That does sound a bit fishy. Thailand is not in the carnet system, but there should be another temp import paper used, means you should not have to pay import taxes. I got my bike flown in from India to BKK Suvarnabhumi in Jan-08, and had no problems with the customs. I did have a thai-speaking person with me, though, and this was probably a big help. Took about 2-3 hours total to get the package from the cargo side, and cost me... can´t remember exactly, but not more than 100 euros (and probably even less).
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