Rimmer Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Man Purchases Fake Amulets In Pattaya PATTAYA – August 4, 2014 [Pattaya Daily News];- at 17.00 pm Mr.Suwat Noipojjana aged 57 had brought about 100 amulets which were covered with gold but notified the police officer after he was fooled by a gang. He had lost about a million baht which he had paid for the amulets. Mr.Suwat revealed that he is an amulet collector but he couldn’t distinguish between fake ones and authentic ones. He knew the amulet shop owner on Thepprasit road. He then met a someone who pretended to be an amulet expert and offered him some amulets. In addition the stranger told Mr Suwat that he was a friend of the amulet shop owner on Thepprasit road . The stranger then showed him some amulets which had been published in the famous amulet magazine therefore he decided to buy 80 amulets costing about 400,000 baht. At the end of July someone who also pretend to be an amulet expert offered him some more amulets so Mr.Suwat decided to meet him and bought another 100 amulets costing around 600,000 baht. The stranger also showed him the certificates and insisted he would give him a full refund if they were fake. Full story:http://www.pattayadailynews.com/pattaya-news/man-purchases-fake-amulets-pattaya/ [pan]2014-08-05[/pan] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post daoyai Posted August 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2014 He should have bought one of those amulets that protect the wearer from buying fake amulets. 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Deacon Bell Posted August 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2014 When they spot a human weakness, they'll be in there like a fart in your underpants. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Fake Amulets !! wow, you mean to say that they don't actually stop bullets. This is bloody criminal. I just hope and pray that none of them get into the hands of the RTA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Third world, and always will be! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Seeing as how Mr Suwat is such an ardent collector, i have got half a dozen Penny Blacks which i would like to sell. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Bell Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 He should have gone to the magic hole in the ground to ask its advice first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always18 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Some years ago I bought a fake Rolex watch from a street vendor in Turkey whose stall proudly proclaimed "Only genuine fake watches sold here"..................I will bet it has worked a lot better than any fake (or genuine!) amulet............... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Bob Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 You know when a amulet is fake or not after running into the back of a gas truck doing 100 km an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Rule # 1 of buying amulets, go to the nearest temple and get it authenticated by the big man himself. If he doesn't speak or acknowledge your presence in anyway, it's a fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zeegator Posted August 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2014 Third world, and always will be! How does someone being scammed constitute Thailand being a third world country? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Let me guess, one of the first one's he bought was the fake amulet that protects you from buying fake amulets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asiantravel Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 selling fake amulets ? the sellers might be raking in the money but they are equally building up an awful lot of bad karma for themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Why didn't he buy a fake amulet detector ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee b Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Seeing as how Mr Suwat is such an ardent collector, i have got half a dozen Penny Blacks which i would like to sell. 2nd class stamps dipped in black ink??? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nidieunimaitre Posted August 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2014 What is a FAKE amulet? What other amulets are there? 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post iReason Posted August 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2014 "Mr.Suwat revealed that he is an amulet collector but he couldn’t distinguish between fake ones and authentic ones." 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 What is a FAKE amulet? What other amulets are there? Yes, when is an amulet not an amulet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petercool Posted August 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2014 Amulets are not just for protection but are also collected for their rarity after being cast for or by certain revered monks or on special Buddhist occasions etc. and some single ones are valued very highly - eg. hundreds of thousands of baht. It is due to this that replicas are produced for profit."Fake" in this context means just they are not original and nothing to do with any perceived protection they might have offered. It is like treasuring and revering a fragment of the "true cross" and paying a fortune only to have it proved that it was made in Taiwan last year. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laolover88 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Seeing as how Mr Suwat is such an ardent collector, i have got half a dozen Penny Blacks which i would like to sell.You might be in thereI was once taken to a house in Bangkok where ALL known 1dBlacks had been bought by a Thai gentleman from Sothebysand were strewed across his drawing room floor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercool Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Post removed. Please read forum rule 1111) You will not post slurs, degrading or overly negative comments directed towards Thailand, specific locations, Thai institutions such as the judicial or law enforcement system, Thai culture, Thai people or any other group on the basis of race, nationality, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nidieunimaitre Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Third world, and always will be! How does someone being scammed constitute Thailand being a third world country? Maybe clockman did not refer to scamming in general, but rather to the type of scam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kasset Tak Posted August 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2014 How many of you collect anything or like to buy expensive things to show off? I collect amulets, I don't go by value but the aesthetics of the amulet and I never spend more than a couple of hundred if i don't buy it in a temple. An original Thai Buddhist amulet is made in a temple and blessed by one or more monks. It's a way for the temple to get money to for example modernise, renovate and build new buildings. One example I personally know is a temple school in Lampang province that sell amulets so that they can buy school books, computers and keep the school running! Most times amulets are made in limited numbers and might be made of gold or silver (my favorite) and therefore are more expensive (about 1-2,500 for a silver amulet in the temple and up to 100,000 for a gold amulet, if it's copper or clay 59-99 Baht...). There are also old amulets that might be several hundred years old and by that have a collectors value. A copy is made in a factory just for the sake to sell, trying to cheat the people of their money for something that don't have any collectors value. So would you also make fun of all that collects stamps, coins, art and anything else?! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_paarp Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Given the sucker bought 2 batches of amulets, I wonder if he took the time to get the first batch authenticated prior to purchasing the second lot. Sometimes, if the offer is too good to be true, it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nidieunimaitre Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 How many of you collect anything or like to buy expensive things to show off? I collect amulets, I don't go by value but the aesthetics of the amulet and I never spend more than a couple of hundred if i don't buy it in a temple. An original Thai Buddhist amulet is made in a temple and blessed by one or more monks. It's a way for the temple to get money to for example modernise, renovate and build new buildings. One example I personally know is a temple school in Lampang province that sell amulets so that they can buy school books, computers and keep the school running! Most times amulets are made in limited numbers and might be made of gold or silver (my favorite) and therefore are more expensive (about 1-2,500 for a silver amulet in the temple and up to 100,000 for a gold amulet, if it's copper or clay 59-99 Baht...). There are also old amulets that might be several hundred years old and by that have a collectors value. A copy is made in a factory just for the sake to sell, trying to cheat the people of their money for something that don't have any collectors value. So would you also make fun of all that collects stamps, coins, art and anything else?! Are you suggesting that a buddhist amulet is in no ways different from any other commercial object, and can be treated as such? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartender100 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Saw a Farang shopping in Friendship yesterday, he could hardly stand up he had so many Amulets around is neck, hope they were real 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Deacon Bell Posted August 5, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 5, 2014 selling fake amulets ? the sellers might be raking in the money but they are equally building up an awful lot of bad karma for themselves Would be amusing if they were bought with fake 1000b notes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasset Tak Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 How many of you collect anything or like to buy expensive things to show off? I collect amulets, I don't go by value but the aesthetics of the amulet and I never spend more than a couple of hundred if i don't buy it in a temple. An original Thai Buddhist amulet is made in a temple and blessed by one or more monks. It's a way for the temple to get money to for example modernise, renovate and build new buildings. One example I personally know is a temple school in Lampang province that sell amulets so that they can buy school books, computers and keep the school running! Most times amulets are made in limited numbers and might be made of gold or silver (my favorite) and therefore are more expensive (about 1-2,500 for a silver amulet in the temple and up to 100,000 for a gold amulet, if it's copper or clay 59-99 Baht...). There are also old amulets that might be several hundred years old and by that have a collectors value. A copy is made in a factory just for the sake to sell, trying to cheat the people of their money for something that don't have any collectors value. So would you also make fun of all that collects stamps, coins, art and anything else?! Are you suggesting that a buddhist amulet is in no ways different from any other commercial object, and can be treated as such? As I said I collect amulets that I like and think are beautifully. Some people believe that they also have supernatural powers... some don't! I have some Thai friends that don't like that people buy and sell amulets and I have others that make their living from buying and selling amulets! I have also seen Thais and foreigners buying amulets by the bucket hoping to find some amulets that they could sell with a profit. So I would say that it's a hard question as I don't want to offend anyone with my answer! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Long time ago, I have tried my hand in dealing with amulets until I have realized that every one is a shonk and almost all high value staff is fake, and there are very good fakes out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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