Fake gin sold by Chinese Walmart dangerously poisoned me

[neselite]

I'm currently living in China and visited a local walmart to pick up some random supplies and found a too good to be true priced bottle of gin. I purchased the bottle and found it too be lackluster but not bad. I found that the contents actually weren't that powerful so I quite casually ended up drinking a large amount of the product resulting in, a short time later, becoming extremely ill (delusion, disorientation, temporary eye impairment, painfully cramped muscles). Some five days later and I'm still recovering from side effects. Walmart is selling a rather high priced bottles of gin at a very low cost and still has much of the product in stock at the store I visited in Hangzhou. This is extremely dangerois and I sucpect that this product was one of about three similarly priced fake alcohol brands they are selling. I am curious what legal action could be taken from this dangerois malpractice and incompetent quality control issue since I fear this could happen to others. Gin is not popular in China and I assume that locals mostly walk past or drink in very small doses as is common for hard liquors in China.

 

[justalayman]

You need a lawyer in China to assist you with your Chinese legal issue.

 

[neselite]

Well, that's obvious. This forum is about free advice and not about hiring U.S. based lawyers. What advice would you give about how to proceed aside from "go talk to a lawyer". What would you do next if you don't have thousands to spare?

 

[justalayman]

Well, that's obvious. This forum is about free advice and not about hiring U.S. based lawyers. What advice would you give about how to proceed aside from "go talk to a lawyer". What would you do next if you don't have thousands to spare?

did you miss this when you posted;


What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?


this forum deals with US law. You are in China dealing with a Chinese business. You need to speak to somebody that knows something about Chinese law. You won't find it here.

 

[Zigner]

Well, that's obvious. This forum is about free advice and not about hiring U.S. based lawyers. What advice would you give about how to proceed aside from "go talk to a lawyer". What would you do next if you don't have thousands to spare?

This forum is about free advice that pertains to US LAW ONLY. You seem to have a strong enough grasp of the English language to be able to understand this.

 

[not2cleverRed]

It sounds like... you were drunk. Alcohol poisoning can happen when you drink to excess, no matter how expensive the alcohol.

Excessive drinking is your problem.

Just because something doesn't seem strong doesn't mean it doesn't pack a punch.

 

[FlyingRon]

Just because something doesn't seem strong doesn't mean it doesn't pack a punch.

Always drink gin with a mark, Kid. He can't tell if you cut it.

 

[eerelations]

I think that OP is one of those people who thinks "US Law Only" means "please delete me".

 

[quincy]

It sounds like... you were drunk. Alcohol poisoning can happen when you drink to excess, no matter how expensive the alcohol.

Excessive drinking is your problem.

Just because something doesn't seem strong doesn't mean it doesn't pack a punch.

It might not be a matter of neselite drinking too much. China has had a problem for years with the selling of "fake" alcohol in their stores, and with the serving of fake alcohol in bars and restaurants.

The fake alcohol might be disguised by filling real brand name bottles or counterfeited brand name bottles with dangerous creative mixtures (like antifreeze, isopropyl alcohol, methanol) or by filling the bottles with less dangerous creative mixtures (like food coloring and water). The conditions under which even benign mixtures are made, however, can lead to illnesses and deaths (think "used" bathtubs and toilets for mixing bowls).

The reason some people will purchase the fake alcohol is because it is sold for far less than the real alcohol. The US businesses that are moving into China selling authentic alcohol, along with the policing of counterfeits, has cut down on the sale and distribution of the fakes in recent months - but it remains a problem.

 

[Proserpina]

I'm currently living in China and visited a local walmart to pick up some random supplies and found a too good to be true priced bottle of gin. I purchased the bottle and found it too be lackluster but not bad. I found that the contents actually weren't that powerful so I quite casually ended up drinking a large amount of the product resulting in, a short time later, becoming extremely ill (delusion, disorientation, temporary eye impairment, painfully cramped muscles). Some five days later and I'm still recovering from side effects. Walmart is selling a rather high priced bottles of gin at a very low cost and still has much of the product in stock at the store I visited in Hangzhou. This is extremely dangerois and I sucpect that this product was one of about three similarly priced fake alcohol brands they are selling. I am curious what legal action could be taken from this dangerois malpractice and incompetent quality control issue since I fear this could happen to others. Gin is not popular in China and I assume that locals mostly walk past or drink in very small doses as is common for hard liquors in China.

Of course you have proof of this, yes?

 

[>Charlotte<]

Of course you have proof of this, yes?

Sounds like 20 or 30 proof, give or take.