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DO NOT SELL OR BUY FROM THAILAND

I admit, I fell for a scammer from Thailand, even though I was warned. It just was that it took forever to sell my Stealth cables at a give away price. These cables are awesome, but evidently not popular in the USA. I refused to send the cables to the buyer because he wanted me to declare the value at $30 USD for custom fees. So he had me direct the shipment to his friend in SoCal. Now, after UPS (and I insured the cables for $4,000 to save on shipping-my fault) delivered the package, the buyer says his friend did not sign and receive the cables! Just be aware A-Gon members, and don't be foolish like me.
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sabai
2,027 posts
 
schubert,

The kind of generalization you are making is nonsense. Books on Asian culture do not tell the whole story. Face is big in Asia -- but not only in Asia. I live in Asia. My wife is Asian. I know lots of people in high end audio all over Asia. If screwing customers in Asia is to be assumed in transactions then how to explain that I have never had a single problem doing audio business here. I have done audio business with Indonesia, India, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

Talking about screwing customers, governments all over the world screw the people. Why not start with that generalization. You might find more people agreeing with you on that subject.
schubert
7,386 posts
 
Odds are Audio is a small niche , you are a peer in that group not a retail customer .Simple.
Obviously Governments do the most screwing, In US it took thirty trillion $$$$ of private debt and made it public debt, biggest screwing in human history . 
sabai
2,027 posts
 
schubert,

Once again, you are making an erroneous assumption. I am not a peer and never have been. I sell and buy audio equipment strictly on a personal basis for my system.

I agree you observations regarding government.
sabai
2,027 posts
 
Sorry for the typo. This should read:

I agree with your observations regarding government.
ebm
9,311 posts
 
Had Stealth cables only had buyers in Viet Nam and Thailand i new they were all rip-off artists so i did not sell to them.I dumped all my Stealth rip-off cables at a big loss however i got cables that were much better.Stealth is a high markup big rip-off outfit that has 0 resale in the USA. However there are honest buyers in these countries however i didn't come across any. Good luck live and learn!!
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