well, last time i delivered a vehicle to Long Island last Oct i just drove up to the border, filled out the paperwork and paid the 2.5% and i was off.
this time i get to the border and they send me to the office, no problem. i get ready to pay the 2.5% and suddenly i get sent to the commercial section...WTF they look at the paperwork and tell me to go back over the otherside...
they send me back to commercial and those pricks tell me (after 2 hours) you need a broker. it is 10 to 5, no broker to be found. i call Brittiany and she puts me in touch with Autumn and we go to work on the paperwork. of course the pricks in commercial decide to send me BACK across the border in the meantime. i jump through the hoops and in the morning head back over the border, paperwork filled out and ready to get my ``get out of jail free card`` but new supervisor on shift decides (just as the guy behind the desk is ready to bring the stamp down), sorry, that was the other supervisor and not me so i will be sending you back across the border again till you get it right. (ever wish you had nothing to loose and be packing) i just say ``you give me the ropes and i will jump through them``... bad thing to say it seems, he takes my passport and the vehicle paperwork and photocopies the works, i now have a warning on my record (Fawk!!) Perfectly clean record now tarnished because of some pompass prick in a uniform.
anyhow, i just crossed the mississippi on the I 80.
just 33 more hours to go.
the plow is to be delivered on Vancouver island next week and is working as a shield for the priceless toy. of course i am EXTREMELY cautious of every move i make.
on the up side. the border grunts loved the truck, each fuel station i stop at someone has to strike up a conversation and i had a guy follow me for 20 mins till i pulled in for fuel to chat it over...the best was during rushhour traffic in Chicago i had a guy in an Audi give me a HUGE thumbs up and he slowed down to take another long look over and a big wave as he spead off the exit ramp... made up for the stressful transition through the worst city drivers anywhere i have been in my life.
well guys i am tired and will chat when i get internet again.<
cheers and thanks for following along
Wayne