Bangkok Cheats

My friend came back from Bangkok few days back. She's didn't say how her trip was, the only thing she mentioned was that she was cheated 5 k plus Singapore Dollars.

What happened was that, she went to Bangkok with her boyfriend. On their second day, they went to this temple to prayed. They were approached by a person, who claimed that he can bring them to this place whereby they can have a look at some of the stuff over at their place whereby it will bring luck. They evern offered to provide the travelling service to and fro from the place.

There they went to the place. They were brought to place where jewellery was sold. Details of that place aren't given. They were shown around and briefed about how the jewellery can be sold back in Singapore for a much higher price, allowing them to earn a decent amount of profit. A self-claimed Singaporean showed up, claiming he lived in Bukit Batok and he has been doing this for years and showed them the receipt of the shop in Lucky Plaza whereby he got this stuff sold there.

Feeling tempted and convinced, they bought 2 sets. However the boyfriend felt that it's seem a nice deal and they bought 3 sets in total. 1 set cost them 1.7k Singapore Dollars. Total, 5K plus on those jewellery. Nothing was felt amiss throughtout the rest of their stay there. It's only back in Singapore whereby they tried to sell those jewellery that they realised they were cheated. All those jewellery were only being sold to the Auntie on Lucky Plaza for a mere 500 bucks. Not even 10 % of what they had forked out. The Auntie also explained to them how many others had been cheated, approaching her to sell those jewellery, an average of 1-2 person per week.

Some research was done and actually, many knew about this. It was once featured in Singapore papers. For those who's going Bangkok in near future, i hope you take extra caution and don't be tempted by rubbish. Nothing comes free, greed won't get you anywhere. Hope it helps...

You can find out more about what i have mentioned so far from the links i provide below:
http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/Scams/stores.shtml
http://www.travelblog.org/Forum/Threads/3849-1.html
http://www.thailandqa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10955

Anyway, speaking of the Bangkok trip, me and Dearie chanced upon a luggage promotion back in Suntec Carrefour yesterday. Two huge luggage for only 39.90 bucks. Wink wink....what a deal...Can't wait for June to come..