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Ionce bought a pc set for 22,500 baht--i paid by visa card and when i went to sign the slip i see that it said 2250 baht--my goodness
--what would you have dojne in that situation?--
and what do you think I did?
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| Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:57 pm Post subject: Re: pc price mistake |
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| Mike wrote: | Ionce bought a pc set for 22,500 baht--i paid by visa card and when i went to sign the slip i see that it said 2250 baht--my goodness
--what would you have dojne in that situation?--
and what do you think I did? |
I woulda paid 2250 ... it probably won't hurt the company that much  (as I posted on Dongguan Expat).
And, I think you probably did the same thing. 
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| Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:13 pm Post subject: Re: pc price mistake |
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| Mike wrote: | Ionce bought a pc set for 22,500 baht--i paid by visa card and when i went to sign the slip i see that it said 2250 baht--my goodness
--what would you have dojne in that situation?--
and what do you think I did? |
I had a similar thing to that happen to me eight or nine years ago in Australia. I didn't notice a thing when I signed the slip but they called me up at home later in the day. Guess they looked up all the Hewers till they found me.
I was charged $4.95 instead of $495.00. The assistant who took the charge called me herself and asked if I would come back and pay the rest.
I reckon you did the honest thing Mike because you're a computer guy and it was probably your favourite shop. 
Now, what do you think I did? 
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I'm a computer guy too, but perhaps also a bad guy (when it comes to this sort of thing). 
Why is this thread in "Culture Rap", tho 
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:43 am Post subject: Re: pc price mistake |
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| Hewer wrote: | | Mike wrote: | Ionce bought a pc set for 22,500 baht--i paid by visa card and when i went to sign the slip i see that it said 2250 baht--my goodness
--what would you have dojne in that situation?--
and what do you think I did? |
I had a similar thing to that happen to me eight or nine years ago in Australia. I didn't notice a thing when I signed the slip but they called me up at home later in the day. Guess they looked up all the Hewers till they found me.
I was charged $4.95 instead of $495.00. The assistant who took the charge called me herself and asked if I would come back and pay the rest.
I reckon you did the honest thing Mike because you're a computer guy and it was probably your favourite shop.
Now, what do you think I did? |
I am sure you went back and paid the rest.
What did I do? Well first of all I did not realize what had happened--I thought at first that I was signing a charge for something else I had ordered extra--but after a few minutes I then I realized that this was not the case.
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No way could I not pay the extra if I had noticed. Since working in a shop dealing with a lot of money all day every day and the few times I made mistakes almost always the customer pointed it out! I was at the time so grateful as the boss would have been on my back if they hadn't.
The sales person may well get the sack or have to pay the money themselves- it is money you were prepared to pay when you made the transaction... not to be taken as a windfall! |
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I used to have a pizza restaurant and the staff would sometimes make a mistake with the bill--never ever did the customer point out the mistake and offer to pay the difference.
I never took it out of employees salaries--they were always honest mistakes
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Where I used to waitressed, the guests used coupons or signed for their bills. (the Hollandse Club)
These coupons are worse than cash!!! Imagine when you are busy!!! Arrrgh... 
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| Mike wrote: | I used to have a pizza restaurant and the staff would sometimes make a mistake with the bill--never ever did the customer point out the mistake and offer to pay the difference.
I never took it out of employees salaries--they were always honest mistakes |
Did you have a pizza restaurant in Thailand Mike?
Yep, I went back and paid
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Yes I had a very nice pizza place in Chaingrai. That was another lifetime
Now on to the pc mistake thing
I have been living here for ages and been cheated, ripped off, scammed and shaftedea thousand times--so no id di not inform the shop of the mistake in fact I got out of their ASAP.. I fully expected them to find out the eror and somehow charge my card or whatever-but nothing.
This shop--although small was in a very prominent, high traffic area and they did tons of business- so its not like I was putting a mom and pop out of business
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| Mike wrote: | Hi
Yes I had a very nice pizza place in Chaingrai. That was another lifetime
Now on to the pc mistake thing
I have been living here for ages and been cheated, ripped off, scammed and shaftedea thousand times--so no id di not inform the shop of the mistake in fact I got out of their ASAP.. I fully expected them to find out the eror and somehow charge my card or whatever-but nothing.
This shop--although small was in a very prominent, high traffic area and they did tons of business- so its not like I was putting a mom and pop out of business |
I sorta figured you did that, dude
I myself would have done the same thing (as stated before) for the same reasons you just stated .
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| RahulDG wrote: | | Mike wrote: | Hi
Yes I had a very nice pizza place in Chaingrai. That was another lifetime
Now on to the pc mistake thing
I have been living here for ages and been cheated, ripped off, scammed and shaftedea thousand times--so no id di not inform the shop of the mistake in fact I got out of their ASAP.. I fully expected them to find out the eror and somehow charge my card or whatever-but nothing.
This shop--although small was in a very prominent, high traffic area and they did tons of business- so its not like I was putting a mom and pop out of business |
I sorta figured you did that, dude
I myself would have done the same thing (as stated before) for the same reasons you just stated . |
 Thanks--I feel better now
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| Mike wrote: | | RahulDG wrote: | | Mike wrote: | Hi
Yes I had a very nice pizza place in Chaingrai. That was another lifetime
Now on to the pc mistake thing
I have been living here for ages and been cheated, ripped off, scammed and shaftedea thousand times--so no id di not inform the shop of the mistake in fact I got out of their ASAP.. I fully expected them to find out the eror and somehow charge my card or whatever-but nothing.
This shop--although small was in a very prominent, high traffic area and they did tons of business- so its not like I was putting a mom and pop out of business |
I sorta figured you did that, dude
I myself would have done the same thing (as stated before) for the same reasons you just stated . |
Thanks--I feel better now |
We're all human Mike -
Everyone wants to save a buck .
Cheers! 
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| Mike wrote: | | Especially when you are dealing with these shop employees/owners who lie about their products and try to sell you stuff you don't need. |
And when they quote you four times the original price of a product ... just because your a foreigner ... 
Geez, I guess the fact the locals earn more than foreigners a lot of times (at least here in China) doesnt register with them fools.
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