I almost fell for that one too.

My family and I went to Wat Arun temple on the 13 April 2008 via a tour agency. The location of the stall is along the side gate at the car park (?). The stall is just outside the gate. It is ran by a lady and she sells titbits.

We saw a packet of sugared tamarind on sale and we were told by the stall holder that it is 35 Baht, it was a small packet. My mum peeled off a 100 Baht note and gave it to the stall holder. She then talked to my aunt. Realizing that the stall holder had not given her the change, my mum asked for it in English, the stall holder then spoke a litany of Thai which not one of us understood, our Thai tour guide came along and we told her what happened.

The tour guide then talked to the stall holder in Thai and the stall holder kept insisting she had given us the change. There were like 6 of us there who insisted that she did not. When I asked the tour guide to ask her who she had given the change to, she pointed at the space between my mum and my aunt. Go figure.

In the end, I told them to forget about it as the stall holder was not going to budge.

Near our hotel, there was this fruit stall selling a big packet of sugared tamarind for 35 baht and 100 baht for 3 packets.

Not only did lose our 65 baht of change and we lost out on the quantity too.

Overall, the trip to Bangkok were enjoyable. I am making another trip in 3 months time.

Scams of 7 eleven shops are happening everywhere. Just make sure you check your change before leaving the counter. They usually pull these fast scams and short change customers when there is a queue building in the shop.

I think the shop I went to was a family mart, but it makes no difference they are all the same.

The same happened to me at the 7-11 on Soi Rambuttri (Nr Khao San). My change was 100 baht short. I'm always willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt but the girl even had the extra note hidden in her hand, so it couldn't have been a mistake.

happend to me in 7 11's Phuket in Patong. always short Changed me with 1000 baht notes i would always stp and count it out to make sure it was always correct they get you when its really hot and busy because evryone's in a hurry.

why do you have to be a hurry in Thailand, where are you going in such a rush. you miss a bus , there will be another two minutes later, slow down and think.

I always exchange my large notes at the BTS or MRT stations, to pay for my ride of course. That way I have plenty of small notes to pay for purchases at 7-11's, restuarants, taxi's etc..
Not only are they employees on camera, they're paid better, less likely to short change.

Ha. A ticket seller at the BTS counter tried to hold back 500 Baht when I was buying a pass.

Watch the Thai people buy something. They certainly don't care who is behind them as they count their change before they move away - remember to do the same yourself.

A teller at a currency exchange booth tried to rip me off for 1000 baht after changing a 500 dollar traveler's check. I counted the money there and found the 1000 baht shortage. After showing her the money the teller looks under her keyboard and finds my missing note like it got misplaced. You can't even trust the bank employees.