DoctorG Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 If price is important to you,then ask BEFORE you buy. After is pointless. Learn to say "how much" in thai. It is not difficult. However, unless the Turk was taking a swing at the vendor, the knife should not have been used. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 These things happen more (of course) in the tourist heavy areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Dincer Cretin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya28 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 My money's on the Turk being more truthful than the vendor. The vendor had all the standard answers. A foreigner will always get overcharged from these vendors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banglassie Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Maybe he should learn the term "tao rai krab?", "how much?" would work just as fine in most cases... If you blindly buy something or jump into a tuktuk without asking the price first then you can hardly get pissed off for the over price, or yea, you can, but it will only lead to troubles... (exception are the songtaews in Chiang Mai where it's apparently way better to just tell destination and jump on then hand him 20 baht (or was it 10? I've forgot...) when you arrive since the price is fixed. While asking the price will indicate that you "hire" the whole songthaew as a taxi (which will not stop him from picking up other customers on the way...) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawed Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 You r right banglasse Sent from my HTC Vision using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocacoc Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) A foreigner will always get overcharged from these vendors. It's not only a Thai-Foreigner thing. Believe me, Thais like to rip-off their own country people too. Often it's easier, because the Thai don't complain. Moreover, sometime i think they hate each other. They recognize from where someone come. People from Buriram don't like people from Surin and so on.... Thais eating a lot of shit. Sometime they need a valve to pressure drain. This time, the Turk was in the queue. Edited August 22, 2014 by alocacoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATF Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 He was ripped off. Everyone knows that a portion of watermelon is 10 baht here! JT I would have absolutely no idea what watermelon or anything else costs except JW Gold Label in Best Super. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I aways ask how much things cost in Thailand, especially in the tourist areas. Being Turkish , he should know this, does he really think that a water melon is 10 baht anywhere in Pattaya ? Maybe he left his brain at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 It kind of is 10 baht from street fruit stands. Has been for many years. If their costs go up, they just cut the portion smaller. Outside of a tourist area it would actually be kind of DUMB to ask the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlBkk Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Amazing because it's usually the Turks who like to use a knife. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercool Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Post removed under forum rule 7) 7) You will respect fellow members and post in a civil manner. No personal attacks, hateful or insulting towards other members, (flaming) Stalking of members on either the forum or via PM will not be allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotBkk Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) Another quality tourist. Is anyone really surprised about crackdowns. So a vendor who attacks soneone with a knife over 10 baht is a quality vendor/rep of his country to visitors? U need yer head checked Who the hell in their right mind could condone this. So its ok to commit attempted murder or go the full hog (homicide) for anything seen to be of a rude nature .. GET REAL ..... these budding Farang/thais make me PUKE !!!!!!!! REMEMBER THIS....... One of these days all you hardliner Clowns on here might have family or friends on holiday and some crazy lunatic might injure one of them or WORSE... so cut all the BS and think in a more positive way .. MOCKING IS CATCHING - FACT !!! Edited August 22, 2014 by Rimmer Profane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLW Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 The junta needs to step in an regulate the size of watermelon slices. Hahahahahahahah!!! That's funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLW Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 The mistake is of both of them. The tourist should have first confirmed the rate then buy, and the vendor should not have used knife. Sent from my HTC Vision using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app He was attacked by a drive by fruiting. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 No Turkish delight in this case. Mocking? No, humour. Which seems to be lacking in some posters on TV. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Dang Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Arguing over 10 baht, stupid. Look in the bottom of my sock draw and you may find enough change for a 100 pieces of watermelon, at Turkish prices. The Turk got off cheaply, a kidney costs more. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbsears Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 What I find strange is that more people on here are talking about the watermelon or the argument over 10 baht. That shouldn't be the issue at all. The issue is that a person used a knife on another over a silly argument. The vendor should be in jail for a long time to protect society. Violence is unacceptable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chang_paarp Posted August 22, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2014 What I find strange is that more people on here are talking about the watermelon or the argument over 10 baht. That shouldn't be the issue at all. The issue is that a person used a knife on another over a silly argument. The vendor should be in jail for a long time to protect society. Violence is unacceptable. You're new here aren't you? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Bell Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Cheapskate farang! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soihok Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Causing the fruit vendor to lose face by making a scene over 10 baht, dear oh dear. The Turk has a lot to learn, perhaps he was also swearing and pointing a finger at the Thai in Thailand. Fruit vendor sounds like a thug and Turk sounds like a complete donkey, all in all it seems they were ment for each other. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Face schmace the fruit man is a scammer. Sent from my Lenovo S820_ROW using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soihok Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Yeah, 10 baht breaks my heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soihok Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Me thinks you have been there too long JT, time for a holiday? Agree the fruit guy is a thug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Bell Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Yeah, he must be a real big man hardcase thug, opting to sell fruit at ungodly hours for pieces of small change. A real gangster standover man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlopes Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Common scam. They do not cut " large pieces " and do not inform . Happened to me a few times . When I paid with not exact change. No point to argue as you will not win, just accept the 10 baht rip off scam and move on, I'll remember that if I have to deal with someone like you. Move on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kohphangan Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I regrettably found myself in the khao San area back in 2002 for a couple of nights. I got sick to death of hearing "No.. i'll pay you this i'll pay you that". One Guy from Israel waving his fist shouting No No No... i give you 7 baht.... He was buying a plastic bottle of water telling the shop keeper No! i paid 7 baht yesterday not 8 baht. His attitude made me feel sick. I have never been back to that area since 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee2 Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Using a knife on someone who has broken into your home at night, maybe. You'll need a gun for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgma Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) I can't believe what i am reading. Sometimes my brains don't seem to connect with the story i am reading , so i kick myself in the primitive approach to figure out what on earth triggers a grown-up to get himself in the situation described. Again i fail to understand. So i just tell myself its not true and leave it to this reply! Edited August 22, 2014 by hgma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoza Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 is Thailand becoming the hub for attacks on foreigners? we had the american who was killed by a samurai welding taxi driver (confirmed drug addict)in Bangkok,we had the foreigner who was stabbed on beach road by a watch seller(500 baht fine)then there was the american on a bike who was slashed by a male masseur because he spoke out when he was crashed into,and the american who was hit on the head by a ladyboys stiletto shoe causing multiple wounds.i have watched these ladyboys and they try to physically drag guys into their bar.yesterday in the space of one hour i watched two different vendors and one agreed a price and then blatantly walked away without giving the customer their change while the other one after haggling with the customer hit him in the stomach and the foreigner just handed him 4/5 hundred baht that the vendor was demanding. it appears that the violence and intimidation towards foreigners is much more common place now than i can ever remember.should the junta crackdown on these people or at least let the punishment fit the crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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