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| Customs preparing for Mortal Kombat by Cian |  | | PALGN News: Watch yo back. | | [View Article] |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:33 am Post subject: |
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I for one am glad my excessive tax dollar goes toward stopping me from playing these evil games.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:50 am Post subject: |
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didn't we have a thread for this all ready? Were did that go?
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:54 am Post subject: |
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It was deleted by mistake when theory was clearing up a bunch of spambot posts.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:24 am Post subject: |
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sounds like a challenge to me - I accept!
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:43 am Post subject: |
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| Cian wrote: | | It was deleted by mistake when theory was clearing up a bunch of spambot posts. |
I apologise. The thread was full of awesome. Damn spambots. 
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How can they actually tell what game is inside the parcel unless they open it? Does this mean they are going to open every single dvd-sized parcel thats coming into the country?
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| Nick wrote: | | How can they actually tell what game is inside the parcel unless they open it? Does this mean they are going to open every single dvd-sized parcel thats coming into the country? |
Uh, yes? That's what customs do, they open and inspect parcels to make sure there's nothing illegal coming in. It's kind of there entire point of existing.
They won't open all of them but they will deffintley be opening some of em.
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| Nick wrote: | | How can they actually tell what game is inside the parcel unless they open it? Does this mean they are going to open every single dvd-sized parcel thats coming into the country? |
Yes, that is what they are going to do...
Then again, their response could just be the standard thing you would expect them to say. They are hardly going to say that they only check a small percentage of packages, that drugs and weapons are their main priority, and that they will be highly unlikely to check your game order from overseas.
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| PALGN wrote: | | What do you need to know about attaining a copy of Mortal Kombat? You need to be careful, discreet, and lucky. Or else go for a holiday in New Zealand. |
I hate to come across as a bit of a nancy or whatever, but this quote comes across as the website being supportive of illegal activity. I understand it's frustrating that this game is not being sold here, (especially in the light of our broken ratings system) but you still might want to be careful making comments like that.
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Well what did you expect them to say?
"Look we know it's illegal, and you know, we're kind of in the business of upholding the law, but just this once I think we'll let it slide."
The response is pretty much nothing more then a canned response that could just as easily be applied to anything being imported.
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Yeah fair call, obviously they are doing their job, even so, this is such BS....
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| sobriquet835 wrote: | | PALGN wrote: | | What do you need to know about attaining a copy of Mortal Kombat? You need to be careful, discreet, and lucky. Or else go for a holiday in New Zealand. |
I hate to come across as a bit of a nancy or whatever, but this quote comes across as the website being supportive of illegal activity. I understand it's frustrating that this game is not being sold here, (especially in the light of our broken ratings system) but you still might want to be careful making comments like that. |
I think it's illegal to sell... it's legal to own in certain states, I think? And if it's legal to buy in NZ, those two things match perfectly.
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The only state it's illegal to possess RC items is WA. NT can consider it illegal under their emergency control laws (you know, the ones to "control" the "locals") but otherwise it's legal to possess.
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I thought customs officers didn't pay too much attention to banned video games. Cos they're just video games.
Wouldn't have thought they'd open every single package unless they deem it suspicious. I.E. strange weight, scan shows something weird in it, etc etc
and opening up every dvd shaped package would take forever...
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They wouldn't be opening all of them, just increasing the percentage that they do open.
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ok well, can somebody put up a the website that they will use to purchase this game?
My 2 wont be shipping MK here:
playasia
gamehubs (cant confirm if they getting it at all)
That would be great.
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Best not to list the stores that sell them in-case they receive emails about it. Just use the old google.
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Ive already had 1 game confiscated this year. I don't think I'll go for 2.
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| Tsargrad wrote: | | Ive already had 1 game confiscated this year. I don't think I'll go for 2. |
what was it ? 
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| mikezilla2 wrote: | | Tsargrad wrote: | | Ive already had 1 game confiscated this year. I don't think I'll go for 2. |
what was it ? |
Blitz the League II - I forgot it was banned when I bought it. LOL - $10 from play-asia so no real money loss. At least they still let my other legal game through. They shoudlve given me the case and manual at least. It was only the disc which is illegal, not the spare case I wouldve had 
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