Thai-Foreign Couple Accused of Dodging B195K Wedding Bill

Cheap Charlie has a wedding

7 hours ago, SABloke said:

It's common to pay a deposit and then the balance after the event: This allows time for the money envelopes to be counted and usually the envelopes cover all the expenses.

Thanks, yes indeed.

I thought that these donations from the guests were used to help pay for the wedding (or other festival). Perhaps I am wrong?

4 hours ago, Jack Hammer said:

The caterer stated he provided free drinks, the account for 325,000 for 130 guests equates to 2500 per guest for food. Although the bride was shown the menu and agreed to the prices, I don’t know what was ordered, but I think the prices were inflated. Stop and think what you can actually buy at a top end restaurant for 2500.

130 tables seating 6-8 people. Big wedding alright. Not an outrageous price and the caterer included the Sang Som.

8 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Looks like she has a habit of spending money she hasn't got yet..... the guy needs to keep runnng!

Perhaps he is the brother of Katie Price's new husband.

5 hours ago, damo1967 said:

The Chinese are particularly bad at seafood buffets... they each have multiple plates.. push and shove each other.. and when it is time for them to leave.. many many unemptied plates of seafood not eaten. They are a p1g of a race.

Maybe these are on cheap zero baht tours … my mainland chinese friends are well to do staying in good hotels . Never seen any of them behaving badly at all when travelling overseas. I guess stereotyping Chinese tourists as p1g of a race is disgraceful for a human being to say.

4 hours ago, hughrection said:

4 hours ago, hughrection said:

Nope, he's just practical. My wedding cost 200 baht at the local government offices. Wife didn't want a ceremony. Same money was used to fix up the house, pay for a truck and open a small business. Been together 22 years now with all paid for, no debt and her business growing and doing well. :) As I said to the wife at the time, 'if we were broke tomorrow, which of these wedding guests would turn up at our door and give us some money?' She thought for a moment and said 'none of them.' 'So why are we putting on a massive party for them?' says I. :)

She agreed and things have been great since. :)

I have used that same sentence and terminology over and over to my partner; she finally gets it.

We are polite, helpful, but borrowing money is off the table; the neighbours eventually got the message, although it took many attempts, different stories, and not speaking to us.

I told her, and the nosy mother (who's never had a pot to piss in, allows her youngest son, who's 45, never to do a day's work, but is free with ideas of what to do with other people's money to give herself status), that nobody ever comes to our house to bring anything; it's always for a favour or a borrow.

6 hours ago, J Branche said:

Okay, Yes. Then day of wedding lets see the Money BEFORE the marriage.

Thai's love when you pile stacks of Thai Baht "The Dowery" on the table and show it off

Yes, that's usually what happens. Dowry first, show it off to the villagers, wedding maybe the same day or a few days later.

When I got married in 1996 in Dansai, there was about 200 people at it, I knew about 20 of them and 3 could speak English. It was at my bother in laws house.

From what I remember - my sister in law cleared each supplier as they came, once the goods had been checked. For the services, nobody was left short. Thai weddings are a big undertaking.

As they say...pay the man !!!!!!!!!

5 minutes ago, ronnie50 said:

Yes, that's usually what happens. Dowry first, show it off to the villagers, wedding maybe the same day or a few days later.

Yep, Dowry comes first in the morning.

8 hours ago, Jim Waldron said:

"... According to Somsak, Paphada later told him that her foreign husband had not provided the dowry he had promised, leaving her unable to pay the outstanding amount..."

Looks like the honeymoon is well and truly over (for everyone in this story)!

Yep. But I bet he had a good short time. Then he realised she was a gold digger. End of story. Imagine what her family wanted as a dowry if that's the wedding cost. Wow.

130 tables ? That has to be some kind of error.

Even if there was only 5 people at each table sure that would be 650 people.

Something not adding up here.

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2 hours ago, barmatt said:

That's the best ill-fitting suit I've ever seen. 😆

Agreed. I've seen bags thrown into Dumpsters that had more class.

8 hours ago, SABloke said:

It's common to pay a deposit and then the balance after the event: This allows time for the money envelopes to be counted and usually the envelopes cover all the expenses.

Yes, but it's foolhardy to assume that the envelope money will pay the reception balance. I would insist on a deposit and then full payment of the balance before the reception, or I take my tables and wedding cake and band back!!

7 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Yes, but it's foolhardy to assume that the envelope money will pay the reception balance. I would insist on a deposit and then full payment of the balance before the reception, or I take my tables and wedding cake and band back!!

As I said earlier, this was likely not this caterers first rodeo and he maybe had made same or similar arrangements previously with no problem.