Has anyone brought back to oz any copy dvd's, games movies etc.,
What are our customs like for this stuff?
I don't know whether to bring some back or not this time.

No problems, Shawn, we brought back a heap, as we always do and they never say anything.

Make sure you go to see Mr Noon for your dvd's, cd's and music dvd's. They're all 50 baht from him, not up to 100 baht as at Hello Kitty's. Mr Noon has a small yellow sign up outside his shop at the Holiday Inn end of Beach Road. He will direct you to another guy who will also sell to you at 50 baht to give you a wider selection.

Hi spunkee10,
We have purchased a quantity of DVD's from Hello Kitty's on each visit to Phuket where the more you buy the cheaper it is. Around 60 baht. We found approx 5% of the ones we bought were bad copies. Not bad out of 150.
Customs does not really worry too much but if there is a large quantity of the same movie they will ask the necessary questions as they may assume you intend to sell them. But you will never know what they will be targeting on the day of your return.
You will find that the very latest movies at the time will more than likely be of poor quality. Movies released 5 to 6 weeks ago or ones already available on DVD are by far the best.
Finally, I will be taking "TinaPerth's" advise too and visiting Mr Noon as my prices are now a little over 12 months old and Mr Noon's pricing does not appear to be cheaper by quantity.
Hope this helps. Have a great time in the land of smiles.
regards
os2go

Hi Os2go. Mr Noon's prices will be slightly cheaper, but only if you buy 150 or so - not sure how many. All the other places we checked were 60 and 100 baht. We had problems with 3 dvd's that we got from Kitty's but none (so far) from Mr Noon.

If you ask, most of the retailers will tell you which movies are ok or not.

thanx guys,
i wondered if our customs had gotten picky over copies.
I guess if they are targeting when i come back thru perth airport then they would take them off you?

thanx guys,
i wondered if our customs had gotten picky over copies.
I guess if they are targeting when i come back thru perth airport then they would take them off you?

i brought dvd's back and had no problems with customs , we got ours from mr noon at 63 bart each this was back in april 2006

I don't know, I guess so. They took our mosquito zappers off us (they didn't used to have them on display as an item you couldn't bring into the country). We are the only country in the world where they are illegal. They're classified as tazars here by some bureaucrat that believes we may splash old people with water and then zap them.

Bugger, they caught me out, how did they know that was my new hobby?

Just came back to Perth last week and no worries with getting dvds through. Hello Kitty shop at back selling them for 60 baht and most great copies.

Hi Tina
Do you mean the zappers that you apply to the bite. The piezo ignitor type?

Hi Caza,
Is that the one opposite sweets restaurant or the one at O Top markets .
Cheers,
Stewie.

No, the tennis racquet looking things. They're fun to use, as well as negating the need for flyspray. We brought some home to give to our friends, in particular one girl who is highly allergic to mosquito bites.

do u have to declare the dvd's etc.,

no we never declare them!!!! just put them in your suitcase. Keep everything you do have to declare in one bag (and dvd's in another) My friend usually brings back about 300!!! I bought 40 back last year. The only thing I have had to declare is food, bought back the best honeyed cashews as long as the packet is sealed there is no problem. And wood and vegitation. You can't usually bring bamboo products back in or things with bannana leaves. They sell really cut photo albums over there but they have bannana leaves on them so I have never tried to bring them back.

Michelle

where is "Hello Kitty" located, please?

It's next opposite Sweet Restaurant. Look out for the Harry's Steakhouse signboard as you're walking on the Beach Road. Go into the lane and you will find the shop at about the end of the lane.

Hi,
ok i now know what to do