samtab Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Hi, I didn't ask for it and they didn't propose (i speak Thai fluently) but they showed me a bill including 500 thb for engine cleaning. I said NO once only and they gave up, so it clearly was a scam. People should learn to guess who is born victim or not. I'm clearly not. Did it happen to you before at the yellow store or anywhere else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 In my local village they only charge me 180 baht to wash and clean the whole pickup truck inside and outside as well as the underside and the engine compartment. Must have tried a scam as you say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldgit Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 I took my car into the Honda dealers and they gave my an estimate of all the things they intended doing, like yours they wanted to do an engine clean, but also the seats and the car and underside, all these little add ons were going to triple the price. The guy seemed quite taken aback when I went through the list with him and deleted, what I believed to be, all the unnecessary jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdnvic Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 You need to furnish more info. Like what city this is in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurwait Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 In my local village they only charge me 180 baht to wash and clean the whole pickup truck inside and outside as well as the underside and the engine compartment. Must have tried a scam as you say. 160 baht of that is to remove all the underseal protection, damage wiring, flood your electrics, make your tyre sidewalls brittle and remove the oil protecting the engines metal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samtab Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 (edited) What quick cheater did is pretend that they cleaned INSIDE the engine where oil is filled, not outside for cosmetic purpose. But who rinse the engine before adding new oil ? Especially without telling to customers ? So nobody had this problem before ? Edited July 8, 2013 by samtab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samtab Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 It was at pattaya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiebebe Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 (edited) What quick cheater did is pretend that they cleaned INSIDE the engine where oil is filled, not outside for cosmetic purpose. But who rinse the engine before adding new oil ? Especially without telling to customers ? So nobody had this problem before ? oh yes, that was a scam, I thought you meant they cleaned the engine bay. I don't know how you'd even clean the inside of the engine - maybe flushing oil? flushing oil is light oil, some people use it - it's unnecessary and unfair if you hadn't asked for it. funny story Edited July 8, 2013 by aussiebebe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemoncake Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Rather strange, while you speak fluent Thai and they try to cheat you and thousands of others who do not speak a word of Thai have not been cheated or even heard of such a scam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samtab Posted July 18, 2013 Author Share Posted July 18, 2013 Maybe a new scam just started 555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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