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On 3/9/2020 at 2:41 AM, zhounan said:
The solution is one, everytime the same: don't drink.
Not a solution. We call it a "dodge", as in avoiding an issue, not resolving it.
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On 4/10/2020 at 12:00 PM, ftpjtm said:
Is there any particular reason for this?
That you Carlos?
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On 10/23/2019 at 12:26 AM, Sujo said:
I cannot comment particularly on your experience but was with a friend in a car and he was asked for the same. They ended up taking 5000 bt.
Thx. Just came back from two months, here in Nepal now, luckily, I guess. Didn't rent a bike this time, kept busy without one. Watching them pulling others over.. I am still working on a longer term solution. Negotiating has been suggested more then once by a range or perspectives, so I'm taking it in. Thanks.
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On 10/23/2019 at 3:32 AM, BestB said:
Shake down was it not. Promise of jail was just an empty threat.
But you would have been locked up for a day or two then off to court, pay a fine of 5000-8000 and then the possibility of visa troubles.
Some claim to be able to pay 5000 and i do not believe them, 20 000 is about the going rate.
By law you allowed 2 beers to be under the limit, so 3 wine coolers would be put you over the limit
Thanks.
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On 10/23/2019 at 6:24 AM, BritManToo said:
My advice ....... learn to haggle.
Agreed. ????
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On 10/23/2019 at 5:16 AM, RichardColeman said:
Maybe you should be grateful that they stopped you from becoming yet another dead drunk driver statistic - that has to be worth 20k in my book !
They gave me back the keys roughly a half hour after they stopped me, once I paid them so I don't see exactly what I should be "thankful" for. If I was drink and blew a "7" when they stopped me, how much lower would my blood alcohol level have been thirty minutes later? What do you think? Maybe criminals dressed in police uniforms is what passes here for law enforcement so if anything i'm grateful I can leave here any time i want. Aside from that It's doubtful I would have ended up a dead drunk because i wasn't drunk, or dead, or likely to be either on my way home, about ten minutes from where they stopped me but thank you for taking the time. I'm really looking for some useful information here, not smug self-satisfying judgement.
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10 minutes ago, bigrobtheactor said:
Whining? Is that how you characterize asking for advice?
Learn from it? That's exactly what I'm trying to do. If you have something thoughtful and helpful rather than smugly and self-righteously judgmental i.e. useless, feel free, otherwise, move on.
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On 10/23/2019 at 2:01 AM, Briggsy said:
You're 20,000 down and you will remain 20,000 down. No refunds possible here.
Get a police colonel as a good friend, so much of a good friend that you can phone him up next to you encounter a 'dragnet'. If you have been here since the eighties, you know this and don't need dudes on Thaivisa to tell you this.
Exactly. Can you recommend any one?
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On 10/23/2019 at 1:41 AM, Sujo said:
I cannot comment particularly on your experience but was with a friend in a car and he was asked for the same. They ended up taking 5000 bt.
Thanks.
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On 10/22/2019 at 10:12 PM, johng said:
I think the "shake down" is he disputes the amount of alcohol in his system being as high as the Police claim.Bingo. They smelled alcohol on a white guy driving a motorcycle. Ch-ching! Then after I paid them they gave me back my keys as if abracadabra in the space of a quick half hour all the bad, mean, evil booze in my blood went away. Shakedown.
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On 10/22/2019 at 10:22 PM, Anythingleft? said:
Zero drinks, shakedown
Drinks, up to you
We all know the risks and not just here so why bother and then try to argue the fact
It is a non news stupid thread.....
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AGAIN?
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7 minutes ago, Anythingleft? said:
Looks like your on a reaction roll just now, get over it.....
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You again?
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On 10/22/2019 at 10:12 PM, johng said:
I think the "shake down" is he disputes the amount of alcohol in his system being as high as the Police claim.Bingo. They smelled alcohol on a white guy driving a motorcycle. Ch-ching! Then after I paid them they gave me back my keys as if abracadabra in the space of a haf hour all the bad, mean, evil booze in my blood went away. Shakedown.
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On 10/22/2019 at 8:43 PM, Anythingleft? said:
So where is the shake down?
You had been drinking and they let you pay to go on your way
Stupid action and stupid post......
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Responding to a "stupid" post by insulting people who are asking for help? Must really suck to be you. Talk about "stupid" - the shakedown was that I wasn't drunk and they knew it. Three drinks in three hours. Even a troll that insults real people by calling them stupid should be able to do that math. They smelled alcohol on a white-boy on a motorcycle. Shakedown.
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On 10/22/2019 at 8:07 PM, PatOngo said:
Did you keep the receipt? ????
Receipt? I don't think they gave me one. I was just praying the ATM would work - which it did - and I was gone... I just want to read what others have to say on this. Why?
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On 10/22/2019 at 5:57 PM, Puchaiyank said:
Just don't drink and drive...it is not complicated...????
Maybe not for you but I like to drink wine / beer with my dinner and ride home from the restaurant on my bike. Sorry for the complication but it is what it is - I'm looking for a way to manage without drastic solutions. I don't believe I blew a "seven'' and if they did believe that why did they give me back my keys after I payed them, it was only a half hour later. That seem right to you?
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On 10/22/2019 at 4:14 PM, Samui Bodoh said:
You are a drunk driver.
As far as I am concerned, you deserved a fine of 100,000 plus; stop whining.
You paid a bribe to the police.
Do you think that you are getting it back? A refund? You are going to lodge a complaint AFTER you bribed a cop?
Grow up.
You got off far, far, far easier than you deserve.
Learn from it and move on.
"Grow up"? "far, far, far''.. LOL! If you can step off your virtuous moral high horse long enough to read what I wrote you might understand that I am not looking for my money back - I am asking for advice on how to avoid/handle this type of encounter in the future. Btw, I don't whine, I make people whine.
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On 10/22/2019 at 3:50 PM, Why Me said:
To my mind you were lucky. Because you were drinking and driving which would have got you a suspended license in the west at least, if not prison time and/or community service if the alcohol level was high enough.
It would have been different if you were extorted sober. But that wasn't the case.
Okay, I wasn't that clear, I'll try again. I had about three drinks in almost as many hours, they smelled it as the last one had been finished less than half hour before - meaning I was not drunk. It's very hard for me to imagine I blew a 7 if the limit is 2. Seven means I would have been sh*t-faced. I was just about buzzed. That's all. I don't believe the device was accurate, I believe it was a set-up.
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On 10/22/2019 at 3:33 PM, andy72 said:
wuss
Me???
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On 10/22/2019 at 3:01 PM, Briggsy said:
You're 20,000 down and you will remain 20,000 down. No refunds possible here.
Get a police colonel as a good friend, so much of a good friend that you can phone him up next to you encounter a 'dragnet'. If you have been here since the eighties, you know this and don't need dudes on Thaivisa to tell you this.
Of course I "know" this, but I haven't had to do this - yet. Nit expecting my baht back, just trying to figure out best way to avoid this in the future. And you can dismiss the "if" thank you. You may have meant "since" - you're welcome.
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On 10/23/2019 at 3:38 AM, jing jing said:
Granted the Eastern Seaboard region of the Gulf of Thailand is nowhere near the top of anyone's list of World Class Beaches, but just a few hours drive and a short ferry ride from the cesspit lies Koh Chang, which still has it's share of natural beauty and certainly rates a visit.
The Andaman Sea coast of Thailand from Phang Nga, Trang, Krabi, Khao Lak, with all the famously picturesque islands and beaches along the way to the Malaysian border should meet any sane person's definition of World Class tourist destinations. Any argument to the contrary would be nothing short of absurd.
My personal list of favorites, some of which I've visited and others I've only seen in pictures, would include Aruba, St. Maarten, the French and Italian Rivieras, Ibiza, Mallorca, Rio de Janeiro (the Girl from Ipanema!), and the list goes on.
Pattaya Beach Road circa 2000 certainly had it's World-Class tourist attractions, but the beach itself was never one of them...
Yes, of course Trang, I'll even name the beach, Hat Pak Meng, and yes, Krabi as well. I was in Phuket in the 80's, much less developed, loved it more then. Thanks for reminding me. The French Riviera? Not so much. Too rocky, the beach, and no surf. But it certainly maintains its elite cache.
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Greetings and sawadeekrop! I've been enjoying my life in the LOS since the eighties and have had many of my best times ever there so I hesitate to let it go - despite the dwindling good will of the Thai people I sense.
Here's the deal: I was riding my motorcycle on Sukhamvit at about 10 pm on a weeknight coming from a dinner at one of the local food courts (where the vendor charged me 15 baht for rice instead of the usual 10 on my second visit - another of the ceaseless petty ripoffs) when I was pulled over in a police dragnet. They were grabbing everybody, mostly Thais. Here comes along a white guy on a motorcycle - me - and - and - they smelled alcohol on my breath. PAYDAY! Yes, I had two or three drinks, wine coolers, 7% alc since about four or five pm, the last being about twenty minutes before. They said I blew a "seven" in their device and the legal limit is two. Highly doubtful. Anyway, the masked policeman running the show (about ten cops, volunteers and us unfortunates) told me that for the tidy sum of 20,000 baht I would be released otherwise they would take me to the "monkey house" where the next morning the judge would sentence me to one year in Thai prison, it was basically a done-deal. Nice. By the grace of Zeus I was able to extract the funds from the nearest ATM they helpfully drove me to and then, true to their word I was released about a half hour after having pulled me over and handed back my keys. Apparently my blood alcohol level had dropped, helped by the 20,000 to an acceptable level. This was a terrifying experience as you can well imagine and not one I care to repeat.
Aside from the obvious (don't drink at all when I ride my motorcycle - drastic) is there any advice available here? I have no connections there nor do I know what rights - if any I have. I am considering not going there any more - but that is another drastic decision I am eager to avoid.
Anyone?
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On 10/21/2019 at 9:22 AM, spidermike007 said:
A world class beach resort? Why on earth would you even consider saying that?
You want a world class beach?
Tikehau Island, French Polynesia. Can't decide whether you want white- or pink-sand beaches? ...
Dreamland Beach, Bali. ...
Bathsheba Beach, Barbados. ...
Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. ...
Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda. ...
Harbour Island, Bahamas. ...
Blue Beach (La Chiva), Vieques, Puerto Rico. ...
Trunk Bay, St. John, USVI.
Maipio Valley Beach, Big Island, Hawaii
Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos
Lindquist Beach, St. Thomas
Palm Beach, Aruba
Honopu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii
Any mention of any beach on the Gulf Coast of Thailand, within the same sentence as paradise, is mere hyperbole, and an outright lie. Total fabrication. Fiction. Political and tourism nonsense. Let's get real.
Granted there are some very nice beaches between Pranburi and Ban Saphan Noi, with very few people on them during the week. But world class? Hardly.
My vote goes to Sandorini, or Ios in the Greek Cyclades archipelago. I will also nod to the beach in Tel-Aviv, especially at night or just as the Sabbath (Friday later afternoon) arrives. I loved Rio de Janiero too and Salvador Bahia. Wild. Really. Got my "package" grabbed by roaming packs of teenage girls. There's a tiny beach on Rapa Nui, (Easter Island) that was unforgettable, with the moai staring down at us, "guarding" the harbor. Peaceful and remote, everyone thrilled to be there, a once-in-a-lifetime visit to Earth's most remotely inhabited shore - all of a sudden, family with strangers. Cape Cod ain't bad neither. Thanks for your list. Noted.
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On 10/19/2019 at 2:38 AM, johng said:
That's another fine mess you got me into "Somchai"
Somchai?
Prognosis?
in Pattaya
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Sawadee fellow farangs.. I've been coming to sweet Siam most winters practically since I started shaving but lately, the past few years, the natives seemed increasingly unfriendly, an incident with the police a couple of years ago (a 20,000 baht shakedown over an alleged "7" I blew into the breathalyzer - but I guess it was okay as soon as I forked over the cash a half hour after being caught in the dragnet since they immediately handed me back my keys) and last year on Beach Road in Jomtien I was hit while strolling and knocked on my ass by a motorbiker who just kept going.. Broad daylight and in full view of the pedestrians, never even considered going to the cops, not even to report it. Luckily I was barely hurt, dusted myself off and got on with life but it left a very bad taste.. Anyway, aside from that, I love the place, particularly where I stay, but this year looks in significant doubt, usually by January I'm there and stay until March. Prognoses anyone? Are we farangs being edged out, is the Wuhan Plague the final nail? Or might things revert to the sweet Siam days of the LOS fame? (ps spare me the useless sarcasm, trolling and abuse please, thanks in advance.)