Airline Passengers Flying Into Thailand To Get Fake-Goods Warning

[Ripple]

What is it April 1st??

I imagine they are simply afraid of others bringing fake goods being of a better quality.

[dru2]

Stopping China importing fakes? Where do you think Thai counterfeiters get their better copies from?

Edited September 1, 2012 by dru2

[Dap]

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[GeorgeO]

is this the joke of the week?you cant be serious what they want to do is stop all the sub standad electrical goods coming from you know where.amazing

No, whilst it is totally ludicrous, the joke of the week is the awarding of a two-year suspended sentence to someone who killed nine people whilst in illegal possession and control of a vehicle....!!

[Mosha]

This topic belongs in the jokes forum.

[stiggy]

Will this include breast implants, as some would argue these are also fake goods?

[radiochaser]

Maybe a little off topic but please indulge me, I am a newbie after all!

Here goes: A few years ago a Thai friend who is a genius IT expert was asked to "fix" the whole computer system of the province's "men in brown" headquarters. My friend did it dirt cheap (he saw it as some kind of civic duty), but he was laughing his head off when he told me that not one single computer had a genuine Windows running.

Now the funny/ironic part: a few month later -during one of these famous "crackdowns"- the same "men in brown" accompanied by the International Software "Gestapo" mistakenly raided his small IT shop and tried to fine him 200,000 Baht for using some pirated software...

Of course the "men in brown" team soon realized that they were actually raiding their own computer expert. Embarrassing as the "IT Gestapo" was present, but they managed to reduce the fine to a mere 20,000 Baht "warning", actually a little less then he had been paid by them a few month ago to upgrade their whole HQ with pirated software.

Fair enough maybe, but then a few days later these same officials came back, this time asking him to fix some issues and to install additional pirated software, they also wanted some free porn, but that was of course for personal use.

By then my friend had learned his lesson and had borrowed heavily to go totally legit. So, unwisely maybe, he declined. Result: he is still now on their sh%t list, and gets raided constantly.

Real TiT story, funnily sad and ironic maybe, but unbiased I hope.

I was in Pantip (is this the correct name) downtown Bangkok one day a few years ago. One of the big stores had two versions of Windows XP for sale. One was advertised as, Windows XP $100.00 (Bhat equivalent), the other was advertised as, Genuine Windows XP $350.00 (B. equivalent). Both advertisements were sitting on the same counter about 12 inches apart.

I asked one of the clerks about it. He told me the cheaper version was made in Thailand, but was the same as the more expensive "Genuine" version.

[sjjmmi]

Maybe a little off topic but please indulge me, I am a newbie after all!

Here goes: A few years ago a Thai friend who is a genius IT expert was asked to "fix" the whole computer system of the province's "men in brown" headquarters. My friend did it dirt cheap (he saw it as some kind of civic duty), but he was laughing his head off when he told me that not one single computer had a genuine Windows running.

Now the funny/ironic part: a few month later -during one of these famous "crackdowns"- the same "men in brown" accompanied by the International Software "Gestapo" mistakenly raided his small IT shop and tried to fine him 200,000 Baht for using some pirated software...

Of course the "men in brown" team soon realized that they were actually raiding their own computer expert. Embarrassing as the "IT Gestapo" was present, but they managed to reduce the fine to a mere 20,000 Baht "warning", actually a little less then he had been paid by them a few month ago to upgrade their whole HQ with pirated software.

Fair enough maybe, but then a few days later these same officials came back, this time asking him to fix some issues and to install additional pirated software, they also wanted some free porn, but that was of course for personal use.

By then my friend had learned his lesson and had borrowed heavily to go totally legit. So, unwisely maybe, he declined. Result: he is still now on their sh%t list, and gets raided constantly.

Real TiT story, funnily sad and ironic maybe, but unbiased I hope.

I was in Pantip (is this the correct name) downtown Bangkok one day a few years ago. One of the big stores had two versions of Windows XP for sale. One was advertised as, Windows XP $100.00 (Bhat equivalent), the other was advertised as, Genuine Windows XP $350.00 (B. equivalent). Both advertisements were sitting on the same counter about 12 inches apart.

I asked one of the clerks about it. He told me the cheaper version was made in Thailand, but was the same as the more expensive "Genuine" version.

LOL

[chuang]

What about bringing them out of thailand....

[FarangTalk]

They cannot be serious, they are making Thailand a laughing stock with their stupid proclamations. One thing Thailand is the hub of. Fakes

Making?

[MarkCyr]

Yeah, I remember reading this news scribbled on the wall somewhere in Phantip Plaza and in Tuk.com down in Pattaya. lmao

[spidermike007]

How about cracking down Panthip, MBK Pratunam first?

But why? It has always been about the cash. Most Thai people are inherently honest. Until they are dealing with alot of money. Then things change. The temptation is too great. The officials are too corrupt, and way, way too rich. The power has been given to the wrong people, and they have demonstrated they cannot handle the power, and most certainly not worthy of it. So, again I ask, why would you crack down on the cash cow? Better to crack down on the farengs. Then blame can be cast aside, and the favorite sport in Thailand can be played. Casting aside blame would become an Olympic sport if the Thais had their way, and they would win alot of gold medals.

[lubbkis]

Years ago when I lived in HK I would walk to lunch with my colleagues through a rather seedy half closed shopping arcade to take a bridge to the mall where our target restaurant was. Every day a young man would approach us in this arcade and whisper in my ear "Copy watch?" (Yes. With the spoken question mark - this is the English use of tones. I digress).

After a month of this I started replying "Copy money?". One day, after about another month, I spotted him talking to his boss, obviously a red pole, before he approached, and this time he asked, "Can you really get copy money?". I shook my head and he never approached us again.

Teasing triads should only go so far.