Yep
Foreigners are fucking stupid, and it's hilarious taking advantage of them for financial and/or amusement gain. Good job Thailand is relatively cheap to get fucked over in (hah).

Here (Finland) we just have guns and beer. Much more amusing than Lincoln or Hull.
(Klangtarnflatchslapper looks just like a Telefunken U-47, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 21:44, 1 reply)

It's not always that cheap
I guy I met had met a friendly Thai chap who invited him out for a drinks, and they were joined by loads of sexy Thai ladies who, unbeknownst to the guy I met, he was buying drinks for all night, in a very expensive establishment. When the bill came it was about a couple of grand (UK money). The Thai chap said no worries, we'll split it.
(Little Animal Disaster isn't finishing what he started, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 21:49, closed)

It's a culture
Of monetising on the tourist trade. Hell, got to respect it. Bleary-eyed jetlagged money-laden foreigners come into your well-oiled hypenated-description of a trap and you hit it nightly. The police are on your side (if they turn up) anyway and after all, it's not too far removed from Scarborough or Skeg Vegas. Except you don't get fag butts up your ass in Pataya, and you're less likely to catch AIDS or Eastenders during congress.
(Klangtarnflatchslapper looks just like a Telefunken U-47, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 21:55, closed)

I run a shop.
People hailing from the East (Europe & beyond) try to rip me off on a daily basis. Then bitch and moan about the price of bread. Don't trust natives indeed.
(Vinnie Strokes Got bummed on, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 23:22, closed)

if i read this right...
he meets a guy (employed by said establishment) who offers to pay half of a fabricated bill in order to encourage the willing victim into paying up?
(Deligrams, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 9:20, closed)

^This^
Sounds a bit dodgy to me.
(How do you put the line through 'bit' and put 'lot'?)
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 9:26, closed)

This what you mean?
<s>bit</s> lot

Comes out as

bit lot
( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 12:15, closed)

Many thanks dear chap!

( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 14:25, closed)

Yup
There were worse scams in other places, people having drugs planted on them and then marched to cash machines by fake policemen (Lima) cost £500 that one. To be fair he looked like he probably had drugs on him anyway, big hippy beard, stupid hippy trousers.

The usual Thai one is to sell you drugs then shop you to the police, they come along and search you. Confiscate the drugs and give you a warning, the drugs then go back to the original drug dealer and they split your money.

Don't let this put you off going anywhere, just be on your guard, don't mess about with drugs (or look like you do) or get too drunk (easier said than done) and remember the gorgeous Thai woman chatting to you hasn't loved you for a long time, she probably hasn't even been a woman for that long.
(Little Animal Disaster isn't finishing what he started, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 9:58, closed)