well, I'd be very careful...
actually, when I paid G-Guitars for the John-Judge-doubleneck, I did not want them to ship the instrument, but had a friend in the states pick up the bass and bring it to Europe. He wanted to visit his relatives in Switzerland anyway. I wanted to pick up the bass in Switzerland and import it to Germany, legally declared at the border.
When my friend arrived at Zurich Airport, he thought he didn't need to declare the large case at the customs, because the bass is just in transit. Murphy's law came into play, a customs officer hooked up on the large case, confiscated it and locked it away. My friend rang, told me about the mishap, and I drove to Zurich to get the bass out of prison. Custom's officers are very nice persons at Zurich Airport, they completely understood about this honest mistake, but I had to pay the Swiss import tax and a heavy fine anyway... another $2,000 gone down the drain D'oh !
so, better prepare your wallet if you try to forget to declare your purchase at customs
ahem, sorry for the hijack, Mike
Christian
