elprimerozen Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Hi to all members! As you all know i have been dealing with reps for many years now ......so here it goes: 30 days ago i have made an order from my trusted dealer in china.....a gmt2....the watch was packed and send out with EMS.....it was stoped in GREECE Thessaloniki in customs....nobody informed me by telephone that the watch was stoped...when i contact customs they said that it is a High value replica and they have to destroy it....the will send me a document that they destroy the watch and i have to pay also a fee because its ilegal.....hehehe! I told my dealer that the watch was seized by customs and send me out a NEW gmt2 7 days ago...he did it because we have so many years of friendly reactions and many many many watches send out to me.....so the second watch was send to me with DHL and NEW ad and name.....the same sad thing hapened.....today DHL contact me to say that i have to pay 45 euros to DHL and i have to wait for customs to open the package and give me a fee.....or destroy it or i dont know what they want to do..... So i have to INFORM my friends from GREECE that custom are gone crazy in GREECE......and watch out when you order from china....... So 2 Rolies are on the wrist of some f....ing custom motherf.....rs......beware!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seafoam Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 WOW, that sucks! Sorry for your loss! The customs issue in Chicago recently has detoured me from ordering from the dealers. That and their process are getting out of control! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elprimerozen Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Yea it realy sucks! when you wait for something like this and its seized.....it hurts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Reps are one thing; what if it were a high dollar build or a gen! That would be a pretty significant loss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elprimerozen Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Maybe it has to do with this crazy crisis in GREECE.....nothing comes in GREECE ......and when they see a BOX from china they open it...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 My god mate, that is really a very bad situation. Good to read from you by the way :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elprimerozen Posted July 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 I know Stephane.....its bad....but this is the rep life...hehehe.....and rep life goes on....no customs can stop us!! Its realy nice to talk with you again Steph!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 I know Stephane.....its bad....but this is the rep life...hehehe.....and rep life goes on....no customs can stop us!! Its realy nice to talk with you again Steph!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 So now they are stopping Yours too, like in the rest of strict continental EU for the last Years already. Looks like You will have to start paying the (working) triangle shipping fees to get them safely and deal with the 3-4 weeks waiting time. And You´re here for long, almost 9 Years, wow. Good luck for the next one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panasol Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Same thing happened with me about two months ago... I ordered 3 watches from my TD and I received a phone call from DHL that they are gonna have to open the package and make an estimation of the value so I'll pay in order to let it go... No Matter what I told them (they are gifts from a friend etc) nothing worked.. I contacted my TD and we agreed to a refund.. My next order was sent with simple airmail... No issues at all.. It took 2 weeks to arrive in Greece but everything went smooth... Στάλθηκε από το SM-G925F μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronoluvvv Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 hmm so you called customs to ask about your watch ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panasol Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 I called and asked why my package was stopped.. And they replied that they have to open it and see what's inside.. And then they will estimate the cost in order to release it... I told them that the watches are gifts from a friend back from the ERA of university and I never called them back to negotiate it Στάλθηκε από το SM-G925F μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denimhead Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Sadly guys anything which has China as the country of origin will be scanned more thoroughly and also i think the customs guys have cottoned onto what the package is likely to be be, so they either keep it for themselves or sell them on. I'm now doing more and more trans shipping on a daily basis for guys in the EU. If the package comes from the UK then they tend to just pass through without any issues. Same in Germany,Scandinavia etc Cheers DH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panasol Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 My suggestion after my sad experience is this one : if you are afraid that you will face customs issues, go for the simple "air mail" It's cheaper and much more safe than courier services like ems, DHL, ups etc etc Στάλθηκε από το SM-G925F μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elprimerozen Posted July 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 I just heared today Prime Minister of Greece talking on europian parliament......he said that he gave an order to customs to search almost everithing that comes inside Greece to deal with illegal items and rep items.....so now we have to be carefull in Greece.....and this crisis is going on and on ..even to customs.....so for me now its triangle delivery from now on. BTW thanks for your replies.!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbh Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Greece is an import driven economy and as such I'm sure they rely heavily of import duties, especially now in this time of crisis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chronoluvvv Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 someone told me China's stocks lost a serious chunka change this Q3 maybe now they'll stop paying their debtor nations' customs salaries ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GenTLe Posted July 14, 2015 Report Share Posted July 14, 2015 I heard that Germany imposed Tsipras to hire German guys in the customs... :-p (just joking mates, I'm plenty of colleagues and friends in Athens and I'm really feeling bad for them ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now