rooster59 Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 Customs seize 100 million baht of fake sports shoes Image: Sanook In an ongoing crackdown on pirated goods entering and being sold in Thailand the Customs and Excise department announced a seizure of 70,000 pairs of sports shoes worth 100 million baht. The department raided a warehouse in the Sri Nakharin Road in Muang district of Samut Prakarn. A Chinese caretaker was arrested. The haul included famous brands such as Nike, Adidas and Converse and the shoes had entered the country through the Bangkok port on February first from China. Customs and Excise said that in the year since January 2016 they had made 969 arrests and seized goods to the value of 122 million baht in the crackdown on pirated merchandise. Source: Sanook -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-02-04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 I guess customs new exactly where all this fake stuff is a s they probably well let it in for a "fee" in the first place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted February 3, 2017 Share Posted February 3, 2017 The pickle of the question now what are they going to with 70,000 pairs of runners? were them all themselves they can't, the only solution will be to burn them, or give them to the soldiers for free to wear.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Well that has buggered up my chance of getting free NIKE running shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doremifasol Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Then they bust your balls for a pack of imported, good quality supplements for personal use! F#@&%$! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai3 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 so it was the caretakers fault then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul18620 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 give them away to the barstool warriors in Pattaya so they can run away from their bar lady girlfriends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brer Fox Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 I think the thing that gets up the nostrils of the government is that these fake shoes were manufactured in China. Had they had been manufactured in Thailand and exported to other countries that would be OK because the manufacturing and exports stats would show up better. Not to mention the local content opportunities for commissions for the "connected". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 they didn't pay the 'fee' so they put the boot in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Fake shoes!............are they for fake feet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAS21 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 My wife's relative has a shoe company ... he gave me a couple of pairs. Stamped on the inside ... Made in France ... he said I'll put whatever the customer wants on the shoes and the box ... Shoes were okay, lasted well ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 4 minutes ago, JAS21 said: My wife's relative has a shoe company ... he gave me a couple of pairs. Stamped on the inside ... Made in France ... he said I'll put whatever the customer wants on the shoes and the box ... Shoes were okay, lasted well ... if the shoe fits wear it who cares where they came from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokningar Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 2 hours ago, colinneil said: Well that has buggered up my chance of getting free NIKE running shoes If you had some good friends or family working customs your chances would really go up now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 34 minutes ago, LannaGuy said: if the shoe fits wear it who cares where they came from If those very same shoes were nicely packed in a cardboard box stamped with the particular logo, and were on a store shelf in L.A., how much would they sell for, or are these all seconds from the Chinese factories? Nike trainers as well as all the rest of the overpriced footwear, are not made in the USA (YET), but maybe the quality is far inferior? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibley69 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 2 hours ago, paul18620 said: give them away to the barstool warriors in Pattaya so they can run away from their bar lady girlfriends Or maybe the old Bangkok guys..oh wait they think they can all walk on water so don't need the use of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 So I expect to see the Custom Police etc wearing new shoes soon TIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacebass Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 'A Chinese caretaker was arrested' Hilarious ,You couldn't make it up ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerostar Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 These sport shoes are possibly of similar quality as the "real" ones. Their mistake was to use Logos/Brand names of companies who make billions with their overpriced products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 It´s just good that as much as the possible of all the copies goes away. Seems like no one, but a few, here have something positive to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartman Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 100 million at the famous brands retail price off of the top of their heads i expect can we have the landed Samut Prakarn ex China worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 8 hours ago, ezzra said: The pickle of the question now what are they going to with 70,000 pairs of runners? were them all themselves they can't, the only solution will be to burn them, or give them to the soldiers for free to wear.... Exactly ezzra giving them away to the poor would be out of the question. They will likely have a burning pointing ceremony. They are not elephant tusks they are shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Easy to find 100 million baht worth of fake goods on a single floor in MBK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABloke Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 100 million at the famous brands retail price off of the top of their heads i expect can we have the landed Samut Prakarn ex China worth.Well with transport and markups etc etc and a shelf price of maybe 1000 Baht. Let,s be generous and say 200 Baht per pair...so 14 Million maybe. Maybe even less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Whats 70.000 pairs of Sports Shoes and B100 million (sounds Good) when you are trying to convince the world you are straight, no more fakes in Thailand we have cleaned our act up and so on. The problem is Thailand is Fake it's bulls rear end stuff, day after day, Those in the hot seat now, do not know the difference between the truth and lies as they have been lying all their lives and always will, but the outside world does know Its only a matter of time now. The only looser here is Thailand as China got its money and no doubt will have the replacement shipment on route by now China caretaker implies its all the Chinese fault, better than it being blamed on a Farang. Its never Thais fault is it But when it is a thais fault (Japan) it is not a serious offence LOSc and there ain't no smiles there any more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook23 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 When will customs crackdown on all the fake teeraks in pattaya 555? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisY1 Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 6 hours ago, ratcatcher said: If those very same shoes were nicely packed in a cardboard box stamped with the particular logo, and were on a store shelf in L.A., how much would they sell for, or are these all seconds from the Chinese factories? Nike trainers as well as all the rest of the overpriced footwear, are not made in the USA (YET), but maybe the quality is far inferior? Or on the shelf in Central ??.....They're there also . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dwyer Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 give them away to the barstool warriors in Pattaya so they can run away from their bar lady girlfriends Or the Pattaya tourists so they can run away from the gold snatchers !Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harleyclarkey Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Odd. Last week in MBK the stall holders, who sold fakes, were covering up their stalls as the cops were on their way. The odd thing was that they did this day after day, repeat raids which is not the norm. Time for a raise? Stupid exercise and so infantile. If you bothered to look over the screening cloth you could see all the fakes. The shoe man clearly didn't get the nod. Now, why was that I wonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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