Thailand Chatter Thread

[pokerprochris]

Originally Posted by tme03

No iPOD touches left?

I think I am out of stock on them - does anyone know in BKK the best places to buy a 30" monitor?

Also does anyone know a place which stocks Herman Miller chairs?

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[WhoIam]

Curious why you guys always suggest CDMA when 3G is available in many areas of Thailand. Is it just more reliable?

[Lessu]

afaik 3G is basically non existent in phuket. if someone has any new info please share

[boddicker]

i forgot how much these Klaus guys bothered me the last time i was in Thailand. so many of these guys aren't even trying, and there are so many of them that they have to give farangs a bit of a bad name. which sucks. i plan to up my overall dress standards a bit and dress like a businessman just so i stay way out of Klaus territory.

[boddicker]

i'm 99% sure a youngish (22ish) german guy just tried scamming me as i was crossing over sukhumvit at the phrom phong bts. he was going past me as i was going up the stairs. people were going sort of slow in front so i followed behind him. he looked like he was about to take the bts but turned around last minute and asked if i lived in bangkok.

he said something about somebody stealing his bag and he wondered if he could use my phone. i felt like i could take him down if he made a run for it, so i said sure. (probably a bad move.) he made 3 calls really fast. his hands were shaking a lot. while he was making the calls he was asking if i worked in bkk and if i was just on vacation.

then he starts into talking about money transfers and western union. he asked me if i had a bank account. i said no. basically he was wanting me to take out money from an atm and give it to him so he could pay for his flight. which makes no sense because if he had i flight, why would he need more money? then he was saying he was going to send me a western union tomorrow when he got to germany so he could pay me back. he also said something about online money transfers. when he went into his rant about transfers i made sure to grab my phone even though he didn't look like he was done with it.

he said something about going to the german embassy but it was closed. do embassies even close?

he is about 6 feet tall, skinny, with short brown hair. watch out.

[johnbeans]

What a dick. I'm glad you got your phone back. In short, don't trust Germans. Ever.

[ratholeusoul]

Sneaky ****ing zee Germans ^^

[Echelon]

Chris: Paragon and Siam Center Apple store: Aerons for 50k baht, HM shop at wireless road for 45k (aluminum model is 60k) (so its around double price compared to usa...)

[ratholeusoul]

How about compared to Hungary?

[bananaface]

Originally Posted by boddicker

i'm 99% sure a youngish (22ish) german guy just tried scamming me.

If you havent done it already, might be worth checking the numbers he dialled to make sure he didnt dial any of those premium-rate style ones or whatever.

[nhourmess]

mmmm twins

[rsxpunk]

Originally Posted by Vucking Vish

I have no idea tbh, but I'd take a strong guess at old, fat, sex tourist? Probably based on some comedy old German dude these guys have seen called Klaus, wearing socks and sandals etc............

iirc we have at one time or another decided on klaus variants for most sex tourist variants but cant think of many now:

bob is american, vadim is russian

[rsxpunk]

would like to state that im 100% against these avatar changes

[DoubleOh]

Originally Posted by boddicker

i'm 99% sure a youngish (22ish) german guy just tried scamming me as i was crossing over sukhumvit at the phrom phong bts. he was going past me as i was going up the stairs. people were going sort of slow in front so i followed behind him. he looked like he was about to take the bts but turned around last minute and asked if i lived in bangkok.

he said something about somebody stealing his bag and he wondered if he could use my phone. i felt like i could take him down if he made a run for it, so i said sure. (probably a bad move.) he made 3 calls really fast. his hands were shaking a lot. while he was making the calls he was asking if i worked in bkk and if i was just on vacation.

then he starts into talking about money transfers and western union. he asked me if i had a bank account. i said no. basically he was wanting me to take out money from an atm and give it to him so he could pay for his flight. which makes no sense because if he had i flight, why would he need more money? then he was saying he was going to send me a western union tomorrow when he got to germany so he could pay me back. he also said something about online money transfers. when he went into his rant about transfers i made sure to grab my phone even though he didn't look like he was done with it.

he said something about going to the german embassy but it was closed. do embassies even close?

he is about 6 feet tall, skinny, with short brown hair. watch out.

i'm ashamed to admit i gave this very guy 1000 baht. i was in a hurry (same place, ~subway by phrom pong across from benjasiri) and i swear he was crying, tears down his eyes, everything. i walk home that way nearly every day and have yet to see him again. he will not enjoy the day that i do.

i took "his phone number" and of course when i called it later it was the number for topping up credit. in that fleeting moment i was like hey, if i'm ever totally screwed like this i would want someone to help me. obv regretted 5 mins later.

i generally walk a distance from that stretch when i walk home so if i see him i can approach him from behind and "politely" ask to borrow 1000 baht. good to know he's still around.

[ellys]

haha seriously you gave money to a crying german