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• Do Good and Be Good

  Discussion 52 : 28/07/2009 at 11:14 AM52

  Its 11:10 Am 28 July 2009
  
  I dont think so that something is happenning there !
  
  Which 28th is that crack down ? May be in August!

• MMouse

  Discussion 51 : 28/07/2009 at 09:11 AM51

  Khun Doz you are obviously Thai as you just want to shoot the messenger as usual and don't want to do anything about the problem. If it really was the same everywhere why would people around the world be talking about it? Other Asian airports are not the same I have been to many. In most places you can go to the police for help here you avoid them if you are sensible or knowledgable. In most countries mafia and the like avoid the police here they are in collusion with them, while this may happen in a few places it is not common like you say. In the UK some people do get benefits none are astronomical but they do stop people freezing to death in the winter and we don't have any people starving, we care about our people.

• Doz

  Discussion 50 : 28/07/2009 at 07:56 AM50

  I see that a lot of people are using this forum to really try and give Thailand a bad name. Personally I think that this is unfair. Unfortunately crime has become an accepted way of life in most societies and perhaps some of the writers should go to the UK or the USA - they would see the same kind of thing going on. The only reason that it appears to be more prominent in Thailand and other Asian countries is because people have to work to survive rather than sit at home and receive astronomical benefits for doing nothing. Tourists will always be easy prey and there will always be a minority of not so honest people in every society.

• Bill W

  Discussion 49 : 27/07/2009 at 12:35 PM49

  This whole situation with the airport is disgusting! I have lived in this country and have many wonderful Thai friends who are caring and sensitive people. What I have found over the years though is (especially in Bangkok) there are a large number of insensitive, uncaring, cheats, liers, theifs and scam artists in this country who think it's OK to cheat foreigners, who run red lights, who ride motorcycles on the sidewalks, who swerve in and out of traffic, who try to shortchange you on a purchase and who also perpetrate arrests at overpriced, setups like the dutifree shops just to make money.
  Well you days are number people, because as was stated, people talk! The tourists will go to Malaysia and neighboring countries for holiday and avoid this place like the plague. Then you can stand around "wai -ing" EACH other with your fake smiles and empty pockets! The foreigners have had enough! Life is difficult enough without scum like you. Go back in the hole you came from and disappear!

• WS

  Discussion 48 : 27/07/2009 at 05:16 AM48

  Surprised no one has blamed Thaksin for all this. Seems as if he's held responsible for everything that is wrong in Thailand. Even his supporters aren't allowed to provide security at the airport by bringing it to a standstill!

• Wisan

  Discussion 47 : 27/07/2009 at 03:45 AM47

  Amazing! There can be a (justifiable) crackdown on taxi drivers but any old yellow-shirted rabble can take over the terminal buildings and cause disruption to thousands of international travellers.
  
  Don't worry, though: with declining tourist visitors, the taxi drivers won't have much work to do in the next year or so...

• expatboy

  Discussion 46 : 26/07/2009 at 11:23 PM46

  Are you joking? You announce a crackdown to let the airport crooks take a couple of days off and then come back as if nothing had happened. This country is making a joke out of herself. Just like the daily parades of differently colored shirts, the silly excuses TAT has for the failing tourism industry, and, and, and.

• SHAME SCAMS

  Discussion 45 : 26/07/2009 at 03:14 PM45

  The duty free scam has made me tell everyonenot to buy any products from the monopoly of King power! shameless i know for a fact this is true because i know people who have suffered, even the annoying customs are a big problem trying to stop people for searches the airport is so corrupted!

• Bom

  Discussion 44 : 26/07/2009 at 01:38 PM44

  One scam is chasing the other ----
  
  Amuzing Thailand !
  
  == only the Congo is (perhaps) worse.

• Fino

  Discussion 43 : 26/07/2009 at 08:30 AM43

  This will be an everlasting problem,dont announce the date of checking.so they will be surprised.Even they stand shouting in the arrivel hall from the 3th floor to customers while police is looking the other way because they are getting money of them.

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