Bangkok Top Ten Tailors and Tuktuk SCAM...BEWARE!!!

Many may know this but as a virgin traveller to Bangkok it will be something you will want to avoid.

If you go near Khoasan Rd, the tourist centre of Bangkok you may be tempted by the smooth talking tuktuk drivers which will offer to take you around the city temples for hours for only 10-20 Baht, and they will outright say that to give you this great price they will need to take you to look at the ';export shop'; to get a petrol voucher as commission.

Now this is not too bad really as you can go in and out of the shop and still get a cheap tour, however the drivers will try to take you to more than one shop or link you up with an overpriced river cruise and often not to the sights they originally set out for. But if you are tough with them you can get off anywhere and avoid all the ';extra'; stops. If you say straight away you dont want to go to any shops they will give you a more realistic price for you to bargain with.

However the big scam is that these shops hugely inflate their prices by several times to pay these Tuktuk drivers a 30% cut of your purchases!!!! Yes these guys are smooth and very pushy and are quite offended when you question the price. But if you are there on your first day you will not be aware of a reasonable price. Do not buy from ';Top Ten Tailors'; they are bullies and try to manipulate you as soon as you walk in the door.

Make sure you walk around for a day checking out prices first for any tailoring, infact for any purchases.

Bangkok Top Ten Tailors and Tuktuk SCAM...BEWARE!!!

Khao Sarn Road is hardly the tourist center of Bangkok - it is the backpacker center for sure and and an area that has little to offer other tourists apart proximity to Rattanakosin. As for tuktuk, they are smelly, dirty and you can%26#39;t see anything when riding in one while breathing traffic fumes. Leaving aside the scams (see bangkokscams.com) taxis are cooler, more comfortable, and surprisingly, cheaper.

It should be obvious to most that anything that seems too good to be true (like giveaway fares), is a scam.

Bangkok Top Ten Tailors and Tuktuk SCAM...BEWARE!!!

sorry to be so cynical - it is beyond me that people buy on advice of some sleeze bag tuktuk driver.

Would anybody do this in their home country???? No.

I%26#39;m well aware that this happens on a daily basis.

It%26#39;s time travellers use their brains a bit more. Otherwise stop complaining about scams in Thailand.

You only get scammed if you allow someone to scam you.

I avoid things having negotiation part in it. I prefer them straight and clear so I like skytrain, supermarkets, department stores and taxis/buses.

Tuk tuk I met only charged me too high for a short distance. Have never met any giving too cheap price. You’re right. They’re smelly in the Thailand heat.