Welcome back to Thailand! French husband has 400,000 baht headache after theft from house

[jwest10]

3 hours ago, jacko45k said:

My neighbour did.... but he had iron grills..... pity the screw heads were left accessible and very usable!

If they want to get in they will and always makes me laugh about padlocks lock inside and it makes people one is in the house and same with sandels  outside, though this is a very Thai thing.

[Dan747]

 Sounds like a Family Setup!! That is why I have security cameras 24/7 that pickup anyone entering and leaving my house and wife's business. Even though we keep most of our money at the Bangkok Bank and never have over 1,000 bath between us. Nothing has ever been stolen here at Ubon for over 10+ years. Very Lucky, but it could still happen and the Burglar would help himself to a old TV, Appliance, etc.-Nothing of real value. "GOOD LUCK!"

Edited March 25, 2022 by Dan747

[fondue zoo]

Are "man traps" illegal here?  Googling non lethal man traps is a rabbit hole..

[MasterBaker]

feel sorry for theves, they had to wait so long for his return from France

[alex8912]

Jeez. From these posts I'm so glad my condo is in super safe Bangkok. Never in my life have I known someone who gets robbed while entertaining. USA or here.  

[prakhonchai nick]

53 minutes ago, aqua4 said:

Why is he not doing the pointing? 

Thats work and unlikely to have a work permit!

[billd766]

1 hour ago, aqua4 said:

Why is he not doing the pointing? 

It is a job that is restricted for farangs and only Thai's are permitted to do it.

Edited March 25, 2022 by billd766
Bad spelling

[smew]

collect insurance..?

[ezzra]

There's An old proverb that goes " look for in in-laws before looking for the out-laws"...

[vinci]

crime like this is always the people you already know

[vandeventer]

4 hours ago, hioctane said:

Common sense when you have lots of guests over. Did they specify whether it was just lying on a table or hidden away?

We all can give you plenty of advice but there is no place truly safe not even in the banks. So my advice would be to suck it up or play Dick Tracy and find who took it.

[bbko]

10 minutes ago, ezzra said:

There's An old proverb that goes " look for in in-laws before looking for the out-laws"...

One time my wife's 19 y/o cousin came for a visit, and when she left my wife was missing 2 baht of gold.  After much yelling over the phone and speaking with the cousin's mother, the cousin confessed to stealing the gold, the cousin's mother repaid my wife and I said that cousin is never allowed in my house again.

If I was this French guy, I'd be looking at the party guest, someone had to step in to use the restroom now & again.

[Jimbo2014]

Sadly the wealth polarity in Thailand is one of the worst in the world, exacerbated by the covid pandemic.  I think we can expect more such stories in the near future.  Investing in a good security system or being part of a strong gated community are likely good moves going forwards.   

[mvdf]

3 hours ago, Hans Johnson said:

That’s why I have one large safe bolted to the concrete floor down stairs and one small one bolted to the wall in the bedroom. 
 

 

Nowadays everything/anything can be de-bolted. Just a matter of time, opportunity and tools. 

[ftpjtm]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Gone was 400,000 baht.

I'm confused. Was this a house robbery or did he apply for a retirement extension?????

[multatuli]

5 hours ago, RAZZELL said:

"there were two miscreants in the frame for the blag at the farang's gaffe."

 

Who writes this nonsense? 

 

If you're going to use slang I'm sure it would be "gaff" not "gaffe"!

 

RAZZ 

Gaffe is perfectly ok in English. I find it regularly in the NYT crossword puzzles. What backwater are you from?

[zyphodb]

6 minutes ago, multatuli said:

Gaffe is perfectly ok in English. I find it regularly in the NYT crossword puzzles. What backwater are you from?

A Gaffe means a silly error, a Gaff is London slang for house, also a large hook for pulling in fish...

Edited March 25, 2022 by zyphodb

[Thaijack2014]

If you can't miss it, protect it. Obviously he mistook Thailand for paradise. Not very wise to let things lying around for the take. 

[BusyB]

'two miscreants in the frame for the blag at the farang's gaffe. '

 

What kind of writing is that?

[FarangFB]

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

My neighbour did.... but he had iron grills..... pity the screw heads were left accessible and very usable!

Very common, a friend moved to a house here and all the windows and doors have these grills, and all of them simply kept in place by like 6 very common screws. 

[SAFETY FIRST]

1 minute ago, FarangFB said:

5 hours ago, jacko45k said:

My neighbour did.... but he had iron grills..... pity the screw heads were left accessible and very usable!

Very common, a friend moved to a house here and all the windows and doors have these grills, and all of them simply kept in place by like 6 very common screws

Pay a little more when installing window security grills/bars, get a professional installer.

 

Common practice when using a professional tradesman/installer is to tack weld the exposed removable nuts. 

 

Saying that, I doubt a thief would go to the trouble of removing security grills if the owners were home having a party. 

 

 

 

 

[jacko45k]

6 minutes ago, FarangFB said:

Very common, a friend moved to a house here and all the windows and doors have these grills, and all of them simply kept in place by like 6 very common screws. 

China makes special screws for such use... one good twist and all the metal is scooped out!

[TBWG]

2 hours ago, aqua4 said:

Why is he not doing the pointing? 

Reserved occupation for Thai's.

[Xonax]

Probably an inside job. I wonder if any of the guests used the bathroom in the house during the party?

[prakhonchai nick]

2 minutes ago, Xonax said:

Probably an inside job. I wonder if any of the guests used the bathroom in the house during the party?

Probably not if he had a few trees in the garden. Not so far to walk!

[norfolkandchance]

5 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Make perfect sense to me gov ????

The Rozzers are on the case.

[Dialemco]

Unfortunately there are many hungry people about due to the Pandemic who are unemployed. Do not display your wealth and make certain all your valuables are locked away  This is common sense now and in the past where ever you are

[ChaiyaTH]

Burriram, never liked the place. Anyway the 400k must be like 60% of the house value looking at pics, quite insane to keep that around poorer folks and not in a proper safe.

 

Compared to a farang minimum wage worker earning 30k a year thats like 100k usd laying around.

Edited March 25, 2022 by ChaiyaTH

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Yes, welcome back to Thailand, put your valuables away when you are having a house party. 

Exactly, back to Thailand but brains remain in France.

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Could happen anywhere in the world I guess..........tough one.........I'd hate to think it was one of their 'guests'.

Could happen anywhere of you leave your valuables on view.