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Pattaya: Thai man's car - and ONE MILLION baht in cash - goes up in flames

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5 hours ago, Susco said:

 

LOL, you are correct, I mistook the mm for cm.

 

Apologies

Tomatos ,tomato's . 12 or 15 cm you can still hold in 1 hand so going back to the original story he is right that a million baht can be held quit easely in 1 hand . Or you have to have small girly hands ,but i know enough girls that can hold 15cm with their small hands but that's a whole different story ????

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  • jacko45k
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    Struggling to believe this completely!

  • thequietman
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    A dead friend gave it to him. ????

  • Peterw42
    Peterw42

    I'm pretty sure if you looked up insurance fraud in the dictionary, it would have this story.    

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1 million Baht, Hmmmm, I saw Elvis Presley in Pattaya the other day, for real... ????????

18 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

I'm pretty sure if you looked up insurance fraud in the dictionary, it would have this story.

 

 

im pretty sure insurance do not cover large amounts of cash

He should have used some of the money to buy a decent car? 

 

Yes, liar liar, baht on fire! 

On 5/5/2021 at 9:45 AM, fangless said:

I wonder how large and heavy a bag would be to hold 1Million Baht.

Thats 1000 x 20 baht notes. I imagine 1000 x 1000 baht notes would be a similar size.

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10 minutes ago, Farma said:

Thats 1000 x 20 baht notes.

That's  a good night out, (tips only), well it used to be!

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I thought only Tesla spontaneously combusted.

On 5/5/2021 at 10:12 AM, mahjongguy said:

The cash would stack up to about 12 centimeters. Easy to to hold in one hand. So, pretty much any old plastic bag big enough to hold a large Chang.

 

Wow, I would have thought a thai bank note was more than 0.00012mm thick.

12 hours ago, roger101 said:

If this happened yesterday (4/5/21) I wonder what bank he was taken it to.

 

 

Were banks closed on Tuesday ?

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Quite a few of our members need to refesh their maths ????

 

I can't find numbers for Thai notes but a US$ is about 0.11mm thick.

 

Multiply by 1,000 (assuming 1,000 Baht notes) gives 110mm = 11cm.

 

"I don't want to know why you can't. I want to know how you can!"

16 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Wow, I would have thought a thai bank note was more than 0.00012mm thick.

See Crossy's post....

16 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

 

Were banks closed on Tuesday ?

Yes, Monday too, although maybe open in Malls.

10 hours ago, honcho said:

im pretty sure insurance do not cover large amounts of cash

Some tourists have tried to claim loss of belongings/cash on their travel insurance.  I agree, I doubt insurance companies would pay for loss of cash.  Next to impossible to prove/disprove the exact amount.   

11 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

Next to impossible to prove/disprove the exact amount.   

Have to be careful not to sneeze.

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

Multiply by 1,000 (assuming 1,000 Baht notes) gives 110mm = 11cm.

 

So, to keep it simple and avoid accidents with decimal points, the stack in question would be 5 to 6 inches tall. Just depending on the "fluffiness" of the notes, i.e. how used they are.

 

41 minutes ago, mahjongguy said:

So, to keep it simple and avoid accidents with decimal points, the stack in question would be 5 to 6 inches tall. Just depending on the "fluffiness" of the notes, i.e. how used they are.

 

Inches, you talk of keeping it simple and then use inches!

Must have been "Hot" money.......

regards worgeordie

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

See Crossy's post....

I see the error of my ways.. Ive too many decimal places.

On 5/5/2021 at 8:39 AM, keith101 said:

Does he smoke and did he try to through the butt out the window only to have it go into the back seat ?

This wouldn't have happened if he was wearing a mask while driving like everyone's supposed to.

11 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:

This wouldn't have happened if he was wearing a mask while driving like everyone's supposed to.

Only if there are passengers. 

On 5/5/2021 at 9:45 AM, fangless said:

I wonder how large and heavy a bag would be to hold 1Million Baht.

Plenty of room in  a shoe box

2 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Only if there are passengers. 

Nope.

A million won't break your back.

(except in coins ????)

I don't believe a percent of this story, very dubious/smelly.

 

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On 5/5/2021 at 7:38 PM, Susco said:

 

Lot of envy shown in this thread, probably because most of them have never owned 1 million Baht, other than in debt.

 

If you claim that 100.000 Baht staple is only 1.2 cm high, then I doubt you have ever seen 100K together

 

I just measured it for you with a digital caliper, and a staple of 100 x 1000 Baht notes = approximately 15 cm, depending on how hard you press the caliper

 

Learn how to read before calling others jealous. 

Above I pictured the million (part of it for my car purchase in 2011).

This is a screenshot from a video of 350'000.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEDKlcXBT84

Some really have no idea. 1.2 cm for 100'000 sounds plausible.

 

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On 5/6/2021 at 12:33 AM, Farma said:

Thats 1000 x 20 baht notes. I imagine 1000 x 1000 baht notes would be a similar size.

 

A stack of crisp new bills is a lot thinner.

On 5/10/2021 at 7:50 AM, Pattaya Spotter said:

Nope.

Excuse me I was misled by 103FM... and they are still doing it. 

On 5/5/2021 at 3:24 PM, thequietman said:

Yep, funny how it wasn't 900K or 945K - But 1 million on the button. ????

You should read the link.

It didn't say exactly one millions n at all.

18 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Excuse me I was misled by 103FM... and they are still doing it. 

Thai officialdom has been reported as saying both...so all is normal. 

1 hour ago, RobMuir said:

You should read the link.

It didn't say exactly one millions n at all.

Jirayut, 24, said he noticed smoke and stopped. He tried to retrieve a bag containing his phone and one million baht in cash as flames quickly took hold.

 

This what I based my comment on, grasshopper.

 

Crack on now.

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