Pensioner's plea! Thais have robbed me blind and I can't get home

[Just Weird]

21 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Ever thought of getting into Thai politics? You have just passed the selection process.

 

Not enough value in mine, I'm afraid.

[HAKAPALITA]

Dutch state pension is 50,000bht/month.
If he waits a few weeks, he'll have money again.

50 ?. Thats more than the Brits who saved their ases.


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[Just Weird]

19 hours ago, Lacessit said:

You have 12 watches? Your nom-de-plume is Just Weird? I think I understand now.

It's weird to collect things, is it, things that can be sold on for a profit?  It's not me that's weird if that's what you think.

[Just Weird]

14 hours ago, whaleboneman said:

I don't have any - can you lend me some?

Sure, if you can find me.

[marqus12]

15 hours ago, Sir Charles said:

This pavement looks like in the area of khao san road.
Maybe one of you boasting millionaires should buy him a ticket???

[Vacuum]

22 hours ago, Sir Charles said:

Probably he did build a house and he bought a 4WD in the name of his Isan teerak...????  He’s broke now. 

 

All this for 50k. A bargain I'd say.

[Sir Charles]

19 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

 

All this for 50k. A bargain I'd say.

555 His teerak took the house, the car and what he has left (50k). ????

[BTB1977]

Some one can not take what you do not give them. Stupid Dutch man. 

[user343434]

21 hours ago, Artisi said:

Are you feel better after than mammoth effort? 

LOL, yes actually, YES I feel better... One like and 3 smileys vs your comment, ain't bad isn't it?

 

Ok, for your favor:

Poor fellow,,,,, 

BUT:

Look at all the items, he came as a tourist, lived as a tourist and got mugged at the end.

The 200 baht watches and the straw hat would indicate at least the begin of the story.. 

Yes I agree he is desperate, selling stuff that you get offered by street vendors 50 times per day.

As tourist you actually buy this stuff in a pub/bar when your "social" level is reached after 20 Leos to make yourself looking good in front of that chicken you just bought a lady-drink, do you?

 

But still I stand to my last mammoth post that you have quoted..

I would buy that straw hat, put it on my dog's head, shave his a** and make him walking reverse, if I could develop a feeling and would find any reason why to help him.

But sure we can find at least 50 more guys per day who came up with better solutions and made their way home after got mugged. 

Blaming THE THAI PEOPLE in general is in my eyes pretty shameless and disrespectful. 

Criminals you find in every country and almost everywhere they are the minority.. 

 

 

 

[Artisi]

56 minutes ago, See Will said:

LOL, yes actually, YES I feel better... One like and 3 smileys vs your comment, ain't bad isn't it?

 

Ok, for your favor:

Poor fellow,,,,, 

BUT:

Look at all the items, he came as a tourist, lived as a tourist and got mugged at the end.

The 200 baht watches and the straw hat would indicate at least the begin of the story.. 

Yes I agree he is desperate, selling stuff that you get offered by street vendors 50 times per day.

As tourist you actually buy this stuff in a pub/bar when your "social" level is reached after 20 Leos to make yourself looking good in front of that chicken you just bought a lady-drink, do you?

 

But still I stand to my last mammoth post that you have quoted..

I would buy that straw hat, put it on my dog's head, shave his a** and make him walking reverse, if I could develop a feeling and would find any reason why to help him.

But sure we can find at least 50 more guys per day who came up with better solutions and made their way home after got mugged. 

Blaming THE THAI PEOPLE in general is in my eyes pretty shameless and disrespectful. 

Criminals you find in every country and almost everywhere they are the minority.. 

 

 

 

Fact check needed, seems to me your original posting has received zilch, zero, nothing, whereas it is my comment attracting 1 like and 3 smilies - so still happy and feeling better. 

However, you are correct in saying that blaming the Thais is way off base. 

[paulikens]

more than likely he gave 50000bt to a thai girl,makes me laugh the amount of blokes that say a thai woman has robbed them,when they have handed over the cash,as far as i know no thai woman has held a knife to the throat to any of these blokes,all you gotta to do is quite simple.... when they ask for cash you say NO!!

[nausea]

4 hours ago, HAKAPALITA said:

50 ?. Thats more than the Brits who saved their ases.


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The UK State pension is a joke - land fit for heroes, pauper heroes, or at least their offspring. Wait till the next big crisis comes up. I have serious doubts if that well-spring that took us through WW1 and WW2 even still exists. Hopefully, there's been enough inbreeding to ensure a core of moral strength. On the other hand, I'm encouraged by the way foreigners adopt British culture, almost against their will. Like,I used to work with Muslim girls and they were so British ... .

 

 

[jgarbo]

On 10/3/2018 at 12:49 PM, smedly said:

so at 70 he has no state pension from home ? I find that hard to believe, how about booking a cheap room for 2x months and saving your income for an air ticket instead of making an idiot of yourself 

Does he know that begging is a crime in Thailand? Though he might argue it's not begging but fraud. Disgusting Hollander.

[holy cow cm]

What ever he did, he did it to himself. First timer here? 

[Sir Charles]

The message and pictures has been deleted on Hotji Kamnokkok FB-page. 

Perhaps it was a joke or fakenews but I don’t get it. ????

[Odysseus123]

12 hours ago, seancbk said:

 

Yeah in that pic he looks much more like an organised scammer (beggar).

Well..adds a bit of colour to the otherwise completely dreary,Victor Meldrumish,holier than thou, expat existence.

 

I like his hat.

[user343434]

1 hour ago, Sir Charles said:

The message and pictures has been deleted on Hotji Kamnokkok FB-page. 

Perhaps it was a joke or fakenews but I don’t get it. ????

I would say "sold out" 

 

or destroying of evidence after the police caught him without work permit.. ???????? 

[SuperTed]

What happened with this bloke? As in, conjecture and condescension aside, what has happened with him since this news broke?

 

 

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[Donutz]

On 10/3/2018 at 10:53 AM, mauGR1 said:

I find hard to believe that the Dutch Embassy doesn't help him with a ticket, and leaves him begging on the sidewalk.

The embassy will provide help: they will try to contact your family for instance or act as negotiater/mediator. But they won't borrow you money for a ticket or hospital bill. That's your own responsibility. I vaguely remember a Dutch interview ablut the embassy helping people get back in the past but more than once getting their money back was rather difficult... and if these people default on their small loan it costs the taxpayer money. The embassy is not a charity organisation.

[sjaak327]

On ‎10‎/‎3‎/‎2018 at 3:28 PM, Tony125 said:

For your information  (and Thian's ) if you have a tourist visa from a Thai Consulate or Embassy you do not have to show tickets exiting the country. If you come in on a visa exempt you have to show a ticket leaving the country within 30 days or extend the visa exempt at immigration. Some airlines will not let you board the plane without a valid visa.

Further to this, many people don't even arrive by air, they arrive at land borders, which Thailand actually has quite a few off. In fact, I have entered Thailand by land more often than by air, and I have never been asked to show a ticket home. 

[stanleycoin]

I think it's just a shame full case,  of blatant queue jumping 

[elgenon]

He needs to get watches to sell from that Thai official that has bunches of expensive ones.

[Cuba]

On 10/3/2018 at 1:12 PM, petermik said:

More to this story methinks......

No shit Sherlock.

[DJ54]

On 10/4/2018 at 2:28 PM, marqus12 said:

This pavement looks like in the area of khao san road.
Maybe one of you boasting millionaires should buy him a ticket???

If looks like some of the watches are ladies style. Looks a bit tidy

to on the down and outs

[GinBoy2]

This reminds me of a couple of decades ago when I was doing a lot of work it what was then West Germany.
I was but a dumb American at the airport, and fell for the 'I need to get back to West Berlin' scam

[harada]

Don't be fooled by the smile.????

[djayz]

I love it when some blokes hand over all their money (buying land, house, car, etc.) to some lady they've recently met here and then cry "she/they took all my money". 

 

Not saying that this is the case with this Dutch fellow, but it wouldn't surprise me one little but if it were in fact the case. 

 

I've had the misfortune of meeting a few of these foreign men here over the years. Same story every time. 

 

Hope the Dutch pensioner manages to get home safely. 

[khundon]

On 10/3/2018 at 7:35 AM, Borzandy said:

Sure, that cannot be Thais who robbed this man.

Thais stealing? I don’t believe it. ????

[balo]

On 10/3/2018 at 5:31 PM, Monkeyrobot said:

He looks well dressed and groomed. 

Maybe his first day at work , take another picture in 2 months when he's laying down shirtless. 

[balo]

Actually I think he's just an old scammer , trying to get some money off tourists and get some sympathy . He probably don't want to go home. Seen them before in central Bangkok. Same type of signs , and then they never leave, pay the corrupted cops to be able to continue the begging. 

 

But I guess Big Joke will be interested in this case.