Customs DIDN'T steal gifts in post Phnom Penh
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Re: Customs steal gifts in post Phnom Penh
I'm an optimist, so I think this "could" be down to a bad description over the phone, so far.Mick wrote:To be fair if they tell us there is only 3 children's plastic watches doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out we are being scammed
It seems like it would be a lot of hassle to go and buy you watches to replace the ones they have allegedly stolen from you, when it would be easier to tell you they disappeared.
Also, I've never heard of this particular scam from customs, so it makes me think they just described them poorly over the phone.
Anything is possible, but I wouldn't call it a scam yet based on some postal worker's description of them over the phone and without seeing them first.
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Re: Customs steal gifts in post Phnom Penh
Very true General I hope your right and genius look up the real website bud www.nixon.com and see they don't start at $30 at all
Re: Customs steal gifts in post Phnom Penh
The watches on the Nixon homepage certainly look like they are made of plastic. Perhaps that's the confusion.
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I hope it's just confusion magic I'll wait and see fingers crossedjmagic wrote:The watches on the Nixon homepage certainly look like they are made of plastic. Perhaps that's the confusion.
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Re: Customs steal gifts in post Phnom Penh
To be fair, you're getting a second hand translation of a Khmer conversation.
They might have swapped them out with plastic mickey mouse watches, but without collecting them, how will anyone every know? Are you going to just leave them there and never find out what is going on?
If anything, they're probably more interested in charging the addressee import taxes for imported luxury goods.
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Re: Customs steal gifts in post Phnom Penh
Just go and bloody collect them. Why send watches to Cambodia anyway. You can’t eat them.
Re: Customs steal gifts in post Phnom Penh
It was a Cambodian they told the watches are plastic and yes they will go have a look and see if they are the watches we sent and if not they will tell them to send back to me and fill out paperwork to say they are not what was sent then Australia post will investigate and worl out compensation apparentlyepidemiks wrote:To be fair, you're getting a second hand translation of a Khmer conversation.
They might have swapped them out with plastic mickey mouse watches, but without collecting them, how will anyone every know? Are you going to just leave them there and never find out what is going on?
If anything, they're probably more interested in charging the addressee import taxes for imported luxury goods.
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Hey guys I want to apologize to Khmer customs no one stole the real watches the real ones just turned up you guys were right I feel like a fool I will have learn to stop jumping to conclusions
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For some people that is the only exercise they get..
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Now that's funny! Being an optimist is a lot more fun, and sometimes you're actually right!Mick wrote:Hey guys I want to apologize to Khmer customs no one stole the real watches the real ones just turned up you guys were right I feel like a fool I will have learn to stop jumping to conclusions
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