Beyond ridiculous. These ... clowns shouldn't get a penny from you. In reality it will be the easier road to just pay the fine and be done with it, but if you have the fight in you I say tell them exactly where to put their ........ piece of paper.

I know the sanctimonious among you will start carping about how "the law is the law" but consider that if CBP regulations were enforced to the letter every time most of us would be fined for non-disclosure of items several times a year.

It may be "the law" but it's a stupid law and government needs to apply some restraint and common sense in cases like this. Let me guess, the officer who "caught" you was a young and overzealous? Trying to make a name for himself? Pathetic.