Liverpool Lou

Are you a putin apologist ? Even if I were (but it'd be none of your business anyway) what would that have to do with anything? What makes you ask whether I am...anything rational?

Why are you getting so aeriated about it, how does it affect you? Many visitors to Thailand or other SE Asian countries will arrive with USD, nothing at all unusual about that. (Perhaps they did have most of their cash in THB and the cash in the safes were just a little bit extra in case they ran short!)

No one's great loss but your own, no seller needs customers with that attitude!

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He will probably be reported to Lazada as a non-payer also.

"No points deducted...." How do you know that will be the case?

They are in Thailand. Not the US. I know, so what?

What do you base that assertion on?

Gawd. So sad.

Currency exchanges?

So what if that recommendation isn't being followed? Did you not notice that at least one of them was happy to pose for photos that would identify him?

on an Unionpay branded debit card. Wouldn't the tourists need a local bank account for that and why "UnionPay", in particular?

"Why would anyone put all their valuables in a small box..." They didn't, they put the cash in "safes" for which, this century, almost none have keys.

Why, what did those tourists do to deserve that ridiculously unfair suggestion of treatment? Are you responsible for your government's unilateral actions?

Likely there was method in his/her madness.

No, they would not have to prove how much cash they brought with them. They would only have to prove the loss of the amount that they would be trying to claim from their insurer and that would, usually, be very limited on most travel policies.

Sounds like insurance scam. What thief would not take it all! No it doesn't. Most travel insurance policies impose low limits (a few hundred) for stolen cash claims unless there was a special endorsement to the policy. "What thief would not take it all!" The thief who didn't want to be caught, perhaps, and thought that it may not have been noticed then maybe went back later for further 'withdrawals'.

Unbelievable that some people condone theft from visitors to Thailand.

All those "rocking up" immediately get put to the back of the queue for the benefit of normal applicants who just "go" there.

Complete tosh, VAT is not payable on finance companies' interest rates.

From the OP, "Adam's family have raised £20,000 to pay for treatment...". There's no suggestion that paying the bill was a problem.

How does it work exactly? It doesn't, it was a proposal that was never implemented.

Of course, they will if there is a reason, they're businesses, not charities, but statistics show that 90%-ish of all insurance claims are accepted and paid out, if they weren't there wouldn't be an insurance industry.

Perhaps they're not "Laughing" at his misfortune as much as laughing at the content of some of the inane posts.

Yes, you are. Er, no. We're both right (or wrong) depending on which definition is used and it has to be borne in mind that there is no definitive definition.