rip off farang live and well

[mercman24]

i see lottery vendors still asking 100 baht for an 80 baht lottery ticket when they see you are a farang, clampdown didnt last long, i was sat in a cafe on third road this morning, there was a *no motorcyle* parking sign easy to miss as it was parallel to the road, two scooters heavily chained by the cops, old farang returns, gets a ticket, then two thai girls show up, bike unchained big smiles all round and off they ride. yep nothing changes

[bkk6060]

Nothing changes and it is out of your control.

So, you know what to expect.

Either accept it or figure out another plan.

Such is life in Thailand....

[bbi1]

As a foreigner don't drive a scooter or motorcycle in Pattaya. Only stupid foreigners do that or ones who likes getting scammed by the cops.

[robblok]

How do you know the girls did not pay already ? I always like it when people assume the worst on their bias. 

[bojo]

1 minute ago, robblok said:

How do you know the girls did not pay already ? I always like it when people assume the worst on their bias. 

Thank goodness for a local knowledged level headed and obviously experienced reply...

[KhunBENQ]

49 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

As a foreigner don't drive a scooter or motorcycle in Pattaya. Only stupid foreigners do that or ones who likes getting scammed by the cops.

Stupid advice.

Know the rules and don't give them an opportunity.

 

What the stupid ones do:

Drive up beach road without a helmet (comes even better with a pillion rider).

Have no proper license.

No copy of vehicle documents, no rental contract to show.

Vehicle not taxed/insured.

Drunk and drugged.

etc.

Edited January 13, 2019 by KhunBENQ

[AlexCanada]

AFAIK Thai are still paying 100 baht for lottery tickets as well.  Did you see Thai before/after you paid 100 baht pay only 80 baht?  I assume this was the case if you are implying Farang are paying more.

[billd766]

45 minutes ago, AlexCanada said:

AFAIK Thai are still paying 100 baht for lottery tickets as well.  Did you see Thai before/after you paid 100 baht pay only 80 baht?  I assume this was the case if you are implying Farang are paying more.

The lottery agent that I last used had 80 baht tickets but only in single numbers. If you want more than one ticket with the SAME number be prepared to pay 100 baht per ticket, which strangely enough is the same price that Thais pay.

 

A single ticket number will win you 6 million baht, 5 tickets with the same number will win you 30 million baht. You figure it out.

[ivor bigun]

Many lottery sellers charge 100 baht, no matter if your Thai or not.

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[scorecard]

Yes clampdowns don't last long because many folks are determined to ignore laws and regulations, It's part of the national psyche - I do what I want, that's it.

 

Example; Ramkhamhaeng Soi 19 - say 27. 3 or so years back uncountable vendors had taken over the footpath making many pedestrians who need to walk to a bus stop or whatever walk on the very dangerous road.

 

Then came the crackdown on vendors to totally clear them out but they moved everything back as soon as the cops and army personnel disappeared. Then the army arrived several times with very large trucks, they moved in quickly and threw the stalls and all stock on the trucks, no discussion whatever and drove away.

 

Then for I guess 18 months BMA officers had a desk and 2 or 3 staff there 24 hours a day to monitor the situation and and act quickly to any transgression - the vendors stayed within their shops, no temporary stalls.

 

Then maybe 2 weeks ago the MBA officers stopped coming.

 

Now 90% back to have to walk on the busy dangerous road because hundreds of stalls of 3 years ago. 

 

People just refuse to respect laws and regulations and have no respect whatever for other peoples rights - I do what I want, that's it.

 

 

[lamyai3]

Although it's technically possible, is there any evidence of a farang ever winning the six figure jackpot? 

[bbko]

There's a Lottery shop on the darkside where some tickets are sold for 75 baht (to Thai or farang), but those tickets have crappy numbers; i.e. same numbers repeated in a row.

And I've seen vendors try to raise their prices (for Thai or farang)  if they can sell the idea "my tickets are very lucky, many people have won from me in the past", many Thais are superstitious enough to believe it.

[scubascuba3]

Although it's technically possible, is there any evidence of a farang ever winning the six figure jackpot? 

Unlikely a farang will be able to pick up the winnings, there will be some technicality. Waste of money