Genuine and Fake (Guide for Beginner) ( FAQ - Nov 2011)

I have received many emails all these years about this, also from friends and thailand travel tours service, asked the different on what is genuine and fake amulets, price value of different among them, how to dfferentciate, take care of, for this page is create for. Many who share the same passion about holy amulets asked to help verify fakes items or even buy hundred of fake amulets with wholesale price to sell oversea for their store. Our store don't deal fake or help verify amulets here.

Only 100% genuine items provided at www.thailandamulets.com and www.thailandamulet.com 1st hand consecrated direct from ceremony.

And Thank you so much to you all. Young to old one. Start up to successful folks. Different culture, races, countries, from all over the world. Thank you for your trust and justify all these years. Thank you for your understand in the value of 1st hand amulets on what I've delivered. I am honored to your interest on what I've provided all these years. Thank you for all the gift, all the kind words. All these, go right back to your souls and love one. Thank you.

Now if you are a seeker. Let's get on with it.

What is Genuine amulets ?

Genuine amulets made by monks and temples same with statues and other holy items, blessed/chanted under right builded ceremony, consecrate with mantra to make items become holy, made by scared materials regarding each of their masters, knowledge, scrolls, teaching.

Genuine amulets made in limited amount, most of the mould are destroy after ceremony to prevent fake amulets or remade items without bless/chanted. Genuine amulets become more famous when time pass by due to limited amount and items become rare, when amulets become more rare and precious, people start to search hard for.

Price alway rise up through time for genuine amulets, because people trading widely among markets, both in Thailand and many oversea countries. Start by booking price, once released, temple change offer price to different value, widely use and continue among markets trading.

Powerful blessing for each holy items depend on each mantras/monks and ceremonies. Many feedback all these years about good blessing, spiritual stories.

We don't have oversea agent, Though we do have many oversea stores took amulets all these years with trust by our service for genuine amulets. From North-South America, Europe, Asia and neighbour countries, worldwide.

What is Fake amulets ?

Fake amulets never made by monks and temples but by people among market who's looking for benefit in a wrong way, which is scam. Fake amulets never bless/chanted consecrated by mantra under the right builded ceremony to make item holy, it's just simply make for cheap cost with low quality only. It is then released in the same name and batch of official made amulets by temple. Some amulets made by corrupt official themself even the monks has passed in order to gain profits.

Fake amulets made in no limited amount, mass produce through time non-stop. Mould are not destroy. Fake amulets become problems among market because people keep trading them with no idea about it, information to verify or to ensure about how to compare become hard to find when time pass by, even worst for oversea countries because don't understand language, haven't seen the genuine items when released. Trust me, Ii do have many photoes from many online stores which are fake recorded here, it's not my place to post on my website and bring offensive that's all, it's pointless.

Price is never change for fake items through time, cheap and fake items value stay there wait for right owner to buy with no idea about it. And some even think "I buy amulet with good deal", sure because i was one of them too years back. Every collectors sure bought fake with no idea when they start into amulets market worlds. And yet, we do still love cheap items, maybe because money make many people go crazy and too happy. :) Not effect to many great monks which are great men here though.

Cheap and fake, made in low quality or copied with similar look. Price is never change through time, mass produce, no limited amount, unholy.

Fake items shown no effective without consecrated ceremony or blessed by monks through seasons, some even used black magic materials which bring curse or negative force effect into life fortune, some even experienced hard time having this items in their house/office or business. I see several people who's good enough to belive that their fake items are genuine and their genuine items are fake by just words and by price value their took from, yup there's alway something inside us. :) I'm going about it soon in this guide, because there's more you suppose to reckon about it. Much more.

Trading / Experts / Chomrom PhraKrueng / Samakom / Amulet's association ?

I do recommend for new beginner collector to read this part of the guide. For a person who's new to the world of Thailand Amulets. All this I'm gonna write up a lot, so it is easy to give you a good understanding. All my life, I'm not the kind that talk so much, not at all, more like absorbed and listening a lot. But yes, I type so much.. This is a page where I'm giving what I learned. It'll help you more or less in understanding which path you're going for. So you don't make mistake buying a 1st hand high quality Katana from a good blacksmith. Show it to other warriors and they tell you that it was forge from a poor quality steel. Swing it around without knowledge, and thrown it away. And you have no idea which path you're on, which path is right, you then decided to follow the crowd. This guide will give you some insight. I have been there. Through thick and thin. My guide is my decades years of experience. Good luck out there collectors!!

You're going to enjoy this story for some new folks who just jump right in on "What the" Thailand amulets?. This is a webmaster's talk section. It's a value experience I have been through all these years in the world of amulets, and all blessing holy items. Please excuse my broken english. It is not my mother's language. I type real fast, so expect lot of errors from here.

I do not want to explain much about this because on my early days doing business. They sent men to my place to took many antique items, promotes for me and their groups, bought many PhraSomdej from me to run around their circle, same with people who do amulets magazines. But since there are many new comers and years to come wondering about what is association and their certificate. I will have my message here to guide you in small steps.

Like any countries filled with hospitals and prisons. The same thing happened in the amulets's worlds through all my year of trading. There are good and bad folks in all business, I suppose it is just like politics. Benefits, bribe, words, suit up, speech up, quick wit with right sense of humor etc. Well, as it lasted.

From my trading all these years. Only few neighbour country like Malaysia or Singapore would asked my store years back... Do you included certificate from Samakom?. While 99% of customers from around the worlds, they doesn't care. THey known what they've seen, be their own judge, made their own decission. Because there are more folks who're part of these groups making profits selling amulets in these country. And don't get me wrong, there are many awesome elders customers from these neightbours countries all these years that understand such tradition and gave me good advice lessons. On my early day, some of them taught me that amulets are not something simple like 2nd hand car or 2nd hand house, it's far more than that. Dealer won't tell you that this car been in many deadly accident with who know how many corpse or this house have crime committed with dead bodies lying around, amulets are far more delicate and complicate than that. Thank you so much for all the good teaching. I used to fly oversea to neightbour countries several times a year myself to make special delivered of tens of PhraSomdej amulets to these folks back there, can't trust the shipping company in the past, you know that losing rare Pokemon card's news. :) At present I got men I can trust to do the work.

I'm at my wits end at some point to answer new comers the more I've been into the field. Because I know so well of what's going on in the culture of thai people here. How they group up and raise the price of amulets like stock market. I buy from you then the price raised, then You buy from me again, the price raised, then pay on some ad to advertise on magazine. For me, I always want to stay far aways from them. Because If you are not in their circle, then you are on the opposite term with them. But if you are a start-up in this field, looking for start career, trade among their circle. Ofcourse you want to be part of it to learn the ropes and raise your level.

In Thailand. There are countless Samakom or associations about amulets. In one province you would finds so many that you really have no idea about how people playing their games. Normal citizens, monks, soldiers, polices, politicians etc. When some oversea customer ask me do you included certificate from these people, I would say sorry we don't included other party's certificate and they could think oh this is not a good store. In fact, they have no idea about Samakom. And I truly have no idea what samakom they're on about at all. :) There are so many. And it just a piece of paper by group of peole. Nothing more. Let me give you some idea. Never Thai customer ask me though, I guess they're well known what I'm talking about here.

For example. First I can open Samakom myself with connection, right people and money. I can invite Luangpor Koon's assistants, village chiefs, politicians, successful business men in the town or oversea, celebrity, famous monks like Kruba Krissana, Luangpor Teang etc to be a guarantee referee to say all my amulets are genuine, words. Then I set up my own Samakom to come up with verified so called certificated to guarantee any amulets are real even it's fake. Easy game, win-win with enough conenction, donation, benefits, to everyone. But in my path and lifestyle, when I reach the point where everyday is holiday in my life. I never have a second thought about it. LIke I know many people had already done it in different provinces, groups of people. I haven't point directly to who though.

People buy amulets there for guarantee, yes they can use the amulets to trading among the same circle for profits. It is the kind of amulets that weared and changed countless hands and owners. That's what amulets from association is. It is benefit for people in the group who looking to trade, similar to stock market. And from my experiences all these years, some prize amulets not even worth to look at.

And so many people called themself experts rise up, so called. Not graduated with degrees from university if you know what I mean. But Self-procliamed, backed by the same team elders. Pointed other fake, shown that's genuine in my hands, in my groups etc, in the purpose that they can sell their own amulets, circle the herds around, gain the light and attention. Debates, offensive, I've been there, seen it all.

I'm gonna give some example about it. It too many same old stories back there when I first start my tradking business annd the store was so small that people try to bring offensive, to bring their compettition down. It's all gone though. Once my store grown big, all these flooded doesn't strong enough and faded. It is normal thing in business worlds.

Here..

My very first customer that I remember well is M. from Holland, he has a Thai wife. Good man, share how he found faith in Buddhism and Luangpor PhraSai Buddha of WatPohchai temple and stuffs. He even send me books about amulets from Hollands, share his family's photoes etcs. He bought many Luangpor PhraSai's amulets from my store back there. Note* that in my early day, my store don't have certificate included and I myself don't even know anything about certificate... One day he turn up, he said that amulet's shop nearby to his wife's home sell Luangpor PhraSai's amulet with certificate, called me fraud selling fake to him and want to return all amulets he have took from me. I was stunned, shocked, level.1 seller with no experience. I had no idea on what to do. In truth, Those amulets passed down from my father are 100% genuine. He was not amulets seller like me. He's a principal of university in Thailand, so he is one of the guy that had many opportunity to obtains so many amulets. And Luangpor PhraSai is not a famous level into the amulets market world at all that people would make fake to earn profit for it. Same with many old amulets by the time. Problem and question is. If you listened from your wife. Are you going to trust your wife or someone somebody on the internet. Simple answer. Until today, I only hope he still keep those genuine amulets instead of trust a single paper called certificate said by some amulet shop. Turn out this is still common until today by many fields. By words, some people thrown away their precious belongging without understand how really precious their are. M. contacted me years back tough, with welcome manner. Thank you M.

I do not mean certificate is bad, but I want to point out that it is not important either. Say If I'm going to buy a good cold steel sword made by thai-blacksmith like awakened sky swords "Darb Fah-Fuen" that Khunpan used. Or a good katana forged by Japanese blacksmiths. Or even a tea cup. I am not going to look at the advertisement paper, guarantee paper, or listens and believed words guarantee by people. I would look into the warrior himself. Look at how efficient of this Samurai and his katana. Look at the muay-thai boxer himself. And it will say it all whether he come from a good gym or not, or the weapon/armor of the warriror are good or not. Same with amulets, you have to look at how the seller live his/her life. Is he/she truly blessed, or not? Then you can tell the efficiency of the objects/things you're looking for. I know it is not easy to see by the surface. Same with many things. It is never easy, but that is why it is valuable.

Sorry if I don't go for other brothers sisters overseas that I'm thankful so much here through all these years, difference races cultures countries that shown wonderful passion about Thailand amulets and Buddha's teaching. I want to focus texts on about certificate here. Thank you, you guys are awesome.

Let's continue...

I did sell one butterfly amulet to HK's buyer back there. She's a lady. Turn out the big store owner there with connections said my amulet is fake. Say he's a big guy with 3-4 shops in the city. The amulet that I received directed from the monk himself. The monk and temple in my own hometown, very close to my house. Turn out to be fake.

The store expert owners said Kruba Krissana's amulet have only red color, said the her my customer, only this red type like amulets provided in their store. So the lady return to me, Angry, say offensive with dissapointment, calling me fruad selling fake and want refund. Seriously.... only red color? She said I must give her the right information so She can debate the store owner there that her amulet is not fake.... Poor me.

But I understand that people who have no idea at all would trust people that see them face to face eyese to eyes right, instead of a some online shopping store. My store was very small back then. Start with a free 20mb homepage stuffs. And It took me so many conversations, so many emails to explain to clear it up. Most of people, customer is fair, 99%. Some are difficult to deal. It is normal like this everywhere.

Many same story happens in early days. For example Gumanthong by Lp.Dum, bought by myself. Sent donation to the monk's temple. The temple return me with holy items. A customer from SG said hey the experts here say it's fake. You are a very bad person. I am speechless you know. I know you do dissapoint in people's words, return with anger. Some case they even treaten to kill me. Seriously? Killing me over a piece of sand and stone? I asked myself This is never going to end right? This wars of words pointing real and fake.

I asked myself. I have to explained again and again to all these guys for the rest of my life? This unique 1%

Most happens in neightbour countries because they have close touch to thai culture and how real/fake people dealing with it but never deep enough like how Thai people understood themself. And regards of my small store back there. Seem it an easy place to pick without credits unlike todays. Compettition stuffs.

At certain point in a man's life like the old zen teaching that's when complex exhaust itself, the Simple emerge seem truth. I come up with new understanding. I let them win. I say nothing but sorry and thank you. You want to buy, buy. You want to do window shipping and spill non-sense, spill it. You want to believe what they sold into your head, let them be. Let the evils win, that's what elders said. To lose, to surrender is to become a monk. And I found peace of mind instead for all these years. Yes, I may lost some customers. But business is just busy-ness. I do not lost the peace and holiday everyday in my life. And trust me, too many of this same old stories that never worth it when I've found contentment. This is all years back when I start the store, small homepage. I guess some don't even know what homepage mean these days. Sure there is a some little rough on the ride. It's all gone when the store grow large. Lot of great customers and friends. Lot of amazing experiences and story.

Hey, not all places are bad. But you know what I mean.

Welcome to the world and politic. I learned that some association, they even go behind the back of temple's referees and traded the original molds with some price and made countless amulets/statues. Some even kills for it, robs for it. In the amulet's worlds. No matter how many antique amulets you have, when you obtains the original mold that can made countless of old expensive amulets, it's like you have the masterkey. And some people doesn't care about right or wrong in order to survive first. Some temple even made the old batch in order to gain donation to temple and themself even the monk who blesssed the amulets already passed away. Like old Payant or PhraSomdej Leklai etc. Other stores then sell is so cheap because they got extra made later by temple but I can't, I will never do that because I know that mind is genuine and bless/chanted directed by monks when they're alive. This kind of offer. That is actually a fake amulet in the perfect form of verification spots if you know what I mean. It is a shame. Though, I won't say which becauses I don't want to waste my life time at court. I know all this too well, because I also help many temples to made amulets. And I've seen good people in desperate measure traded the amulets's mould for money times and times again. I know that after typing these kind of messages. There's gonna be some who's afraid they got involved in this talk. Soon or later those groupie fanboy/girl gonna felt like they got burned so bad that they gonna email or discredit me about how good their asssociation is/are with their guilty conscience because the truth hurt. Some may wriggle hard to make it sound like I'm pointing finger at certain groupie to cause problem damage between in order to protect their benefits. They will try hard to challenge the person instead of a reason. Because they'll never be able to change the fact here, Light and Dark stay that way forever. Please understand. This subject is not about criticization towards anyone but to provided what has been and still going on. 99.99% are customers who want good genuine 1st hand amulets. You know, because my info and exp made their paper less privilege. Only but I reach the point of this game that I do not really care anymore. I have completed it. When my life reach where it is holiday everyday. I know I'm done. And all these going to be a little hobby til the end of days. And it is benefits for many readers out there. Not just me, many elders, many guru monks, friends, see the same view as me. So please forgive me when I don't spend so much time explaining to your email questioning about amulet and leave you be in the dark. I don't want to go over the same thing over and over again, so that is why this page exist.

Some even came up with their own written history, I've never seen 1st batch early era amulet by certain monks painted or attached gems on it at all because I was there with the monk and know the folks at the temple and then years later these design with promotion start coming up saying it by the monks of first era. Sigh.. You start to see the picture now, it's one wild ride.

Some association make money and profit with certificate. Be very careful with this kind. And I mean it. Specialy you people who read this and not Thai. A new collectors from overseas. Don't forget that corruptionn rate in Thailand is very high, almost in every circle. In the amulets world where group of people gathered for benefits are the same. Good men, bad men, politician, mafia, be very careful. Because when there are lot of people gathered out in the open, they find themself gathered together under the large shady tree. They charge you if you want your amulet to be verify or enter the competition. Some have lost their item or got swap, be extra very careful there. Some. They charge you $5 $10 dollars for one amulet per certificate, or cheaper guarantee with the 10-20 certificates special discount package. This doesn't verify or guarantee by people or temple that actually made/craft the mould of the amulets, from where the origin that was made. But by self-proclaimed expert. To put it simple. By their group of people who make a living with membership card, trading and auction's percentage profit. They don't actually sell all 100% genuine amulets there. Imagine you have hundreds of people going for your membership fees. Do you think they will focus on quality over quantity? No, they are going for the fees, and that's the place filled with most fake amulets from all around. They going to turn the blinded eyes. Take as much membership as much as they can and burn down those carry other membership card not within their circle. You know. Human's history Age of Empire's stuffs. Just imagine the beach or a swimming pool when hundreds of hungry stranger people gathered inside with their belongging and then start exchanging their items around countless times. Do you think it clean? The longer it take. Do you think it is really a first hand or a second hand? You love your vacation, spending your hard earn cash, to the best deal vacation spot and high star hotel that look really nice worthly of your spend. You don't care. You want to think it that way. But you don't want to think that in that same room, same bed you tuck in, there were hundreds or thousands kind of people and activities occurred there right before you right? And it's not partially. It moving to your home, your family for good. And I'm not even going there about other kind of existence yet. That is the kind of amulet you really want? Is that the kind of blessing you're welcoming into your life? Be very careful. Universe is more neat and delicated than computer and all these codes are. You don't want to end up one day saying to yourself, these thing are useless, brought bad luck to me, destroyed my life and loves one, sell them out, thrown it aways, put them back to temple, without realizing that what you've been collected are nothing but mixed with cursed belongging which were so called good deal to you. You know, even a small drop of poison can turn the whole food's recipe. Hundreds of good friends is great, but not worth it if one of them turn out the be a serial killer who poisons you to death(Which actually happened here). There are the kind of soul that always thinking of destroying someone, you already know what I mean. Be very careful because these are not just an art piece. I'm not gonna go deep about it, but their are extra force out there. You don't want the bad one, these deep lurking evils with their offering. I have seen some people did hit that kind of jackpot for blindly collected everything that's cheap and come their way. Mark my word, you don't want it. Never worth it.

And please, don't send gumanthong, statues, amulets you bought somewhere else to me to pass along to temple. Please don't. I feel sorry to the worker who have to open the package. They have their love one.

Yes, the major, tour guide and lifeguard gonna promote and made it sound so nice for you to believed on such a good deal vacation, because there are gains for them.

I do not have any bad intention against them, only given reader here an insight. A good information from decades of experiences. My store is different from them. My online shop is just a solo collectors of antique collections providing 1st hand. There's nothing about membership competition war that they've been fighting among themselves all these years.

I have customers email me their purchase Kruba Krissana's butterfly amulets with said certificate. They said they bought from this place and have to paid even for their certified paper. I think it took me less than 3 seconds to say it fake. Some 60-70 years old amulet I've seen trade for in very cheap value, just crazy. So many similar stories that as I grow older I stop verify amulet to help people. Because at one point we all learned. Let the karma be.

Sigh...one of those game... Greed. You know. These items that they've passed along to you. I think you got some idea of it now if you read this far. Good on you, seeker. They don't passed down from your trust and respectful master, father, mother, family, friends or great souls good folks you've trust or admired on. Or even discovered by chance upon the earth. It's from somebody, someone you have no idea what or who they are, where they're from, how they got it from. An objects that filled with force, energy, emotions of person, not just one person. They prayed to it, chanted to it, wishes to it. Wear it, keep it, sleep with it, make oath then thankful or curse to it. For who knows how long. Wishes. Love. Hatred. Greed. Hopes. Dreams. Fears. Grudge. etc. So many types of a person's emotions and then they passed along to you from countless hands. Saying, oh it's art, good advertisement guarantee with good history blackground, come together with golden keycard called certificate guarantee by our professional teams(Who we don't guarantee what type of soul we are). And you think everyone they passing it on have a good wishes on you? Like, I hope he/she going to take care for the amulet well. I'm choosing the best owner for this item. He or she is a good person I can trust and pass down this item to. I'm sure you know what they actually think by now. Alright. You know what I think since my early day seeing these folks traded along holy objects for profits like a shellfish. Sure money play major part in our daily life but I think no price or prize is worth it once it have been thrown into the sea of greed. For me. The 1st hand which is consecrated is everything no matter the price. You don't want a baby or katana that have been though hundreds of users or parents then passing along return it back to you. Good luck on what you are trying to do.. That's what I think. These items. You know. Once it use. The owner/user died or however. It is suppose to return to temple. For good. And I mean it. For good. Or handling by someone appropriate. These kind of dealing. In Thai we called it "Khong-Hae" which mean an item that already parading around. Don't say it over their face though, they'll get angry, because they know it's not in a good ways and never wanted to admit it. You know what's worse than fake news, the items that dig out from the grave, stole/took from the murderer or rapist criminal then saying it's got out from the ancient pits pagoda from the great historic temples guarantee with our cert... I'm not going there, but you got what I mean by now.

I am not going on about those story and experiences I've seen all these years on what happened here. My words. When you're done with it. Then thrown it away, bury it, take it to temple, give to whoever you trust and capable, however you want. Don't passs it along to other strangers.

Those that have been there. Some bro and sis, they even call these people a mafia. They've already experienced it. Soon or later you'll know you got played into their game like a pawn. When you learned and leave. And then a new kid arrive to join the game. It is just the way it is.

Ok, the groupie part is done. Now let me move on to the next part. That was some good info right? That sure to give a good perspective of value.

In this guide. I'm not going to write up a lot about all those good feedback customers replied to me all these years. The sold section already say it all. Some even too amazing story in life that if I go on, other folks not goin to believe it. This part of write up I'm going for those worst experience which are the best life's lesson.

Different culture. Different tribe have different point of view. Some cultures went superstitious about this kind of holy materials. Some customer have different level of obsession about all these items. Reminded me of one old customer who want the Kaizer PhraSomdej so much but I didn't sell it to him. He bought so much and just want the best. You know, that amulet took right out from my grand father's neck on his dying bed and he still want it. Well, maybe he content with what he see and truly want it. Well I don't sell it. Then. He said amulets seller are trash kind of people that took advantage of poor people.(Some idea he came up with). Monks suppose to made amulets to help poor people and you took advantage of it. I know people when they didn't get want they want, they start spilling their spells. You see how I just got degrade as a human being? By doing nothing, sitting here at the old online antique store, then here come an insult from customer. Some customer even got twisted by their ego once learned of the price offer of the amulet and say sell that to yourself. You know. They are people buy. And there are people sell. It is so simple. I know you aim high. But you got to find that place. That place you are happy with. There is no Jack the Ripper but The kind of people that you simply ask them how are you? and they'll never be able to answer you that simple question. It reminded me one of those saying "So close, yet so far". You come so close to Buddha and all the blessing, then your own devil slip it all away from you. I hope when you try to obtain anything toward Gods, Buddha, Dharma, Blessing. I hope your thought, your mind and heart is close to them. Don't be far from God, far from their teaching. I'm gonna help you see through here and I suggest if you have time for more reading. Go over the section "The Life Of...." that I've translated all these years.

Well I think fact about rich and poor never leave our head. But in truth. People like me are behind the temple's success. Monk can't make money to pay for water or electricity bills. And even in those isolated temple with no food offering. Me, you all buyers. People like us We create a big robes holding a bridges towards the door upon the sky, and we are all but simple students. None of us are masters in any kinds. But students of life that held each others hands to connect the robe bridges toward the door. See the mindset is very important. Like a chained echoes sir/madam. And I am not tired yet.

If you think hey you take advantage of people. Then education system take advantage of uneducated people. Medication system take advantage of dying people. Stronger take advantage of weakling and so on the nature ways of the world. Now you have to look back about this idea. Where does it all start. Because when people siad God know. Actually they know, right into your soul. Do you think good folks never gathered for a better hope and future?

You know one of my friends work in a car company for decades in USA. He said profit of the car parts/accessories is exceed 1000%. Do you think it is unfair, inequality.They are a bad guy? Or It is one big connections lines support anothers since shellfish, gold/silver coins trading and that every structure have supports, not floating freely in the air. Or you just don't care at all and go along with the crowd since everyone live their life with vehicles.

3 Things when people offense others out of Greed / Anger / Obsession. Hatred jump right in and to look down on other's beliefs. Well if you aren't discovered who made the sun yet then you know nothing jon snow. When I have discovered by myself that spirits truly existed and there are actual force of energy reside around us and within amulets. My faith and understand never waving, never changes. Because It didn't come up from a pieces of papers, tell tales, books wrote by men. I understand maybe a single first step of something bigger. But that is more than enough for me to look after my own soul and live the correct path. Deeply I am against it though, this understanding. I don't think all people should discovered it. It is agaist the purpose of the makers. Fishes suppose to swim freely in the ocean. Everyone dies and find out eventually. For the story of how I have discovered their existence, trance, power reside within objects. That's the story for the right people at the right time. Not here.

One customer bought amulet from me. She asked me what change now? There's nothing change in my life. One customer say he lost his car... Right, bear with me. I'll get to the part of why it's not work like a perfect charm. Why some did, your don't. Let me continue...

And don't get me wrong. I have met many great people that amulets changes their life for better. Same as mine. If you play certain game. You know that we all have many different class to selects. Knight, wizards, healers, barbarian, tactician, achers etc. You know amulets equipment in their inventory boost/buff their stats right. And not every amulets boost or have to same effect regards their levels and their career/class. Some boost 5%, some boost 0.5%. And sure you know you're not going to equip holy type amulet to dark magician or necromancer right?. You also need head armor to keep your wit and brain intact. Chest part to keep your heart warms and protect your body from harms. Foots or legs's parts to steady your steps. Arm braces to defense your reach out when grap or pull objects. Amulets play small part in all this, but that doesn't mean it doesn't and many fine adventurer still treasure it for centuries. Or even for an empty soul looking for love and trust of protection. You don't need it ofcourse. Depend on what role you play, path you took, choice you made. But would you take that chance though. Because in real life, once it's game over, there is no save point, no retry. Even a 0.1% chance when that time come, when you're facing the unknown brought by fate, a great trial of adversity appear in your mission. My advise. Never disregards that buff and blessing. Don't go in too deep about it. There are other parts you must focus in your inventory too. You know what our elders say for hundreds of years? They said when you are going to the temple. Don't go in too deep. Same thing. And you get it by now right? Right. When you have no idea and equip or pick up curse amulet instead.... Not every curse is easy to unlift like in a game. Some stay there, remain there for who know how long. Ofcourse you get it adventurer! My guide here is one super extra buff scroll! A powerful int holy buff paving the way by a mountain hermit! :)

And at the last part, let me talk about price. I don't want to go on about it much because everyone know how things go already but as this section state it is important guide for beginner collector. Lot of amulets store oversea are my customers/dealers. USA, Europe, Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan etc. Say.. How petrol in capital city is cheaper than countryside, or how chicken in brazil is cheaper than hong kong. For the purpose of this guide I have to explain, because there are always evils lurking around troubles others.

My friends and customers/dealers who open amulet shop stores oversea, some bought from my store, some use our travel service, some are old friends. One of Kruba Krissana's amulet sell on my store was $25. Sell in their shop oversea for $80. Here come A bully customer went to their shop, compare the price between my and their store. Calling them a bad greedy rip-off sellers, scolded them with lesson saying how can they sell such a price. Well, they don't realize themself that those who push other are evils itself, they never do. They wanted it, they can't get it, unhappy with it, they lamented of coins earned with stinginess, hatred and anger jump in, push it out on others. I told my friends, leave them be. Do not mingle with their upset and sadness. You focus on good folks that understand. There are many and much more. That's why evils only good at hiding in the darkness.

Everyone got it actually. Different price from different locations. These friends of mind he/she are not Goku from Dragon Ball with special warping powers. There are cost for his/her times to sacrifice on their travel, accomodation, transportation, foods, shop rent, etc. Some even lost their child while traveling to obtain amulets. I'm telling you, it is never easy for some people to make a living. If you've been there at rock bottom, then you knew. But These evils jokers, they just want to climb by making other fall and look bad thinking they pointing finger on others with their righteousness.

Well if you read this far seekers, I'm sure you got it now. Compassion. Understanding. Ways of the world. What you actually truly need to beware. What kinds of soul. What's more important to you than coins and price's tag. You know what Buddha said to Narakiri elephant. Those devils will never understand.

Let me share with you one of my early days. One of my chinese customer from oversea. He asked me to buy a mantra cd "Chinnabunchorn" by Somdej Toh, google it if you don't know what CD is. They don't have on youtube like present. So I bought it, sell it to him for $40 USD. Yes, that's right $40 for a single cd. He was so angry but still took it because he needed it. So much that not even a word of good will after he paid, then dissapear. You think I charge him too much? An overpriced single cd that actually $5-$10 from temple?

What I didn't tell him is that.. I have to drive back and forth over 120km to get that one single cd, took me whole day. And I never will. I will never explained to every single customers of how or why any item come right up to their reach with it's justify price. Why? Most understand. Some don't. It is what it is. Same thing, at their shop that sell $80. They're not going to make list of explanation for customers on every items. You either take it or leave it. Simple. That's what normal people do. And if you felt upset and sadness, go back re-read this chapter again. Figure it out.

In this short 10 minutes write up. I just love how I can type so fast in English like a machine gun compare to Thai or Kanji because It have so much less letters, Though how to convey it by text in foreign language is hard that's why I try to gave much metaphor. For amulets. I still say It is a beatiful art, through rise and fall of many eras, this part of culture passed down by countless generation of Buddhism and Buddha's teaching.. Path of light blessing. And dharma is so profound. With that said. Holy objects that consecrated through powerful souls blessed me and many people I have seen. All these years I have seen why I blessed with a peaceful life with holiday everyday, surrounding with great souls around me. I am grateful. And I am continue to return the same.

Through all this guide, it's still a wonderful world of amulets. These items are powerful blessing holy items with many great stories, which change many lives. This nature world we're living in, soul/spirit/spiritual is a part of nature, and holy items made to support/protect our spirit, bring positive blessing in a good way. Just like what elders alway said. "Follow elders and dog don't bite", things sure will not go wrong by our elders good wishes teach us for many generations, and I am alway thankful for it. Remember though, price don't change value of amulets, just like money or position don't change value of human. It's our mind, our understanding define what's truly worthly.

Amulets also one of the finest art by Thailand Buddhism culture created with strong passion for thousands of years. Art is priceless for all times and people deal with satisfy by hundreds of years. And regarding the law of karma(action with consequence). Then the right items alway belong to their right owners regarding their karma, and yes blessing by spirits. May us all be bless with happy everyday.

The End.

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( FAQ - Nov 2011)

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