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

[Jingthing]

The reason why Chinese tourist don't buy souvenirs in Thailand is, that 99,9999% of those souvenirs were made in China and available in China for only 1% of the price asked for in Thailand.

Chinese buy lots of products here. There are many shops in Pattaya dedicated to selling to Chinese tourists. Pork floss is real popular. Personally, I prefer dental floss.

Edited January 14, 2016 by Jingthing

[Dukeleto]

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

If you are a vendor this part and parcel of your job description. You are not expected to purchase something every time you look into a shop window or peruse through a shops merchandise or even try it on.

These guys are more suited to becoming Tuk Tuk drivers where intimidation is the name of the game.

[mango66]

propably they were bargening the price down for an hour,

and than not to buy,

so the vendoor got angry to loose an hour for this "" Quality tourists !!

[dcsw53]

Tawaen Beach, that well known deserted strip of sand, where two Chinese were confronted by two extremely dangerous Thai souvenir sellers. They must have been terrified.

Being such a lonely place there would have been no one filming the exchange, and no bars around to retreat to. What a load of ****.

First of all who takes such a large amount of foreign currency to an island ? Then if they were confronted like that, in broad daylight, why did they wait until they got back " late at night ".

Sounds like they bought some genuine plastic souvenirs, then thought better of it. That's the Chinese way.

[balo]

There's more to this story for sure,.

[Jim walker]

Juntas new tourist promotion drive to attract more Chinese tourists to come to Thailand and spend their big bucks while on holiday on wild woman drink and crocodile wallets

[mercman24]

steet vendors,, what i hated about Pattaya was the never ending stream of vendors coming into the bars one after another realy peed me off, trying to have a good ogle and a quiet pint but in Bangkok this does not happen or is allowed to happen, we only get the guy selling "roses for your sweetheart" in the bars,but he/they dont hassle you.(and the roses are shoite no smell at all) lol !!

[Dap]

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

Yes, it certainly did

[Renrut]

Wheres Pattaya Island ?

Read the report, it tells you.

[mikiea]

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

ehhh... they left out the part of the story of buying phony fenced goods . if it fenced the Chinese feel they are getting a steal ..............

[Seismic]

Move along people, nothing new here.

[Basil B]

I know how they must have felt...

I too have bought stuff on Ebay only to find it was made in China.

[Rimmer]

A couple of troll posts removed

[dogeatdogworld]

I'm sick and tired of reading stories on how tourists are being bullied, threatened, mugged, snatched or beaten to a pulp outside a Walking Street bar by bouncers or beaten up by Beach rd ladyboys!

Are they just weak with no balls or Thai men are just superior fighters with courage? which?

[dogeatdogworld]

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

I wonder if the same sales strategy can be used with a 3,400lbs used car on a crane operated by a used car salesman ...

[joepattaya1961]

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

You may be right about the pre-judgement, but fact is that it appeared in the media; true or not true.