lego ...think before u type...
lego ...think before u type...
You forgot the "Duty Free Shop Scam" at BKK airport....Customer wants to buy 2 items , sales persons adds a 3rd one for free. Later customer gets controled by police and is accused of being a thief, suddenly an interpreter shows up. Customer can choose: Spend the night at the airport police, miss his flight or cough up 50K..or more. This happened many times years ago until police tried to blackmail the "wrong persons" and UK press started extensive reporting.Originally Posted by Mancs
christianpfc (May 18th, 2017)
That's a pretty comprehensive list.
One more business scam;
In Chiang Mai I hired a Tuk Tuk driver to take me to a store to arrange shipping of goods I had bought and paid for on line. After I paid him he followed me into the store and demanded 30% commission on whatever I bought from the Turkish owner though he had no involvement. He got a verbal Turkish kick in the ass instead.
One boy scam;
"Can only stay 10 minutes my friend no have key for room him cannot go inside and him angry with me". This comes up all the time with Gay Romeos especially.
Last edited by FarangRuMak; May 21st, 2017 at 16:23. Reason: spelling
christianpfc (May 21st, 2017)
See, this is where all these expats who move out to Pattaya and open a bar and lose everything are getting it wrong, it's a key cutting shop they should be opening as if I'd a 1000 baht for every time the above bullshit was trotted out to me I'd be a rich man - and yes I do understand that boys share rooms and once in a blue moon the above can be true but once you hear it several times in close succession you do start to think "maybe time hmmm time to open a key shop here!" :-)
arsenal (May 21st, 2017)
can only stay for 10 minutes....no problem...it will be a real quick quicky...and he'll only get paid for 10 minutes worth too...soon changes his tune...
From my experience, the key story is true. They are just too stupid/lazy/cheapskate/whatever to cut a second key (cost me 30 Baht to cut a second key for my room, no questions asked).
When a boy tells me has only xx minutes or has to leave by xx o'clock, I tell him I don't like to rush and postpone to another time, when he is not pressed for time. Suddenly, they have all the time I need.
1moRussian (May 22nd, 2017)
Loan Scam
I'm beginning to think they have a loan scam too...
It happens when you meet a new boy. After a few weeks boy wants to borrow "largish" sum of money and promises to pay it back after pay day. He does.Farang impressed.Farang now trusts boy...maybe too much...
A week later boy asks to borrow again. Farang thinks OK and coughs up. Excuse follows excuse and loan is never repaid.
A small detail that I forgot to add about the verbal kick in the ass the Turkish store owner (furniture store) gave to the Tuk Tuk driver;
I've heard the gutteral swearing of the drunken Russians in Jomtien and it's scary but the utterances of this (sober) Turk was on a different terror scale altogether.
christianpfc (May 24th, 2017)
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