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Originally Posted by igetjokes
50k is standard for weed in Samui, so no it's not ridiculous at all.
wow I got caught w/ a tiny ass amt @ checkpoint on motorbike @ Sukhumvit Thong Lor and negotiated down to 6k baht, thought I was a huge fish and was slightly annoyed at friends who were pushing I just pay and stop "waiting them out"
b/c the thing is its the opposite of a prisoners dilemma: at some point in time if you wait long enough everyone "loses": if we don't work out a bribe in time, it sucks for us to get in official trouble and cops have to do paperwork and make no extra cash...
I'm also not sure about the whole "don't speak any Thai" or have any Thai friends you can call play, but I used it.