Couple return home after Songkran trip to discover 10 million baht robbery from safe

[Will B Good]

Good to see a bit of pointing....always feel 'robbed' if no one is pointing.

[Excel]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Very imaginative Shylock

Thank you Watson

[sawadee1947]

I'm always impressed how rich some people are in so called 3rd world countries. ????

 

[cardinalblue]

I wonder what watches/jewelry they were wearing? Never understood fascination with these items in LOS and how ill prepared to safeguard it….

[Skeptic7]

Ouch! Not into victim blaming as know what it's like to be broken into and and robbed while away. Even tho I didn't lose much, still SUX in a major way. 

[kidneyw]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Even relatives did not know of its existence.

Bet the relatives are <deleted> off now.

[wwest5829]

2 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:

I'm always impressed how rich some people are in so called 3rd world countries. ????

 

I always question who is buying the properties offered for the, for me, high prices. But then, I retired to a lower cost country because I thought I could live better on my $2400 USD monthly budget.

[Freddy42OZ]

8 hours ago, Longwood50 said:

They say a fool and their money will soon be separated.  Why in their right mind would keep a small fortune inside their home.  Have they never heard of a safe deposit box, or buying gold bullion from investment companies that store the gold for you. 

So everyone who owns a safe at home is a fool are they? 

And anyone with 10 million or more in jewellery and watches is a fool for wanting to keep them at home?
 

[Freddy42OZ]

16 minutes ago, wwest5829 said:

I always question who is buying the properties offered for the, for me, high prices. But then, I retired to a lower cost country because I thought I could live better on my $2400 USD monthly budget.

Some of the place I've seen here in the 100-300 million baht price range are absolutely fantastic.  

 

[OneMoreFarang]

Why would anybody leave valuables for millions of THB at home? It's just stupid! 

[OneMoreFarang]

33 minutes ago, Freddy42OZ said:

So everyone who owns a safe at home is a fool are they? 

And anyone with 10 million or more in jewellery and watches is a fool for wanting to keep them at home?
 

They also kept gold bars at home. For what? Hanging them around their necks every couple of days?

Just put them in a safety box from a bank or another professional company.

There is no reason to keep valuables like that at home.

[wwest5829]

44 minutes ago, Freddy42OZ said:

Some of the place I've seen here in the 100-300 million baht price range are absolutely fantastic.  

 

Like to look at but far out of the price range of the vast majority of the global population. I I could afford the price tad? I'm thinking elsewhere with only occasional visits here.

[rudi49jr]

10 hours ago, Thailand said:

Should not be too difficult for plod to sort this one.

Only thing is that plod will want a substantial slice of the cake for the effort, I’m guessing. 

[ChrisKC]

I don't "blame" the Owners. They don't "deserve" their loss!

 

If they knew as much as some of the people on this forum, they wouldn't get burgled would they?

 

Hindsight - never around when you need it.

 

I have been burgled twice within six months at the same place (in Thailand) in spite of taking as many precautions as would be considered reasonable.

 

If they want to get in, they can get in!

 

And if you have been burgled and discover it when you get home, they have ransacked the place, I can assure you the emotions run through you like a sharp knife!! You don't need anyone to tell you, should have done this, should have done that!

 

And forget the return of anything. The Police will want you to point where they got in and take a photo - for them end of story!

 

 

[Longwood50]

14 hours ago, Freddy42OZ said:

So everyone who owns a safe at home is a fool are they? 

No we have a safe in our home.  But I sure don't keep 10 million baht in it.  There is a limit to what a "reasonable" person keeps readily at hand.  There is a limit to what a "reasonable" person is willing to put at greater risk.  

Now why someone wants to own physical gold is a mystery to me.  Unless they are wanting to hide their wealth from perhaps the government.  You can own gold bullion via investment funds who safekeep the gold for you.  Also since it is already assayed it is easily sold without physical transport to another.  

If you own physical gold, you first have to have it transported to some place to sell it.  The purchaser would have to go through the additional expense to have the authenticity of the gold verified.  Does not seem like a very logical thing to do and certainly if I chose to have 10 million baht in gold I would not keep in in a home safe. 

[Road Warrior]

INSIDE JOB !!!   

[Henryford]

That's why i would never want to invest in gold. If you keep it at home all a burglar needs to do is point a gun at your head and say open the safe. If you keep it at a bank then they are as likely to steal it. Paper gold ha ha worth no more than fiat currency.

[JimmyJ]

On 4/19/2022 at 10:16 AM, Dmaxdan said:

These people have obviously never heard of safety deposit boxes at their local bank.

Also @Longwood50:

 

Do the banks here have sd boxes?

[Dogmatix]

They got off lightly. No signs of the usual defecation in the bedroom.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 4/19/2022 at 11:11 AM, Excel said:

Perhaps it depends how they got the money to pay for their "trinkets" - just saying

What exactly are you "just saying"?  Why don't you read the full article including the link that explains the origin of the stolen items?  Did you not see that the robbery has been reported to the police?

[Liverpool Lou]

On 4/19/2022 at 12:20 PM, falang07 said:

store the real values in a metal or plastic box hidden in a wall

Yes, those secure plastic boxes are the way to go to keep B10m worth of valuables.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 4/19/2022 at 12:52 PM, Excel said:

All my articles are individually listed so that is not unusual and perfectly normal procedure for high value items.  However that is irrelevant to what I am suggesting as a possibility.

"...that is irrelevant to what I am suggesting..."

What you are accusing them of is the most irrelevant and unjustified part of this thread.

[Nong Khai Man]

On 4/19/2022 at 10:23 AM, Andre0720 said:

Well, bad news, and good news.

 

The bad news, robbery, always shocking for anyone.

The good news, nothing very useful in there...

Yer Right There was NO Cash !!.......Cash is King !!

[Excel]

Just now, Nong Khai Man said:

Yer Right There was NO Cash !!.......Cash is King !!

Gold is as good as cash in Thailand, perhaps even better.

[Nong Khai Man]

On 4/19/2022 at 11:49 AM, JeffersLos said:

Should have invested in the safety of Cryptocurrency. 

But THAT Can Go Down as well as up !!

[bbko]

Many years back when the same day visa runs were the norm, I was chatting with a fellow expat and he told me of his robbery story.  Seems he'd been living here for years and even though he kept a sizeable sum of money & gold in his condo he never had any problems.  Then he decided to have a safe delivered and installed, two days later his place was broken into and all of his valuables gone.  He wasn't sure if it was the safe crew or his neighbors that learned he had something worth stealing.

 

[Liverpool Lou]

20 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:

I'm always impressed how rich some people are in so called 3rd world countries. ????

 

Third world country?  This robbery was in Thailand which is not third world.

[Rimmer]

A libelous post and replies have been removed

[sawadee1947]

2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Third world country?  This robbery was in Thailand which is not third world.

Since when? ????????

[Nong Khai Man]

19 hours ago, cardinalblue said:

I wonder what watches/jewelry they were wearing? Never understood fascination with these items in LOS and how ill prepared to safeguard it….

The Watches where Probably bought from a Dealer ?? On Sukumvit !!