Bangkok Warning or Danger Tips by bitbit

In Thailand, there are many touts selling tour services and one common trick that they will use is to station themselves near major attractions (i.e. such as grand palace, wat po) and approach tourists telling them that the attraction that they are planning to visit is close for the day (a common reason they use is that it's buddha day and religious ceremonies are being held so the temple is closed etc.). They will then suggest to bring tourists to alternative places (usually this place called 'lucky buddha' temple which is opened to public only once a year and it just so happened to be that day!) at a small cost. If the tourists agree to go along, what happens is that the touts will bring the tourists to various shops offering 'special discounts' - these touts earn much money from tourists' spendings in these shops.

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Touts will use all kinds of stories to trick you into visiting this place called the Lucky Buddha Temple. They will spin tall tales of people striking rich after visiting the temple. At the temple, you might be made to donate some money to the temple as an offering. What happens after is that you will 'bump' into a person who will offer you a tip on how to earn a quick buck (it's as if the lucky buddha has indeed brought good luck!). Basically, the story that the person will tell you is that the gems in bangkok are really cheap..and one can make a quick buck just by buying gems from bkk and bringing it back to one's home country to resell. To make the story more convincing, the person will take out receipts of purchase and resale as proof. To trick singaporeans, the person will also lie about how this well-known jewellery shop in singapore will readily buy such gems. After all these have been said, if you appear interested..the person (or he'll signal to his accomplice - usually a tuktuk driver) will offer to bring you to this shop that's offering very special discounts on that particular day.

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