News Forum - Thailand News Today | 8 of the most common “scams” in Thailand

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  The Thailand’s Consumers Council has drawn up a list of eight typical real-life issues that are decreasing the quality of life for consumers in the country. During a meeting with the Senate Committee on Human Rights, Rights and Liberty, and Consumers Protection on Monday, the TCC laid out the list of problems they identified. Let’s see if you suffer from one of these issues as well:  Number one is the high cost of public transportation Being cheated by sellers of defective goods High cost of services at private hospitals Being taken advantage of by public service operators Abuse of […]

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[palooka]

Why is there 8.?

One would suffice, you came to Thailand.

[DesperateOldHand]

Senate Committee on Human Rights, Rights and Liberty and Consumers Protection. 

 

Really? 

[PapayaBokBok]

dont see anything about double pricing....odd

[Marc26]

44 minutes ago, PapayaBokBok said:

dont see anything about double pricing....odd

It's odd you don't know what a scam is 555

If the prices are posted, it literally the opposite of a scam

 

If you are too cheap to pay it, you don't have to...........hence not a scam

[Guest1]

52 minutes ago, PapayaBokBok said:

dont see anything about double pricing....odd

They are talking about Thai people in the article. 

[dmacarelli]

Consumer protection. What a concept. We used to have that in the US. Then ALL the politicians sold out. Here? Never seen it. 

[Mohandas]

Evidently, the systematic Ammat didn't make the cut.

[ronnie666]

10 hours ago, PapayaBokBok said:

dont see anything about double pricing....odd

Only tourist places, you have a license you get thai price USE IT, some places not, but is because they racist 

Edited July 28, 2022 by ronnie666

[PapayaBokBok]

On 7/28/2022 at 12:00 AM, Marc26 said:

It's odd you don't know what a scam is 555

If the prices are posted, it literally the opposite of a scam

If you are too cheap to pay it, you don't have to...........hence not a scam

thanks for the tip! guess im the only one that gets the menus without prices....but im just a stupid farang!

[PapayaBokBok]

On 7/28/2022 at 12:06 AM, Guest1 said:

They are talking about Thai people in the article. 

thanks friend! so i guess the apt i went to look at on FB that had one price that went up when i sent to see it was only directed at ME--until my THAI friend said its a common thing-----meaning common to thais....

thanks for sharing! (wink) what would i do without all the helpful lads on this forum! such love! (kiss)

[Bluesofa]

On 7/27/2022 at 6:00 PM, Thaiger said:

The TCC also asked the government to be more proactive in battling call centre scammers sending SMS messages and making phone calls to milk consumers out of money in various ways

How do these call centres know you've just spent all your money buying milk?

[DesperateOldHand]

On 7/27/2022 at 9:14 AM, PapayaBokBok said:

dont see anything about double pricing....odd

Not a scam, but a simple business practice.

[Marc26]

7 hours ago, PapayaBokBok said:

thanks for the tip! guess im the only one that gets the menus without prices....but im just a stupid farang!

Haha

Funny you say that

 

I was watching something on scams in Italy 

 

And they said don't eat at the restaurants that don't show prices on the menu

 

I was like, who the hell would do that???

 

 

Although I kinda did that in Dominican Republic 

 

We were on a boat tour and the guy brought us to a beach restaurant 

And we just ordered

 

We been there a week and everything was pretty cheap

 

So I didn't even worry about the prices

 

Then they really ripped us off

Chalked it up to my fault, and paid with very little argument

[HiuMak]

 

On 7/27/2022 at 7:47 PM, palooka said:

Why is there 8.?

One would suffice, you came to Thailand.

Is anything even legit in Thailand?

Example is to Check your bills in restaurants and bars is important to see if they overcharge or charge you with additional items you did not order.

Just watch your back in LOS...which makes it interesting and fun 

[palooka]

9 hours ago, HiuMak said:

Is anything even legit in Thailand?

Example is to Check your bills in restaurants and bars is important to see if they overcharge or charge you with additional items you did not order.

Just watch your back in LOS...which makes it interesting and fun 

Twice in the last 2 weeks I have been charged for foreigner entry at tourist sites, at 4 times the rate for a Thai.  Double I can come to the party but at 4 times the price???????? 

Both places I was the sole foreigner that was recognizable by ethnic origin and both places used "foreigner" wording on their entry price boards.

[BigHewer]

31 minutes ago, palooka said:

Twice in the last 2 weeks I have been charged for foreigner entry at tourist sites, at 4 times the rate for a Thai.  Double I can come to the party but at 4 times the price???????? 

Both places I was the sole foreigner that was recognizable by ethnic origin and both places used "foreigner" wording on their entry price boards.

Interesting regarding ethnic appearance / origin.

Ubon Ratchathani Zoo unashamedly displays its entry fee in English: “Foreigner 150 baht , Thai 100 baht”. I went there with my Indonesian wife and told the ticket staff “Sorng kon”. She replied (in English) “250 baht”.

I guess if a visitor looks the part…

Dual pricing sure is annoying. I don’t know if I’d call it a scam if they’re up front about it

[palooka]

4 minutes ago, BigHewer said:

Dual pricing sure is annoying. I don’t know if I’d call it a scam if they’re up front about it

More frustrating in that I live in thailand , associate as much as I can on an equal basis with those that I come into contact with daily but the Thai Govt and others deliberately discriminate (for money) based on racial grounds.

[PapayaBokBok]

17 hours ago, DesperateOldHand said:

Not a scam, but a simple business practice.

thanks for your input....nice practice btw

[PapayaBokBok]

15 hours ago, Marc26 said:

Haha

Funny you say that

I was watching something on scams in Italy 

And they said don't eat at the restaurants that don't show prices on the menu

I was like, who the hell would do that???

Although I kinda did that in Dominican Republic 

We were on a boat tour and the guy brought us to a beach restaurant 

And we just ordered

We been there a week and everything was pretty cheap

So I didn't even worry about the prices

Then they really ripped us off

Chalked it up to my fault, and paid with very little argument

happens to be illegal here but hey i just live here.....a fool and his money are soon parted--bet the bargirls love u long time!....

[astro]

4 hours ago, palooka said:

...but the Thai Govt and others deliberately discriminate (for money) based on racial grounds.

Nationality rather than race.

[Thaidup]

A pretty slack article really.

I can mention a Thai scam that works well with tourists.

Tourists go to a site and are approached by a person in a uniform who explains the area is under repairs and closed but can take you to the other side, just follow me.

And don't ask me how I know.

[Bluesofa]

11 minutes ago, astro said:

Nationality rather than race.

See BigHewer's post above regarding his Indonesian wife being charged Thai price, with no one questioning her nationality.
As he said, 'I guess if a visitor looks the part'.

[astro]

That's a personal misjudgement, not government policy.

[Bluesofa]

9 minutes ago, astro said:

That's a personal misjudgement, not government policy.

Based on race, not nationality.

I was refused entry to the aircraft carrier at Sattahip. The naval guy told me that foreigners weren't allowed on board.
I asked him why he had let a group of Chinese on board. "They're OK", he said.