Had a great vacation with my beautiful wife survived the snow, flood, Mexican riff-raffs, but were ultimately robbed by the TSA. How does this relate to cigars? Well guess what they took.

That's right customs found my cigars. After I was randomly selected to be screened. They found the cigars in my bag. Since I did not disclose them they were confiscated with all cigar paraphernalia. This included my two best cutters, my two best lighters, my ten count herf-a-dor, my five count herf-a-dor and 18 cigars including two opus x. So why did they take them...? I had five Monte Cristos and according to the TSA guy Monte Cristos are only made in cuba. It is illegal to bring Cc's into the United States. I explained that they were not from cuba and were bought in the USA. I did not disclose them because you only have to disclose PURCHASES! He called me a liar because he knows Cuban products when he sees them. Then he said if I could prove they were purchased in the United States I could keep them. I showed him photos from when I got them, receipts of purchase, and tracking info that showed showed "from" and "to" locations. To which he replied "none of that is sufficient proof". I asked what he would consider proof and he replied "something more reliable". Then I admit I lost my cool a little and asked him what he knew about the fourth amendment and search and seizure. He replied "that is not relevant". The rest of our conversation is too painful to repeat but wow! I read every document they gave me and researched every thing I could think of and everything points to... this guy was an idiot.

Any ways happy travels to all

And you didn't demand a supervisor?

Or tell him you were friends with KingoftheCove?

Good thing they work so hard keeping weapons and terrorists out. 🐴 [frypan]

^ yeah how many times have they done that?

Cuban cigars have the " Habana,Cuba" on the cigar band. The TSA agent should have known this.
Getting PO never helps and you should have asked for a supervisor.
Looks like this TSA agent is a thief. BTW,what airport was this? X [frypan]

Flaunting your "favored" status again eh.......

+1

Oh I asked for a supervisor, (that never showed up) but eventually I had to catch my shuttle and did not have time to argue.

I did not mention platinum but when he found my badge he chastised me because I should know better.

The TSA agent SHOULD have known A LOT that he did not. This was so ridiculous I actually thought I was on candid camera or something. There were also two other TSA agent there that obviously disagreed with him but were not willing to challenge him.

Officious officials...the worst public servants ... although they often are, will never admit they are wrong or incompetent...

TSA job application
Line 1
Please print your name :
Line 2
Are you a moron?
Line 3
If you answered "yes" to question 2, you're hired.

I don't get why/how they were able to take the Opus, let alone your other cigars and accessories?
Isn't there any recourse here?
The Montes I can sort of understand, cause he's a moron..........unfortunately......you got the super moron........thief.

Hope the agent gets deek cancer.

then grows another one

and that one gets dock cancer too

with warts

Sorry to hear that B.

I'm not trying to add insult to injury here . . .

You got an A-Hole D-Bag Bully TSA for sure.
My next door neighbors are TSA (her) and a US Border Agent (him)

TSA can't confiscate cigars or cutters. AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TSA they can take your cutters.
Lighters are a DEF NO-NO. You can never bring them on a plane. Checked or carry-on.
You probably lost the return of the herfidors when you blew your cool.

There is ABSOLUTELY NO way to test if a cigar is Cuban. Remove all bands the next time you fly.

As much as I hate to say this, the Supervisor would have cleared everything up and you may have left satisfied.



Next time, lose the sandals, shave the beard, and ditch the turban.
They will leave you alone.

Total bummers!

Sounds like BSadler needs some CBid lovin'! [hug]

There's an MFR laying around somewhere....

+1

I apologize I have wrongfully blamed the innocent. It was not the TSA. That is who I was looking at when I was typing that post. It was customs when I was getting off the cruise ship and coming into America.

Thanks to bluedude. Your"insult to injury" is what made me double check and realize I had goofed. To be honest the TSA was actually a breeze.