LOL.

Yes, I get indignant when someone tries to scam me, don't you? No, I don't feel I'm scamming anyone when I consume and then replace something from a mini-bar. It's an old debate, one your side has lost. You pay the minibar for the convenience. If you replace it, you haven't gotten any convenience, just deferred when you make your trip to the store, and the hotel hasn't lost any money. Management seems to have no problem with it.

But, if you had read my post carefully, I state what was the most interesting was how it was handled, in what seems a very efficient Thai manner that is subtly different than how it might be handled in the West.