You try and bring in a cheap Changi watch now. It will be in the bin faster than it can tick.
A friend came out for a short detachment to China. Shenzhen has a plethora of conterfeit goods. He loaded up: Rolexs, electric, £10, clockwork, £20. he bought seven of them. For his kids he bought Adidas trainers at £7 a throw and for hinself he flashed out £50 for a full set of Ping clubs. We tried to persude him to use them on a driving range 200 metres away so they would be second-hand but he wasn't having any of it.
He went back to the UK with KLM via Schipol and then to Aberdeen. At Aberdeen he went through customs and they confiscated everything, the whole lot.
Not a happy bunny.
I always came back with BA through Heathrow. My baggage would be labelled ABZ at Hong Kong. I would arrive in Aberdeen on a domestic flight and by the carousel was a notice to the effect that if somebody from oversea had something to declare would they pick up the adjacent telephone.
I never had an occasion to do that.
Last edited by Fareastdriver; 19th Feb 2014 at 18:28.