This Repatriate Box looks tampered
By LK2018
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
Philippines
December 19, 2015 11:11pm CST
Hello Lotters,
We also called this BALIKBAYAN BOX that Filipino working abroad would give to their love ones here. Recently my Dad wanted to gives us Box this coming holidays, not the first time though and were happy because he's been sending us this recently.
But the issue with the Customs tampering with the Boxes had me worried. because there was this one time they inspect the box and did not return it the way.It was, in fact it was worse some of them consume what's in the box and left it with nothing but wrappers. Some small appliances were taken also and when the family arrived to take the box, they were asked tremendous amount of fee to get it.
Now, we got this box and it doesn't look it got handled with care. the tear on the side proves somewhat that this was tampered. Im pretty sure they already some red tape that they would attempt to cover it up and make it look like nothing happened.
It's not fair, that the customs, goons from the Airport would do this for their own selfish needs. These people (ow) who put stuff in those box filled it from their own sweat and blood from their hard work. Those officials had no right tampering those boxes.
oh, it fumes me mad


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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
20 Dec 15
We are also expecting a "balikbayan box" from my uncle in L.A. full of Christmas goodies ( he sends it to us voluntarily every year cause it has never been my thing to ask any kind of favor from anybody or well to do relatives), it's sent tp us door to door via LBC or DHL, hopes it comes in one piece
. He has been sending every year for almost 30 years and so far nothing bad has happened. My mom fondly calls this foreign aid

. He has been sending every year for almost 30 years and so far nothing bad has happened. My mom fondly calls this foreign aid
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
20 Dec 15
Hello @louievill not sure if it's the journey that made it this way or simply because of the fact that they were good at replacing it with another red tape. This is the second time he sent something this year and it wasn't like this.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
20 Dec 15
I hope everything inside is still intact and nothing got stolen.
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
20 Dec 15
we opened it and there wasn't any kind of tampering



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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
21 Dec 15
@ridingbet my dad will sent another one by next year again.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Dec 15
@Letranknight2015 my big brother also sent us a 'balikbayan package' 2 weeks ago and the box was intact, except for some damp parts where the fabric conditioner soiled the dry contents.

@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
20 Dec 15
Sad to hear that nearly all levels of the government in the country are corrupted.
The custom people probably think that it is their perks to take from the people.
I hope that there is a strong leader who can get rid of corruption, like the way Xi Jinping gets rid of corruption in China.
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
20 Dec 15
we don't hear that news here @scheng1 on how he runs the government. our media only says much about the disputed islands problem in the south china sea. Our side doesn't really know much about his leadership except the fact his military has destroyed the eco system and prevent our fisherman from continuing their way of life. sometimes i hate the government even though i really didn't wanna bother with it anymore, but news just can't let it go.




