Contrary to what internet says, shop denies these Thai amulets made in China

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Contrary to what internet says, shop denies these Thai amulets made in China
By Teeranai Charuvastra, Staff Reporter


Amulets sold at the Boom Collection shop in Bangkok were identified Sunday by internet users as cheap Chinese knockoffs. Photo: Socialhithit / Facebook

BANGKOK — When someone posted photos supposedly of a shop in Chinatown selling counterfeit Buddhist amulets made en masse in a Chinese factory, all hell broke loose, with netizens screaming: Is nothing sacred or exclusively Thai anymore?

“Has the national religion entered such a dark age?” Facebook user Ongart Leepaipal wrote in reply Sunday. “Responsible officials, please help do something about this, before it gets any worse.”

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/culture/net/2016/07/25/contrary-internet-says-shop-denies-selling-thai-amulets-made-china/


-- Khaosod English 2016-07-26

[leeneeds]

A bit of a paradox to deal with

Chinese - Thai

Thai -Chinese

[Thian]

But when some members from their religion misbehave badly we don't hear them.

[NongKhaiKid]

What protection does a 20 Baht amulet provide ?

Plenty of outrage about fake amulets from China but where's the outrage at fake Thai monks, reaching all the way to the top, bringing Buddhism into disrepute on an almost daily basis ?

[The stuttering parrot]

Don't even know why they are fake.

I thought once they were blessed they become sacred so who cares where they are made.

Plenty of fake monks are made in Thailand

[Thian]

Just look what Google comes up with when you search for this: "Palace closed scam."

https://www.google.nl/search?q=palace+closed+scam&rlz=1C1CHWL_nlTH663TH663&oq=palace+closed+scam&aqs=chrome..69i57.4720j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

And nobody in Thailand ever speaks about this........

[trogers]

Ahhh...made in China not okay. But we can buy and sell those made in Thailand... All okay ?

[SABloke]

Aren't all Buddhist amulets technically fake anyway

[ezzra]

How dare they to produce those fake amulets in China? this is the bread and butter of the local crooked

monks and abbots who takes a bit a dirt and sell for good money.....

[canuckamuck]

These are obviously fake mass produced lumps of ugly metal, much different than the Thai mass produced lumps of ugly metal.

Only Thai people can give them magical power.

[sharecropper]

Just look what Google comes up with when you search for this: "Palace closed scam."

https://www.google.nl/search?q=palace+closed+scam&rlz=1C1CHWL_nlTH663TH663&oq=palace+closed+scam&aqs=chrome..69i57.4720j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

And nobody in Thailand ever speaks about this........

It is still going on, unbelievably. This happened to friends visiting Thailand only last month, so they never got to see the Grand Palace. They didn't know about the scam.

[Thian]

Just look what Google comes up with when you search for this: "Palace closed scam."

https://www.google.nl/search?q=palace+closed+scam&rlz=1C1CHWL_nlTH663TH663&oq=palace+closed+scam&aqs=chrome..69i57.4720j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

And nobody in Thailand ever speaks about this........

It is still going on, unbelievably. This happened to friends visiting Thailand only last month, so they never got to see the Grand Palace. They didn't know about the scam.

Before our wedding in Thailand my family all came to BKK. They wanted to see that palace but when our taxi's arrived it was "closed" so the official looking guy who opened our taxidoors brought us to the longtailboats.

My family still makes fun of it every time they are together and think about Thailand.

Also i bet my weddingring (from Chinatown) that taxi's in that whole area s till won't use their metre.

Edited July 26, 2016 by Thian

[BigBadGeordie]

I can see Section 44 coming into play here, especially if the big fella has purchased a "dud"

[Rayk]

Either way people look at it, whether they are made in China or not, one thing is for certain. Someone is getting charged for defamation, and it ain't the shop owner.

Edited July 26, 2016 by Rayk

[Prbkk]

Amulets might be a special case but this can work both ways: a few weeks ago I was in Finland and wanted a nice local gift to bring back for the wife of a Thai colleague, found some nice Marimekko ceramics, bought them only to discover MADE IN THAILAND on the base when taking off the price stickers.

[jabis]

Amulets might be a special case but this can work both ways: a few weeks ago I was in Finland and wanted a nice local gift to bring back for the wife of a Thai colleague, found some nice Marimekko ceramics, bought them only to discover MADE IN THAILAND on the base when taking off the price stickers.

There is a distinction behind a design company and a manufacturing company.The design is Finnish, but they've outsourced the actual production of goods to many cheaper manufacturers across the globe - it's also called business

[Thian]

Amulets might be a special case but this can work both ways: a few weeks ago I was in Finland and wanted a nice local gift to bring back for the wife of a Thai colleague, found some nice Marimekko ceramics, bought them only to discover MADE IN THAILAND on the base when taking off the price stickers.

You took the stickers off?

The stickers are the most valuable of the whole thing (for a Thai). They never take stickers off, not even plastic covers which are over a new sofa or bicycle.

Next time you buy ceramics from a Japanese artists (they have many). They are all handmade and from isetan it won't be fake.

I was in the headquarter from Isetan where those artists were selling/making new bowls. All the hi-so lady's were sitting at a bar (in the shop) eating hi-so foor and they even had wine there iirw.

I remember Marimekko from when i was a kid, we had a shop of them in town but i never found out what they sold there.

[NongKhaiKid]

I can see Section 44 coming into play here, especially if the big fella has purchased a "dud"

Is he allowed to do that, isn't he supposed to go into a phone box first ?

[Reigntax]

Amulets might be a special case but this can work both ways: a few weeks ago I was in Finland and wanted a nice local gift to bring back for the wife of a Thai colleague, found some nice Marimekko ceramics, bought them only to discover MADE IN THAILAND on the base when taking off the price stickers.

Are you sure the stickers were not fake?

[worgeordie]

Isn't everything made in China,buy cheap sell at inflated prices,

to people who think these amulets work.

regards worgeordie

[rkidlad]

"with netizens screaming: Is nothing sacred or exclusively Thai anymore?"

Welcome to the 21st century, Thailand. Is nothing sacred anymore? Let me see; Buddhism - you don't own it. Nobody does. When you get this through your heads, maybe you won't take yourselves so seriously anymore. Anyone can be Buddhist. If you wanna meet a like minded stupid white person. find a white Buddhist. They also wear it like a badge and go against its very core values. I simply apply common sense when interacting with my fellow man because I'm not a narcissist.

Exclusively Thai? So you want something Thai that means no one other than Thais can share it? Oh, how very Buddhist. Well, you can have 'Thainess'. And please, don't share it with the world. Remember - it's all yours.

[tomacht8]

Guess it is the same feeling for managers of brand products, when they see all the cheap pirated copies on the markets.
Karma is a bitch.

[Kasset Tak]

Just some questions to all of you that complain about Thais and their Buddhist amulets...

If you are Christian:
Protestant: Do you wear or own a cross?
Catholic: Do you wear or own a cross? Do you have a saints medallion? Do you have a rosary?

If you are Jewish: Do you have a Davids star or a menorah?

and the list goes on and on and on...

[rkidlad]

Just some questions to all of you that complain about Thais and their Buddhist amulets...

If you are Christian:

Protestant: Do you wear or own a cross?

Catholic: Do you wear or own a cross? Do you have a saints medallion? Do you have a rosary?

If you are Jewish: Do you have a Davids star or a menorah?

and the list goes on and on and on...

I wear them all and I'm an atheist. Well, I'm just hedging my bets, you know?

[wotsdermatter]

Is it not true that anything from another country can be made in Thailand, e.g. watches, running shoes, handbags, etc, and virtually nothing is said or done about it, except for the

occasional "raid," confiscation, and destruction of such objects. (Patpong and other such places immediately come to mind for those looking to purchase "genuine" counterfeit products. So, why do Thais complain about the possibility of counterfeit amulets being made outside of Thailand? If they were made in China, how did they get into Thailand, although Rattanapracha Lamlaila-or, manager of the store that is in dispute, states they have been buying and packaging these products for 10 years? He did not deny or admit they are not made in Thailand but notes all of his staff are Thai. These facts mean absolutely nothing.

Edited July 26, 2016 by wotsdermatter

[WhizBang]

Just some questions to all of you that complain about Thais and their Buddhist amulets...

If you are Christian:

Protestant: Do you wear or own a cross?

Catholic: Do you wear or own a cross? Do you have a saints medallion? Do you have a rosary?

If you are Jewish: Do you have a Davids star or a menorah?

and the list goes on and on and on...

Well, I am catholic (although non practicing) and do not own any of the above. I see no problem in owning such things if they give you some sort of comfort, so long as you DO NOT think they bestow some sort of magical powers or protection on you.

Thais DO think that those amulets bestow them with special powers or protection.

Anyone who thinks so is short a few cards of a full deck. I think it is horrific that the leader of a country should think so and/or call on fortune tellers when making decisions of national importance. That speaks volumns about the (lack of) mental capacity of the so called 'leader', not to mention the population in general.

[mike324]

they should be more outraged that amulets are sold as wholesale items in chinatown....

[Hawk]

"Has the national religion entered such a dark age? Facebook user Ongart Leepaipal wrote in reply Sunday."

It never left the dark age!

[Bluespunk]

''Is nothing sacred or exclusively Thai anymore?''

Ah, the BS netizens manage to come up with.

[amrishtony]

So, if I buy one of these 20 Baht amulets, I can fearlessly jump off a 40 story building and no harm will come through??