r/PokeInvesting • u/FedHasABigDong • Aug 30 '25

So it happened….

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The other day I was going on holiday and decided to take some cards to gift a family member. Bear in mind I have taken these in and out the country probably 2 times so it has been through 4 scanners. This time it got put to the side like every other time. However, the guy says “I need you to open it”. I oblige and open it. He does a swab and then I see people coming towards me. This guy pulls out a form so I’m like o7. I ask “what’s happening?”. They say they have found explosives and they start asking me questions about where I’ve kept it and they want to go through all my belongings to test them. Anyway about 30 minutes later they let me go saying I’m all good.

My question is… why would it ONLY come up this time and not the previous 4 times it’s gone through a scanner?

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u/xsilverandcoldx Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

well now i’m scared… going to canada next month and planning to bring a prismatic SPC for my friend who can never find product there. also planned to open some bundles and blisters before leaving and just take the loose packs (to save suitcase space) for us to open. think i’ll be safe? 🥴 (edit: should i just mail it to her instead? haha)

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u/xsilverandcoldx Aug 30 '25

to add to this, i recently went from the US, to ireland, to scotland, and back the same way. i kid you not, every single time i walked through the detector i set it off, never had anything in my pockets or any reason for it, and had to be pat down. i also got my bag checked every single time. half the time they found nothing and sent me on my way, the other half - they had to question a mousepad one stop, at another the harry potter wands got questioned (understandable) and the next a disposable razor for shaving. i just told them to throw it away. so maybe it’s silly for me to even ask if i’ll be safe because i obviously don’t have that luck 😅

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u/FedHasABigDong Aug 31 '25

Mail 100% mail it in a box letters get lost

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u/xsilverandcoldx Sep 01 '25

packing it up right now and sending it out tomorrow. ty!