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I like Sawatdee, but it seemed as if many of my posts there turned into a fight and I have grown tired of internet fights. I don't argue and fight in "Real" life so I don't want to do it on-line on forums. I read Gaybutton. There are often good topics here. I tried joining a few times but it never seemed to go through. When they have a topic that makes me want to contribute, I am sure I will try to join again. I like boytoy.com forum. They have very good information about many gay destinations and I can't remember ever seeing argumentative posts there. If you ever plan to go to Brazil, that is the board you should be reading! This board? I am enjoying myself here. It has the perfect amount of activity and the topics are fresh and enteresting and the people here are friendly, helpful and not afraid to share.

My best friend has a credit card like yours. His is a pre-paid credit card that he likes to use because it has Star Trek Images on it. I am 100% sure your report is genuine. I just thought it was odd that last week when I got my debit visa from my bank they decided to not emboss anything on it. All it would take is a $40 ID card printer to add phony info to the face of the card. Of course that would only be useful should anyone ask to see their ID.

Here in the USA, it depends... I can use my Visa Debit card at the WAWA gas station near my home and if I select credit purchase, it only asks for my zip code. If I go 1/2 mile to the next wawa and use the same card to make a credit purchase of gas at the pump, It takes it and I don't have to enter anything, just swipe it. Also, If I am in Washington DC and want to buy a Metro Card, I just swipe the Visa Debit card and the machine will spit out the Metro Card. Often thieves will steal credit cards and buy many $50 metro cards with it and sell the cards for half price. I'm sure thieves now know that if they get lucky enough to get their hands on a credit card, they know to also try to get the zip code of the owner and hope that it works for the card.

I don't know if this is a new thing or not, but I just got my new Visa Bankcard from my bank here in the USA. Nothing is embossd on the card. Everything -- the credit card number and my name -- is printed on the card.. Another thing with my Citi and Chase Credit cards here in the USA. If I swipe my card for a purchase less than $25 USD, the charge often goes through without requiring my signature on the signature pad. I like the speed of the purchase but fear it will be easy for fraud to happen. The one good thing is that the laws in the USA only makes me liable for the first $50 of any credit card fraud and the banks often waive that $50. When my American Express was used to buy $4000 in car parts in Japan, I didn't care because I knew I would not have to pay a single penny of that theft. (I used my card at the airport in Tokyo and I assume that is where the card was either skimmed or photographed or something). In Thailand, I often read news articles where people are begging their bank to take responsibility for the fraud they had to endure. I don't know if the banks are under any obligation to do so.

Ryan, if you have his phone number, you can probably still contact him using line or whatsapp. As far as being blocked on Planetromeo, I have 5 different log-on names on Planet romeo. If I am blocked on one name I use a different name to view their profile. Some members of these forums have me blocked from their Planet Romeo profiles. I didn't know it until I was swiping through Planet Romeo and found that I was blocked by a stranger. I used another account to see who was blocking me and found it was a fellow board member. If you should ever want to track someone down in Thailand, It is not too difficult if you ever feel it is worth the effort. I'm sorry for your loss. I was in your shoes.

We all have our ways of doing the same thing when it comes to offing staff from a bar. Some of us will establish how much money the guy wants for a tip before leaving the bar, and some of you have said you just pay the established rate try to stand your ground if more is requested. I hope this poll will give us an Idea which approach is used most by the members here. Happy voting!

The more mature Asian guys, I find them very sexy. If they are in decent physical shape with a mature manly appearance along with the confidence that maturity brings.... All I can say is. YES!

Just tell them "Thank you for letting me know" They tend to reply that if it is too much they can accept less. Even the non-thai tend to say the same thing.

I think you're trying to bait me into something I don't want a part of. I'll just accept your opinion in the spirit it was given.

Seems I'm on the radar for retaliatory posts. I'm going to see how this plays out.

On one trip to Pattaya, I went with a Thai friend from Bangkok but he was often mistaken for a Caucasian guy. He wanted to go to Pattaya and off a gogo guy for sex. I had to do all the talking because he didn't want anyone to realize he was Thai and once he spoke, he said they would know he was Thai. We went to Abomb and found a guy he liked. I did all the talking and offed him. All 3 of us went back to the condo and seperately took a shower. I had to help start them off by touching and talking to the gogo guy and had him lay on the bed. I pulled my thai friend to us and as they began I began to pull away. When they started getting into it, I wrapped a towel around myself and sat on the balcony to give them some privacy. When I came back into the room they were in full fuck mode. I sat and watched. When they were done the gogo guy asked me why I didn't join them. I had plans for my Thai friend but I made up some excuse to him. In truth I didn't know what the cost of a 3way would run and I was looking forward to having fun with my Thai friend when we settled into bed alone. He was worth the wait. In the morning my Thai friend and I talked about the night and through the conversation he told me that a 3 way would not have cost us anymore in the tip. The guy agreed to the 3 way in the bar for 1700 baht. When I mentioned the tip, I thought I was striking the deal for one but they both thought I was arranging a 3way.

I've only been cheated once in a bar. That was Neal's old bar after he turned it all over to his old boyfriend. The bar hired a ladyboy that bothered me constantly to buy her a drink and when I flat out refused she seem to have an attitude. When it was time for me to go she took the check and the cash rather than let the waiter do it. She never came back with my change so I sat there for about an hour enjoying myself and when the staff asked me if I wanted a drink I told them no, I was waiting for my change. I forget how much my change was but I am sure it was less than 90 baht. I remember thinking how I came out the winner of that swindle. But it was the last time I ever set foot in his bar again. Once when I passed the bar he begged me to come in. It kinda broke my heart.

You have a point, I often forget about the beach aspect of pattaya. Sure I'm reminded of it when I'm looking right at it but it seems under appreciated and not fully taken advantage of. One thing for sure, the place has a lot of untapped potential.

without walking street where would all the straight people go to be entertained? I guess they would come to boyztown to walk past, take pictures and watch a show or two to be able to go home and exaggerate what they saw! I think that would be great. I'm surprised that no-one setup a tiki type of bar on the beach to serve the guys that want to be social but not rent a chair. They can just belly up to the bar and be served by the speedo wearing bartender and strike up a chat with others and then go back to his rented seat or so.... Maybe he could help setup beach massages with hard to get massage guys.

I often wonder why I don’t feel as if I am at the shore when I am in Pattaya. When I am at the shore in Atlantic City, Wildwood and Rehoboth Beach, you know you are at the shore and the shopkeepers try to cater to the tourists. Everyday seems to be the start of the party with the weekends pushing the fun over the top with the large crowds that seem to come from nowhere. I think I would enjoy the shore more here in the USA if the beach was run a lot like Thailand. I would love to find umbrellas and chairs rented where the staff also served food and drinks at competitive prices. In Pattaya, it would be nice to have a place along the beach, not far from the crowds where friends could drink, play games (Electronic or otherwise).eat and hottie watch. When the sun goes down that same spot could turn on the disco light, Serve drinks, have the staff perform a well practice dance and do the things that remind people they are on vacation. In the USA. I would love to see Massage people offering massages on the beach like it is done in Thailand. I would also love to have a vendor selling fresh cooked shell fish next to you as you lounge on the beach. My friends and family always ask me if I had shrimp cooked and served for me at the beach. I only had it one once and after all the flies I decided to never do it again! I would love to see more entertainment attractions along the beach. I think in every beach boardwalk in the USA there is some little amusement park area that has a haunted house and bumper cars. I would love to have that in Thailand. Something I can do with friends there that does not have to do with sex, eating, drinking or shopping. Maybe even put-put golf. In the USA, I want a Thai Style Walking Street. A wild street where anything goes or just gives the impression that anything could go. I also want Thai style Baht buses and Motorbike Taxi’s. I would love to see some change in Pattaya… But I don’t want to change Pattaya. I would hate to go there and feel like I am home in the USA. Yes I would love to see more general entertainment to draw fun crowds to the beach, but I would hate it if the feel of Pattaya resembled that of western culture. I want Pattaya to be Pattaya but just more beachie….

I remember when I was at a bar on a side street near golden cock. I had a drink with a worker there and the ladyboy mamasan would not leave us alone. When I was done, I tipped the guy I was with and she asked for a tip too. Sigh.... I gave her 20 baht and she whispered in English to the guys, "only little baht." It made me smile inside because she whispered in English so that I would understand but I thought she should consider herself lucky because she made my stay there seem like work. Haha

Why would anyone want to contribute when they will have to take an attack from you? Your post don't encourage posts. They do the opposite.

I avoid the Jet Ski Scams so I guess they don't exist... LOL https://youtu.be/Mqi07Dc68Lk

Yes... Focus on me rather than the fact of the scam. It's the victims fault! Haha!

Probably has a lot to do with how they get about. Are their movements limited to bars and restaurants. They probably tend to shop at the malls and places like tesco lotus. The ones that experience the scams are the ones that explore on foot and shop at markets and places that don't have set prices. We are the people who are exploring thailand and tend to do it without asking for thai help.

I dont argue on message boards. It's just entertainment.

Your not reading, your just posting replies..... I'm going to take a break from this thread for a while. It's the weekend and there are things I want to enjoy and just not continue to go back and forth with one poster in a no win conversation. Anyway, enjoy your weekend and I sincerely mean that

Scams elsewhere have nothing to do with scams in Thailand. This is a thread about scams in thailand in a forum about thailand. You're right, I didn't mention the phone model, it's not relevant and it's just another thing you want to argue over.