Someone else's spot? I wonder which group of thugs that might have been? Well done to whoever on another pointless act destined to create more negative Patong episodes

Posted by Anonymous on July 30, 2013 18:42

I know this will not be published, but I hope Ed is reading it Nyway. This is the work of your so called monopoly guys, that we shall call m****.I have seen it happen before, and it will happen again and again. Until those m**** types are distinguished.

Posted by Charles on July 30, 2013 18:56

no need for speculation

Posted by smik on July 30, 2013 19:01

I guess one of the many CCTV cameras installed over the years at great expense (and pocket lining) was unable to provide footage of this incident. Strange how that happens!

Posted by Mister Ree on July 30, 2013 20:18

YOu defended the use of term farnag for ever, now you know the difference between an expat and a foreigner tourist, so get with it PW Ed. A group that manipulates prices through intimidation and monopoly is a m****. The Italian word has been passed onto the global lexicon.

Posted by Fuxxake on July 30, 2013 20:43

"Police could only speculate that the vehicle had been parked in a spot that someone else considered was their territory". AHAHAHAAHAH Fantastic investigation....

Posted by dave on July 30, 2013 23:08

Exactly the same thing happened to our car the last time we parked in Patong (in 2011) and that was the last time we visited Patong for sure. Before that happened we used to go there one or two times a week for a dinner and night out.

Posted by Martin on July 31, 2013 02:30

Exactly the same as was done to my buddies fortuna on Nanai.. His crime (parking in a safe clear stretch of roadside) was not blocking the motorbike taxi stand, but simply obscuring their view down the road.

Just out of control thuggishness, with zero police will to ever control them. I personally withnessed a tuktuk using black paint to paint out parking markers that had just been laid down on beach rd, with a cop stood less than 10 meters away diligently ignoring him.

Posted by LivinLOS on July 31, 2013 10:04

parking on a motorbike taxi controlled parking lot, resulted in two sunglasses missing.

Damage for me: 200 baht
Gain for the thief: ireallydontknow..

Posted by whendaaa on July 31, 2013 11:09

[quote]Editor Comment:

What is a farnag? That sounds to me like a great way of describing a wife in another country.
[/quote]

The Ed's got a sense of humor!

Posted by Buster on August 1, 2013 01:21

I know the area they parked in. I parked there for a three min run into a dive shop and some beer-belly blue-bibbed shark told me to piss off or? I said or what? He pulled up his shirt to reveal a pistol stuck inside his pants belt. Ever since then I have been praying he would have an AD and blow his balls off. That was 2009 and I have not been back to Patong since. My friends and fellow tourists do not go to Patong either.

Posted by DuncanB on August 4, 2013 20:06