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Burglaries, police inactivity force Canadian/Thai couple out of Thailand - they had 1M baht at home "waiting for exchange rate to improve"


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A friend of mine returned home to Australia over exactly the same thing. His house was broken into, and while in there they found the keys to his SUV and took that too. The guard to their gated community mysteriously disappeared at the same time, giving the police a clue who to look for. They refused to do anything at all unless he paid them 100,000 baht. His wife was so upset they moved house, before deciding they had had enough of this s******e of a country and left.

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8 hours ago, webfact said:

They had gone on a trip to Pattaya

 

Oh my.  They kept cash because they were concerned about the exchange rate (greed) and they vacation in Pattaya.

 

Tells me all I need to know about this fine Falang couple. ????

 

Note to self: Never live in a gated complex because thieves will think you have money in your house. ????

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33 minutes ago, Austrian26 said:

lol , get yourself a ledger, buy some crypto stable coins (backed by real money) and you can even walk around with 100 mio baht in your butt if you really want to keep it at home. 

Still steal/lose-able.

 

Also, which crypto currency is "stable"?

It's not easily spendable. It's hard to beat physical cash in that way.

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3 hours ago, Rabbi said:

 

 

 

 

"Data Atlas suggest that in 2010 Canada had 578 burglaries per 100,000 people"   10 years ago

"In the same year knoema.com suggested the Thai rate was just 9.6 per 100,000."   I think they omitted to say per month, per week or maybe even per Day!!

"And the Thai burglary rate had almost halved by 2016." from when to when??

 

Just another instance of quoted figures not being right

 

What makes you think that the figures aren't right? I have never been burgled in Thailand. I know of no one who has been burgled in Thailand. Back in the UK I lived in a respectable area and 11 houses were burgled in my street in one night.

 

I'm more than happy to accept that the burglary rate in Canada is higher than that in Thailand. It certainly is in the UK.

 

 

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9 hours ago, TheAppletons said:
"On February 1st a man climbed over the wall of the housing estate and cut his way into the rear of their property. He was dressed like a company employee might be. (How she knew all this was not explained in the story, notes Thaivisa)."
 
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....but who saw the burglar? Were the couple not in Pattaya at the time?

1) It is stupid to keep that much cash at home specially when you are away.

2) What relevance has burglary rates in canada got to do with anything? These are presumably 'reported' burglaries - given the apathy of Thai police, who reports all burglaries in Thailand?

3) One day, I may understand their mindset.

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9 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Much as I dislike keeping large chunks of money in Thai banks, they are a lot safer than having 1,000,000 in the house in cash. One has to ask who else knew the money was there? Many burglaries are the result of inside information after all.

Yes, when more than 1 person knows it then ....

 

An investment of just 50k/thb the money could have still been safe in a safe bolted to the floor - actually not more complicated than that so to get fed up over your own stupidity and move to another country doesn't make you wiser ... :thumbsup:

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10 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Much as I dislike keeping large chunks of money in Thai banks, they are a lot safer than having 1,000,000 in the house in cash. One has to ask who else knew the money was there? Many burglaries are the result of inside information after all.

You can get lucky sometimes, when enter 10 houses maybe in one you find the jackpot..

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4 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

A friend of mine returned home to Australia over exactly the same thing. His house was broken into, and while in there they found the keys to his SUV and took that too. The guard to their gated community mysteriously disappeared at the same time, giving the police a clue who to look for. They refused to do anything at all unless he paid them 100,000 baht. His wife was so upset they moved house, before deciding they had had enough of this s******e of a country and left.

Well go back home your self ..... A****E

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3 hours ago, SammyA said:

When I first saw the title I was thinking ok here we go again another story about how terrible it is here complaining about everything in the country you chose to live in but nope it’s actually more than a legitimate complaint this time. Normally I would never keep that much cash in my house with no one home but in a secured gated community it shouldn’t be a problem that’s why they were probably paying decent money for the security service. That’s why I provide my own security service complete with surveillance cameras and other stuff I don’t publicize. 

Gated Communities really do actually SUCK ! they are every where, in every country, but they just avoid the Real social problems. 

 

Do know that along the Southern French, Mediterranean coast there are Communities, who refuse to let Public transport go in to them, .... (No Trash Right ?) I.e. no one else from else where ! can go down the Beach !!!

 

So who do you suppose Lives there ??? .... Poor French that lived there in the first Place ! ? .... NO !, Rich expatriate Germans, British and Australians !

 

... I hope that there are more Burglaries in places like this !!!

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3 hours ago, Howiehotspur said:

Waiting to improve ? ....  if you wanting to exchange 1mil Bhat to dollar for example there’s never been a higher time ! ... with such a strong bhat , 

I think their telling porkies don’t you ? 

Back to my Short Story ... Where did the money come from ! ???

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4 hours ago, Aspaltso said:

They are targeting the home because they know a white man lives there. i don't want to live in a country where I am a target.

... They are targeting the homes because, .... they know that Money is there !!!!!! ... I learnt long ago that Thieves are actually NOT racist, ... they just are just practice, .... and following the Money Trail. .. No racism there at all, ... They will Cheat and Rob Asians JUST as readily.

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4 hours ago, DannyCarlton said:

What makes you think that the figures aren't right? I have never been burgled in Thailand. I know of no one who has been burgled in Thailand. Back in the UK I lived in a respectable area and 11 houses were burgled in my street in one night.

 

I'm more than happy to accept that the burglary rate in Canada is higher than that in Thailand. It certainly is in the UK.

 

 

I have only been Burgled once, ... (When we did not have any dogs) ... but they only tool my new Laptop, and a hard drive with 52 Hrs of really good Japanese Porn on it !!! ... I got word that the cops knew where it was !!! ... "But judging by what was on the hard drive, you are not getting it back" ..... (I do not consider the outcome, that much of a Tragedy Really. ??? .... ???) .... 

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