Bt2,000 flood coupons for Bt300
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Flood-affected Ayutthaya residents have resorted to selling Energy Ministry-issued Bt2,000 coupons, which expire tomorrow (March 31), to a merchant who offered to buy them for Bt300 each.
Bang Pa-in resident Anupong Khongklom, said many friends had sold their coupons to a merchant for Bt300 because they didn’t know what to buy and suspected the merchant was an appliance trader wishing to cash them. Anupong was among many residents who went to Charoen Paibul, the province’s largest electrical-appliance shop and the only place in Ayutthaya’s Koh Muang area that still accepted the coupons, to buy appliances.
However, they found that there were no expensive appliances for sale. Ayutthaya Charoen Paibul executive Narongsak Sriphotsomboon said most people mistakenly thought they could just exchange the coupons for appliances.
