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[kwilco]

I hear that if you pay 300 baht you can get fast tracked avoiding the long queues at arrivals? 

[Upnotover]

42 minutes ago, kwilco said:

I hear that if you pay 300 baht you can get fast tracked avoiding the long queues at arrivals? 

It's only a scam if you pay for it but then don't get it.

[kwilco]

2 hours ago, Upnotover said:

It's only a scam if you pay for it but then don't get it.

I think I could scam you easily then.  the best thing about a scam is people don't realise it is one - all the other passengers are made to suffer longer queues so a few officials can take a bit of extra cash. They're scamming all the other passengers.

Edited 17 hours ago by kwilco

[Chelseafan]

Isn't Phuket the ultimate scam ?

 

[Regyai]

God wouldnt have made you sheep......

[mstevens]

14 hours ago, kwilco said:

I hear that if you pay 300 baht you can get fast tracked avoiding the long queues at arrivals? 

 

Scam? Sounds like a bargain to me! I'd happily 300 baht to be fast-tracked if the queue was really long!

[DFPhuket]

Last week, I met two female friends in their 50s who arrived in Phuket on Saturday. At the long immigration queue, they were approached by an official offering a “fast track” service for 200 baht each. They paid and saved about 45 minutes in line. They weren’t sure why they were singled out for the "service", but I suspect their appearance suggested they could afford it.

 

I travel in and out of Phuket monthly and only occasionally encounter long queues. When it happens, this "service" creates a financial incentive to keep desks closed, let the queue grow, and offer paid shortcuts.

[kwilco]

1 hour ago, mstevens said:

 

Scam? Sounds like a bargain to me! I'd happily 300 baht to be fast-tracked if the queue was really long!

all the best scams work because the punters don't know it's a scam.

[Watawattana]

Reminds me of a TV show in the UK a few years ago.

 

Watch the first sketch of this... 🤪

 

 

 

[AustinRacing]

Scam may not be the right word. If the officials do it and pocket the money then it’s corruption. If the officials do it as government policy then it’s fine. 

[cracker1]

If you get a receipt, it is not a scam.

[richard_smith237]

5 minutes ago, cracker1 said:

If you get a receipt, it is not a scam.

 

I'm quite sure the definition of scam has nothing to do with a receipt... 

 

"I have a bridge for sale and can give you a receipt"...   (I think that makes the point). 

 

 

As Kwilco pointed out - IF the 'faster lanes' are kept clear for Immigration Officers to allow fee paying travellers a 'faster track' - then this is at the cost of 'all other travellers' as their lanes are kept slower. 

If this is not and official policy and instead a 'locally employed tactic' for the Immi officers to make extra money, as pointed out by Austin, its not quite a 'scam', but is most definitely corruption. 

[Nick Carter icp]

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

I'm quite sure the definition of scam has nothing to do with a receipt... 

 

"I have a bridge for sale and can give you a receipt"...   (I think that makes the point). 

 

 

As Kwilco pointed out - IF the 'faster lanes' are kept clear for Immigration Officers to allow fee paying travellers a 'faster track' - then this is at the cost of 'all other travellers' as their lanes are kept slower. 

If this is not and official policy and instead a 'locally employed tactic' for the Immi officers to make extra money, as pointed out by Austin, its not quite a 'scam', but is most definitely corruption. 

 

    Not necessarily corruption , Immigration could use the money to employ more immigration officers .

   People pay 300 Baht for quick service

   Thais get employed .

   Non paying people get quicker service .

Everyone's a winner , 

[mancub]

24 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

    Not necessarily corruption , Immigration could use the money to employ more immigration officers .

   People pay 300 Baht for quick service

   Thais get employed .

   Non paying people get quicker service .

Everyone's a winner , 

Err. hope you're saying this tongue-in-cheek, as. apart from the obvious, it's a completely flawed logic !

[Nick Carter icp]

7 minutes ago, mancub said:

Err. hope you're saying this tongue-in-cheek, as. apart from the obvious, it's a completely flawed logic !

 

   I was serious , why is it flawed logic ?