alex8912 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I just came back from Ko Samed and in 5 minutes this scam happened twice to me and it never happened in the 20 years I traveled here. I went n to a shop and purchased a large beer for 110 baht. I first took out a 100 baht note and went to my wallet for change. While I was looking for change she put note into till and started a little hard to understand small talk and when I gave her the 10 baht coin she asked for the 100 again! I pointed to till and said you put it in there and she kind of just shrugged it off. Then went to another shop and total was 220 baht and gave her 200 she put it in till and closed the cash register while I got twenty more baht and then asked for the 200 again! This time I raised my voice louder and said you have it already and pointed to register. She just shrugged it off as well and I left. These are the first two tines this has happened to me ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steve187 Posted January 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2014 give all the money at the same time 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noikrit Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 give all the money at the same time Yep .. and say the amount in THai that you are giving them ... Sad .. but TIT ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stradavarius37 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 give all the money at the same time Rocket scientist alert lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post iancnx Posted January 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2014 OP thanks for posting. All scams should be exposed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 On the other hand, I was given a B20-note in change, when I paid for B2,483-worth of paint with B2,500 yesterday ! I offered the extra B3 in small-change, but it was waved-away, 'no promprem'. They thought I was a bit odd, to wish to pay the full correct amount, in fact. Just another case of T.i.T. ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realfunster Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Did you look drunk ? Can't believe they would try that on a sober person ! I experienced a subtler variation on this in the gift shop at an international hotel in Mumbai. My note already on the counter was switched for a smaller denomination. Luckily I noticed and reported the thief to hotel management. Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex8912 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Did you look drunk ? Can't believe they would try that on a sober person ! I experienced a subtler variation on this in the gift shop at an international hotel in Mumbai. My note already on the counter was switched for a smaller denomination. Luckily I noticed and reported the thief to hotel management. Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app No. I had nothing to drink yet and actually just blew off what happened the first time and less than 5 minutes later it happened again ( no beer purchase the second time). I'm also in my 40's so I don't think they were ripping off an old tourist either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clutch Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 'Then went to another shop and total was 220 baht and gave her 200 she put it in till and closed the cash register while I got twenty more baht' I generally pay in one lump some rather than a 'payment plan' Do you carry your 100 baht notes and 20 baht notes in different wallets? Just asking.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurnell Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 This sounds like the sort of transaction you make after having a skinful and then trying to recall it in the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alex8912 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2014 'Then went to another shop and total was 220 baht and gave her 200 she put it in till and closed the cash register while I got twenty more baht' I generally pay in one lump some rather than a 'payment plan' Do you carry your 100 baht notes and 20 baht notes in different wallets? Just asking.... I'm trying to make people aware of this only. My coins are in a different place than my notes. This is not always the way I pay. It just happened twice in less than 5 minutes. This is helpful for some people to know or watch out for. Maybe YOU are the reason why people don't want tp post in the first place. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Spoonman Posted January 30, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 30, 2014 Really Bt110 for a beer from a shop..... thats the scam right there. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munger Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 'Then went to another shop and total was 220 baht and gave her 200 she put it in till and closed the cash register while I got twenty more baht' I generally pay in one lump some rather than a 'payment plan' Do you carry your 100 baht notes and 20 baht notes in different wallets? Just asking.... I'm trying to make people aware of this only. My coins are in a different place than my notes. This is not always the way I pay. It just happened twice in less than 5 minutes. This is helpful for some people to know or watch out for. Maybe YOU are the reason why people don't want tp post in the first place. When you post anything negative on this forum, the thai apologists WILL respond. The first reply blamed YOU. The apologists look at the titles of the thread and if they see the word "scam", "thief," " con"," "bad driver"," steal", lie, nose picking"," lazy", "rude", etc, then expect to be attacked by the wannbe thais. Very sad, but true 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Gold Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Master criminality at its finest. In fact, I will now refer to this as "The Thai scam". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitsune Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Classic may I say ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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