[WhoIam]

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Could you have bargained with the muggers and said "Take my money but let me keep my I.D. and ePassport card?". They likely wouldn't have known what it was since it's not a VISA card, is it?

Also, I've heard of muggers letting people take out and keep their SIM cards, too.

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What's funny is that earlier in the night I was telling the English guy about how I got the cheapest phone available here because I didn't know if I would be staying but I regret it every day because it's such a pain in the ass to use. Looks like I made the right decision. I wish I could have kept my sim card. I also lost my Thai sim card that I keep (err, kept) under the battery cover.

I had a knife to my throat and English wasn't their first language so I'm not sure if trying to bargain would be a good idea.