webfact Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Phuket Police have balls, promise to be gentle with ticket sales Phuket Gazette PHUKET: -- The Karon Police do have balls, but heavy-handed tactics in selling the tickets will stop, the Karon acting police chief confirmed to the Phuket Gazette today. The news follows a mob of angry residents in the popular Phuket tourist area of Karon Beach gathering at the newly-established Karon Police Station yesterday. Their complaint: the “strong tactics” used to sell tickets to a policeman’s charity- ball function to be held in Phuket Town on January 25. “Four men claiming to be ‘assisting’ officers of the Karon Police have been selling charity concert tickets to beach vendors, sunbed rental operators and restaurant owners. The men said that the tickets are being sold under orders from Karon Police Superintendent Sirisak Wasasiri, who is now on vacation,” Karon Kamnan Winai Chidchiew said. The tickets are being sold for 1,000 baht a piece, which the vendors said would be used in the Royal Thai Police effort to suppress drug and tourism related crime. “Each beach operator was forced to buy five to 10 tickets. Once they bought the tickets, they noticed that some of them had numbers on them, and some didn’t,” Kamnan Winai said. Lt Col Narong explained that the though the ball is being held by the Karon Police they passed off many responsibilities to an event-coordination company. The company was responsible for sourcing the evenings entertainment, as well as for selling tickets. “The organizer will give Karon Police Station 300,000 baht after the event to support our crime and drug suppression project,” Lt Col Narong said. However, the organizers have now been told that they must stop forcing people to buy tickets. “If anyone forced you to buy a ticket, you can return it to the organizers and register your name with us before January 16 for a full refund,” Lt Col Narong said. “You can also file a complaint with us against the individual that forced you to purchase the ticket,” he added. The police ball tickets are still up for grabs for those interested in supporting the event, which will feature performances by Thai country music singers Sam Sao SilverGold, O Apisit and Thep Thoonjai. Tickets for the ball include food and drink. The event will be on Friday, January 25 at 6pm at the Pitak Grand Ballroom on the third floor of the The Metropole Hotel, in the heart of Phuket Town. Source: http://www.phuketgaz...ales-19934.html -- Phuket Gazette 2013-01-12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alstaxi Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Register your name with us before January 16th, so we can visit you again and you will be buying more tickets , because you are obviously a trouble maker. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caykay Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Oh dear, the title of this article is very unfortunate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Oh dear, the title of this article is very unfortunate But deliberate. Sometimes the Gazette simply needs clicks on it's website. Or maybe Stephen Fein really does have a sense of humour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamKangMan Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 I wonder if the police attending this "ball" will be armed. History shows, armed police and army personel, and Thai whiskey, usually ends with someone getting shot in the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 “Each beach operator was forced to buy five to 10 tickets. Once they bought the tickets, they noticed that some of them had numbers on them, and some didn’t,” Kamnan Winai said. I guess some crooks could have sold fake lottery tickets somewhere but tickets with no number on them ...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiMouse Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Hey is this a dance or a raffle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunMichael Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Hey is this a dance or a raffle? Neither, nor..... its a scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomadJoe Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 We had a lady come round and try to sell these at our place too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 We had a lady come round and try to sell these at our place too. Apparently we have had three visits but still haven't bought any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 We had a lady come round and try to sell these at our place too. Apparently we have had three visits but still haven't bought any. You might find this list of how tot get rid of telemarketers useful if you can modify the suggestions a bit.. and use for the ballot sales people. http://boofckemhoo.com/want-to-get-rid-of-telemarketers-heres-a-list-of-ways-to-do-that-462/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuket Stu Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I wonder if the police attending this "ball" will be armed. History shows, armed police and army personel, and Thai whiskey, usually ends with someone getting shot in the head. So if you don't buy 10,000 baht of tickets to the local cop shop show, you will have problem eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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