Rimmer Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Pattaya temples face inspections following fraud complaints PATTAYA:--Local and Buddhism authorities have launched random inspections of Pattaya-area temples following complaints about price gouging for amulets. District Chief Naris Niramaiwong said police, military, Revenue Office and Office of Buddhism officials began checking temples Feb. 1 and will continue to do so at random intervals. The crackdown comes following complaints that vendors at some Pattaya temples were overcharging for amulets and not clearly explaining the object’s history, including whether it had been blessed or not. Complainants called the practice fraud. Read more : http://www.pattayamail.com/news/pattaya-temples-face-inspections-following-fraud-complaints-200780 -- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2018-02-04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 16 hours ago, Rimmer said: Pattaya temples were overcharging for amulets and not clearly explaining the object’s history, Any second hand amulets clearly did not work for the previous owner. Surely real Buddhism does not concern itself with such blatant commercialism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 The police should understand that some amulets are very expensive because they are very lucky amulets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Just don’t buy them ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SABloke Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 On 2/4/2018 at 3:41 PM, Rimmer said: including whether it had been blessed or not. So one needs to add another layer of fraud for it to not be considered fraud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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