Fuk-Fuk'd by a Tuk-Tuk in Bangkok Thailand

A scam in Bangkok, Thailand involves a Tuk-Tuk driver who takes you for a ride to "Popular Downtown Bangkok Sights". You are lured with the small fare until you find out that the "sights" he takes you too are his "sponsors" where he is paid money. That makes all these places more expensive than anywhere else in Bangkok.

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• thailand
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• temple

[sillyfool5]

it's pronounced "took took" not "tuck tuck"

[cperabo]

@sillyfool5 ok.. then I got fook fook'd :)

[stuart12001]

jees, sounds like a bad day. I'm off to thailand in july doing a bit of travelling through cambodia, north vietnam, and back through laos. any other advice for a hopeful traveller?

[cperabo]

Yup, it was only a bad ride. The rest of the trip was great and I love Thailand. Best tip is to meet someone by your hotel and have them negotiate the stuff for you. Otherwise, be smart and have fun.

[cperabo]

Not true - Thailand is a wonderful place with wonderful people! You just have to know what the scams are and how to look out for them.

[sherbert500]

always ask the price before buying anything in thailand.....save yourself a lot of trouble....

[Teachermark1]

Fake. He's just repeating what he read in his Lonely Planet book in some sort of wanker attempt to get his 4.04 minutes of fame.

[ogicabp4u]

read stickman (dot) com. all the inside knowledge you'll need about thailand.

[stuart12001]

@snapsalot i posted that comment 2 years ago, but thanks anyway

[snapsalot]

@stuart12001 Best bet is to just find a few sites on thailand. Read up on everything from culture, to how much things cost, common scams and of course great places to visit and see.

I did this for weeks and weeks before my first time in Thailand, and never once did I overly pay for things or get scammed, or run off with a nice girl only to later find out its a ladyboy lol. (beleave me you need to watch for that in thailand atleast 15% of the girls in thailand arn't reaally girls.

[henrycate]

Nice video: "How stupid I am."

[bglass1]

HAHAHAHA 42 euro,what a noobie

[creamcheesenation]

the drivers get commission for taking you to all the destinations you dont want to go

[SWD3104725]

You got what you paid for , what you think was going to happen for 20 baht .

Thailand is full of these little 'scams' and that's part of the learning process that's called 'discovering SO Asia' .

Get into a relationship with a Thai bargirl and you really get 'fuk,fuck'd' . 

[mrkno12]

SO!!! you got fuk fuk by the tuk tuk , would it make you feel better to know that 100+ of tourist got taken for a ride every day and it happen more than 10, 20, ,30 years now ,still every day people still fall for this