Originally Posted by
gaucho99
I may be flying to eze later this month. I have a friend who lives in Entre Rios and his daughter plays Hockey. She has asked me to bring a Hockey stick down for her because they cannot get good quality ones in Argentina. I am wonderng if I bring one down, will I be assessed a tax at the airport to bring it in? I already know the airline might charge me for an oversized piece of equipment and am wondering if it will be cost prohibitive to try to do this?
Why would they charge a tourist for bringing their own hockey stick into the country?
Seriously though, you will not have a problem. The only people they are interested in are Argentines and residents bringing stuff back, particularly electronic stuff. Never have my friends/family been stopped or questioned entering the country as a tourist with laptops, cameras etc. With me, they normally ask if I am a tourist or not and as soon as I say I live here, they take a more active interest in what I have in my bags! I don't have the balls to lie in case they then ask to see my passport which is littered with permanent residency stamps!