Have you been scammed/overcharged at 7-11?

Krabi King · January 21

19 hours ago, JoseThailand said:

Now I want to catch them red handed. I will pick lots of stuff and check the prices and then pretend that I am in a rush or talking on the phone and don't care about what they are doing. And then confront them with clear evidence.

Looking forward to your investigative journalism series ...

petedk · January 21

18 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

Not scammed but had an over zealous clerk for the first time last night. It was 11:58pm (even by his own watch), but he refused to serve alcohol saying it was no midnight. 'Cannot do midnight'.

I then showed him my watch, showed him the world clock on google, and asked to look at his watch, but then i think it became about honour and not wanting to climb down.

An odd one.

That happened to me in Foodland once. 13.45 they closed the wine department. I pointed out the time and their reply was that by the time I got to the cash desk it would be 14.00. No way would they open for me.

noserious · January 21

A Thai friend who had worked at 7 in Bangkok once told me that her manager instructed the cashiers to add items to the total that weren't selling well and/or items close to expiration date. It was usually done to customers who appeared to be tourists that were buying many items. The cashiers would put the extra items in the bag first so they'd be on the bottom. I bet most of the 'tourists' were none the wiser.
As far as getting short-changed it has happened to me at 7/11 and Big-C over the years. One cheeky staff even announced in Thai to the other cashiers that he was going to keep some of my change. Recently at Big-C I paid with 1000 baht note and she gave me change in several 100 notes with two 50 baht notes on top without the receipt. That was easy to catch. Obvious red flags include no receipt given. When I told her my change was incorrect she immediately took another 100 baht note from the drawer. Always count your change.

petedk · January 21

3 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Why does a tops supermarket have your Wife's phone number ?

They have my wife's phone number and used it once to call us when they was a problem with the credit card.

They have the number from the membership card.

Andre0720 · January 21

18 hours ago, JoseThailand said:

I don't say a word about other people being overcharged. I only said where this happened to me and what type of customers frequent this 7-11.

Definitely a clear case of a requirement for an 'edit' to your post.

The word ''some clerk", to replace all occurrences of a 7-11.

Wuvu2 · January 21

The most frequent scam I've noticed is when they give a handful of 100 b notes in change instead of including a 500b note. I've caught the same teller shorting me 100b several times over a few months. Always count your change.

Atlantic Cod · January 21

Why do people get triggered when a question is asked?

Colabamumbai · January 21

No, don't give them small change to make it even, most depend on what the register tells them. Been short changed, by giving change, but caught it as I always know approximate change in any situation.

Gottfrid · January 21

20 hours ago, JoseThailand said:

This happened to me a few times at 7-11's frequented by tourists in Pattaya. When they see that you don't pay attention to how they scan the items or are talking to someone or in a rush, they may inflate the bill. And of course they won't give you a receipt. Even when I asked for it, she lied some BS. Has this happened to you?

Now I want to catch them red handed. I will pick lots of stuff and check the prices and then pretend that I am in a rush or talking on the phone and don't care about what they are doing. And then confront them with clear evidence.

I think you should write a book. You seem to be good at fiction.

20 hours ago, JoseThailand said:

Like I said, this happened at 7-11's frequented by tourists. Many of them are drunk/high and don't really care about receipts.

I think it was you that was drunk.

suzannegoh · January 21

19 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

Not scammed but had an over zealous clerk for the first time last night. It was 11:58pm (even by his own watch), but he refused to serve alcohol saying it was no midnight. 'Cannot do midnight'.

I then showed him my watch, showed him the world clock on google, and asked to look at his watch, but then i think it became about honour and not wanting to climb down.

An odd one.

I didn't know that he prohibition hours were being manually enforced at 711s, I thought that it was programmed into their system for alcoholic items to automatically be rejected when scanned during dry hours.

JoseThailand · January 21