Khun Watchaporn

Maybe you were 'marked' at the point of sale since you bought 5 times the permitted amount.

Let you keep 2 packs of ciggies because that was the allowance for you and wife. As to the beer, obviously they were whisky drinkers..

Do not know what the official fine rates for 'smuggling' are, but since the op himself bought 5 times the allowance, distributed them to other people and the collected them on the Thai side he, in my view, guilty of smuggling.

Next time better to let each adult buy there own allowance and, as suggested,, collect from them the next day.

I understand your point and it is well made.

However, at the pointg of sale the vendor asked me how many people the purchase was for - hence the individually packed cartons.

Did I break the law ? - I ask this as a genuine question.

If you don't think you broke the law then why didn't you call their bluff and not pay the fine??

Whether one breaks the law or not isn't really irrelevent in Thailand.

Locked away, massive 'bail', vehicle impounded, all possibilities while still being innocent.

^ See post number 2.

It seems that government officials purposefully lying to citizens (and others) in order to greatly inconvenience them is acceptable to some members.

Isn't it sad how defensive these people get about Thainess.

^ beautiful Buddhist nature.

A valuable lesson in Thainess.

Don't ever forget it.

Everything will be different next time around

And that folks, is the lesson.

^ Absolutely.

And it's amazing how many of them are married to anonymous internet posters.

Since the car was relatively far from the left side, I began passing it there.

The driver swerved to the left.

Then I tried passing it on the right - he swerved to the right so much that I was blocked by oncoming traffic.

I retried on the left, and you guessed it - he swerved to the left.

Haha, traffic-trolling.

Always brightens up a dull drive.

For every pedestrian bridge you can show me that is well-used, I can show you 20 that are very rarely used.

That's because for every Thai that uses one there are 20 that run and dodge across six lanes of traffic in order to not have to.

Ah Thainess... so many news stories just sum it up so perfectly.

Next time one should wear a Google Glasses and film those disgusting lowlife xxxxxxxx, then post it everywhere on the internet...

That's a clever idea.

Nothing bad could possibly happen for doing so.

A valuable lesson in Thainess.

Don't ever forget it.

When I got divorced from my first Thai wife, I only had to show a passport and the marriage certificate. Perhaps it's a personality issue.

Yes Sir!

The OP is wrong, that's for certain.

It definitely isn't the Thai official possibly being a class-A retard like the rest of them, lord no.

• If you are going to have sex, USE A CONDOM!

And don't fall for the deep voiced 'It my time of the month mistah, turn the lights off and use the entrance further back' unless you're quite open minded.

Really???? Haha only in Thailand.

No, not only in Thailand.

Almost every nation will not refuse entry to its citizen's under law.

you could come across similar stuff in many places, including so called first world countries.

Oh dear.

Silly boy. I guess daddy can stop sending the allowance as you will be getting free room and baord for a couple of years.

I really hope more than that....

A good well-paid lawyer will see that isn't the case.

Like William Doobey, the Aussie who murdered the American in a restaurant along the moat and was sentenced to 2 1/2 years for murder.

Perhaps the rental could explain it.

Nice to see that these kind and caring people beat up each other and not just tourists.

Buddhists treat all as equal.

The most expensive girlfriend is the one that's free.

Sorry to hear about your previous poor choices.

Do you guys ever buy fuel from vendors and not a station?

That's fuel?

No, not unless it is a complete and utter emergency.

A no brainer, 91, which is what the bike was designed to run on and what it specifies in the owner's manual.

My bike has that.

But it pings when running 91, just like most others who have the same bike. (2011 Honda). 95 it doesn't.

What's the no brainer about using 91 again?

My 1982, 2011 & 2013 Hondas all run fine on 91, just like everyone else I know who uses 91.

I thought you were on about using what bikes were 'designed to run on and what it specifies in the owner's manual'.

Such as my 2011 Thai Honda (and many others of the same model, reported on forums) which then ping/engine knock/suffer detonation while running on the spcicified Thai 91 octane

Of course it could be down to Thai petrol being utter <deleted>, and being god-only-knows-what.

I presume that's the shadow of the overhead electrical wires.

It's quite impressive.

For a successful money-lending business, the ability to use coercion must be there. The honour system just doesn't work here.

Yes, in the West all money is paid back quick sharp even though it doesn't need to be. Just look at the national banking systems to see how integral it is.