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broomson
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Jan 23, 2008 - 02:41 PM |
 
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WHAT CAN I DO IF I BOUGHT A BOTTLE OF COUNTERFEITED WHISKY IN A SUPERMARKET? DOES ANYONE HAVE THIS KIND OF EXPERIENCE?THANX IN ADVANCE. |
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mat
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Jan 23, 2008 - 02:43 PM |
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wouldn't you just take it back?
Or call the distributor (their phone number would be on the back). |
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broomson
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Jan 23, 2008 - 02:45 PM |
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There's no phone number on the box or bottle. And if i bring it there, i'm sure those assholes won't recognize anything |
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SirFiddler
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Jan 23, 2008 - 02:45 PM |
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you can probably exchange it for free entrance to bon bon |
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Andreas
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Jan 23, 2008 - 02:52 PM |
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| SirFiddler wrote: |
| you can probably exchange it for free entrance to bon bon |
Yeah, where you can drink the same fake whiskey again. Makes perfect sense  |
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yu888
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Jan 23, 2008 - 02:53 PM |
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| broomson wrote: |
| There's no phone number on the box or bottle. And if i bring it there, i'm sure those assholes won't recognize anything |
kinda like how you didn't when you bought it? Sorry, but assuming they are assholes AND asking us all this BEFORE going in to ask about it seems illogical. |
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SirFiddler
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Jan 23, 2008 - 02:54 PM |
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anyone who sells fake alcohol is an ******* ...apart from mat and frank in the shed...they dont sell fake alcohol
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mat
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Jan 23, 2008 - 02:55 PM |
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yeah.
Every bottle of imported alcohol is supposed to have on the back of the bottle (not box) details of the distributor.
Try taking it back and then complain. |
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SirFiddler
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Jan 23, 2008 - 02:55 PM |
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| mat wrote: |
yeah.
Every bottle of imported alcohol is supposed to have on the back of the bottle (not box) details of the distributor.
Try taking it back and then complain. |
hahahaha but certainly not the fake one |
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broomson
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Jan 23, 2008 - 03:06 PM |
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Actually, I had a trouble with them about 6 months ago, when I bought 3 bottles of wine with half-decomposed corks , and they said it was normal cause wine was french, they simply don't know what they sell. So my assumption of them as assholes isn't groundless. But now they sell fakes deliberately, and if they accept my bottle back, it would mean that they recognize they sell fakes. |
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SirFiddler
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Jan 23, 2008 - 03:09 PM |
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i reckon your best bet is to just not to go there anymore... just hope you didnt spend a fortune |
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yu888
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Jan 23, 2008 - 03:10 PM |
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ah ok... though if a place already sold me bad crap in the past, I don't think i'd be going back.
Caveat emptor...buyer beware in this marketplace. |
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hc
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Jan 23, 2008 - 03:15 PM |
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broomson
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Jan 23, 2008 - 03:16 PM |
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The problem is that there're not so many supermarkets around, and each tries to cheat this or that way. For example, once I bought frozen shrimps, and when they got defrozen, they stunk awfully, but this was at another place. If you decide not to go to the place cause of such things, you're gonna starve, you should get food somewhere finally. |
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chingiskhan
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Jan 23, 2008 - 03:25 PM |
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There's not so many supermarkets around? Where are you living? |
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kumlong
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Jan 23, 2008 - 03:25 PM |
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most liquour in china are fake. if u drink in those bars in hengshan road or even tongren lu, there is a v high chance the whisky is fake. even at high end places like clubs such as jinbi would you get fake whisky. just drink it. all you get is just a headache |
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SirFiddler
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Jan 23, 2008 - 03:27 PM |
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hahaha that's the best advice i ever read....cumlong , you want to buy some cheap whiskey from me ? |
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kumlong
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Jan 23, 2008 - 03:29 PM |
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u have never been to a local ktv before? |
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SirFiddler
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Jan 23, 2008 - 03:34 PM |
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you mean the ones where the girls get their titties out and sing in your microphone ? |
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kumlong
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Jan 23, 2008 - 03:36 PM |
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yes. or even a local night club |
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SirFiddler
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Jan 23, 2008 - 03:39 PM |
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never been there cumlong neither to a local night club...where are the good ones ? they really sell only fake alcohol in there ? |
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kumlong
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Jan 23, 2008 - 03:45 PM |
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i am not trying to hijack this thread ... so if u want to know a good local ktv just go to the recreation and nightlife thread. anyway all i am saying is that most places in china would sell fake liquor. the more popular the liquour brand the higher chance. so if u really want to avoid drinking fake whisky just order something more expensive. the demand is smaller and thus there is no incentive to make fake liquor. alternatively u could bring a bag of your own liquor to the clubs and drink there. just pay them for their liquour and drink your own. this is what everyone does in guangdong |
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SirFiddler
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Jan 23, 2008 - 03:47 PM |
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oh i see...thanks for clarification longcum |
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angelus512
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Jan 23, 2008 - 04:16 PM |
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With all this talk of fake liquor I could be slightly ignorant but why don't you just go to the Chinese liscensed Tobacco and Alcohol places in well known streets like Nanjing?
I've bought about 3 bottles of Johnny Walker thus far from them and even 1 from a local store. I know what Johnny Walker smells and tastes like because I've been buying it for years and its not fake.
How come so many people seem to be having these bad ass experiences? |
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flifox
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Jan 23, 2008 - 04:16 PM |
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Broomson
here's what i'd do.
1) Name the supermarket so we all know
2) Go back to the shop, buy the same whiskey, open it in front of them and show them that it is fake.
3) If it does not have the distributor details then go to the Liquor Authorities and report. Even in China they take this quite seriously. |
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