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  1. The Fed's a cracking down again: By: Mark Rockwell Although their multi-million dollar seizures of illegal drug shipments get more headlines, Customs and Border Protection officers have been working to stem a flow of illegally-imported auto headlights that can have dangerous consequences for drivers in the U.S. CBP’s Import Safety Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center (CTAC) is on the lookout for illegal imports of noncompliant High Intensity Discharge (HID) conversion kits, light sources, and ballasts, said the agency. Since receiving a commercial allegation in December 2010, CBPS said it has identified hundreds of shipments for examination at various ports of entry across the U.S. including Los Angeles, Anchorage, Cleveland, San Juan, Miami, Detroit, Champlain, Orlando and Seattle. The agency said it has seized more than $5 million in illegal headlights and headlight components since 2009. On Sept.12 at the port of Newark, CBP officers working closely with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), seized a shipment of 10,740 imported HID conversion kits. The domestic value of the shipment was approximately $570,000, said the agency. The shipment from China had been targeted by the CTAC because of the potential safety threat to the American public, said CBP. CBP officers seized the shipment after it determined the equipment failed to meet DOT requirements that headlamp replaceable light sources be marked with the light source type, the light source manufacturer's name or trademark, and the DOT symbol indicating certification of compliance with governing regulations. Other DOT compliance issues exist as well. CBP officials have said the headlights pose hazards if they don’t meet regulatory standards. Automotive headlamps, and replacement light sources and ballasts for those lamps, are regulated by DOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said CBP. HID conversion kits are custom light sources and ballasts manufactured to be installed into headlamps that were not designed to use them. When the kits are installed, they pose potential glare hazards to other roadway users. The street value for HID conversion kits can run anywhere from $150 to $500 per kit. Since October 2009, CBP said it has seized more than 400,000 HID conversion kits and components for violating DOT regulations, equaling a total combined domestic value of approximately $5 million. A significant portion of those shipments arrived into the United States via the air cargo or express mail environment, shipped from numerous southeast Asian countries, it said. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/24703?c=border_security
  2. Reminds me of a family trip to Mexico many years ago... That was the Manila tourist protection squad in action. They knew you were planning on using that money just to drink and have fun, (they could tell by those other fun country currencies you had with your Benjamins). So to prevent you from causing a public disturbance in one of the nicer areas, like Olongopo/Subic, they circumvented any possible travesty by holding your beer money for you. Nothing has changed. Manila was where my grandmother gave me the lecture of bribing/tipping everyone to sail through situations with less hassles. Many folks have their own private security and never travel alone day or night. Corrupt then, corrupt now. Common denominator for the Philippines and Mexico is previous rule by Spain...
  3. Quoc: You may have called but I did not talk to you and you left no message. I did respond to your emails. My primary business is wholesale sales to other wholesalers and some retail operations. IMO; Since your emails focused on price I was trying to help you purchase a quality housing, Bosch, that is considered equal to or superior to Hella by those in the car biz. These became available from an importer/end user that had a cancellation after warehousing the delivery on a purchase order, (vehicle manufacturer went out of business, so much for long term relationships in this economy, eh?), and was forced to sell en masse to wholesalers that could buy/pay in quantity. These lights were not retail boxed but palletized for assembly line installation. Very limited quantity at the price I quoted and with or without bulbs is not going to influence the price. I now see you had already ordered from someone else and were unhappy with their delivery speed. Sometimes there's more to the equation than just price. As most of the Z community knows the price I give the Z guys includes shipping to the 48 states. Yup, I have an opinion on cheap HID 'kits' from where ever. I get calls daily from my retail folks that have installed the 'kits' and have installation adjustment issues which the offshore manufacturers and their retail agents do not address. As Tony stated I've been doing this for a long time I do not ascribe to BS puffery to make a sale and do not engage in a here today gone tomorrow business model. To paraphrase what I stated to you in one of my email responses to you there are plenty of folks out there that sell anything for cheap.
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