Vietnamese durian vendor in Thailand faces 7 years in jail for tipping the scales

[webfact]

Photo via MGR Online

 

by leah

A sneaky Vietnamese durian vendor is facing a hefty fine and jail term for using doctored weighing scales to trick customers in Thailand. The faulty scales upped the price of the stinky, valuable fruit by 75 baht per sale.

 

Deputy director-general of the Department of Internal Trade Pol. Lt. Chakra Yodmanee reported that the department sent officials to inspect the scales of a foreign durian peddler in Bang Yai district of Nonthaburi province.

The officials found that a durian weighing 4 kilogrammes showed up on the scales as weighing 4.5 kilogrammes, increasing the price by at least 75 baht, reports MGR Online.

 

Police arrested the Vietnamese vendor under suspicion of, “acting in a way to increase the weight of the scales used to trade and sell goods beyond the margin of error with the intention of exploiting customers,” in violation of Section 26, Section 25, and Section 79 of the Weights and Scales Act (1999).

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/vietnamese-durian-vendor-in-thailand-faces-7-years-in-jail-for-tipping-the-scales

 

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[KannikaP]

Kinnel, a 4 Kg durian would be massive. So would her scales be adding the same 500 gm to a 1 Kg fruit?

[ezzra]

The man must have balls as big as the durian he sales to work without permit AND cheat Thai people, and since he loves money so much, I would fleece him of everything he owns, that will hurt him the most.

[FriendlyFarang]

59 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Kinnel, a 4 Kg durian would be massive. So would her scales be adding the same 500 gm to a 1 Kg fruit?

Probably off by 10%, so in case of 500g it would show 550

 

23 minutes ago, ezzra said:

The man must have balls as big as the durian he sales to work without permit AND cheat Thai people, and since he loves money so much, I would fleece him of everything he owns, that will hurt him the most.

The article didn’t say anything immigration or work permit related, so the vendor probably has Thai citizenship

[Will B Good]

I find it hard to believe every single vendor isn't doing the same.

 

In our big market the scales are not calibrated and you can see they are not even zeroed......I made the fatal mistake of pointing this out to the wife.....not a good move cliticising anything Thai related. 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Kinnel, a 4 Kg durian would be massive. So would her scales be adding the same 500 gm to a 1 Kg fruit?

I hope not.. 

[ukrules]

4 hours ago, Will B Good said:

I find it hard to believe every single vendor isn't doing the same.

Yep, I'm pretty sure they are.

 

The error never works out in the customers favour.

 

[EdrigoSalvadore]

I brought my own scale to the market a few times, the sellers scales were exactly same as mine.

[ukrules]

11 minutes ago, EdrigoSalvadore said:

I brought my own scale to the market a few times, the sellers scales were exactly same as mine.

We've weighed stuff when at home on occasion and found very big differences.

 

Around these parts there's a couple of shops and a durian seller up to no good, they think they're getting away with it but the reality is - everyone knows they do it and that's why they have no customers from the locals.

 

[Enoon]

Believe Or Not

 

I bought some electronic kitchen scales from Big C.

 

After using them I found that the mix (flour, eggs, marge, sugar, milk) that resulted did not have its usual consistency.

 

I eventually checked the scales against 2 pence coins (7.12 grams each)

 

The scales displayed exactly double the weight of the coins.

 

Standard Thai scale setting?

 

 

 

[Jack Hammer]

13 minutes ago, Enoon said:

Believe Or Not

 

I bought some electronic kitchen scales from Big C.

 

After using them I found that the mix (flour, eggs, marge, sugar, milk) that resulted did not have its usual consistency.

 

I eventually checked the scales against 2 pence coins (7.12 grams each)

 

The scales displayed exactly double the weight of the coins.

 

Standard Thai scale setting?

 

 

 

No, you have cheap scales

[BangkokReady]

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Vietnamese durian vendor in Thailand faces 7 years in jail for tipping the scales

Tipping the scales means "the thing that causes a particular situation to happen or a particular decision to be made, when other situations or decisions are possible".

 

It doesn't mean to fiddle the scales to make whatever is weighed appear to weigh more.

[VocalNeal]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

Police arrested the Vietnamese vendor under suspicion of, “acting in a way to increase the weight of the scales used to trade and sell goods beyond the margin of error with the intention of exploiting customers,” in violation of Section 26, Section 25, and Section 79 of the Weights and Scales Act (1999).

Next they need to check all the upcountry middlemen rice buyers????

[brianthainess]

21 hours ago, ezzra said:

The man must have balls as big as the durian he sales to work without permit AND cheat Thai people, and since he loves money so much, I would fleece him of everything he owns, that will hurt him the most.

How do you know he doesn't have a work permit, easy if working for thai wife.

[brianthainess]

20 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

Tipping the scales means "the thing that causes a particular situation to happen or a particular decision to be made, when other situations or decisions are possible".

 

It doesn't mean to fiddle the scales to make whatever is weighed appear to weigh more.

That finger underneath to 'Steady' the scales.

[ChipButty]

Must be similar to the calculator that TAT use, 

[Enoon]

14 hours ago, Jack Hammer said:

No, you have cheap scales

 

Good one Jack.....Haar, haaar........haar.

 

 

[Liverpool Lou]

11 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

Tipping the scales means "the thing that causes a particular situation to happen or a particular decision to be made, when other situations or decisions are possible".

 

It doesn't mean to fiddle the scales to make whatever is weighed appear to weigh more.

Tell The Thaiger.

[BangkokReady]

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Tell The Thaiger.

Don't they send someone here to check the comments?

[Liverpool Lou]

40 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

 7 years? And yet nothing really occurs when a taxi driver rigs his meter.

The maximum sentence (that is rarely handed out), not the mandatory sentence.

[dingdongrb]

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

The maximum sentence (that is rarely handed out), not the mandatory sentence.

I understand that. My point is that taxi drivers can cheat their customers and yet nothing seems to occur abut it.

[Pink Mist]

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