redwolf, I was cross at the time that was written because my friend was called greedy, and labelled as dishonest by an earlier post. My friend is not a dishonest person, and had been misled by the shop at Laos selling the cigarettes as to the quantity he could bring back, as explained in my original...

Hi Martyn, Thank you very much for your nicely worded, and kind message, and I want to assure you that I don't bare you or anyone on here any malice. I know that at times this debate has got quite heated and that everyone has strong and different opinions, which I do respect. I am sorry that I canno...

I hate scammers, not all Thai people Martysnowman, I am married to a Thai lady, and have many Thai friends. I am at home, I live here. Thailand is my home. So sadly I wont be going anywhere. If you don't like it when I respond to comments which appear to be defending scamming, then I suggest politel...

Martysnowman, if you read the forum comments properly throughout you will see that it is not me that is suggesting that any or many Ferrangs are criminals, or implying that it is only criminals that get scammed here. So really when your telling people to wind their necks in you should really address...

I was even asked recently if I would fund the purchase of a buffalo for 65,000 baht by a very close relative of the Thai family I stay with. A few weeks after politely declining I found out that the same relative, had purchased the same buffalo for just 20,000 baht !! But no, don't listen to me, bec...

It is also "well known" in Thailand that so many scams have gone on for years and years without the perpetrators being arrested and stopped. Just look at the jet ski scams of Pattaya to give just one example. In Thailand its also "well known" that corruption and scamming Ferrangs is widespread, and ...

Are you trying to suggest then Bob that every Ferrang that is scammed in this place must have been committing a criminal offence, or is a criminal ? Oh I forgot that you believe that all Thai people are faultless, and would never think of committing an offence themselves in scamming innocent people....

You are right, there is absolutely, no racism or xenophobic feelings here in this faultless blissful amazing country. There has never been a single lie told in the bars, absolutely no cheating, and not one corrupt policeman exists here. Not one bar lady has had more than one foreigner sending her sp...

Its okay Bob, they lurk in car parks as stated several times before, not behind the trees !! And don't you worry too much about my ability to remain in Thailand. I think that because I see things here for what they are I will be able to remain here enjoying myself for as long as I wish. I will leave...

Well Bob Helm I will give you my advice, a health warning, which definitely is not contained on any cigarette packets. If I was you I certainly wouldn't continue to be as rude as you are to others, and I certainly wouldn't contemplate saying it to their faces either. I find that rude and offensive p...

I think that this has sparked a very interesting debate. Some on the forum see this as a scam, some do not like the mode of operation from the Excise and Duty Officers. Some feel that nobody was scammed. Some are clearly and quite rightly concerned that you can be punished for carrying someone else'...

In response to Bob Helm's comments : Yes it is correct that if one person was carrying others peoples cigarette allowances through customs in the UK they would have a problem, but only at the customs nothing to declare or bag inspection areas. In the UK you wouldn't see customs officers rushing to p...

The reason they do this in the car park is because they are hoping that one of you may carry the allowance of another in your group. They pounce when one person is holding the bags. As a group of people or as a couple, the total of cigarettes you have may not exceed the groups allowances, but if one...

I am sorry to have to disagree with you but this is a scam and I disagree with you when you say if you stick to the 200 cigarette limit nothing will happen to you. Try entering Thailand with a friend or group of friends, all buying one carton each as per your lawful allowance. Then you carry your fr...

When you encounter these scammers you have to be thankful if you get away with only losing money, and no jail time. Read the book called Send them to Hell by Sebastian Williams and see just how easily they can stitch you up if they choose to plant narcotics, and how much he was being asked to pay in...

Yes they have started a formal complaint and also publicised this low life scam by these cheating Nong Khai customs officers. It would be very helpful to know the name of the village where they are disposing of the cigarettes they have stolen. No doubt they are corruptly aligned with the Thai mafia,...

A friend of mine, and his Thai girlfriend were also caught today in this scam being operated by Nong Khai customs at the Laos border crossing. My friend informed me that he and his girlfriend were returning from a visa run to Laos. They had been informed by the duty free shops at Laos that they coul...