webfact Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 "Rent a dowry" - Thais' way to "Keep Face" and "Keep up with the Joneses" Thai Rath reported that a Thai company had come up with a new idea in these dire economic times. Thais can now not only pretend to be rich by renting cars to impress guests at weddings. They can also rent money for the day so they can boast about the size of the dowry. Families of grooms or the grooms themselves were prepared to pay 20,000 baht to "rent" 300,000 baht for the big day. To really put down an impressive dowry you could pay 90,000 baht for 2 million. Now wouldn't that impress the Joneses next door and the wedding guests! Not just that. There are special packages of car and dowry. For example a million baht dowry AND an E250 Mercedes Benz Coupe for the day could be had for just 60,000 baht. Thai Rath reported that the "new idea" was an extension of second hand car companies that would rent fancy vehicles out to their clients to impress girlfriends and business associates. It was all a sham designed to create "face". Source: Thai Rath -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2019-01-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Sad that perception is everything and not just here. In Canada many people live paycheck to paycheck just so they can have the outward trappings of success. IMHO having a contented happy heart is priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmaxdan Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Thais pretending to be rich? Fake dowry's? Is this in anyway new? Hey I've just had an idea so off out to buy some white ribbons for my Vios.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I remember an English friend of mine got married to a local here at a very nice hotel. His wife's maid of honour was a celebrity. They knew each other but they weren't anything near best friends. This celebrity was in nearly all the pictures and she for the most part was the focus of attention. After dinner had been served and eaten, many guests simply scarpered like rats up a drain pipe. Just close family and foreigners left to enjoy the limited alcohol left as the guests had just taken bottles home with them. Was a lovely day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcnx Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 It all starts with a small Johnson and unravels from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 rent everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myran Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Absolutely pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 39 minutes ago, webfact said: Thais can now not only pretend to be rich ….they can pretend to keep up with the Chan Ochas and the Wongsawans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanleycoin Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Wonder when the first, stick up happens . when returning the Money, Cars, the next day. Sorry mister no Hab now. Or the new employee of the month, nicks the car and the money and heads off to Wherethefrackaburi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotBenz8888 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Not much difference to by all stuff on credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Good business idea, I'm sure Thais will be at it like flies on a turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrTuner Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, NCC1701A said: rent everything. Even the In-Laws at the wedding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchweller Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 How is this any different from lone sharks? Holy cr@p 90,000 baht interest for 2 million for one day!! someone has a nice little earner turn your 2 Mil into 30+ in just one year!! Could afford a nice little group of gangsters for recovery without cutting too much into the profits.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katipo Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Well, you can rent a wedding hall, rent a limousine, rent a photographer, rent a wedding dress, heck, many on here regularly rent 'wives'.... so why not rent the sin-sod too? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, from the home of CC said: IMHO having a contented happy heart is priceless. I can't imagine a Canadian woman allowing you to have that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsensam Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 i have a few friends, not close, but in contact due to facebook, these people are well into their 50s and yet cant stop themselves boasting on social media about how great their lives are. some of my thai ex-gfs have married foreigners who are willing to spend money on them, again they can't stop boasting. it's how some people live these days but you can't help think they are making up for inadequacies in other areas of their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, webfact said: Now wouldn't that impress the Joneses next door and the wedding guests 1 hour ago, webfact said: For example a million baht dowry AND an E250 Mercedes Benz Coupe for the day could be had for just 60,000 baht. Last Thai wedding I attended went on for 3 days and resembled a drinking marathon so you'd need 3 days rental of the Merc' and dosh to cut it .. And an E250 ? C'mon .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 2 hours ago, webfact said: Families of grooms or the grooms themselves were prepared to pay 20,000 baht to "rent" 300,000 baht for the big day. Puts your visa 'agents' into perspective - positve bargain now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyL Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 From all the good things there are living here, one thing that really is truly dogger in Thailand, Thai weddings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Drive it like a rental !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 16 minutes ago, BritManToo said: I can't imagine a Canadian woman allowing you to have that! too true???? why I married a Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 5 minutes ago, mok199 said: Drive it like a rental !!! ???????? Yep, always the fastest car on the road. ???????? Red line on the tacho' is the target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, overherebc said: ???????? Yep, always the fastest car on the road. ???????? Red line on the tacho' is the target. Then we have the ''stolen car'' but no TVF member would ever know anything about that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgdanson Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I wonder how I could 'rent out' Bht 800,000 every weekend for 9 months a year. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. And my Vigo....it's clean and white. 55555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtong Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 " Families of grooms or the grooms themselves were prepared to pay 20,000 baht to "rent" 300,000 baht for the big day. To really put down an impressive dowry you could pay 90,000 baht for 2 million. " money lenders lend money 1% a day, and that is loan shark territory.... yet idiots that failed P6 education are "prepared to pay 20,000".... say no more. they deserve that the smarter ones scam them. instead of having no 300,000 thb, how much better to start out with -20,000thb in life!!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansnl Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 3 hours ago, NCC1701A said: rent everything. Including the wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 The visa agents new side hustle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporf Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 ...so pathetic. But I'm just a silly farang, who cares? La la la la! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nausea Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Write a cheque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinchester Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Morons, just have a few stacks of cut up newspaper with a nice crisp 1000 bht note at each end and the money they'd save would take care of the alcohol bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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