skippybangkok Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 (edited) Not sure how many time they have tried to con me when filling up petrol. Last night: (Me) How much? (Attendant) 1600 Baht (Attendant) Err, I mean 1670 Baht (Me) Hand over credit card....start mulling over this weird anwser (Me) Get out- check meter which has skill fully the hose blocking its view (Me) "Nong, its 1570" (Attendant) Yeh, i know, i meant 1570 Baht When he came over tot he car, told him ( all in thai ) he was a habitual liar, asked him if his mother taught him how to be good at it ( i know, talking about mothers is a big insult in thai, guess it was the only way to piss him off ) Petrol station was at Ekamai, just before overpass bridge on the way to Rama 9. Best one i ever had was at PTT ( i think its PTT ) on the motorway on the way to Pattaya - tried the same scam - but 300 baht this time. Check the meter Guys ! Edited October 1, 2008 by skippybangkok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2008bangkok Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Cheersb but i wouldnt suggest you go abo0ut insulting peoples mothers to often or you gonna find ya self in a lot of problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippybangkok Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 Cheersb but i wouldnt suggest you go abo0ut insulting peoples mothers to often or you gonna find ya self in a lot of problems Yeh, i know........ we do strange things when pissed off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 (edited) Never had any problem but then I always pay cash and use the fill up as an opportunity to stretch my legs/back etc so am always standing next to the pump. Use to happen in UK/Canada when one pump serves two bays as they usually reset the pump to fill up the next car and then tell you how much. Hence self-serve. Except in Oregan for any Oregonians out there. Edited October 1, 2008 by VocalNeal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMR Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Well, I suppose I am happy that I am not the only foreigner that this happens to. Only a few times, but, I guess it is just part of living here... be on your toes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippybangkok Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 Never had any problem but then I always pay cash and use the fill up as an opportunity to stretch my legs/back etc so am always standing next to the pump. Use to happen in UK/Canada when one pump serves two bays as they usually reset the pump to fill up the next car and then tell you how much. Hence self-serve. Except in Oregan for any Oregonians out there. Nuttin to do with credit cards - more just u need to get out of the car, or back up, and check the reading on the meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hkt83100 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Nuttin to do with credit cards - more just u need to get out of the car, or back up, and check the reading on the meter.So. what's the lesson?1. Get out of your car and watch what's happening. 2. Tell them something like "1500 Baht Diesel" or whatever, but never say "dem tang". They will punch the amount in their machine and you get exactly what you asked for. I learned to read the Gasoline-O-Meter and translate it into Baht, which makes the whole procedure quite painless. Since I changed to this way of filling up I never got cheated (like before at the Esso pump in Patong Beach...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longball53098 Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Ok I will show compete ignorance here! What is a "Gasoline-O-Meter" and "translate into baht"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prakhonchai nick Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Take care of the Shell station on Pattaya Tai road. They do not set the meter after filling up a motorbike, so you get less than shown on the meter. <Make sure they reset the meter before starting to fill your tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotcom Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I have used "Them Tank" for 10 years & never a problem. I mostly use Shell. I would have to be a cold day in december before I would wheel into a PTT station. Yeah get out & have a wander. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrenova Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I know about the scam in Pattaya Tai Shell stationbut as I buy diesel it doesn't affect me However, I don't know how you get scammed because since I was a boy my old man told me to check it had been zeroed. I use a PTT station in Buriram regularly and a couple of times (always ask for fill up) they would stop at like Bt2300 when I know it needs Bt3000 to fill it up (numbers immaterial). Once he put in another Bt100 but would put no more in like there is a diesel shortage ? Not a big issue and no con but very strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataloss Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Take care of the Shell station on Pattaya Tai road.They do not set the meter after filling up a motorbike, so you get less than shown on the meter. <Make sure they reset the meter before starting to fill your tank Sheesh, this was the same station doing exactly that 15 years ago as anyone in Patters at the time can verify. People were telling others to avoid that station, but it seems the advice fell on deaf ears. 15 years of these rip-offs must have built the owner(s) a few mansions with a different Benz for every day of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippybangkok Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 2. Tell them something like "1500 Baht Diesel" or whatever Ummmmmmmm - so what stops them from putting in 1400 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataloss Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Take care of the Shell station on Pattaya Tai road.They do not set the meter after filling up a motorbike, so you get less than shown on the meter. <Make sure they reset the meter before starting to fill your tank Sheesh, this was the same station doing exactly that 15 years ago as anyone in Patters at the time can verify. People were telling others to avoid that station, but it seems the advice fell on deaf ears. 15 years of these rip-offs must have built the owner(s) a few mansions with a different Benz for every day of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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