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Andy781 I wonder how long you have been living here? this is perfectly normal practice for Thais they do it all the time it is part of their industrious nature and culture, where I live we have a hairdressers, Internet cafe,massage parlour, 3 grocery shops and others all around me. If you do not lik...

villager,
Having lived here now for 5 years their chances of getting their money back is about on par with them both being selected for the next space shuttle mission, they are just throwing good money after bad

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villager, I first started to notice the fall in numbers before the recession started to hit, the recession has merely exacerbated it. I go to Pattaya 2 to 3 times a month and even during the high season of 2006/7 the numbers were falling back widely reported in local newspapers and evident if you sp...

villager, This is not an isolated incident I read these reports all the time in the British press, I also comment quite a lot on the Daily Telegraph website and have been doing so for over 3 years and I quite often get snide remarks made about Thailand being the land of scams mainly by people who ha...

chang noi I accept the points that you make however the following points must also be considered: 1) On their return to the UK why did they go to the press and not to the relevant authorities to report the matter formally? 2) Why did they change clothes and split up and the guy make for the toilet w...

obroadie Unfortunately I see the results of this type of ill informed journalism on almost a weekly basis, I live in Bangkok and am married to a Thai national, we own properties in Jomtien (Pattaya) so I am in Pattaya 2 or 3 times a month, I was there just last week and its like a ghost town, bars a...

I think what makes me so angry is that the BBC have punted this story around doing irreparable damage to Thailand and its image on the say so of two common thieves. Its pretty obvious that these 2 are guilty, the CCTV, they change clothes, sit apart and the wallet is found in the bin at the toilet w...

Noel June 12th suggests reading an article in the Guardian. Have been away so could not reply earlier, Noel, I am a UK citizen who lived there for 55 years until 2005 both of my children went to UK universities during the last 10 years, my daughter to Cambridge cost for the 3 years just over £42,000...

Double pricing is a system whereby foreigners are charged a different price from that of the indigenous population for the same service. Grant aided education or student loans enable the indigenous population to receive a subsidised education paid for by the taxpayers of the country concerned. The s...

Noel Landers, agrees that the tuition fees charged are dual pricing, I am a UK citizen and I can tell you that they are not. Both students foreign or domestic will pay the same price In his case £13,000 per annum, this is what the school charges. The difference between what pomme actually pays and w...

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