kevkev1888 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 7 minutes ago, biplanebluey said: I'm still trying to work out how a 6baht chain can be worth 12000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(OP) Thailand Gold Info and Live Price Updates Buy ฿ Sell ฿ Bar (1 Baht, 96.5%) 19400 19500 Bar (1 Baht, 99.9%) n/a n/a Ornament (1 Baht, 96.5%) 19056.12 19900 6 x 19900 = 119,400 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thairookie Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Coming from China, it's not improbable that the gold chain is counterfeit goods. I hope the robber will post the gold chain on Internet and make known to the world that the Chinese tourist is a fraud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thairookie Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 18 minutes ago, LivinginKata said: Years ago my wife asked me not to wear my 2 baht gold chain for fear that I would be attacked. Now my chain lives in my safe .... sad Check if you still have the correct password to the safe. In Thailand, they make sure that nothing valuable belongs to the Farangs, starting from your house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nielsk Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 1 hour ago, robblok said: I also have a nice gold chain i got 26 years ago for a birthday have always worn it too. Not as fat as this one and made from 18K gold (so a bit more sturdy). Nothing wrong with wearing something like this never had any problems. Though I don't spend that much time in Pattaya but no problems in BKK. No rules without exceptions ....... A man felt out his balcony from floor 10 and survived. Still I would take no chances... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thairookie Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 20 minutes ago, Grubster said: I agree, but I'm also guessing the Chinese may not be aware of the crime in Thailand tourist areas until learning first hand. They are aware. But they were in a group, and like everything else Chinese, they thought they could outnumber the Thais just like they did against Taiwan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thairookie Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 25 minutes ago, biplanebluey said: I'm still trying to work out how a 6baht chain can be worth 12000 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(OP) Like everything else in Thailand, it's Farang price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakhar Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Wait, something was stolen from a Chinese..... seems so backwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaidaGwaii Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Call it a donation for a bad cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 4 minutes ago, Nielsk said: No rules without exceptions ....... A man felt out his balcony from floor 10 and survived. Still I would take no chances... Neither would I but I accept the risk I am taking, but for me its natural to wear the necklace because i have for so long already. I am attached to wearing it, by locking it up it has no use nor value to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkk75 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 3 hours ago, trogers said: He thought the gold chain would only be a magnet for those sweet young girls...?? Such an ego... Isn't the same for older TVF members? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMHERE Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I'd only believe him if he showed me his passport photo wearing the necklace . Someone must love him a lot to give him that gold necklace when he was 20 years old. I want to see the picture of him taken at airport immigration too, come to think of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabaii69 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 4 hours ago, WhizBang said: What sort of a brain dead person wears a 120,000 baht gold chain, in Pattaya, at night? Common sense would tell you that flashing an expensive gold chain is nothing but a magnet for thieves, especially in Pattaya. Do they sell insurance in Chaina? (not misspelled) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 5 minutes ago, bkk75 said: Isn't the same for older TVF members? Probably not. More for well to do first time foreigners to Thailand. Most old TVF members have strict budgets or a gun held at the back of their heads...??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Snell Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I just wonder who took the photo. Could it have been the thieves or is it a selfie before the handover??????????? Just a little curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatboy Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 2 hours ago, DGS1244 said: Me thinks more to this than meets the eye, insurance maybe me thinks its not easy to snatch a 6BHT gold chain with a mighty strong clasp. that would have left a nasty mark on his neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 2 minutes ago, meatboy said: me thinks its not easy to snatch a 6BHT gold chain with a mighty strong clasp. that would have left a nasty mark on his neck. Easily done by the nimble fingers of a prettie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis7 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Sorry fir the Chinese man and hope the police do something to arrest the criminal and helps him to get his chain back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 4 hours ago, WhizBang said: What sort of a brain dead person wears a 120,000 baht gold chain, in Pattaya, at night? Common sense would tell you that flashing an expensive gold chain is nothing but a magnet for thieves, especially in Pattaya. When i stayed in a hotel in Phuket it also happened to another guest...his heavy golden bracelet was missing next day, he didn't even notice them stealing it and suspected the ladyboys who clamp to people at the sidewalks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 1 hour ago, robblok said: I also have a nice gold chain i got 26 years ago for a birthday have always worn it too. Not as fat as this one and made from 18K gold (so a bit more sturdy). Nothing wrong with wearing something like this never had any problems. Though I don't spend that much time in Pattaya but no problems in BKK. One day i won a golden necklace at a lottery but immediatly sold it the next day before my wife started wearing it. Not that i care if she wears it but it's the risk of getting robbed (with violence) it brings. Wearing expensive jewelry is asking for troubles, not only in Thailand but also outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 4 hours ago, WhizBang said: What sort of a brain dead person wears a 120,000 baht gold chain, in Pattaya, at night? Common sense would tell you that flashing an expensive gold chain is nothing but a magnet for thieves, especially in Pattaya. Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't wearing it. The photo proves nothing, except he was wearing a chain at some point in the past, it may have been the same one or a different one. maybe he was robbed, maybe he wasn't, maybe he's looking for a police report so he can make an insurance claim on his return to China to pay for his holiday???? Who knows and who really cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuyandSellThailand Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 And he just happened to have a close up photo of his alleged stolen necklace... And wearing the same T-shirt. Come on. Coincidence!!! This is 100% another "Insurance Fraud". All he needs is a police report. The Police make it too easy for unscrupulous people to get a free vacation. And on the Minuscule chance that this is a legit claim, Som Nam Na. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 2 minutes ago, fruitman said: One day i won a golden necklace at a lottery but immediatly sold it the next day before my wife started wearing it. Not that i care if she wears it but it's the risk of getting robbed (with violence) it brings. Wearing expensive jewelry is asking for troubles, not only in Thailand but also outside. I agree there is a bigger risk, no sense in denying it. I am just used to wearing this necklace and i wear it under my clothes just a small part sticks out. Its just that i come to get attached to it sentimentally. Grabbing and pulling wont work as its strong 18k gold not the softer 24k thai gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smew Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 and he just had a photo of himself same teeshirt showing his fake "gold" chain... INSURANCE job is my guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 4 hours ago, WhizBang said: What sort of a brain dead person wears a 120,000 baht gold chain, in Pattaya, at night? Common sense would tell you that flashing an expensive gold chain is nothing but a magnet for thieves, especially in Pattaya. Or maybe, like millions of other tourists, he believed TATs version of the surefire loveliness of each individual Thai? "Common sense" is not innate. It, like everything else, has to be learned. It is nothing more than the learned specific response to specific problems/situations. That is why those who believe themselves "gifted" with superior common sense frequently lack imagination, or the ability to "think out of the box". "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puukao Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 My brain holds information worth over 998 billion baht... I should never go out, because I might be kidnapped... and then everyone on TV will call me brain dead!!! or they kidnap my kids, and then it's my fault again... or steal my car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4737 Carlin Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Smart guy. Always take an incredibly obvious photo of an expensive item before getting it 'stolen'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nielsk Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 46 minutes ago, robblok said: Neither would I but I accept the risk I am taking, but for me its natural to wear the necklace because i have for so long already. I am attached to wearing it, by locking it up it has no use nor value to me. I understand Your point, as long You have a strong fastener !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little mary sunshine Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Another tourist who will never return to Thailand and will tell everyone he knows to go elsewhere. Why don't the police do something about the crimes against tourists??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 1 hour ago, canuckamuck said: If you walked down the street with 120,000B in your hand, people would say you are out of your mind. But they do essentially the same with jewellry. Displaying wealth in this way just shows bad character anyway. No one is ever impressed. Yes a bit like Honda Waves with the end cut off the silencer , only one that thinks it is smart is the owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 4 hours ago, trogers said: He thought the gold chain would only be a magnet for those sweet young girls...?? Such an ego... I do not think so, a guy wearing any sort of jewelry which can be seen easily in the dark is hardly likely going to be too interested in sweet young girls, or any girls for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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