Popular Post webfact Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 US man so pleased to get back cash left in taxi that he’s moving here By Suttinan Kongsin The Nation Picture: Thai Rath An American former police officer visiting Bangkok has made up his mind to retire in Thailand after a taxi driver returned US$9,800 (Bt310,000) he’d inadvertently left in the cab. Weerapon Kamsiri, 57, found a bag containing the cash on Tuesday while cleaning his car and called police, who’s already heard from Jerry Allen Hart. Hart, 74, had notified them about the lost money after riding in Weerapon’s cab to Suvarnabhumi Airport. Police determined that the amount Weerapon found matched the amount reported lost and arranged for the two men to meet at the airport police station on Tuesday night. Hart was quick to offer Weerapon a cash reward. “I actually had two more passengers before I started cleaning the cab and found the bag,” Weerapon said, so he wasn’t sure who’d left it behind. “I was so worried when I found it – worried for its owner,” he said. “I’d been toying with the idea of spending my retirement in Thailand,” Hart said, “but because of this incident I’ve made up my mind to move here.” Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30359883 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-12-05 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaiwrath Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, webfact said: “I’d been toying with the idea of spending my retirement in Thailand,” Hart said, “but because of this incident I’ve made up my mind to move here.” Going to be easy pickings for some lady ! Then he'll find out they are not all the same ! Edited December 5, 2018 by Thaiwrath 17 1 3 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sammieuk1 Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 Hopefully he wont get run down by a taxi on his first day of retirement ???? 2 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vacuum Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 Is that his twin brother in the background? 3 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkk6060 Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 Great story. I wonder what percent of people that if they found the bag, would hide it from the driver and keep the money? 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post drayger Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 Who in the hell walks around with 310,000 baht cash and if you did how can you be so stupid to leave it in a taxi some people aren't safe to be let out alone. I have a hard job believing this type of story 22 1 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post White Christmas13 Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 8 minutes ago, drayger said: Who in the hell walks around with 310,000 baht cash and if you did how can you be so stupid to leave it in a taxi some people aren't safe to be let out alone. I have a hard job believing this type of story but but but it is the time of the month again to support the honest taxi drivers 6 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post madmen Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 Who in the hell walks around with 310,000 baht cash and if you did how can you be so stupid to leave it in a taxi some people aren't safe to be let out alone. I have a hard job believing this type of storyMaybe because you never had it? . Thousands of people carry sub 10 grand in cash as its not declared when coming through customs 10 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dcnx Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 5 hours ago, drayger said: Who in the hell walks around with 310,000 baht cash and if you did how can you be so stupid to leave it in a taxi some people aren't safe to be let out alone. I have a hard job believing this type of story Walking around with 300k cash while on holiday. Right. We’re overdue for one of these stories, and right in the middle of a tourism drop, so I’m not buying it just like I don’t buy the others. 15 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnx Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 5 hours ago, madmen said: 5 hours ago, drayger said: Who in the hell walks around with 310,000 baht cash and if you did how can you be so stupid to leave it in a taxi some people aren't safe to be let out alone. I have a hard job believing this type of story Thousands of people carry sub 10 grand in cash as its not declared when coming through customs Data pulled straight from the Tourism Authority’s archives. ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bkkthebest Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 5 hours ago, drayger said: Who in the hell walks around with 310,000 baht cash and if you did how can you be so stupid to leave it in a taxi some people aren't safe to be let out alone. I have a hard job believing this type of story He is old and memory fails him at times. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mok199 Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 And their you have it...''Thailands Tall Tales'' have begun again...just when I thought it was safe to read the news again... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Oziex1 Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 I predicted one of these coming soon, can't remember why. 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justgrazing Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 7 hours ago, webfact said: I’d been toying with the idea of spending my retirement in Thailand,” Hart said, “but because of this incident I’ve made up my mind to move here.” Act in haste .. Repent at leisure .. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 With the extra fees in the new Thai Bank scam on withdrawls, many an expat/retiree will be dungling around, big amounts of ca$h....better start to shop around for some heavy duty safes and bring in somebody from abroad if you can afford it, to mount it in a well hidden area at home !!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyezhov Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 1 hour ago, dcnx said: Walking around with 300k cash while on holiday. Right. We’re overdue for one of these stories, and right in the middle of a tourism drop, so I’m not buying it just like I don’t buy the others. I usually roll off the plane with 200K plus, saves on bank fees. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangrak Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Maybe he could better have left, ...after leaving a 20, or small 10, % reward for the taxi driver? Afraid we've just got another stingy long-termer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CeeGee Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 can someone refer me to the "Taxi driver rips off(insults,refuses fare,plays with himself etc) story's as I appear to have missed the one that usually appears just before this type of "news" item. I lost my wallet once in China and it was returned to me at my hotel but I never thought of that as a basis to move to China 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmen Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katia Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 16 minutes ago, CeeGee said: can someone refer me to the "Taxi driver rips off(insults,refuses fare,plays with himself etc) story's as I appear to have missed the one that usually appears just before this type of "news" item. I lost my wallet once in China and it was returned to me at my hotel but I never thought of that as a basis to move to China And especially being a cop, you'd think he'd know better... Maybe he was one of those "if I'm supposed to stay here, give me a sign" prayer types, and saw this as his "sign"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LomSak27 Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 (edited) That Taxis drivers of Thailand come through with another story of joy and happiness. Back off you nattering Nabobs of negativity ... I'm feeling seriously warm and fuzzy tonight Edited December 5, 2018 by LomSak27 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post lannarebirth Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 8 hours ago, drayger said: Who in the hell walks around with 310,000 baht cash and if you did how can you be so stupid to leave it in a taxi some people aren't safe to be let out alone. I have a hard job believing this type of story If you don't believe that then you probably won't believe this. About 2006 I was riding the sleeper train to Nong Khai from Bangkok. In the same car were three drunken Swedes who apparently got off in Khon Kaen while I was sleeping. When I woke up in the moring I noticed a fanny pack that got left in the lower bunk where one of the Swedes was to have slept. Not seeing them anymore I secured it and searched it for information that might lead me to getting it back to its owner. Inside was 10,600 Euros, in cash, a passport and a 123 Go pamphlet that you get when you buy a Sim card. FORTUNATELY the guy had scribbled the mobile number associated with the Sim card on the pamphlet. I called the number and he was currently at the Khon Kaen police headquarters reporting his loss. Anyway, I told him I was enroute to Nong Khai and that he should pay a police officer to drive to my location to pick it up. He couldn't understand why he ought to be paying anybody so I asked to speak to the cop. The cop said he would drive to the Nong Khai terminal immediately and I should expect him in 3 hours. We did arrive and I paid him 200 Euro of the guy's money for making the trip and called the guy to tell him I had done so. He was pissed off for some reason. The whole thing cost me a day as I wasn't able to get to Thai Embassy in Vientiane when I needed to. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thechook Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 14 hours ago, Vacuum said: Is that his twin brother in the background? No in the photo at the front they are explaining how it is going to work in the photo op 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 15 hours ago, webfact said: An American former police officer visiting Bangkok has made up his mind to retire in Thailand after a taxi driver returned US$9,800 (Bt310,000) he’d inadvertently left in the cab. Good thing he did not leave money in a taxi in Afghanistan and it was returned to him. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubon farang Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 14 hours ago, drayger said: Who in the hell walks around with 310,000 baht cash and if you did how can you be so stupid to leave it in a taxi some people aren't safe to be let out alone. I have a hard job believing this type of story I can understand if you were in Laos with 300,000 kip because their money is worthless but walking around with 300,000 baht you would have to scratch your head on this one. He better lap it up things soon change when you retire here. The guy in the brown uniform might not be his best friend then lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post balo Posted December 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2018 Another media circus at the police station, why don't they just give the old man back his money so he can give that taxi driver his reward and get the hell out of there? Does this happen in other countries ? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubon farang Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 1 minute ago, balo said: Another media circus at the police station, why don't they just give the old man back his money so he can give that taxi driver his reward and get the hell out of there? Does this happen in other countries ? The whole police force is a circus headed by the BIG JOKE Nobody and I mean the local population takes them serious 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotpoom Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 Never takes them long (knockers) to be "out of the traps"...(as in greyhound racing for the un-iniciated). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post anon537687643 Posted December 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2018 Guy has a lot to learn ! Carrying 10$k US and thinking everyone is so nice because the senile old man found an honest taxi driver ! Get ready for shocks if you decide to hang out in the country permanently! Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meinphuket Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Poor delusionary man, another who believe in aircastles....anyway he will be easy prey and swiftly dealt with when he moves here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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