Pattaya Jet-Ski Scams Continue Unabated Despite Promises

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Pattaya jet-ski scams continue unabated despite promises

PATTAYA: -- Despite local government assurances, made in early August, it appears as though the blight on the tourist landscape in the form of continuing jet-ski scams are continuing unchecked.

While it looks as though many Brits, Americans, Australians and others whose first language is English have heeded the warnings about hiring jet-skis, the East Europeans, Middle Eastern, and Indian visitors are still apparently blissfully unaware of the potential problems they may face when hiring a jet-ski and there’s plenty of empiric evidence to suggest scams are still occurring on an almost daily basis.

In a meeting which took place at City Hall on 4 August, a raft of new ideas were laid out which were aimed at putting an end to the scourge of jet-ski scams.

All jet-ski operators from Pattaya, Jomtien, Naklua and Koh Larn were called to attend the meeting, including those who were openly operating without any form of licensing. It seems hard to believe that people openly operating without a licence are not only known to the authorities but allowed to continue in business without being compelled to legalise their operation. The simple loss of direct revenue to the city you would have thought would have been enough to galvanise authorities into action.

Full story HERE

--IN PATTAYA NOW 2011-11-10

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[Soutpeel]

" a raft of new ideas were laid out which were aimed at putting an end to the scourge of jet-ski scams"

How's this for an old idea...arrest them....

[Wavefloater]

Only the most naive expected that anything would actually have been done to remedy the situation.

BTW, that's some really awful writing provided by 'Pattaya Now'. We already have Pattaya Daily News and Pattaya One News butchering the English language with pseudo-journalism. Do we really need another?

[Thaddeus]

" a raft of new ideas were laid out which were aimed at putting an end to the scourge of jet-ski scams"

How's this for an old idea...arrest them....

I doubt that option made it on to the list.

[Moruya]

" a raft of new ideas were laid out which were aimed at putting an end to the scourge of jet-ski scams"

How's this for an old idea...arrest them....

Confiscate their jet-skis too and crush them.

[apalink_thailand]

" a raft of new ideas were laid out which were aimed at putting an end to the scourge of jet-ski scams"

How's this for an old idea...arrest them....

Confiscate their jet-skis too and crush them.

Where is the Thumbs Up button? Great idea !! Do it publicly too.

[saintofsilence]

The Scam have not stopped in the last 12 months despite arrests it made no effect the police simply seem to be ignoring this issue hundreds of tourists see the scams occur daily , tourists have to be very careful taking photo's around these scammers.

More info on the scam here

Edited November 10, 2011 by saintofsilence

[alstaxi]

The Scam have not stopped in the last 12 months despite arrests it made no effect the police simply seem to be ignoring this issue hundreds of tourists see the scams occur daily , tourists have to be very careful taking photo's around these scammers.

More info on the scam here

http://www.thaivisa....n-will-it-stop/

The police are not ignoring the issue, they are getting rich from it.

[Soboringtochooseaname]

Hello,

Do they also cheat at JOMTIEN ?

Thanks.