modern), and I often buy swords overseas (Japan, England, Germany). The weird thing is, they never confiscate the swords. Some of the swords were even duty free.

Weird, eh ??
 
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