Elderly Australian Caught Stealing Vitamin C in Chonburi

[TroubleandGrumpy]

7 hours ago, steven100 said:

I think they should send him back to Logan or Ipswich  

Bundaberg !!

[Taboo2]

Deport him for just being stupid...that is all.

[Sydebolle]

Once paid up, throw him out - simple as that. 

[cardinalblue]

The store policy holds no legal water…it is the courts to determine what penalty for the crime committed,,,,

 

the courts would throw out this policy as it is nothing but price gouging/intimidation 

[fredwiggy]

2 hours ago, wavodavo said:

I don't get it the store calls the police and the shoplifter is fined but the fine is calculated according to the store policy not the laws of the land. So who enforces the fine if he doesnt pay...jail.?

Guessing the store would rather make a profit than letting the court decide, whereas they'd get nothing. A business can drop the charges in this case and it would be up to the police to also charge him, which probably wouldn't happen because then it would require paperwork.

[arick]

One a day 

[JamesPhuket10]

 

Maybe it is some sort of old age mental illness creeping in, if he had the means to pay ten times the value of the goods then he had the money to pay for the single items at retail price.

 

I was expected to be stopped in a Lotus Super Store yesterday in Phuket, I put most of the items from my trolley onto the conveyor belt, and they were put through the till by the cashier but I had two items left in the bottom of the trolley and walked past the cashier with the trolley, no comment and I so paid and walked off with the goods.

 

The two items had been bought in another shop (I had the receipt ready just in case), the items were available in Lotus but nothing was said, they were in the trolley as I do not use bags to save on plastic and I wanted to free up my hands to do my Lotus shopping.

 

So it must be really easy to steal from such places I thought afterward, (No I am not tempted  😄).

 

[Scouse123]

2 hours ago, PB172111 said:

Thailand attracts all kinds of plebes 

 

And so do this board.

[BerndD]

1 hour ago, Scouse123 said:

We see all the time these type of fines, such as 2,000 baht for smoking in a hotel room etc. or taking Durian into a hotel.

 

Makes me wonder, are these' fines' actually legal?

Certainly if the Browns get 50% of it.

[JamesPhuket10]

9 minutes ago, BerndD said:

Certainly if the Browns get 50% of it.

 

Those are costs and published openly in the hotels etc, same as a service charge on a restaurant menu.

 

But I doubt there is an open sign in this particular chemist for everyone to see which states thieves will be charged 10 times the value of what they have stolen.

 

I wonder what the law is, as he would have to leave the premises for the item to have been stolen in the UK for example, otherwise we could be arrested for putting an item in a bag in our shopping trolley. 

[Gobbler]

18 hours ago, steven100 said:

silly old coot ....    put him in the monkey house 

 

at 82 you'd think he'd know better ... 

 

 

 

 

Perhaps he suffers the same as Joe Biden. 

[Scottie12]

Don't assume at 82 you're senile. I'm 82 and look fitter than him,dress better than him and am not so daft as to be caught stealing.

[Gobbler]

19 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

He also mentioned that his doctor had recommended he take vitamin C supplements for his health.

That's alright, then!  He should be steaking Vitamin D3. too!

[steven100]

10 minutes ago, Scottie12 said:

 and am not so daft as to be caught stealing.

 

yes,   your probably alot quicker than him ..  right ?

[MarkBR]

9 minutes ago, Scottie12 said:

Don't assume at 82 you're senile. I'm 82 and look fitter than him,dress better than him and am not so daft as to be caught stealing.

Of course not, thre is biological variation, so it could be one of the forms of dementia - especially after you go into your 80s.  Depends on genetics & lifestyle.  Some keep their marbles & some lose them - slower or faster.

[Gobbler]

24 minutes ago, Scottie12 said:

am not so daft as to be caught stealing.

 

Do teach us how to steal.

[black tabby12345]

 under the store's policy, shoplifters are fined ten times the value of the stolen goods. This brought the total amount he was required to pay to 9,540 baht.

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Very kind store; giving offenders a chance  not face arrest and criminal court.

That thief must be quite an idiot: Likely to lose own stay permit as a retiree(if he was on non-immigrant O).

And face deportation and blacklisted(no re-entry ever after).

 

He perfectly  demonstrated the old saying: Nothing as expensive as  a free lunch.

[black tabby12345]

1 hour ago, Gobbler said:

 

Do teach us how to steal.

 

Don' even think about it.

You are getting on the wrong side of his post LOL.

[oslooskar]

In California thieves just walk into pharmacies and steal whatever they want with impunity. That being said, with all the fresh fruit available here in Thailand, it's beyond me why anybody would feel the need to buy, or steal, vitamin C tablets.

            

            

 

[black tabby12345]

  5 hours ago, PB172111 said:

Thailand attracts all kinds of plebes 

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Looks like the Cost of Open Gate Policy.

It often attracts the Unwanted, too.

[off road pat]

16 hours ago, connda said:

Well, that's stupid.  Enjoy your stay in prison before being deported.

This is not Israel but Thailand. They are not going to put an 82 years old man in jail. The Thais are no Animals.

[richard_smith237]

5 minutes ago, off road pat said:

This is not Israel but Thailand. They are not going to put an 82 years old man in jail. The Thais are no Animals.

True, neither is it Iran or Palestine, they won’t chop off his hands !!! 🥸

[Jiggo]

Back to the Penal Colony, it is then.

[schultzlivgthai]

17 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

The arbitrary fine levied by the store is shocking. If the store has sustained damages, it  should file a small claims action.

In this case, it has been compensated for its losses and now profits on the wrongdoing. 

If the  shoplifter has done wrong,  he should be  dealt with accordingly, but merchants should not exploit the situation.

Gotta love Thailand, ridiculous !

[Liverpool Lou]

22 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

under the store's policy, shoplifters are fined ten times the value of the stolen goods. This brought the total amount he was required to pay to 9,540 baht.

Since when are private businesses permitted to impose and collect fines from the public?  

[Liverpool Lou]

21 hours ago, MarkBR said:

I assume his visa will be cancelled & he will be deported.

Not a safe assumption for petty theft.

[Donut21]

Pity we in the UK don't charge  shop lifters.  You can steal £200 plus,  walk away and  the police will not even come out to investigate.  A packet of vitamins would just be seen as a joke. No wonder everyone wants to come to UK for free goods.

[Liverpool Lou]

18 hours ago, connda said:

Well, that's stupid.  Enjoy your stay in prison before being deported.

"Stupid" is the right word but not just for the Aussie, he will not be imprisoned, neither will he be deported.

[Liverpool Lou]

16 hours ago, champers said:

Maybe cut an 82 year old a bit of slack; demonising him is OTT at that age.

He's, apparently, a serial thief, demonising him is appropriate.

[MarkBR]

3 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

 

And so do this board.

Definitely, quite a few here with little sympathy for their fellow human being.  Many older people get less able to function & start making worse decisions than they would have earlier in their lives.