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i'm writting to see if anyone is or has been in this situation. I ordered something from a supplier claiming 100% authentic merchandise, long story short, the pkg was seized, customs wrote me a letter, had me sign the forfeiture form and send it in. I feel that I am not guilty of anything since I purchased the items advertised as authentic. I called the customs person that sent the letter and asked her if any penaties or fines will be charged against me, she said she does not see it coming to that, however she cannot make any gaurantees that it will not happen. She told me I'll be notified by mail if anything happens, she also said there's no time frame to go by. This was not a huge order (100 shirts) the "forfeiture value" is listed at $798. I don't want to have to pay fines, but my main worry is getting arrested, mainly because my wife is freaking out about it, thinking our door is going to get busted down and i'm going to be arrested, I fell she's over reacting but she gets online and reads stories about it. I never received the items, so I don't have any counterfeit items in my house, all i have is a few no brand things i sell on ebay. If anyone has any advice or any information on a similar or same experience, please reply.

I had the very same thing happen to me. My last shipment was busted by New Zealand customs for being "fakes". I had no idea that they were going to be..but I did have an idea when I saw that my supplier was using a dropshipper from Bangkok, (silly me thought he carried stocks in the country).
Anyway, I spoke to NZ customs and they informed me that the Diesel brand in trademark in New Zealand and unless I could prove that they were authentic they will be destroyed. Well I couldn't and so I forfeited them and when back to my supplier......still waiting for my money back.
I'm sure you've all heard that story before....