Just plain nuts

If he was scamming insurance he wouldn't have claimed to have given the PIN. They wouldn't usually cover such a loss.

Who in their right mind walks around Pattaya with an $8000 ring on.

My wife would feel a little uncomfortable about wearing a $2000 ring.

If you are stupid enough to go out drinking with 300,000 baht about your person in Pattaya and make friendly with strange lady boys, maybe you deserve to lose it....

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And what relevance is the ladyboy references in the headline and story? Assuming, arguendo, that this event even occurred in anything like the manner described, saying the daft Kiwi was robbed by a lady he met on walking street would suffice.

he was no lady

Note to self, beer, lady boy and ATM bad combinations...

Funny...I usually find the combination very stimulating and rewarding...different strokes.

PS: Looks really good for 65...must be all that fresh air.

65 is his IQ not his age...quite an achievement for a Kiwi so I'm lead to believe

Lot of Perfect Posters here , who has have never had a near miss here themself in some way or another.?.. Jeeez he just a Bloke, no ones perfect, except some posters here.

this is just nonsense. Thai only ATM, etc. Must have travel insurance in New Zealand.

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Mr Griffiths, you have let the side down badly. I thought most Kiwis had a bit more street smarts than this.

You should be deported across the ditch where you would fit in better.

He may possibly learn how to be street smart across the ditch. My guess is he will go home to Baaabaaarar and never leave NZ again.

Oh dear, with The Aussie burning three motorbikes in Koh Chang we now have the Kiwi's competing for the Darwin awards.

Well when you are upside down all your life the blood will eventually rush to your head..

Den

Bought one bottle of beer and withdrew 10,000 baht to pay for it. Also gave a complete stranger his PIN number. I can't say I'm surprised at the outcome. But where does the 300,000 baht total come from. The list adds up to about 20,000 baht.

Mr Griffiths, you have let the side down badly. I thought most Kiwis had a bit more street smarts than this.

You should be deported across the ditch where you would fit in better.

I agree wholeheartedly.

As the late Rob Muldoon once suggested, that would then raise the average IQ of both Countries!

Lot of Perfect Posters here , who has have never had a near miss here themself in some way or another.?.. Jeeez he just a Bloke, no ones perfect, except some posters here.

Not giving out one's ATM card PIN number to a complete stranger in a foreign country while on vacation is hardly calling for perfection.

Mr Griffiths, you have let the side down badly. I thought most Kiwis had a bit more street smarts than this.

You should be deported across the ditch where you would fit in better.

But what happens when "across the ditch" becomes the West Island? It means we get him back. Tear up that paper and try again, please.

That's a good point. Anyway, I reckon he's probably a Stewart Islander, so not really a Kiwi.

Maybe Chatham Islander. They've only got one bar and not likely too many Lady boy's.

Bought one bottle of beer and withdrew 10,000 baht to pay for it. Also gave a complete stranger his PIN number. I can't say I'm surprised at the outcome. But where does the 300,000 baht total come from. The list adds up to about 20,000 baht.

His stolen ring was supposedly worth 8,000 dollars...not baht. Add that up with the other stuff and it totals to the 300,000 baht. They used both dollar and baht values in the story so therefore the confusion.

Even someone who is stupid can't be that stupid. The police should refuse to investigate or issue a police

report in the grounds there should be no insurance for extreme stupidity.

Doesn't look SO Darwinian to me...........Don't you have to have a copy of a police report before you file a travel insurance claim?

Of course.

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Why, did he die?

Kiwi's have never been renowned for being overly bright.

This Mr Griffiths is just another proven case.

Mr Griffiths, you have let the side down badly. I thought most Kiwis had a bit more street smarts than this.

You should be deported across the ditch where you would fit in better.

But what happens when "across the ditch" becomes the West Island? It means we get him back. Tear up that paper and try again, please.

That's a good point. Anyway, I reckon he's probably a Stewart Islander, so not really a Kiwi.

aussie and kiwi original come from great briton work that out mr. smarts

Briton dumbo ???? Go get educated.

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Well he is letting us down, me thinks the story stinks a bit and I smell an insurance job, what you think guys?????

Hilariously funny story.

So this guy went out with no money and got robbed to the tune of 300,000 baht.

And he was so drugged he could remember his PIN.

The amount of 10,200 baht equates to 10,000 + 200 tip for his kindness.

Another insurance scam for 300,000 baht around $9000.00 US dollars unless he is a first timer or just plain out stupid. Note to myself> before I go see lady boy in bar to get drunk put my 300,000 baht of bling in safe. But if I forget & any off you TV members see me you have my permission to slap me in face, I will be the guy looking like Mr Tee from the A team but white.

We are hearing almost daily reports of foreigners being given "hypnotic drugs" and then robbed. What sort of a drug knocks you out for only fifteen minutes, yet is powerful enough that you don't feel someone taking a ring from your finger, a chain from your neck, and money from your pocket?

Questions, so many questions. Hope to hear a happy conclusion to this one.

Beer!

Surely there are some drugs like that, as used in hospitals for a quick operation.

.no ONE is THAT STOOOOOOPPPPPPID giving your pin to a stranger ...even if it is a stranger in paradise ..... has anyone else noticed the great jewellery these people lose ....diamond rings ...etc ...lived next door to an insurance investigator in melbourne many moons ago ...thailand had just taken over from the philippines for insurance scams ....not saying this guy is a fraud ...but i find his behaviour ridiculous ...

Poor chappie, I guess he was defenseless from the moment the ladyboy came up to him and said "baaaa me drink".

This man , wherever he comes from simply should not be allowed out on his own - he is clearly a congenital f***wit.

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Why, did he die?

Exactly......to qualify for a Darwin award you must have died. Don't think this guy qualifies. Maybe a Stupid award 2013.......