HRMC destroyed a guy's Custom Order Fender

chrisj1602

Just read this thread on TDPRI...

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaster-discussion-forum/441985-new-custom-shop-tele-now-diy-kit.html

Col_Decker

Ouch

 

seems a bit fishy to me though somehow. Why no pictures?

impmann

Hmmm - I'd be keen to see pics too. I've imported *a lot* of guitars from the US over the past 10 years or so and whilst some of the duty charges have verged on anal rapage, I've never seen or heard of anything like that before. Plus they do have X-Ray machines... so why would they need to chop it up?

markslade07

Ouch!

Drew_TNBD

FUCK DA HACKNEY MARSH RAPE CREW!

Fretwired

Col_Decker said:

Ouch

 

seems a bit fishy to me though somehow. Why no pictures?

Have to agree. Customs guys are busy people and are more likely to scan/X-ray something they think is suspicious. It would have quickly proven the guitar was solid. There was also full export documentation from a well known US company.

benmurray85

arseholes

ICBM

I've heard about other stuff like that too. There was even a TV documentary which showed them drilling holes in someone's property (I think it was a carved statuette or something - something solid, anyway) because they thought there were drugs concealed inside. They're either wilfully stupid or intentionally destructive, I can't decide which. And you have *no rights* over it.

I have personally seen an acoustic guitar which was imported that had a hole in the guitar which looked like it had been bashed into the corner of a table or something - a 'pyramid'-shaped hole - and there was no corresponding hole in the case. Unless for some unknown reason the seller decided to do that before packing it up, someone had the guitar out in transit and at best was very careless with it.

frankus

can't see why you'd go through a shop for that kinda thing...

viz

I nearly had that with my Callaghan guitar at Joburg - they thought it was a firearm or bomb or something and took it off to be destroyed, all the time I was waiting in the baggage hall; eventually I said where is it, they said, it's been taken off to be destroyed in a controlled explosion; I pleaded with them, they brought it back, it had no baggage control sticker on it, and I had to prove it was mine (it has my name on the headstock ) - I think they were just trying to nick it. Why wouldn't they x-ray it first?

chrisj1602

frankus said:

can't see why you'd go through a shop for that kinda thing...

You can put custom Fender orders through places like Coda.  I'd probably just use MJT or similar myself.

Paul_C

congratulations to Octatonic for winning the pickups !

martinw

Fretwired said:

Col_Decker said:

Ouch

 

seems a bit fishy to me though somehow. Why no pictures?

Have to agree. Customs guys are busy people and are more likely to scan/X-ray something they think is suspicious. It would have quickly proven the guitar was solid. There was also full export documentation from a well known US company.

+1.

Sorry, I don't believe it.

1nten5e

It lost credibility with me when he said "Fender offered to make another for me but i would be looking after Christmas now"

I ordered a one off from Fender CS in Feb and they haven't even started work on it yet

1nten5e

frankus said:

can't see why you'd go through a shop for that kinda thing...

I think it's the only way to order from Fender CS mate, you can't contact them direct, you have to go through an authorised dealer

Drew_TNBD

1nten5e said:

It lost credibility with me when he said "Fender offered to make another for me but i would be looking after Christmas now"

I ordered a one off from Fender CS in Feb and they haven't even started work on it yet

For all you know he had been waiting since last year, and due to the damage they offered to bump a new guitar up the queue - only right in my opinion. Why are people so quick to not believe this guy?? Have you never seen an episode of Airport?? Those customs people are fucking soulless robots!!

1nten5e

Well I know for a fact that if that happened to me I would have got as many photo's as I could and tried for compensation

Col_Decker

1nten5e said:

Well I know for a fact that if that happened to me I would have got as many photo's as I could and tried for compensation

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bertie

Col_Decker said:

Ouch

 

seems a bit fishy to me though somehow. Why no pictures?

this,  franky I dont believe it

digitalscream

bertie said:

Col_Decker said:

Ouch

 

seems a bit fishy to me though somehow. Why no pictures?

this,  franky I dont believe it

Exactly - the first thing I'd have done is take high-res photos for evidence. In fact, that should also have been the shop's first action on receiving it.

chrisj1602

As there's a fair bit of doubt, I read some of the guy's other posts, he talks about ordering it here...

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaster-discussion-forum/436034-newbie-question-2.html

Apparently, he only ordered it on 18th October!