Just a quick one,,,

Mine and my girlfriends car was stolen from her house in buriram 3 months ago,,

We reported it the following morning to the local plod.

It went quiet for about a month with no sign of our car.

4 days ago she received a call from someone in the kap choeng district,which is where you can make your passport on the Cambodian border.

The person said that they have our car and will release it for 300,000 baht,,

We contacted the local plod again with the information.

We received a call from plod again,saying that there was nothing he could do as these people were an organised gang and that if I want my car back I should pay the 300,000 baht.

Anyone got any other ideas,,

That area isn't very big,and I think the car would be easy to find.

My girlfriend doesn't want me to go as she fears I'll get myself into more trouble,,,

Should I just say bye bye to my brum brum???

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What does your insurance company/agent have to say about this??

Mac

what kind of car are we talking about here ,make ,model ,year,value ?

how would car thieves know your gfs mobile phone number btw ?

Edited January 24, 201412 yr by speedtripler

They are not being helpful at all,,

It feels like they are pointing the finger at us for getting it stolen,,

I payed about 30,000 for the year and they are sort of saying it doesn't cover theft.

We did a lot of our own investigation work by sticking a picture of the vehicle on Facebook,with many spots around chok chai and surin,,,

We told the insurers about what the police have said about paying the 300,000,

And the insurers agree it's the best idea to get our car back,,,,

Grrrrr

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Toyota hilux 3.0 black,,

3 yrs old,,,

She was stupid enough to leave photo copied documents in her glove box,,,

Her bank was the first thing we cancelled,,,,

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30K a year for a policy that doesn't cover theft, that's strange, which insurance company?

Pay someone 100.000 to steal it back

She left a photocopied document containing her cellphone number in the glove box, is that what you are(or she is) saying? Hmmmmm...starting to sound a little fishy to me, if you know what I mean. That's all I'll say.

Will get back to you on the name of the company,it's abit of a tongue twister,,

My brother pays about 20-25,000,full protection,,,,

So when we were quoted 30,000 I presumed it covered everything ,,

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That's what I said to her twinpin lol

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Find a police officer who will go with you off duty for 5000 baht.

Show him the original car papers before and then take a copy with you and the cop.

Find the car, use your key, and drive home with the officer.

End of.

We have a small fashion shop for her in buriram,,,

She had business cards left in her car,,,

Along with her copied insurance details and our car finance details,,,

Nothing fishy about them easily getting her number,,,,

I know what ya saying,,,ha

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Manarak,,,,

I've already approached plod with that idea,,,

But they want nothing to do with it,,

It's becoming very very frustrating,,,

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An insurance policy with no theft cover. Hmmmm

A friend of mine had to retrieve a car from down there. It had been held in lieu of a gambling debt. Hmmmm

That's what the police said ,,,

Something to do with gambling over that way,,and our car was taken to pay a gambling debt,,,

That's nice of them to use our car to pay off someone,,,

And it's the worst card game I've ever come across,,,

Rather play snap

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I just dont believe what happened happened! Insurance not cover theft? LIttle man under the bridge?

WE need name of tounge twister insurance co.

Edited January 25, 201412 yr by oogster8

That's what the police said ,,,

Something to do with gambling over that way,,and our car was taken to pay a gambling debt,,,

That's nice of them to use our car to pay off someone,,,

And it's the worst card game I've ever come across,,,

Rather play snap

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I think you might ask your wife and family if anyone has a gambling problem......

An insurance policy with no theft cover. Hmmmm

A friend of mine had to retrieve a car from down there. It had been held in lieu of a gambling debt. Hmmmm

That's what the police said ,,,

Something to do with gambling over that way,,and our car was taken to pay a gambling debt,,,

That's nice of them to use our car to pay off someone,,,

And it's the worst card game I've ever come across,,,

Rather play snap

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Just to spell it out for you... Thai at Heart is insinuating that the car was not stolen. More like reposessed to pay back a debt. Perhaps a debt incurred by the owner of the car, or some family/relation thereof? Something does smell about this, so I can see why some of us would consider this a possibility.

Edit: Ah, and I see he just posted to that effect while I wrote this.

Edited January 25, 201412 yr by bobo42

sounds like the car was collateral on a gambling debt

i would talk to the wife and see if shes been playing poker .......

youd be an idiot to buy your own car back for 300k

what would stop them from taking it again ?

Jesus,

Her family are very clean cut,,no addictions what so ever,,,

I even have to sneak out for a fag,,,

No no no definetly not close family,,

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Jesus,

Her family are very clean cut,,no addictions what so ever,,,

I even have to sneak out for a fag,,,

No no no definetly not close family,,

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Keep asking.

I am yet to find an insurance policy with no theft component. Sorry to rain on your Saturday morning but an unpaid family debt is the absolute favouriteb at the moment.

We have a small fashion shop for her in buriram,,,

She had business cards left in her car,,,

Along with her copied insurance details and our car finance details,,,

if the car is still on finance you dont own it anyway ?

until the last payment is made i think it legally belongs to the finance company

Jesus,

Her family are very clean cut,,no addictions what so ever,,,

I even have to sneak out for a fag,,,

No no no definetly not close family,,

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Keep asking.

I am yet to find an insurance policy with no theft component. Sorry to rain on your Saturday morning but an unpaid family debt is the absolute favouriteb at the moment.

the favorite at the moment is op is making all this up. doesnt want to tell name of ins co. why not?

organised gang steal pickup, unorganised gang (police) will not help to get it back.

Sorry my Thai abc isn't all that,,,

I wish I could just look at all her paperwork and understand what they all are,,,

But I'll get the name shortly,,,,

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i see. everything was done by thai girl. maybe she didnt buy insurance and just pocketed the premiums.

no offense but you guys are really financially foolish.....................comedy on a grand scale. buy your own stolen car back.....lol.

although some guys stole bugsy siegals palm tress and then got him to buy them again and again and again.

Oh and my favorite cat went missing to,,,

I suppose it was my cat eating gambling addicted girlfriend,,,,,:-)

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check if u have stolen cat insurance

Didn't and wouldn't buy it back,,

Didn't say I would,,,,

Just wondered if anyone had come across it before,,,,

Just asking mate,,,,

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Some of these situations you lot get yourselves into that I read on here are just mental.

Why would you get insurance on a car that doesn't cover theft?

Police to afraid to help?

The whole story sounds like either bs or your being taken for a sucker.