Durian dispute turns violent after Chinese tourists accuse Thai vendor of selling fake fruit

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Photo via KhaoSod

 

by leah

 

Things quickly turned sour when three Chinese tourists accused a Thai vendor of selling “fake durian” at a market in Chon Buri province, eastern Thailand.

 

Officers from Sattahip Police Station were called to de-escalate an altercation at Siwanat Nakorn 700 Rai Market on Saturday night which began when three Chinese tourists expressed discontent with the quality of their stinky, expensive fruit.

 

Police arrived to find a sea of marketgoers crowded around three Chinese tourists, two men and one woman, who were yelling, reports KhaoSod. The durian vendor, 65 year old Wichai Kaeketmanee, was waiting for the police to arrive.

Wichai said the tourist accused him of selling them two “fake” durians for 1,200 baht on May 13. They demanded a refund, said Wichai.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/crime/durian-dispute-turns-violent-after-chinese-tourists-accuse-thai-vendor-of-selling-fake-fruit

 

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[Skipalongcassidy]

Something in this story stinks...

[h90]

A photo of the Durians would be more helpful than some random people

[steven100]

Don't ya just love it '    seeing Chinese yelling at Thai's ......   and they see who can yell the loudest   !  

[h90]

3 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Something in this story stinks...

or maybe not if they were fake. They may have complained as their Durian did not stink.

[phetphet]

How would you fake a Durian?

[edwinchester]

7 minutes ago, phetphet said:

How would you fake a Durian?

<deleted> on an old dish washing sponge.

[bdenner]

Surely no half smart vendor would try to pass off a pineapple (closest example I can come up with) as a Durian. AND who pays 500 Baht for them?

[brianthainess]

26 minutes ago, h90 said:

A photo of the Durians would be more helpful than some random people

READing THE FULL STORY   oh never mind as you can't read anyway.

[h90]

20 minutes ago, phetphet said:

How would you fake a Durian?

you fill some fouling cheese into an emptied out pineapple...

[brianthainess]

The Chinese start the problem days after buying them, don't even bring them along, don't even go to the right vendor, yet the cops make the accused vendor pay the Chinese 1,000bht.

Jeez 

[2baht]

38 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Something in this story stinks...

....but not the durian, right? 

[Blue Muton]

31 minutes ago, phetphet said:

How would you fake a Durian?

Take a dump in a bowl of three week old putrid custard?

[RandiRona]

I would go with Chinese here as they know that most of those can be faked in China like fake eggs, fake rice. Solly..you cant fool chinese when it comes to fake.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/china-fake-food-sector-unlicensed-products-knock-offs-supply-chain-contamination-public-health-alibaba-walmart-inscatech-a7880341.html

https://juicing-for-health.com/fake-foods-from-china

[VocalNeal]

50 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Something in this story stinks...

Or doesn't???? If the Chinese expected , say, Indonesian durian which has a smellier odour than the usual Thai variety.

[quake]

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

Don't ya just love it '    seeing Chinese yelling at Thai's ......   and they see who can yell the loudest   !  

I think it's funny the Chinese moaning about fakes.

The cheeky monkeys. 

 

[Joe Farang]

3 hours ago, bdenner said:

Surely no half smart vendor would try to pass off a pineapple (closest example I can come up with) as a Durian. AND who pays 500 Baht for them?

I'd hate to ask you to bring me back a Pineapple from the market.

[Joe Farang]

I think the truth of the incident is in the detail of the story.

The Chinese claimed they were charged 1,200 baht for 2 Durian. Wichai the vendor said he gave them back 1,000 bht to get rid of them.

In another seperate incident it suggests the correct price of Durian is 75bht per Kg.

1,200 bht would be 2 very very large Durians.

 

[watchcat]

3 hours ago, h90 said:

A photo of the Durians would be more helpful than some random people

They ate them already (bought May 13), so that would be difficult.

[Goat]

3 hours ago, phetphet said:

How would you fake a Durian?

Sold them Jackfruit instead. 

Oldest trick in the book.

[Jing Joe]

Maybe about time someone got even with the Chinese for all the lies about their on-line products and how they offer refunds or somehow compromise so as not to get bad reviews.

For me I give 5 stars.

Durian would surely have either 1 star or 5 star ratings anyway and very few in between.     

  Love em or hate em and yes as others have pondered, how on earth could you fake a Durian?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 23, 2023 by Jing Joe

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Something in this story stinks...

If it stinks it's not fake?

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, bdenner said:

Surely no half smart vendor would try to pass off a pineapple (closest example I can come up with) as a Durian. AND who pays 500 Baht for them?

Brain washed Asians thinking King of the fruits is unbeatable.

[digger70]

4 hours ago, phetphet said:

How would you fake a Durian?

Try this ,,,done before .  

[sammieuk1]

Chinese accusations of fakery what ever next ????

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, brianthainess said:

The Chinese start the problem days after buying them, don't even bring them along, don't even go to the right vendor, yet the cops make the accused vendor pay the Chinese 1,000bht.

Jeez 

"...yet the cops make the accused vendor pay the Chinese 1,000bht".

Jeez, it was not reported that the police made the vendor pay anything, it was reported that the vendor gave them B1000, voluntarily, to bring the farce to an end.

[quake]

1 hour ago, Jing Joe said:

 how on earth could you fake a Durian?

 

4 hours ago, Blue Muton said:

Take a dump in a bowl of three week old putrid custard?

This poster, Nailed it.  

[khunjeff]

"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 exploiting customers”"

 

...which is an occupation reserved for Thais.

[mikeymike100]

2 hours ago, Goat said:

Sold them Jackfruit instead. 

Oldest trick in the book.

A Jack-fruit maybe more or less the same color, but a Durian unlike a Jack-fruit has seriously sharp spikes all over it, I tried opening one once, never again.

That's apart from the smell.

[Sticky Rice Balls]

collect empty durian shell......fill it with cement..glue it back together...wave down chinese! ????