Originally Posted by
joejones
So you might have a bag checked, but there isn't much to worry about unless you are carrying drugs or something...
Many years ago, an agent checked my bags and found a hard disk drive that I'd purchased in Hong Kong - sill in its unopened packaging. I showed the receipt and confirmed that it was a work related purchase ... I think the duty was a few hundred yen. After I paid at the window, a supervisor told the agent to stop wasting people's time.