Police Crackdown on Patong Bars

[y4hoo000019]

If it was universally as bad as you say it is, nobody would ever come back. I wonder if we're all going to the same place.

I don't rent jetskis, but I've seen the crowds gather when someone has a problem, and listened in long enough and often enough to learn that the damage was not only obvious, but fresh. Maybe I haven't seen what you describe, but I don't bother with the jetskis anyway. As to tuk-tuks, I usually go with the motorbike taxis, and have never had a driver change the amount that was originally agreed to. Maybe some of you had a real jerk as a driver. The way things were written above, you'd think this was common practice. About trying to charge very high prices initially, so does everyone else in Patong. Touts, whether they got a salary or work on commission, that's still how they're earning their living. If they're using a picture or a something to try to get people interested, of course they're going to show it to everyone walking by, where there's any chance the person might be interested. Is it really any different between between "shoving an x rated close up of a pussy into a married couple or womans face" and having the girls physically pull you into a bar that you're walking by? Nobody here is complaining about the girls, but that's why people come to Thailand. Maybe the touts are annoying, but they don't actually reach out and grab you.

As to prices, if the driver says 80 baht and you say 40 baht, isn't it foolish to actually get into or onto the taxi until the driver has agreed with your price?

I may or may not be inconsistent here. Of course it's OK to pay whatever you want, as you're the one on holiday, it's your money, and if you want to spend far more than you have to, why not? It's also wrong because it helps raise the prices for everyone else. Is that contradictory? Which do I feel is right? All I can say is what's right for one person might not be right for the next. It's the same thing with opinions. You might think my opinions are ill-informed, as based on your experiences, I'm wrong. This works both ways. In several cases, I think the advice offered here is usually very good, but then I read things every so often that just plain contradict what I actually see when I'm there. If the place was universally as bad as you guys say it is, nobody would be foolish enough to come back for a second visit, let alone a third or fourth, or many many more.

"Thailand can keep its charms and keep its attraction and still have a fair equitable system that doesn't involve ripping people off. A fair reward for a fair service. Unfortunately the attitude is becoming one of take without giving." ---- Probably a very good way to sum everything up, but isn't the truth that many people there are simply trying to charge more for providing less service?

 

[themanticore07]

if i may back 2 the original question - i have a mate going 2 patong in a couple of weeks ,& asked me - is the 2.00am shut down in force now or sometimes earlier at 1.00am & more importantly are there any more bar closures/alcohols bans due to elections/holidays/birthdays etc coming up at end of april /early may?
he 's looking into staying at sumeforum.xxxreeze & will have 1st beer at MTB & say g'day to Nicke.

 

[Mister Ious]

Pattaya seems to be feeling the early closing pain also:

Pattaya City News - Latest News Story

 

[Best_ccb]

sueforum.xxx.. I am not laughing at you but.. Ohh OK I am laughing at you..

Insurance.. In Thailand.. ha ha ha ha..

Tears in my eyes..

 

[IWonder]

Oh that will be the next scam going around..... if it's not already.

I'm going to purchase "loss of income insurance" today. What a great idea!

 

[Pompal 09.]

Can anyone tell me whats happening with Safari, usually it doesnt get started until after 4am is this still the same or has things changed?
cheers.

 

[asap]

was thinking "does all the hub-bub have anything to do with Songkran?"

 

[PaoloPH]

Lots of people were buying Singha at the airport yesterday.

 

[Jeff T]

We were out on the squirt one night last week in Pootong and when the bars shut down at 2.30am in Dragon it was a case of " aaahh no ploblems, I have heard of place that is always open just out of town called Safari" So off we trundle happy in the knowledge we can drink till dawn there. Arrive 10 minutes later and bugger me if the cops arent already there shutting the joint down ! Ended up over the road drinking in a small bar in the dark and the cops were still there at 4am turning people away so it was off for us too. Seems even the untouchables are having a hard time too.

 

[eli]

Just wonder if the closing time is still enforced this weekend ?
Any update on this ?

Was'nt that the subject of the thread ? :whistle:

 

[Pompal 09.]

Yeah I wonder what the premium is on 'insurance to not be closed at the time the law says I should close' cost ??

About 2k a month !!

 

[Napoleon Mcgregor the 5th]

Also just read that Mr T had been hit by a tree and was in a coma.
Happy April Fools
:mdr:

 

[Ryan P]

Would be a rookie mistake if ya did

 

[Acid]

I hope it is an aprils fools otherwise i am changing my trip to Samui !!!

 

[Yung Dirt]

Thaksin:love3: ..................I'm sure all the bargirls from Issan that woted his ppp back in charge are happy when they see how many customers they are loosing by his politic.............

Someone hacked into my username and wrote this:aww:

Paul

 

[IsotypeSwitching]

:he: :whistle: :whistle: I am just looking at the base of this thread page and the advert is for gay-parship.co.uk ??????

these ads pick up on what people have said or who has posted, so come on and be honest page 11 posters; do the right thing and step out of the closet



:wink2: :wink2: :wink2: :gasp: :gasp: :gasp: no:

Drew

 

[justme123]

Nope just heard Samui has been invaded by crabs!!












April Fool.

 

[Tattoo]

5555555555:intello:

Same can be said for most politicians...especially in "Amelika".

 

[sexybare2]

Hey, of course some of them happened to me. First, you ALWAYS ask if the guy has change before you give out more than you owe, and if not, it's up to YOU to find change somewhere. I guess I'm just way too pessimistic, but I assume even before I ask that they guy will say he's got no change - but that problem seemed to vanish (at least for me) if I asked the question while the money was still in my hands. ...just for the record, nobody has ever hit me with additional charges for a tuk-tuk, motorbike, cab, or limo. Nobody has yet raised the price of a drink from what it normally is. The touts take "no" for an answer, and move on to the next person. Their goal isn't to annoy people - it's to get money. If they figure you're not gonna go along, they move on to a more profitable target.

Everyone has a different list of things that bug them - what bothers me the most, is the tailors trying to sell every visitor a new suit. I was bored one day, and let one of these guys bring me into their shop. After twenty minutes of showing me stuff, ignoring my comments that I had no interest in buying, the guy finally gave up. I figured it would be interesting to see what would happen, and having nothing else to do, just wandered in. After the twenty minutes, the sales talk ended, and turned into how he happened to come to Phuket in the first place. Once the sales junk was over, he was just an ordinary person, trying to make a buck. I'm sort of convinced that most of these people (including touts and everyone else) wrongly assume that all visitors are walking gold mines, just waiting to be mined. If you go into a bar, every girl (or guy) working there asks for you to buy them a drink. I think others have complained about that too.

If you hope for the best, but expect the worst, things go much better. Hey, if things were as miserable as some of you are saying, nobody would be foolish to go back for another visit.

 

[Bobby]

Hold that line ThaiCam. I think you're wearin' 'em down.