Pattaya: In reversal, foreign tourists accused of running scam

[Basil B]

It's a little over 300 dollars. Hardly worth the effort or risk to anyone who can afford a vacation.

For a Chinese " tourists " $300 is a lot of money, and beside, a scam is a scam,

some people enjoy running a scam just for the hell of it....

An insurance company would seriously pay out based on this..... I very much doubt it.

Just what I was going to say, and where did they buy their insurance... If in China then it will probably be fake.

[dunroaming]

I have done business in China for about 20 years and in my experience the Chinese have a very similar attitude to Thais. If there is a scam to be exploited then exploit it. Given that it would be difficult to determine who is the scammer here. On the other hand who cares....

[mango66]

It's a little over 300 dollars. Hardly worth the effort or risk to anyone who can afford a vacation.

not for Chinese !

they will do it even for smaller, if you give them the chance !!

[mango66]

Of course the vendor is going to say he didn't scam them , why admit his guilt? For the amount of money 12,000b divided by two 600B each not hardly worth it and I doubt the insurance would pay anyway. Looks like another saving face exercise to assure the punters everything is fine in LOS

"12,000 divided by two is 600". Please check your calculator. Yes, we know, you used a cheap calculator that the Thais "scammed" you into buying.

they would get propably more back from the insurance, as what they paid for their arrangement !

In this case, I beleave in RTPs statement !!

[Jim walker]

And the moral of this story in never con a coner, one is as bad as the other rubbish like this could destroy the good upstanding name Pattaya has built up over the years all wiped out for a couple of cheap handbags.

[mango66]

It's a little over 300 dollars. Hardly worth the effort or risk to anyone who can afford a vacation.

For a Chinese " tourists " $300 is a lot of money, and beside, a scam is a scam,

some people enjoy running a scam just for the hell of it....

Those Chinese who can afford a vacation here are very rich and $300 will mean very little or nothing to them. Do you think Chinese who go abroad on vacations are that mean? I have lived with them for 6 years and I think you have missed the point entirely.

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therfore you see them all boohed in 5***** star hotels only,

and a la cart sea food restaurants and bars are stuffed with this " Reach " Chinese tourists !!

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You realy know China !

where did you live there ??

[soc]

They are both scam artists. So who to believe?

Put them all to the torture to extract the truth! OJ(only joking!).

Although in court cases in Old China it was normal procedure to torture witnesses & innocent bystanders if necessary.

[juice777]

Maybe he bought some bags what was over priced

Found out went 2 the police and made up some lies to try to get his money back

[puffy]

"Excuse me Mr Vendor did you rob these tourists"

" No they are lying"

"Yes that is what we thought no Thai would ever do something like this and besides a Farang admitted doing this last week,

so we can now say all foreigners are lying when reporting robberies and have a zero percent crime rate in Pattaya".

[Travelman868]

so, the vendor claims he didn't coerce the chinese into buying his crap. thus, it is a false complaint by the chinese, of course.

There does not appear to be an argument about how much the Chinese paid for the bags. I presume it was $150 each. All these forged black market bags are sold on the Thai / Cambodian border market for about 1000/ 1500 baht.

The police are supposed to fight against these copies being sold but no mention here.

[roo860]

To all who are surprised ! this is not something new or unique to Thailand, it happens all over the world everyday to tourists.

Brazil, you will be scammed in a similar fashion on your first day there, Africa .. say no more, Nigeria is the scam capital of Africa.

China, tour operators are the largest scammers in China. Spain, Italy and even Egypt, which is tourist scammers paradise ... they will approach you on the street, take you to their shop, offer you a cup of tea ... drug you, rob you ... and you wake up in the alley next door.

I have been around ...

It happened to you?

[juice777]

so, the vendor claims he didn't coerce the chinese into buying his crap. thus, it is a false complaint by the chinese, of course.

There does not appear to be an argument about how much the Chinese paid for the bags. I presume it was $150 each. All these forged black market bags are sold on the Thai / Cambodian border market for about 1000/ 1500 baht.

The police are supposed to fight against these copies being sold but no mention here.

Yeah who's ever herd of a insurance scam over handbags and a threat of violence

And who's heed of a vendor saying buy them or I will punch you

They have paid to much they have worked it out and made up the punch bit hoping the bib will get there money back for them

Bulshit everywhere from the vendor charging 2 much, the Chinese tourist with the threat of violence, and bib saying it's a insurance scam

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[steven100]

To all who are surprised ! this is not something new or unique to Thailand, it happens all over the world everyday to tourists.

Brazil, you will be scammed in a similar fashion on your first day there, Africa .. say no more, Nigeria is the scam capital of Africa.

China, tour operators are the largest scammers in China. Spain, Italy and even Egypt, which is tourist scammers paradise ... they will approach you on the street, take you to their shop, offer you a cup of tea ... drug you, rob you ... and you wake up in the alley next door.

I have been around ...

It happened to you?

nope ... never get involved with anyone ... just keep walking.

[SiSePuede419]

Uhhh ... I don't think you can make an insurance claim for a stupid purchase or for being over charged.

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Maybe Chinese insurance will pay if your purchase turns out to be a fake copy, instead of the original.

Bwaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[bimmerbob]

Sounds warped to me !

...........and what is the Dec '14 photo of the beach supposed to depict?

Warped indeed.

[honcho]

Maybe, maybe not. How the heck do the police know who is lying.

We all know how easy it is for locals to lie. It's a national art form.

TIL (this is lieland!)

[cookee68]

nearly every one of the vendours on pattaya beach are con artist or thugs, why would they want a scam for 300, I believe the Chinese guys, and of course as always the thai bib believe the thugs

[captspectre]

It's a little over 300 dollars. Hardly worth the effort or risk to anyone who can afford a vacation.

scum bags come in all different colors! the money has nothing to do with it!

[roo860]

True

[Veritas48]

It's a little over 300 dollars. Hardly worth the effort or risk to anyone who can afford a vacation.

B12000 is not a problem?Four plastic wallets and a belt which I am guessing should be 4 to 5 hundred baht...........................

[phantomfiddler]

Alas in most situations of this type, only 2 parties know what happened, the f***er and the f***ee, and the rest of us can only guess who is the bad guy. People think what they want to think, and nothing can deter them or change their opinion. I once fired a welsh alcoholic, who promptly went out and said that he had quit because I had stolen a lot of money from him ! Everyone believed him, but Karma will catch up A Bangkok taxi driver once old me that the ONLY honest man in this country was thaksin (note small case). No evidence would have shaken his belief Hopefully we cal all survive the comedy of life !

[alfalfa19]

All sounds a bit fishy. Firstly who carries 12,000 baht with them on the beach. Secondly unless the vendor was Mike Tyson you would tell him to get lost and dare him to start a fight, in public!!

nonsense.

firstly, 12,000 baht, or 350 dollars between 2 tourists, is not an astronomical figure. more than i would carry to the beach, surely, but for the normal uninformed tourist, this is not an abnormally large amount.

secondly, telling the aggressor to: "get lost, and I dare you to start a fight" would almost guarantee being beaten to a pulp, or into a coma, or to death, by a gang of thai men, be they the vendor's buddies or just hangers on looking for the chance to rat pack a foreigner.

[lvr181]

Tourists running a scam? Wow, that is a turn around. And I always thought that p***ing into a headwind was the only way to get your own back?