Cabbie returns B300,000 to American tourist

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Cabbie returns B300,000 to American tourist

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I guess the US Dollars has crashed: :rasta:
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Cabbie returns B300,000 in lost cash to American tourist

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A taxi driver has been praised for his honesty after he returned more than 300,000 baht in cash to a retired American police officer who had left the money in his cab on Tuesday.

Smiling American tourist Jerry Allen Hart, 74, thanks taxi driver Veeraphol Klamsiri, 57, for returning a bag containing 98,000 US dollars -- about 320,000 baht -- left in his cab, as Suvarnabhumi airport...
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Re: Cabbie returns B300,000 to American tourist

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98K USD is over 3.2 million baht @ 33Bt/dollar. Someone has added a zero where it should not be or moved a decimal point over one. My bet is on the extra zero. He was travelling with just under the 10K USD so as to have no problems stateside.
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Re: Cabbie returns B300,000 to American tourist

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centermid7 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:00 pm 98K USD is over 3.2 million baht @ 33Bt/dollar. Someone has added a zero where it should not be or moved a decimal point over one. My bet is on the extra zero. He was travelling with just under the 10K USD so as to have no problems stateside.
I think you're right on you assessment.
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