News Forum - British man nabbed for souring Phuket eatery’s reputation

[Thaiger]

Officers from the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) arrested a British man for allegedly defaming an Italian restaurant in Phuket with negative reviews on Google after a two-year long conflict with the restaurant owner. The restaurant owner filed a complaint with the Sakhu Police Station officers after noticing a sudden drop in their Google Maps rating, … …

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[Khunmark]

The moral of the story…..take google reviews with a grain of salt.

[ChrisS]

1 hour ago, Khunmark said:

The moral of the story…..take google reviews with a grain of salt.

Not just Google reviews, Trip Advisor has had similar issues in the past 

[Vigo]

9 hours ago, ChrisS said:

Not just Google reviews, Trip Advisor has had similar issues in the past 

Ongoing. The fake reviewers just got more devious.

[Vigo]

The amount of effort expended to get him compared to the treatment of the Thai minor who was raped should cause the RTP to hang its head in shame.

[Ramanathan.P]

The story narration and relating it fully to the British guy doesn't make any sense at all. 
"The owner also noticed several new one-star reviews containing negative comments, and one of the comments came from 21 year old British man, Alexander."

What about the other commentators? Looks like the British guy is the scape goat. May be those comments could be realistic and the restaurant has to see its weakness and try to improve it instead of pointing fingers.

And the lesson learnt is .....avoid fancy restaurants and eat the local food at the night market and be a partron of street vendors which is more tasty, cheap and local. 

[Manu]

18 hours ago, Khunmark said:

The moral of the story…..take google reviews with a grain of salt.

The moral of the story is... turn off your phones and computers, get out there in the real world and discover it by yourself.