Airline Passengers Flying Into Thailand To Get Fake-Goods Warning

[sjjmmi]

Amazing Thailand

[bigbamboo]

I love Thai politics. It's the funniest show in town.

[sirchai]

If they can do this, then why don't they give a a warning about the Jet Ski's

And the fake girls......

[JulesMad]

What if you bought these goods in Thailand (pretty good chance!), fly to Farang-land, and return in the same (washed!) clothes and with the same belongings (PC, phone and what not). I guess you will have to keep receipts for everything

Impossible to verify and enforce! It will never work, as nobody will pass Customs anymore

[MaxLee]

How about cracking down Panthip, MBK Pratunam first?

[Thaddeus]

I love Thai politics. It's the funniest show in town.

It doesn't even need over dubbing with boiiing noises and drum rolls.

[jimbeam1]

Wouldn't a warning against buying counterfeits in Thailand, and then taking them home to Farangland, be more relevant ?

Either way it's the stupidest policy ever enabled or the journalist completely misunderstood the entire story.

Take your pick.

I particularly liked, that the announcement will be made when the plane is inbound to Thailand, and it's already too late to leave at home, one's French/Italian/British knock-offs of famous Thai products !

So when coming into LOL (land of laughs) don't forget to bring your fake reciepts with you.

jb1

[JulesMad]

Surely he meant get caught taking fake goods out why the hell would anyone want to bring fake goods in ? only in Thailand

I live in Thailand and I have only fake goods, so when I go out and come back in, it will be the same fake goods.

[Eureka]

Maybe he thinks all the stuff sold in the street markets is genuine Thai products and the tourists are bringing their copy Swiss watches etc to compete.

[jerrysteve]

Well Done!

Come to think of it I should stop buying pirated movies from the Philippines when I fly back here.

[belg]

hahahaha, so you can buy your crap here in thailand and bring it home, but don't you dare bring your fake handbag or watch here, you just might sell it on the streetcorner????

[DocN]

Constant denial of the truth!

[PalleBo]

Joke of the day

[Jayman]

How many fake items have you or your friends bought and used in your life. If the answer is none, then you are a very honest person.

What does using fake goods have to do with being an honest person?

[SOTIRIOS]

....much cheaper to buy them here.......what a joke....

[jcw]

How about cracking down Panthip, MBK Pratunam first?

This is what the oxy-moron is. Kind of funny when you really think about it

[cpofc]

I remember a time when the thought of someone smuggling drugs into the Kingdom would have been laughable too.

Like counterfeit goods, They only ever went out, that is, once upon a time.

Perhaps China has alot to do with it.

I know a bloke (farang) who was smuggling fake Golf Club sets into thailand, (Calloways actually), to sell to farang tourists, until his Brit supplier in HK got busted.

it is not as silly as it sounds.

Edited August 31, 2012 by cpofc

[swissman53]

You don't get it people.

It means if you are living in Thailand and go oversea with the fake Thaistuff

they will get you when you come back with exactly that what you bought in Thailand

[Jayman]

You don't get it people.

It means if you are living in Thailand and go oversea with the fake Thaistuff

they will get you when you come back with exactly that what you bought in Thailand

I think we do get it mate... that's why all the jokes...

[schondie]

Well, that's the last time I board a flight to Thailand in my Adibas trainers and Niek T-shirt.

[smedly]

Is it just me or does everyone else think of April 1st when reading Thai government announcements, it really is a comedy showcase

[Payboy]

I love Thai politics. It's the funniest show in town.

It doesn't even need over dubbing with boiiing noises and drum rolls.

Yup, but we could always use some deaf-mutes or midgets to peddle those counterfeits on Sukhumvit.

[SABloke]

What a relief!! Was begin to worry that there would be no crackdown this week

[canuckamuck]

I heard there will be similar message to flights arriving in Newcastle; warning about bringing in coal.

[Chads]

Now even in the cheap markets in Singapore, the fake products mostly come from China, not Thailand.

[Thaddeus]

I heard there will be similar message to flights arriving in Newcastle; warning about bringing in coal.

Classic

[raybal5]

This policy is entirely consistent with Thailand's 51% ownership laws. Clearly if a fake is brought into Thailand then they cannot benefit from it. Come on people; you know how important it is that only Thai citizens benefit from "genuine reproductions"

[David Barker]

The Real Story

Having an argument with a stallholder in Pantip 2 days ago about a laptop that had problems I was offered aThai made IPhone 4 with Thai software normal price 2500Bht as compen I said no so was offered the same but with android software normal price( so he said) 4500.

I said maybe you just sort the laptop and I wont go to police about Apple copies answer was no problem we all contribute to the bossman.

[Moruya]

There's a real business opportunity here for some fake, iron-on OTOP labels for re-entry (katoeys excluded).

[Suetape]

But I didn't pack my own bag.