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vanVlaanderen · Joined: 03 May 2009 Posts: 21

I have a large collection of DVDs, mostly copies of old films, I'd like to take with me to KSA. None are objectionable in any way. Will I have a problem? Just how many can I take with me, if any?

paradox3696 · Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 44 Location: Normadic

eclectic · Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 1122

yes if you want to wait up until no time limit, based on who wants to go slow just to be slow or even to irk you good, bring them. As long as you dont mind possibly waiting, .......

Sheikh N Bake · Joined: 26 Apr 2007 Posts: 1307 Location: Dis ting of ours

I know somebody who just three weeks ago brought in 350 hours of home-recorded programming on 45 DVDs, carried in two of those small CD purses, in his luggage. Nobody checked anything.

johnslat · Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 9:08 pm Post subject:

Dear Sheik,
And that's the problem - some Customs people will just wave you through and not check anything while others will make your life hell.
And you never know whom you're going to get.
Regards,
John

Green Acres · Joined: 06 May 2009 Posts: 260

I've heard the same. Hit or miss. I wonder about the mail system for said items, since the delay, if any, wouldn't really matter.

Cleopatra · Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 5:57 am Post subject:

Since DVDs are small, light and unobtrusive, I suggest you carry them in your luggage rather than have them sent to you by post.

In several years coming and going from Riyadh airport, I have never once had my bags inspected, or even opened. They just pass them through an xray machine and unless they see something really dodgy (like bottle of vodka?) they are unlikely to open them. That said, you could of course be unlikely and have all of your bagge subjected to a thorough going-over. this would be unlikely, but possible.

On the other hand, if you send a large consignment of DVDs by mail, they almost certainly will receive at least a cursory inspection, and you might well find that some or all of your collection goes missing somewhere along the way.