webfact Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Customs warns of sting to seize smuggled iPhones at MBKBy Coconuts BangkokBANGKOK: -- Customs officials announced yesterday they will take a secret trip to MBK Center and randomly arrest merchants selling illegally imported, and highly demanded, iPhone 6 smartphones.Customs said it has a strict policy to crack down on smuggled iPhones, although there’s a frenzy to obtain them after Thailand was made to wait months for the newst Apple product’s arrival.If iPhone 6 sellers cannot present a license from the NBTC when requested, they will be prosecuted and have their iPhones confiscated, according to Deputy Director-General Yutthana Yimkarun.Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co//2014/09/25/customs-warns-sting-seize-smuggled-iphones-mbk-- Coconuts Bangkok 2014-09-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BigBadGeordie Posted September 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2014 Pleased they kept that secret, would not want to warn the "villians" in advance. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 (edited) Nice to tell everybody! but you have to warn your friends. Edited September 25, 2014 by clockman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post borisloosebrain Posted September 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2014 The phones will be confiscated. Lol and given to whom ? That's one way for those bastions of integrity at Customs to get their hands on a new iphone 6. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cuchulainn Posted September 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2014 This is not a rhetorical question or one for fun or sarcasm. WHY did they announce it? I mean, really? I'm not joking. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alwyn Posted September 25, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2014 A fairly secret raid by the fairly secret Customs.. They learned all they know from.. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 This is not a rhetorical question or one for fun or sarcasm. WHY did they announce it? I mean, really? I'm not joking. Only fair. They see their role as crime prevention which they take very seriously of course. They think everybody will be too scared to do this now as you never know who is a plain clothes undercover customs officer. Sneaky or what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKCanuk Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 (edited) The ministry of silly walks comes to mind. I can see the lure of bringing them in though. A friend in Hong Kong tells me that an iPhone 6 brought in from overseas has a street price of 3x the £699.00 UK price. Edited September 25, 2014 by UKCanuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuchulainn Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Never heard "Customs" and "crime prevention" in the same sentence. "Customs" and "crime", yes but definitely but "Customs" and "crime prevention" never!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamahele Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Someone should tell them it is not called a "sting" if you tell them about it first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masuk Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 The ministry of silly walks comes to mind. I can see the lure of bringing them in though. A friend in Hong Kong tells me that an iPhone 6 brought in from overseas has a street price of 3x the £699.00 UK price. What's the betting they're look-alikes? Mate of mine, newly arrived in Thailand, bought a new Samsung in BKK. The calculator was playing up, so took it to the Samsung guys here in Chiang Mai. Guess what? He'd bought a fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwak250 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 When are they available in thailand as I have got one coming end of this month whrn my sister visits if there worth bringing another one how much would it go for ?dont think 3x the amount ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Wife of a high-ranking customs official: "Teerak, I have to have an i-phone 6 now, before our neighbor can get it, do something. I mean it...!" Husband: "Not to worry, I have a plan..." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickirs Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 "... randomly arrest merchants selling illegally imported, and highly demanded, iPhone 6 smartphones." Randomly? Does this mean some guilty merchants will not be arrested based on some random event? The author probably meant that merchants will be randomly checked for iPhone 6 licenses. But even then, why not check with all of them? Half-baked law enforcement only results in half-baked arrests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Customs have gotta be kidding, uh? Or this some sort of media stunt? Or, maybe, just gross incompetence? The mind boggles! C'est la vie in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thairastawoman Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 So people are still stupid to buy an overpriced ridiculous iphone ? People just deserve what happens to them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 (edited) The ministry of silly walks comes to mind. I can see the lure of bringing them in though. A friend in Hong Kong tells me that an iPhone 6 brought in from overseas has a street price of 3x the £699.00 UK price. What's the betting they're look-alikes? Mate of mine, newly arrived in Thailand, bought a new Samsung in BKK. The calculator was playing up, so took it to the Samsung guys here in Chiang Mai. Guess what? He'd bought a fake. He could have done worse. Might have bought an overpriced underwhelming iPhone 6! Edit: Grammar Edited September 25, 2014 by lvr181 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilymat Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 The ministry of silly walks comes to mind. I can see the lure of bringing them in though. A friend in Hong Kong tells me that an iPhone 6 brought in from overseas has a street price of 3x the £699.00 UK price. Blimey.....my phone cost 999 baht 5 years ago and still working. Drag me out of the stone age. Maybe not, at those prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis7 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Damn the price will go up now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon999 Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 The ones in the photo are UK models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baerboxer Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 (edited) Never heard "Customs" and "crime prevention" in the same sentence. "Customs" and "crime", yes but definitely but "Customs" and "crime prevention" never!! Think about it - a clue for you JOKE!! Given the Thai propensity, and that would be all government agencies, police, customs and every body else, of issuing warnings before they do anything. BTW - HMRC have a duty to prevent smuggling i.e catch the perps and maybe that will warn a few off. I think most Customs work on that theory, the more you catch the less will try. How effective that is in practice of course is a different story. Bit like Chalerm saying he would don a disguise to arrest Suthep. No one takes them seriously but in the mind they somehow think a few might be scared off. Edited September 25, 2014 by Baerboxer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khonlanna Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 The ministry of silly walks comes to mind. I can see the lure of bringing them in though. A friend in Hong Kong tells me that an iPhone 6 brought in from overseas has a street price of 3x the £699.00 UK price. Blimey.....my phone cost 999 baht 5 years ago and still working. Drag me out of the stone age. Maybe not, at those prices. I don't need a cell phone. That's why I bought an iPhone. Well, I use a palm computer often when I'm out, and I make phone calls when I'm out just because I can make a phone call using an iPhone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 The ministry of silly walks comes to mind. I can see the lure of bringing them in though. A friend in Hong Kong tells me that an iPhone 6 brought in from overseas has a street price of 3x the £699.00 UK price. Blimey.....my phone cost 999 baht 5 years ago and still working. Drag me out of the stone age. Maybe not, at those prices. I don't need a cell phone. That's why I bought an iPhone. Well, I use a palm computer often when I'm out, and I make phone calls when I'm out just because I can make a phone call using an iPhone. Mmmm...........sounds like twisted logic! When you can buy a VERY cheap android phone to make a phone call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merijn Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 The ones in the photo are UK models. Or from Hong Kong as they have the same power plug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldgit Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 The ones in the photo are UK models. How do you know?As was said above they could be from Hong Kong, or even Singapore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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