Chinese Tourists 'forced' into buying by angry beach vendors on Pattaya Island

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Chinese Tourists 'forced' into buying by angry beach vendors on Pattaya Island



PATTAYA: -- Late on Tuesday Night, two Chinese Tourists reported a disturbing incident which occurred earlier in the day at Larn Island, involving themselves and two angry beach vendors which ended-up costing them 12,000 Baht.

Mr. Chen Lei aged 43 and Mr. Xu Guangming aged 45 had spent the day on Tawaen Beach on the popular Island off the coast of Pattaya and were enjoying their trip until they were confronted by two angry beach vendors who threw crocodile-skin wallets at them and told them to hand over all their money or they would be hurt.

Full story: http://pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/220725/chinese-tourists-forced-into-buying-by-angry-beach-vendors-on-pattaya-island/


-- Pattaya One 2016-01-14

[never me]

More Quality from Thailand... This will keep the tourist coming.

[onemorechang]

Very strange.

You get the feeling there's a little bit more to this story ?

it just don't sound right !!!!!!

[sirineou]

I have attended many sales seminars , I must have missed the sales technique where you angrily throw merchandise at prospects.

[rasmus5150]

I think the Chinese tourists bought these wallets, and found out that they were made in China.

Never heard of such crazy sellers, but I guess nowadays you need to be more pro-active to get your souvenirs sold.

[Briggsy]

I have attended many sales seminars , I must have missed the sales technique where you angrily throw merchandise at prospects.

It is the technique where you threaten the customers with violence (although other threats are permissible) if they do not accept your selling price.

This technique works best in one-off transactions, involving grossly overpriced and/or falsely described goods, where the customer has no immediate recourse to outside assistance and you, the vendor, have impunity from legal or regulatory oversight.

[terryp]

its only fair , you no buy you die; remember as the place for almost 50 years have used the phrase to promote tourism....... the land of Smiles

[mcfish]

"and told them to hand over all their money or they would be hurt."

This is a robbery

[sirineou]

I have being coming to Thailand for over Ten years and no vendor has ever thrown merchandise at me and threaten my with bodily harm if I did not buy

I feel slighted

What am I chop liver?

[mihalis]

Wheres Pattaya Island ?

[never me]

^^^^

This technique works best in one-off transactions, involving grossly overpriced and/or falsely described goods, where the customer has no immediate recourse to outside assistance and you, the vendor, have impunity from legal or regulatory oversight.

For example if you are in Thailand

[mcfish]

Wheres Pattaya Island ?

Koh Larn

[teacherpaul]

Forcing Chinese people to buy something. That takes some doing.

[Briggsy]

Forcing Chinese people to buy something. That takes some doing.

Although I shouldn't laugh really.

This probably explains the throwing part.

[Nemesis7]

Please don't tell me actually this trick works?!? What an idea! Throw things at customer and threat them to harm, deal closed.

[Nomyai]

Very strange.

You get the feeling there's a little bit more to this story ?

it just don't sound right !!!!!!

we need to hear the alligators side of the story.

[roo860]

Ignore it, crocodile tears.

[SuwadeeS]

All vendors should be banned from the beaches. Finish.

[craigt3365]

This is a standard scam at many tourist locations around the world. It's been tried on me several times. The worst was in Bali at the viewpoint for the rice terraces. Luckily, my guide kept positioning himself between us and them. We took our pic and left very quickly...sadly...

[prakhonchai nick]

More than likely they angered the vendor by inspecting his entire stock, over a prolonged period, then did not buy anything.

[murphya33]

More Quality from Thailand... This will keep the tourist coming.

Oh great. Someone who believes everything he reads and makes a judgement on it and puts it on the whole country for good measure. Pathetic

[wvavin]

You can get sales by throwing your product on your customer. EPIC!

[TheKnave]

Very strange.

You get the feeling there's a little bit more to this story ?

it just don't sound right !!!!!!

we need to hear the alligators side of the story.

Are we sure one of the Sino-tourists didn't hock a loogie on the wallet first?

[Jimbo2014]

They should be thankful the vendors wernt selling those fake bone statues - those things would make better high velocity projectiles

[ggt]

vendors who threw crocodile-skin wallets at them and told them to hand over all their money or they would be hurt.

It is known a direct sales...with a direct approach...with a Thai twist...a little not so vailed threat throw in...

Some say that it is very effective...

This is Thailand...

[MiKT]

Wheres Pattaya Island ?

Pattaya

[dieseldave1951]

whats wrong with the Fins

All vendors should be banned from the beaches. Finish.

[MiKT]

I suspect they are in cahoots with Danish and Australian scammers and are attempting to pull the wool over the eye's of our ever vigilant boys in the brown. Surely they will be foiled in their evil oriental plans to denigrate honest Pattaya_extension beach vendors.

[Rimmer]

Some Troll posts removed

[oneday]

Very strange.

You get the feeling there's a little bit more to this story ?

it just don't sound right !!!!!!

Exactly so. These people were are a popular beach with other tourists and they were scared? The article didn't mention any guns or knives. Definitely something more to this story, but as always the quality of reporting is horrible.