Airport customs

[rjohnston]

There has been a lot of news in the papers about Airport Customs being very strict on fake goods and counterfeit,
searching and confiscating and fineing . Has anybody had Trouble at Manchester or Dalaman?

[Keith]

Just returned at the weekend and had no trouble at either Dalaman or Newcastle this end. Had the usual t-shirts,jeans and jewellery but did not get stopped.

[tamii]

nope haven't encountered anything like this

[sally-turtle]

just returned myself loads of stuff i think its for the fashion houses in italy they bwill leave turkey spain etc along..

[Katiehutchinson_1991]

returned last thursday night into aberdeen
had no problems leaving dalaman
and none is aberdeen which can be quite bad sometimes
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[Sayea]

dont wanna annoy anyone with the word im gonna use -

my cousin works at heathrow customs and he says the world off his bosses is search uhmm those that look like chavs/neds - not my word - there under order to leave most people alone unless they look like the sort of folk who would be into fake gear...

[John V]

If the odd item is seen to be in personel use it is not worth the bother but if you turn up with 100 x £10 Rolex Watches that could be a different matter.

[Katiehutchinson_1991]

do you think they will actually start taking our fakes off of us ?
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[swc24]

Came back early hours of 1st sep through Manchester not a customs officer in sight


Steve

[John V]

It is usually like that at Newcastle hardly ever see anyone but you always have that feeling that there are eyes watching you as you go through.

[sheepy]

Anyway, how would they know it's a fake

Sue who I work with could spot a fake at 100 paces, but I bet the rest of us couldn't

Oh, except for football shirts (Bargain for a genuine fake in Turkey), I can spot the fake ones of these, and it isn't hard if you know what to look for


*Goes off to admire his genuine fake new season Barcelona shirt bought from Three Sisters shop in July