Thanks TSA for loosing my hooks and a flogger in between cons. Ya fucktards.
>>5669491so sad story bro.
>>5669491what happened?
Oh shit I didn't know airlines did this. Fuck what are the chances of this happening, I really don't want them going through my stuff because of all the little things I'm gunna be packing
>>5669507
UGH I HATE when that happens. They take the rocks I collect when I travel. They also broke some of my geology tools. Fuckers.
Holy shit OP, that blows.I can imagine their face when they open mine>Clothes>Clothes everywhere>and some shoes>Everything spills out and explodes>tfw
Fuck the TSA. They haven't prevented one terrorist attack. NOT ONE. I flew back from overseas and opted out of the scanners, because I don't like those things on principle. I waited 10 minutes for someone to give me a pat down. No one else was in front of me for a pat down, and there were TSA officers everywhere who weren't screening or moving crowds, just chatting. They tried to talk me out of a pat down several times. I had to talk to 3 separate officers just to say I wanted to opt out of the scanners. The last officer acted like I was a moron for not wanting to go through the scanner. Talked down to me like I was fucking 12 years old, trying to convince me. I finally had to straight up tell him "No, I want a pat down. I will not go through the scanner and you do not have the authority to make me." Then I had to wait while he shouted "OPT OUT. OPT OUT." and gave me a look of complete disdain. Ugh.The lady who actually gave me a pat down was very nice, but she kept trying to get me to go behind one of those privacy screens, even after I told her that I didn't want to. She seemed apologetic for how the other officer had acted, and I know that she didn't put these policies into place. The whole process was completely unnerving, though.Welcome to America! Fuck your privacy and be prepared to be treated like a criminal for no reason whatsoever!
>>5669513I've never flown before, sorry if that's a common happening. I knew they xray it and shit but I didn't think they'd actually did through it unless a drug dog or something set it off.
>>5669507And that is why you don't put anything you don't want to lose in your checked baggage.The TSA is staffed by idiots.Hell they keep catching the inspectors STEALING from bags
>>5669528>Fuck the TSA. They haven't prevented one terrorist attack. NOT ONE. How do you know?(I didn't read the rest of your post for.. reasons..)
>>5669529Each time i pack a hairdryer in my luggage I get one of those search slips. Apparently it looks too much like a gun in the Xrays. Luckily never had anything damage or missing.
What are hooks and floggers?Is this cosplay code for something?
Fuck off. The government can do whatever it wants.
One time I was stuck somewhere for two weeks with only about 4 days worth of clean clothes, so by the end of the two weeks my laundry was pretty rank.I guess someone at the airport decided to search my luggage (it had one of those slips on it when I went to pick it up), which included a pile of hastily packed dirty underwear.Serves them right, lol
>>5669543http://bangordailynews.com/2011/11/17/politics/congressman-%E2%80%98tsa-has-not-prevented-any-attacks%E2%80%99/That's just an article I found when I googled, I can't seem to find the one I read originally. No need to read the rest of my post, it's just me bitching about the TSA when I flew back from overseas.
>>5669586>Bangor Daily NewsAs a Mainer, I feel the need to tell you that they are utter shit.
>>5669612Thanks for letting me know. I tried googling the headline of the article I read originally and this was the first one to come up. I believe the article I read was in the NY Times, but when I searched the site I couldn't find it. My apologies for posting something from a source that is not reputable.
>friends mom smuggles entire legs of jamon iberico/serrano from Spain to the USA on a bi-monthly basis>this has been going on for 7 years>she still hasn't been caught/they haven't been confiscated yetI don't know how she does it.I've done flowers/plants, meats, cheeses and breads, and the one time I got bitched at/caught was the time where a TSA agent decided a can of gravy wasn't ok and I had to give it up. (lolwut)
>>5669586I guess I'm missing the part when it says that "all even slightly possible attacks are reported to the public when foiled" and "all attackers, that would have otherwise tried, would not have turned away and continued to try".I dunno.. Maybe there's a list of "guess what possibly innocent object we found in this guy's bag that we took for him that he could have killed everyone with if he had a mind to".You can't know what someone wanted to do but didn't think they could get away with.That's like saying that metal detectors at low-crime schools have not stopped one kid ever from bringing a gun to school. You can't know about the kid who would have, because he didn't bring it.I'm not saying the TSA is effective and worth the money. I'm saying your argument is ineffective.
>>5669656You couldn't even get that shit legally here before 2007
>>5669528You are the reason America is so incredibly annoying. Flying is a privelage that should be regulated. You don't want "terrorists" to have the ability to hijack planes yet you don't want to give up a basic right that allows them to do so. You spoiled fuck.God you're an idiot.The guy was shitty to you because you're a prick.
I put a pair of those plastic blade scissors they make for kids into my sewing kit instead of my normal scissors. Apparently plastic stuff that has rounded edges and can't cut skin is bad, because I was grilled on what I planned to do with the scissors in the sewing kit. They didn't believe me when I said "uh, work on my cosplay?" They confiscated them and let me get on the plane so I just snipped threads with a "much less dangerous" pair of nail clippers.TSA are there to steal things from bags, sexually assault people (including children), and masturbate to naked pix of them taken by the scanners. That's all.
>>5669664 cont'dI mean come on..>“TSA has not prevented any attacks,” Broun said. “It’s just been very fortunate that we’ve had no attacks.”Really? 'There were no attacks therefore none are being prevented by the TSA!'It would be more accurate to say that "there have been few/no attempted attacks, so it's hard to say whether the TSA could have prevented them because the opportunity has yet to arise so we may be wasting funding and upsetting people for things that may not happen".
the tsa scanners can easily be beaten. i'm surprised no one has brought that up yet.
>>5669693>masturbate Their boners will shrink so hard it'll become their asshole when they see my naked, disgusting body on screen.
Once, I waited for about 30 minutes at baggage claim for my luggage, and it never showed, so I went to ask somebody about it. I was told that my bag had been lost during a transfer between airports, when my flights were fucking connected and they were responsible for it. They kept looking at me like OH GOD WHY IS SHE EVEN BOTHERING US WITH THIS, acting annoyed, and even fucking _lecturing_ me for "not keeping track of it."After about an hour of this, I was told it was somewhere over the pacific ocean and that I wouldn't get it back for weeks (incidentally, it contained pretty much all the clothes I owned). I turn around to leave the airport and I see it, open, with my clothes spilling out all over the floor, in the middle of the baggage claim room, with one of those notes thrown in there.Fuck the TSA.
I flew up to exhibit at Emerald City Comicon this last weekend, and when I went to unpack at my booth I discovered that the TSA had opened/inspected some of my boxes of prints and books, banging up some of them in the process. Thanks guys! I appreciate you making my merch un-sellable!
>>5669735> I was told it was somewhere over the pacific ocean and that I wouldn't get it back for weeks (incidentally, it contained pretty much all the clothes I owned).That's where I would have broken down.. Actually, right here>and even fucking _lecturing_ me for "not keeping track of it."I wouldn't have been nice and told them to shut the fuck up with that nonsenseBut I'm so scared my clothes will get lost.. I'm making an overseas trip and that's just.. So scary..What the fuck do people do in those situations when all their shit has been lost for weeks!?
If you declare a firearm in your checked baggage at the time of check in (it can be a starter pistol or a flare gun or an actual gun if you want) the TSA will do a check of your baggage with you present and you can properly lock your bags (read: you can use good locks that aren't those shitty "TSA approved locks"). Your stuff will then be immune to any further checks by both TSA and airline. If you're really worried about something going missing or breaking, this is how you go around it. Obviously not going to be good if you're trying to smuggle stuff through.Please make sure to have proper containers for the "firearm" in question.
>>5669528I hate TSA as well but what you just said makes no sense. How do you know a terrorist attack hasn't been prevented?
>>5669783And obviously if you're going to go this route, show up earlier than you normally would to allow for the TSA check.
>>5669710Are you talking about pancakes?
I saw a TSA officer yell at a small girl, couldn't have been older than 12, maybe 13, for not removing her shoes quickly enough for scanning. Turns out she had some sort of mental disability and burst into tears. It made the wait even longer and he didn't apologize to her or her parents.
>>5669789>>5669702do some reading. start with Bruce Schneier. The TSA is exactly as effective as previous airline security and the nude scanners are literally nothing but a waste of money(and your dignity)>>5669735>>5669783Do not put anything in your checked luggage you would like to lose; that is an iron clad rule. Consider anything in your checked luggage disposable. I fly at least once a month; I'd rather buy anything I need on site because it's cheaper than a checked bag and/or losing said bag. PROTIP: overnighting a 40lb parcel is cheaper than a checked bag 9/10 times. Overnight your dufflebag, it's 100x safer and protected by federal mail theft laws. not to mention you can get it insured.>>5669739This, you can make a claim for- there's a bit of paperwork, its called a tort claim, but its actually much easier if you have damaged merchandise and TSA slip, than if something just got stolen or lost.Also, mail it to the con. why are you paying to check it in an airplane? do it more than once or twice in a quarter and you can even negotiate rates with Fedex. Not so much USPS but hey. Or go the other way and carry on your merch and check you clothes. Either way, check nothing you do not feel you can lose gracefully. You are literally just plain lucky if your valuables make it through the belly of a passenger plane
>>5669841>PROTIP: overnighting a 40lb parcel is cheaper than a checked bag 9/10 times.for real?
>>5669841Seriously, the firearms thing works. That and if you actually want to bring your guns with you this is what you're going to have to do. I doubt this board has a lot of people who have touched one minus a few of the military guys and enthusiasts though.
Anyone have experience driving between Canada/US to various cons?I've never done it but to me that just seems like a more secure option against losing luggage.
>>5669849I would really like to see where a 40 pound object overnighted is going to ship for less than the price of a checked bag. I'm going to call bullshit.
>>5669849No. I had some costume shit overnighted to me when I forgot them during my visit in California. It cost $100 to overnight the box. A checked bag on most flights is $25-35.
>>5669872>>5669874thought so.
>>5669874Wait. You have to pay to bring luggage on planes now? I have been living outside of the US for years and this is the first time I have heard anything like that.
>>5669858I always drive to cons if I can. 1) Fuck yeah road trips and 2) safe and secure.
>>5669886On a lot of airlines, yes. Some airlines, such as Southwest, no; but Delta, American Airlines and others, totally.
>>5669886This is for checked luggage where you drop it off and they haul it around for you and you pick it up at baggage claims. You can still bring on carry-on luggage if it fits in the specifications, a fact I abuse to the fullest. The one airline with a free checked bag for domestic flights is Southwest. Every other carrier now charges for checked baggage. There are rumblings that some airlines want to charge for carry on too. Eat a dick, airlines. You're not even handling the bag! I am!
>>5669849fedex overnight starts at $19 for a 5lb parcel.United bag fees start at $25 if you're a member, $0 if not.YMMV
>>5669841Overnighting a 40 lb package is going to cost you like 60 dollars....
>>5669903oops $40 if not a member>>5669874>>5669872fedex, bitches. $19 a package base cost. do your own math. I regularly overnight my suits and presentation materials for <$30 when I travel. Suits are worth $4-500 a piece(I'm poor), the presentation materials are irreplaceable and do not fit in anything but a portfolio.>not getting your shit stolen or fucked up>priceless
>>5669903Who packs 5lb luggage
>>5669571http://www.londonfetishscene.com/wipi/index.php/Floggerhttp://www.londonfetishscene.com/wipi/index.php/Butt_hook
>>5669916>Overnighting a 40 lb package is going to cost you like 60 dollars....>>5669735>Once, I waited for about 30 minutes at baggage claim for my luggage, and it never showed, so I went to ask somebody about it. I was told that my bag had been lost during a transfer between airports, when my flights were fucking connected and they were responsible for it. They kept looking at me like OH GOD WHY IS SHE EVEN BOTHERING US WITH THIS, acting annoyed, and even fucking _lecturing_ me for "not keeping track of it."After about an hour of this, I was told it was somewhere over the pacific ocean and that I wouldn't get it back for weeks (incidentally, it contained pretty much all the clothes I owned). I turn around to leave the airport and I see it, open, with my clothes spilling out all over the floor, in the middle of the baggage claim room, with one of those notes thrown in there.congrats on $20 saved!!1!
>>5669923I really want to see where you're getting that $19 quote from
>>5669886Spirit has the carry-on fee, and so will another one (forgot whom)
>>5669937Lmao just kidding, that was 60 dollars for a 40 lb package shipped priority.I can't even find a quote for a 40 lb package with luggage dimensions being shipped overnight.
what are these nude scanners you people are talking about?
>>5669939>>5669939https://www.fedex.com/ratefinder/home$19 is the base for a flat package
>>5669964New body scanners from the TSA. They basically can x-ray through your clothes and the image is shown to an officer in a "secure" room. They kind of blur private areas, but not really. They are very controversial in the states and have caused a bit of an uproar with TSA officers making attractive women go through the scanner multiple times, saving images that are supposed to be deleted immediately, and leaking images.
>>5669965cool if you're using a fedex envelope. useless for the thread at hand
>>5669965Let me just cram 2 weeks worth of clothes, shoes and toiletries into a flat parcel, shall I?
>>5669977>leaked images>thinks those photoshopped images are legit
>>5670000You mean the 100 leaked images? I did a quick google and couldn't find any articles about them being fake. Could you toss me a link? Nice trips, btw.
>>5670012>trips>four digits
>>5670019Goddammit I'm an idiot.
>>5669991by all means, check them in to the airline. I don't care what happens to your luggage.
>>5670054I would like to see documentation to your claims that you can ship XX pounds of kit for $XX via FedEx. Maybe your last three reciepts of your shipments?
>>5670054You were asked to prove that you can ship luggage for less than it costs to let the airline deal with it.You then posted that you can ship an envelope overnight for the same price.Well, I can get three chicken blt meals from mcdonalds for that price.And that's just about as helpful to me as your 19 dollar envelope.
I can tell you Delta charges approximately $50 EACH WAY to check a bag. I paid it when I checked in, thinking it was $50 round trip. When I went to go home and they said "$50" I was really shocked. The worst part is, you're already at the airport in a city far from home, so you're fucked. You pretty much have to check the bag.Fuck them. I'd rather have to stuff clothes in a big purse or backpack and wash them by hand in the hotel sink than to ever check a bag ever again.Friend had stuff for their booth in a checked bag on a flight. Stuff got messed up, wrinkled, and a couple things broken/damaged from TSA searches.
>>5670184The first bag you check with Delta is free, though.
>>5670184Wow, you got ripped off. Usually for one checked bag, it's around 25 dollars. The steepest I've seen was still only 35
>>5670184Did you have an elephant in your bag
>>5670191Do you have to sign up for something? It prompted me when I checked in for my flight, if I checked a bag it would be $50. It wasn't an oversize or overweight bag, either.
>>5670184air canada is $25 each way... one carry on is free.and every time I have flown with them, they have run out of space for carry on.
>>5670223WutUsually you pay an attendant directly
>>5670232What are you talking about?I just looked it up. If you fly within the US and are flying economy, it's $25/bag. You have to upgrade to get the free checked bag. Who knows, maybe I did get ripped off.
>>5670223>>5670191>>5670197I flew Delta in Jan and I had to pay $25 each way for my first and only checked bag. Pretty sure it says so on the site too. Pic related.
The scanners don't show you naked. And I assure you, no one gives a fuck about your naked body. You're not the only person on earth who's naked under your clothes, no one is dying to get a peak.http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/human_nature/2011/07/fully_digital_penetration.html
>>5670289If there hadn't been multiple reports of TSA officers abusing the new scanners, I might be inclined to believe you.
>>5670254somehow i am amused by the fact that it costs $25 within the U.S. but if you go from U.S. to mexico it's free
>>5669954What the shit is this about going overnight? Did you plan your cosplay last-minute? Did you buy your ticket yesterday for the con tomorrow?Send your luggage 3-4 days in advance and pay the lowest rate to send them. Hint: It will be there when you get there
>>5670289Scanners don't show you "nekkid" but they do show if you're trans, if you've have any kinds of implants or devices, if you have piercings, and a whole host of other things that are embarassing, personal, or even dangerous to reveal to strangers with a GED and absolute power over you.My mom has a ton of staples in her due to a car accident. She looks normal and doesn't want anyone to see how fucked up she is under her clothes, or have them pull her out to look at her scars and determine that, yes, the metal is embedded in her body.
>>5670289You uh... enjoying that Kool-Aid, jackass?
>overnighting packageswuuuuuuut. Just send it a week or so in advance at regular rates. Of course, the only reason I'm considering doing that is because I've got family in the area to hold it for me. If you have to ship to the hotel, they might not be willing to hold on to it for you.
>>5669841>overnighting a 40lb parcel is cheaper than a checked bagOvernight service starts at like $20 for USPS/UPS/Fedex for a letter. A _letter_. Checking a bag domestically is what, $25?You could try UPS/Fedex ground if you ship it a week or so in advance, but just fyi they treat packages just as shit as airline baggage people do
>>5670371Wat.Hypothetical situation bro.One dumbass bragged about shipping luggage through fedex for cheaper than sending it through the airline, which is completely bogus.And even so, sending a 50 lb luggage sized box anywhere at any time through any service is going to cost an arm and a leg.You might as well pay the airline and have it arrive the same time you do.Besides, I tend to pack shit that I need on a day to day basis. Not having that stuff for 3-4 days while my luggage is sent through the mail would be pretty inconvenient.
>>5670496Even if you sent it through the usps at the lowest possible rate, it's going to be like 50 dollars. Unless you're just mailing a couple of things and not all of your luggage?
>>5670375Y'know...I think it's pretty damn close to "nekkid" as you put it.
>>5670542Wouldn't it make sense to mail your stuff that can't fit in your carry on? Why would you mail all your stuff?
>>5670572...and here's a female one for reference. Remember this when you're getting ready to get into a scanner. Enjoy.
>>5669529they actually have specially trained beagles that will sniff out any type of agricultural product or meat product you may be carrying in your luggage. These dogs are most commonly found at huge international hubs.so yeah, it's not just drug dogs you have to worry about anymore. My dad and step-mom got stopped in Dallas last month because my dad had an apple in his suitcase while in Mexico, but had eaten it before even leaving to head home. The dog still smelled it on the bag, and I guess agents flipped their shit and demanded that all suitcases be opened up.
>>5670592is she braless during the scan? pretty sure her breasts wouldn't hang that way in a bra, and wouldn't the underwire show up anyway?..
>>5670638>>5670638She could be, not everyone wears a bra or underwire bra.
>>5670592>>5670572That sure is nekkid, if i ever dun see nekkid myself, i tells ya!In all seriousness though, that is extremely naked looking.
>>5670634>dogs trained to sniff stuff, sniffing eachothers buttsQUALITY TSA TRAINING, EVERYONE.jkjk I can see that they're still puppies
>>5670511 You could try UPS/Fedex ground if you ship it a week or so in advance, but just fyi they treat packages just as shit as airline baggage people doFedEx Ground is actually subcontracted out to independent contractors and not regular FedEx staff. So be warned.
>>5670634HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGHHHHHHHHH
>>5670579To bypass using/paying for the airline's baggage check?I can see mailing props or other items to yourself so you don't have to cram it into your suitcase, but using fedex or usps instead of baggage check for all of your luggage is just ridiculous.
