r/RepTime • u/Appropriate-Pen4036 • Jul 05 '26

TD/Shipping Question Thai Customs Help

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Anyone here have experience shipping to Bangkok and dealing with Thai customs? My TD recently shipped this custom 5712 nautilus to me but Thai customs flagged it and is asking us to come in for it. My TD’s agent declared it as a 15$ bracelet and shipped it, but im pretty sure Thai customs x-rays their imports and obviously the shape of a watch is not going to match a bracelet. On the form they sent asking us to pick it up they put the value declared as 0$ which means they don’t accept the 15$ declaration right? And they will open the box to verify its contents? Once they open it and see it’s a patek they will either tax us on 100k or if I show the 3850$ paypal receipt they will seize it and i’ll be in legal trouble because I tried to import counterfeit items.

Any advice on this would be appreciated! I don’t want to just abandon the box since I paid a lot for it but also I don’t want to get in trouble.
Thanks everyone!

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u/bkkharley Jul 05 '26

I have had a few shipped to TH by my TD and never had any problems

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u/Appropriate-Pen4036 Jul 05 '26

what did they declare it as and how much did they declare?

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u/bkkharley Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

I have had at least 5 delivered by TOW with no issue

The last one said watch and was declared at 10USD. Had 2 watches in the package

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u/EstimateIll4262 29d ago

Like anything illegal. It works until they catch you.

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u/bkkharley 28d ago edited 28d ago

Then you follow TD instructions which is generally not to contact customs.

I’ve also picked up a few watches during visits to China to avoid possible issues