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JETSKI ON PATTAYA BEACH PATTAYA JETSKI HIRE: Jetski scam in Pattaya & HANDY HINTS FOR FOREIGNERS HIRING JETSKIS IN PATTAYA
The seaside city of Pattaya in Thailand is a haven for the single minded tourists and ex pat haven boasting some 1600 bars.However with the sub prime crises affecting Thais therre are many young Thais who come to Pattaya looking for that quick buck. With them are the hire guys who use freinds bikes and cars to rent to unwary foreigners. Pattaya Beach Rd is situated on a 4 km stretch of road along the sea & along the North end are around 96 bars, hotels and restaurants. This is the seafood paradise. Pattaya is famous for its ski boats, jet skis & water sports like fishing with all night bars and nightlife. Formally a US Military rest stop and recreation from the 60s and 70s it saw a rapid change in its development. Today it is a premier beach resort with over 1 million tourists visiting a year. HOW TO GET THERE: From Suvannabhumi Airport, Bangkok, buses leave all the time for Pattaya and cost 173 baht to Jomtien or & cost 200 baht to the bus tgerminal on Pattaya North Rd. Avis offer a limo service for 2,200 baht with chauffeur to the airport. From Bangkok buses leave Ekamai Bus Depot along Soi 63 Sukhumvit Road. They leave every 20 minutes every day. Cost is 120 baht. Taxis will take you also for 2200 baht from Bangkok to Pattaya a 3 hour journey. Pattaya North Rd station has many buses daily from 5.30am to 21.00hours. Also buses go to the Northern Bus Station Bangkok every 30 minutes t & here you can connect to a bus to Chiangmai. From Chiangmai there is a direct Bus from the Arcade Bus Station: Nachonchai Air. This is an excellent service & costs 600 baht leaving every 2 hours. This service includes 2 meals, pillow supplied plus snacks and drinks on board. Takes approx 14 hours and you can stretch out as only 32 seats. Once you reach Pattaya take a Songtaew pickup for 5 baht per stretch of road unless you negotiate before hand. Or take a train from Pattaya to Bangkok 33 baht then hop on the overnight to Chiangmai-choice of 3 trains leaving 6.00pm, 7.40pm & 10pm to Chiangmai. HIRING JETSKIS & SCAM IN PATTAYA The Police can't or won't help you if you hire a jet ski then you sink it or turn sharply and it fills up with water. The motto in Thailand" whatever you hire whatever is damaged stolen or lost, you pay" so you hire a bike, or jetski at your own risk. You can however negotiate a lesser amount which you are nuts if you don't do but never say you will pay as then the price remians the same or can now go higher. To hire a Jet Ski can cost you around 800baht per 1/2 hour but in September 2009 they want 1000baht per 1/2 hour. There is no such thing as insurance for jet ski hire so you do so knowing if something goes wrong you pay. If you blow the motor then its your fault so remember these things.
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As you will find when it happens to you hiring a Jetski can be bliss or a nightmare. Many of the jetskis are thrashed by their Thai owners and they can be bought second hand at JSSR auction for 100,000baht or so. But most people who hire them are never asked to see a check sheet of damage or any dents rips etc in the coulings etc when they hire. This is where the sam comes into play. If no check on the underbelly of the jetski then so be it your the next one for the scam if the day goes bad and at present not many tourists are hiring the jetskis hence the 200 baht price rise. Most of the hirers are OK & those with foreigners owners as in pattayajetski.htm page are OK. Its those that are Thai owned. So once you bring it back the nice ride they can now turn your ride into a nightmare. The owners want as much out of you as they can so a small dent will cost you around 3000 baht and a blown motor maybe up to 120,000baht. If you walk away you will be pounced on & locked up or beaten up so heres what to do: 1/. Get someone to call the Thai Tourist Police --or even the foreign Police volunteers who are at the Police station during the day?? and have patience. call 1155 for the Tourist Police or get someone to go to the Police Station or you go with the hirer. He will want to stay at the beach no doubt to avoid direct Police interference?? 2/. Be calm--do not yell or make a scene. It will just mean a jacked up price even further. You will notice that few more Thais will arrive to back there mates up and one will no doubt be the interpreter negotiating a fair price for you and the Jetski hirer. 3/. You will need to settle at some price so saying "youre not paying anything" may find you in hospital as these guys are mafia so you need to negotiate the priced asked. They will gang up on you and one will act as your benefactor but he or she is on on the scam. This can take some time but never admit anything until you do see the Tourist Police and only then maybe watch while the story unfolds ot gets bigger. They will negotiate as its the Thai way and try not to let you leave the beach but insist on going to the tourist Police with them. 4/. Remember anything you hire you pay for any damage, blown motors, stolen while you have hired the same and in September now with less tourists the chances of them using Jetski scams to extort money from hiring them out is higher than ever. The same scratch to extort 3-7000 baht for a 70 baht spray can scratch are high and the chances of them even fixing it is slight as long as its going and gives them grounds to hit the next unwary foreigner. These Jetskis in Pattaya are thrashed and when they start using oil its easy to drain them and let you hire it???--guess who pays & the asking price for a a new motor will be min 77,000baht but to fix one isn't more than 20,000 baht for a full recon???? YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED IF YOU READ THIS ARTICLE. 5/. Our motto "You hire, you pay" so best STAY AWAY FROM JETSKIS 6/. CHECK OUT TRIPADVISOR FOR FURTHER SCAMS IN PHUKET AND SAMUI Some like below are owned by foreign companies but make sure you handle with care as your little 1/2 ride could turn into a nightmare.
FEB 2010: Mr. Norheim from Norwegian got a bad beating by jetski operators and robbed and assaulted acting as Jetski renters right on Pattaya Beach when he went for a ride on a jetski and left his wallet. He lost 10,000baht to these guys assaulted after leaving his wallet etc with a Thai tout : Mrs. Srisawai Moontreesa [29] from Choomporn he gave to look after. Doing this you ask for trouble especially with money inside the wallet. These guys should be put out of business for Pattaya. BE WARNED.
Even those do-gooder Volunteer foreign Tourist Police are on hand to tell you the rights & wrongs
& what you will have to payThe Thailand Poilce will always be on hand to liase. If in such a situation call 1155 for the Tourist Police
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