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Old Apr 15, 2009 | 4:12 am
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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?
Dont worry..... Brit has it 100% right, they could not care less about a hockey stick. BTW, I dont think the airline should charge you for the stick.... you can say you are a hockey coach and they should be willing to give the stick a ride for free...
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