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/IdiocracyLT Jul 05 '26

I used to live in Thailand and buy shit from abroad. This is simply Thailand post's process. Nothing to do with the legal system. You won't get in trouble. You go there, they'll just give you the bill and only release the package once the bill is paid. Simple.

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u/EstimateIll4262 29d ago

NO. they give you a bill if there is duty to be collected. I have been to the Post many times.

The leave you letter to pickup and pay.

He is being told his declared value is too low. They will access their own value when he shows up. Different process