Out of control foreign "tourist" smashes up Bangkok Bank branch in north - causes nearly 500K damage

[ThaiFelix]

4 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

That's not true, I've had my damaged BBL debit card replaced a number of times at local branches.

Thats not true.  I have just been through the process in Kalasin, either return to Bangkok or transfer the balance to new account in Kalasin.  I also checked with 3 branches...same story.

[Mac Mickmanus]

29 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Indeed.... I recall getting annoyed at the SCB Branch Manager in Thonglor... 

 

I can’t remember exactly what I wanted, but it needed proof of ID. 

My Passport was at immigration (work permit processing I think), I had a letter. 

I had my Thai Driving Licence & UK driving Licence, I had a previous Passport (corner clipped off). 

Bank teller wasn’t sure and got the manager. 

 

The branch manager wouldn’t accept any of this. I made him call head office, I spoke with head office told them what ID I had, they said it was fine. Branch manager, still refused to accept my ID and refused my transaction (or whatever it was I wanted to do at the time). 

 

I recall getting quite irritated and asking him why is he so stupid... (in Thai) in front of his staff...

Feeling slightly indignant and somewhat better.... I jumped in the motor and went to the next SCB down the road... in and out, no issues !!!.... 

 

Sometimes these fools can just push your buttons !!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If I need to leave my passport at immigration  , I always make sure that I go and do my banking before I give my PP to immigration , I go to the bank the day before and get my business done and then the next day I hand my passport in to immigration 

[Mac Mickmanus]

24 minutes ago, trainman34014 said:

What surprises me is that Thai's don't smash up these Banks regularly as they offer just about the worst service on The Planet !

I have always got excellent services from banks 

[clarky cat]

would like to hear his side of the story, could have been justified 

[ThaiFelix]

4 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Nonsense.

I have just been through it so dont tell me its nonsense....you think I did it for fun??

[ThaiFelix]

4 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Nonsense.

But I must admit you put forward a very thoughtful and well constructed argument LMFAO!

 

[clarky cat]

10 hours ago, John Drake said:

When you are 40th in line waiting and Bangkok Bank only has one teller who is taking 30 minutes to deal with a customer depositing company payroll.

90% of those in the queue are simply withdrawing cash as they don't want to pay the 200 baht a year ATM fee (no lie)

[John harrison]

Post pandemic Farangs seem to be in the news quite often for all the wrong reasons....

[BTB1977]

Give me my money Aaaaa

[dinsdale]

Interesting. "Mad farang". Of course when Thais go mad they don't throw rocks they use guns etc. Oddly enough never referred to as mad.

[Naamblar2014]

Did they get his permission to video him?  This video may damage his reputation

[RichardColeman]

12 hours ago, webfact said:

for trespass and damage in the sum of 460,600 baht.

Think he's being fleeced, some get less compensation agreements for killing someone

[nevets81]

I think they misspelled his name. 

[Sir Dude]

Toss the looney in the local bin... no-one cares. You can't act like a moron... laws and stuff like that are everywhere, you are not special.

[Mac Mickmanus]

25 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Think he's being fleeced, some get less compensation agreements for killing someone

How much do you estimate the damage caused would cost to fix and replace ?

  How much money do you think it should cost ?

[ChaiyaTH]

25 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

How much do you estimate the damage caused would cost to fix and replace ?

  How much money do you think it should cost ?

The separation counter glass 5k a piece tops, the monitor printer etc 25K tops. Then the bigger damage being the actual security doors and windows, no way those cost more than 200K. Actually i think just 150k total.

 

Do not believe a word that those 'security doors' are even worth naming 'security' as he kicked them in with some basic rocks lol.

 

Banksters as usual.

Edited June 3, 2022 by ChaiyaTH

[Mac Mickmanus]

12 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

The separation counter glass 5k a piece tops, the monitor printer etc 25K tops. Then the bigger damage being the actual security doors and windows, no way those cost more than 200K. Actually i think just 150k total.

 

Do not believe a word that those 'security doors' are even worth naming 'security' as he kicked them in with some basic rocks lol.

 

Banksters as usual.

What about the broken computer , how much would it cost to replace the banks broken computer ?

[ChaiyaTH]

5 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

What about the broken computer , how much would it cost to replace the banks broken computer ?

The stuff they use? Windows 95 right? Maybe 2000 baht lol. Serious answer? Doubt over 5-10K, that was included in the total of 25K already, at a high estimate.

 

You could buy a new Windows computer with 23 inch monitor and a 3in1print/scanner for less than 15K total easily. That computer and monitor would be way better than what they had for sure.

 

The staff should be thankful, they get paid off leave due to fixing the place up and finally some decent hardware too.

Edited June 3, 2022 by ChaiyaTH

[Mac Mickmanus]

1 minute ago, ChaiyaTH said:

The stuff they use? Windows 95 right? Maybe 2000 baht lol. Serious answer? Doubt over 5-10K, that was included in the total of 25K already, at a high estimate.

Even the cheapest computer is 15-20 000 Baht .

A medium range computer would be about 50 000 Baht 

[ChaiyaTH]

Just now, Mac Mickmanus said:

Even the cheapest computer is 15-20 000 Baht .

A medium range computer would be about 50 000 Baht 

You are clearly clueless.

[garyk]

Pai was built on drugs supplied by the Hmong people, and in cahoots with the police.. They would grow and bring it in from Burma.  10-1 this guy was strung out.

[Hellfire]

A typical farang piece of <deleted>. The one who thinks he has a share in those Newton discoveries. And as such - has more rights than many others. Especially, those in the third world countries' territories.

 

 

Edited June 3, 2022 by Hellfire

[Mac Mickmanus]

8 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

You are clearly clueless.

Oh OK .

How much would a new computer cost ?

[garyk]

1 minute ago, Hellfire said:

A typical farang piece of <deleted>. 

I was thinking the same thing about the Thai cops in Pai.

[richard_smith237]

3 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

If I need to leave my passport at immigration  , I always make sure that I go and do my banking before I give my PP to immigration , I go to the bank the day before and get my business done and then the next day I hand my passport in to immigration 

No passport wasn’t the issue.. I had a passport (expired) that was acceptable according to head office and the subsequence branch... The issue was the Manager being a d!<k....  as I wrote, sometimes they can just ‘push your buttons’....

 

Its good that you are organised, but still, in Thailand just when you think you’ve got everything covered, something else is required !!!...  when you think you’ve got more than enough documentation, a date is wrong on one of them !!!...  

 

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A few years back I received a call from TrueMove asking if I wanted to move my contract to 3G high speed (same price)... sure, so I agreed. Travelled overseas for a couple of months, returned my phone was not working, no connection.

 

Called up True - its was because I’d not paid my bill. But I had direct debit. Apparently that was cancelled when I upgraded to 3G high speed and I need to apply again.

No problem, easily done first time around.... No... even after getting to the Bank and True visions to talk with each other they couldn’t resolve the billing issue, bank refused to pay the direct debit even though they’d being doing so months before hand....  

I chalked that one down to TiT and just paid each month... a bit of a PITA. 

 

Another time I had a reasonable sum in my account - I wanted to keep that out of the way and set up a second account to use for online stuff and carry the ATM card etc... Even though I already had an account with SCB they wouldn’t open another because I didn’t have a work permit...

The fact that I already had an account with them with a few million baht in it was totally lost on them and they didn’t care that wanted to keep that more secure...  This one irritated the <deleted> out of me. 

Opened a second account with a different bank as soon as I had a Yellow Tabien baan and Pink ID. 

 

The banks...  lots of nonsensical silly stuff....   they can push your buttons !!! 

 

I can understand why someone can get extremely upset with the banks (my stuff was very mild) but for others the awkwardness of dealing with banks can cost them a lot of money or leave them high and dry without access to their own money.....   No excuse for trashing a bank... well.. maybe there is !!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ratcatcher]

12 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

No pointing ????

I see an opportunity for some serious pointing has gone by the wayside.

Bank staff pointing at the damage, police pointing at the farang, farang pointing at the ATM that didn't give him money.

I get your point. Well said.????

[The Hammer2021]

"Out of control Canadian man goes berserk and smashes up  bank!"  Or

"Canuck runs Amok!"

If this report  had been about a Thai man his nationality (where his nationality  is irrelevant) would have been in the head  line.

Edited June 3, 2022 by The Hammer2021

[TooMuchTime]

ai farang!!

 

Get them out of this country.  Thailand needs to take a hardline approach to these farang and make an example out of them.

 

It is time for Thailand to rise.

[richard_smith237]

39 minutes ago, TooMuchTime said:

ai farang!!

 

Get them out of this country.  Thailand needs to take a hardline approach to these farang and make an example out of them.

 

It is time for Thailand to rise.

Hardline excessive penalties for foreigners who break the law in Thailand, be it a mistake or not you mean ?????

.... You first......  Or would you then cry for unfair treatment ?.... Double charging ???... you see where this is going don’t you....  

 

...  You may have ‘gone-native’....  The guy stuffed up and deserves exactly the same charges and penalty any other Thai person would receive for the same vandalism... thats it. 

 

 

 

 

[Puccini]

17 hours ago, Denim said:

A breakdown of that is :

 

260,000 for the damage and 200,000 to the rep just for the inconvenience.

What or whom do you mean with "the rep"?