Thread: New Zealand Pair Arrested on Arrival on Phuket Over Unpaid Lunch Bill

Originally Posted by taxexile

Can't wait to hear the tourist's side of the story

exactly. if they "did a runner" then why didnt the restaurant staff grab them as is usually the case and why did it take from sept 5th to sept 27th before the police issued an arrest warrant, and how come they were put on an immigration black list before even hearing the tourists side of the story.

Because they're all c u n t s?

Elongated c u n t s, at that...

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

then what was he doing ordering it in the first place.

beg ,steal or borrow if you are hungry and need to eat.

this restaurant was open from early morning til 8 at night, so to make such a drama
about 5 baht was scary. she certainly lost some regular customers that night.
think his bill came to 30 baht. dollop of rice and some fish bits.
anyway never saw the guy again.

The unpaid debt was 15,000 baht, food and beverages

The warrant alleged the father and son had walked out of the Blue Marine Resort and Spa without paying a 15,000 baht food and beverage bill - almost $NZD660.

Patong Police Captain Yingyong Chuoykij told the paper that both sides preferred to negotiate than go to a court.
"The settlement was made yesterday evening. The two men agreed to pay the bill, while the resort's representative agreed to drop the charges after the money was received."
Once the bill was settled, the pair were released.
Mr Chuoykij said the case was not serious.

Kiwis busted in Thailand for 2-year-old unpaid restaurant bill - World - NZ Herald News

Originally Posted by boloa

Blue Marine Resort and Spa

15,000.00 baht for 2 people.

What the hell did they eat or the eatery is a total rip-off.

Best to keep clear of the joint.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Blue Marine Resort and Spa
15,000.00 baht for 2 people.

What the hell did they eat .

Champagne

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Originally Posted by boloa

Blue Marine Resort and Spa

15,000.00 baht for 2 people.

What the hell did they eat or the eatery is a total rip-off.

Best to keep clear of the joint.

Nobody said it was for just one meal. They maybe stayed there a couple of days, charging everything on the room and walked away without checking out.

perota

Nobody said it was for just one meal.

original post

arrested immediately over a meal they consumed on the Thai holiday island two years ago

Originally Posted by Perota

charging everything

to a credit card

Originally Posted by prawnograph

The unpaid debt was 15,000 baht, food and beverages

The warrant alleged the father and son had walked out of the Blue Marine Resort and Spa without paying a 15,000 baht food and beverage bill - almost $NZD660.

Patong Police Captain Yingyong Chuoykij told the paper that both sides preferred to negotiate than go to a court.
"The settlement was made yesterday evening. The two men agreed to pay the bill, while the resort's representative agreed to drop the charges after the money was received."
Once the bill was settled, the pair were released.
Mr Chuoykij said the case was not serious.

Kiwis busted in Thailand for 2-year-old unpaid restaurant bill - World - NZ Herald News

The above article says they "settled" the so called dispute, but one might think the New Zealand media could have at least given 2 of their citizens the decency and courtesy of using the word "allegedly" unpaid to describe the restaurant bill? The settled part means nothing since they would obviously pay it whether of not they owed it to get out of jail.

Originally Posted by taxexile

perota

Nobody said it was for just one meal.

original post

arrested immediately over a meal they consumed on the Thai holiday island two years ago

One thing we can agree on is that the article of PhuketWan (the OP) was poorly researched and misleading. The article from the NZ Herald talks about a "a 15,000 baht food and beverage bill". One could imagine they met a couple of hookers, took them back to the hotel, ordered room service including champagne and expensive liquors. The next morning they sobered up, realized they went totally overboard and decided to make a discrete exit thinking they will probably never come back. Totally possible.

Originally Posted by BobR

one might think the New Zealand media could have at least given 2 of their citizens the decency and courtesy of using the word "allegedly" unpaid to describe the restaurant bill? The settled part means nothing since they would obviously pay it whether of not they owed it to get out of jail.

No, the settled part means they've admitted guilt.

if I were them, I'd be eating in McDonalds for the rest of this holiday rather than be stared and pointed at in every restaurant they turn up in.

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Serves em right, pay yer dues you Antipodean fukkers

I had to confront an Aussie yesterday for not paying a Cambodian hooker. it was none of my business I know, but she was crying and showed me her arm where the cnut had bit her

I say confront, he came outside where I was sitting and the guy was a fukking man mountain, who looked like he was one of those who come over for a steroid holiday. So i just told him politely what she'd told me.

It all ended well though, he paid and I got her number and a free beer

You're in PP?

Cool.

One thing we can agree on is that the article of PhuketWan (the OP) was poorly researched and misleading. The article from the NZ Herald talks about a "a 15,000 baht food and beverage bill". One could imagine they met a couple of hookers, took them back to the hotel, ordered room service including champagne and expensive liquors. The next morning they sobered up, realized they went totally overboard and decided to make a discrete exit thinking they will probably never come back. Totally possible.

possibly.

if the hotel didnt take a credit card imprint or a deposit when they checked in then they were asking for trouble.

if the kiwis did a runner then they deserve to be in the situation they now find themselves in.