Re: Crooks and Liars: Farang Conmen in Paradise
"Rainwalker99":He went on to talk about some of his farang customers who had lied, cheated, and refused to pay him what monies they rightfully owed.
Rainwalker,
as was pointed out elsewhere, there are two sides to every story. If this is the same "air conditioning showroom" that I used, prominently sited on Sukhumvit Road, East side, then I am not at all surprised that some of his customers refused to pay him some or all of what he considered they "rightfully" owed. Their work for me was so bad that I had to make temporary repairs myself before getting a local a/c fitter (who, unfortunately had been away for a month when I needed it fitted) to repair the disaster they had left. Hopefully you will be more lucky.
Dodger's (and others') views on Thai bar boys were stated very clearly elsewhere (They are all liars, etc, etc), as was my disagreement with his view based on my own personal experience. With a very few exceptions (such as Mick from Le Cafe on the one hand and my ex-LDR/LTR boyfriend on the other!) I would trust a Thai bar boy over their Farang client any day of the week - or, if I did not trust them, at least I would have a pretty good idea of where I stood. While the bar boys may lie about actually finding the client attractive and, in most cases if they are able to, run as man LDRs as they can, it is the clients who promise "gold shop / motorbike shop tomorrow ..." when their flight home is tonight!
As far as local scams are concerned, you need look no further than 90% of the property development / sales "experts" here - hard to believe, but there is, literally, not a single registered chartered surveyor (FRICS or equivalent) in Pattaya. As for the insurance agents / salesmen, the only one who many thought to be "legit" has recently shown his true colours; those who have been here a while may not have shed too many tears at the late S**n F**'s passing, but at least you knew that when he sold you insurance he had taken the trouble to type the policy himself!
I had the same experience
the last time I arrived in Sydney and caught a taxi on a Sunday morning.
I thought the city had been evacuated..although I soon realized it was because of the lack of blaring car horns.
But the driver moaned from go to whoa about having had no fares...wife and kiddies to feed..no-one ever tips..etc etc.
I gave him a large tip-but that's the difference between me and you I guess ! ( apart from me being more handsome)