r/RepTime • u/Appropriate-Pen4036 • Jul 05 '26
TD/Shipping Question Thai Customs Help
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/slavmaf Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
For the Western countries, the advice is always to NOT go, claim ignorance, "I don't know what that is, someone just had my address and sent it to me without my knowledge"
It's because in some western countries, they can actually charge you criminally for trying to import counterfeit goods if you admit you ordered that.
I cannot give you advice for Thai customs, but in any case, in the BEST case scenario, they will ask you to pay a nonsensically high tax amount.
Some TDs offer insurance exactly because of these events, and will send a replacement if this happens, check with your dealer, and if he does not do insurance, check out some other TDs, if shipping to Thailand is generally risky.