Is this wrong?

[2baht]

1 hour ago, Sparktrader said:

99 baht pizza advertised but cant honour it.

Really? What do you expect for 99 baht??? Hardly up market, is it! 

[richard_smith237]

42 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

47 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

"if you can’t afford 200 baht for a pizza you really have to question what you are doing here”...

 

OK, OK... so I don’t mean that at all....  But isn’t that the kind of reply such a topic would usually attract ???

 

I guess we nearly got there... 

 

 

 

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I can pay 200 baht. Im not giving money to liars.  Advertise 99 baht give it or throw sign in bin.

 

Last night i ate salmon on the beach. 189 baht. No lies on sign.

I'm with you on this one....  

 

I was taking the pish out of the posters who’ll argue the price and completely miss the point (as many often do on these sorts of threads). 

[Lacessit]

The OP seems to be unfamiliar with the concept of bait and switch. Which happens all over the world, not just Thailand.

[bob smith]

Not sure what the OP is going on about here. I got the 99. Baht special today and it was D lishuss! 
 

maybe you woke up a bit too late today m8. Hard lines, try again another time. 

Edited November 13, 2022 by bob smith

[2baht]

1 hour ago, Sparktrader said:

Bad review on the way.

I don't think that will ruin their business, few listen to you, Sparky! ????

 

 

Edited November 13, 2022 by 2baht

[Sparktrader]

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

The OP seems to be unfamiliar with the concept of bait and switch. Which happens all over the world, not just Thailand.

Get fined in Oz $30,000+ doing that. A fish n chip shop got fined 70 grand for doing something misleading.

 

 

[Sparktrader]

1 minute ago, 2baht said:

I don't think that will ruin their business, few listen to you! ????

1 bad review every month will. 

[Sparktrader]

2 minutes ago, bob smith said:

Not sure what the OP is going on about here. I got the 99. Baht special today and it was D lishuss! 
 

maybe you woke up a bit too late today m8. Hard lines, try again another time. 

What city is it in?

[Sparktrader]

9 minutes ago, 2baht said:

Really? What do you expect for 99 baht??? Hardly up market, is it! 

To honour their sign otherwise its false and misleading conduct. Do hotels advertise 599 baht rooms then you walk in and the cheapest is 1200 baht? No they dont cause it would be dodgy.

Edited November 13, 2022 by Sparktrader

[Mac Mickmanus]

6 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

The OP seems to be unfamiliar with the concept of bait and switch. Which happens all over the world, not just Thailand.

Yes, I would be too embarrassed to walk out .

Going into a restaurant and asking for the 99 Baht special which is a bit embarrassing anyway , then walking out when they didn't have it !!!!!

   To save myself the embarrassment, I would have order something else instead  .

   I wouldn't walk out the front door, I would ask where the toilet was and try and leave through the back exit or side door 

[richard_smith237]

40 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

47 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Cant sue for facts, only lies. It will be anon too. I will do it outside country. 

That last 2 sentences are very important.

 

I believe the first one is wrong, though. Even if you're right, by Thai defamation laws it doesn't matter, to what I understood. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please.

Correct...  Thailands defamation laws are concerned with intent rather than fact.

 

A BBC journalist (Jonathan Head) faced 5 years in prison for factually reporting on a fraud.

An Activist (Andy Hall) was sued by a Thai Fruit company after accusing (and proving) sub minimum wage and slavery by the company - the case was thrown out of court based on a technicality.

 

 

[proton]

Try Wine Connection, 238 baht lunch, great salad, drink and pizza or pasta

[Sparktrader]

2 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Yes, I would be too embarrassed to walk out .

Going into a restaurant and asking for the 99 Baht special which is a bit embarrassing anyway , then walking out when they didn't have it !!!!!

   To save myself the embarrassment, I would have order something else instead  .

   I wouldn't walk out the front door, I would ask where the toilet was and try and leave through the back exit or side door 

Their menu was rubbish. Stuff all choices 200 to 400 baht. No Thais dumb enough to eat there. Likely rubbish taste given they lie.

 

Had 300 baht seafood dinner for 2 at Thai restaurant.

[Mac Mickmanus]

2 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

 

 

Had 300 baht seafood dinner for 2 at Thai restaurant.

Ahhhhhhhhhh isn't that sweet 

Sparkys got a girlfriend 

"dinner for 2 " 

Have you got jiggy with her yet ?

[Sparktrader]

6 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Correct...  Thailands defamation laws are concerned with intent rather than fact.

 

A BBC journalist (Jonathan Head) faced 5 years in prison for factually reporting on a fraud.

An Activist (Andy Hall) was sued by a Thai Fruit company after accusing (and proving) sub minimum wage and slavery by the company - the case was thrown out of court based on a technicality.

 

 

How does that apply to international hotel chains? Or even a small local obe.

 

Example

Ripped towels, bad tv reception, poor water pressure. Bad bed.

 

All of that could be 100% accurate.

 

 

[Sparktrader]

1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Ahhhhhhhhhh isn't that sweet 

Sparkys got a girlfriend 

"dinner for 2 " 

Have you got jiggy with her yet ?

What is jiggy?

[Mac Mickmanus]

8 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

What is jiggy?

Don't worry, it will just come naturally in time 

[Sparktrader]

1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Don't worry, it will just come naturally in time 

Jigsaw puzzle? We mostly play chess.

[2baht]

24 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

To honour their sign otherwise its false and misleading conduct. Do hotels advertise 599 baht rooms then you walk in and the cheapest is 1200 baht? No they dont cause it would be dodgy.

I would think a 599 baht hotel would be somewhat dodgy! I think 1200 baht is very cheap.

[Sparktrader]

Just now, 2baht said:

I would think a 599 baht hotel would be somewhat dodgy! I think 1200 baht is very cheap.

Most hotels charge 500 to 1000 baht a night in Thailand outside Bangkok.

[2baht]

13 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

What is jiggy?

You could'nt find it on Google? ????

[Sparktrader]

2 minutes ago, 2baht said:

You could'nt find it on Google? ????

Whats that

[richard_smith237]

7 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

How does that apply to international hotel chains? Or even a small local obe.

 

Example

Ripped towels, bad tv reception, poor water pressure. Bad bed.

 

All of that could be 100% accurate.

And you could be sued in Thailand under Thailands Defamation laws.

Of course, the optics of such a response are so poor that no self respecting international hotel chain would respond in this juvenile revengeful manner, they’d accept the criticism, learn from it and thank the American for his candid feedback. 

 

This exact scenario occurred just over two years ago....  an American was sued by a hotel in Koh Chang after leaving a negative review on Trip Advisor. 

He [the American] was arrested and spent a handful of days in Jail. 

If I’m not mistaken the case was dropped only after TripAdvisor agreed to remove the review, and only after the American apologised to all staff for the review and to Thailand’s Tourism Authority.

 

 

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/expats/koh-chang-resort-sues-american-over-bad-review

 

This is the TripAdvisor page for the hotel in question - note the warning at the Top of the page. 

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g580110-d594766-Reviews-Sea_View_Resort_Spa_Koh_Chang-Ko_Chang_Trat_Province.html

 

 

[Sparktrader]

CM has 200 properties in Old City alone for under 1200 baht.

 

Maybe you should travel to Thailand and you will find out.

 

 

[richard_smith237]

17 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

What is jiggy?

the same as Rumpy pumpy..... 

[2baht]

2 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

CM has 200 properties in Old City alone for under 1200 baht.

 

Maybe you should travel to Thailand and you will find out.

 

 

I'll stay in my wifes houses, thx! ????

[Sparktrader]

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

And you could be sued in Thailand under Thailands Defamation laws.

Of course, the optics of such a response are so poor that no self respecting international hotel chain would respond in this juvenile revengeful manner, they’d accept the criticism, learn from it and thank the American for his candid feedback. 

 

This exact scenario occurred just over two years ago....  an American was sued by a hotel in Koh Chang after leaving a negative review on Trip Advisor. 

He [the American] was arrested and spent a handful of days in Jail. 

If I’m not mistaken the case was dropped only after TripAdvisor agreed to remove the review, and only after the American apologised to all staff for the review and to Thailand’s Tourism Authority.

 

 

https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/expats/koh-chang-resort-sues-american-over-bad-review

 

This is the TripAdvisor page for the hotel in question - note the warning at the Top of the page. 

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g580110-d594766-Reviews-Sea_View_Resort_Spa_Koh_Chang-Ko_Chang_Trat_Province.html

 

 

TA response is good. Most would read that and not go. I know the location. Stayed nearby.

 

 

[Sparktrader]

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

the same as Rumpy pumpy..... 

Is that a steak sandwich?

[Mac Mickmanus]

3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

the same as Rumpy pumpy..... 

Can you get that from a restaurant for  99 Baht on a special ?

[Sparktrader]

That review was very negative and subjective.