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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2016 9:09:21 GMT 7
That's why a lot of them have no money, what little they have had has been wasted. I have found the best way to waste money is to buy something just because it is cheap. It is cheap for a reason, because it is crap and won't last long and you will have to replace it soon after, which means you should have paid a bit more for a better quality one in the first place. This does not apply to bottled water which is a giant scam. I did some reading about Coca Cola Amatil recently about where their profits are coming from. They will soon be making more money from their bottled water than from their fizzy drinks. What a joke ! I am sure there are places in Australia charging as much for water as the local bottle shop is charging for beer ! Correct. Kings for a Day, my Dad calls them. My Dad is a working class millionaire. I remember him being the works cat trying to earn every coin going to pay for his family of five and mortgage back in the seventies. Every Monday in life he'd need to take extra money to work with him as the King's were guaranteed to tap him for enough money to survive till pay day.. I remember one day my Mum emptying his pockets on a Friday and he had £150 extra. She inquired what was going on, and he explained that he lent £150 on a Monday then got it back on a Friday. "But it's not really my money cos it elastic bands back to these guys on a Monday." Then he said with a grin - "I don't mind my pals dying on a weekend, it's the only time in the week they don't owe me anything." It beats me how people equate having money with spending money. You can't have both. You need to spend less than you earn or you will be skint forever. And that applies to everyone. The oil trade guys on this forum will be able to recount dozens of stories of their work colleagues who are now penniless because they spent every coin during the boom years. Mental stuff. |
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Post by thatguy on Dec 14, 2016 9:11:52 GMT 7
If anyone thinks Thailand is getting as expensive as the UK - trying buying a bottle of water in a UK motorway service station. Yes, very good. Try to justify your position by selecting the most notoriously expensive retail outlets in the UK. At the current exchange rate, I had a pint of lager last week in a Scottish four star hotel that cost 130 baht. Recently in Notting Hill, a pint was 180 baht. Yesterday, on Sukhumvit, a pint of Heineken was 170 baht. Scrambled eggs and toast, 220 baht. I couldn't believe it. The difference between most of your good selives and me is that I see the pricing in the UK, In Europe, and recently in Mexico. On a side note - airside shops at British airports are charging 130 baht for two soft drinks. So two bottles of Cola, Oasis. The restaurant in question re OP was 60 baht for a small bottle of soda water. Absurd. Yes, very good. Try to justify your position by selecting the most notoriously overpriced areas in Thailand. I guess we can all play this game. But if you want cheap, don't go somewhere that's obviously going to be more expensive. |
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Post by thatguy on Dec 14, 2016 9:13:58 GMT 7
Incidentally, you can get a pint for a lot less than 170 baht, even on Sukhumvit. As for the eggs - eat western food, expect western prices.
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Post by buhi on Dec 14, 2016 9:24:38 GMT 7
^^^
Good morning, how are you today?
Still bitching?
Back on topic, water should be free not bottled.
Big C food hall always have free water. It is a basic courtesy. Seri as it was did too, now as paradise it does not. A scam. I will bottle some of our water for free.
As for beer prices, take into account the rents on lower suk. Want cheap, just go in 7/11. Same price any where.
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Post by thatguy on Dec 14, 2016 9:30:28 GMT 7
I'm dandy, thanks.
Not bitching - just poking a little fun. It's as silly to complain that farang places in Bangkok are overpriced as would be to moan about the cost of a pad thai in London.
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Post by buhi on Dec 14, 2016 9:36:59 GMT 7
Read my post.
And where are these farang places in Bangkok. Thai law does not permit it. All are Thai majority owned.
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Post by thatguy on Dec 14, 2016 9:44:20 GMT 7
Thing is, the pricing in a hospitality venue doesn't merely reflect the value of the drink itself. Such venues have other costs that Big C's food hall does not. A beer costs more than it would in a supermarket, and so does water. If you want to enjoy the venue, then you need to pay the price, regardless of your choice of beverage.
'Farang place' in this context refers to clientele, not ownership.
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Post by thatguy on Dec 14, 2016 9:47:32 GMT 7
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Post by buhi on Dec 14, 2016 9:48:25 GMT 7
Come around my hood. Most places have a jug of water on the table and ice.Agreed the clientele are Thai, me excepted.
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Post by thatguy on Dec 14, 2016 9:50:21 GMT 7
Come around my hood. Most places have a jug of water on the table and ice.Agreed the clientele are Thai, me excepted. As do many around mine. But how do you think their overheads compare to a farang-orientated place on Sukhumvit? |
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Post by buhi on Dec 14, 2016 10:00:38 GMT 7
^^^
I told you I agreed.
Back on topic.
In my hood as stated most places have free water and ice. I guarantee most people order a drink of their choice. Not expensive, and made from fresh fruit.The water is a top up. Some drink it as an after meal refreshment. As it should be.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2016 10:06:09 GMT 7
My good mate from Devon, one of the first people I met when I first arrived in CR in 2005, he had a guesthouse in Jet Yod. Cheap rooms, nice dining area, bar, pool table downstairs. He cooked the best English breakfast in CR that I ever tasted and I lived there for four years. He was cheaper than all the Thai-run places around town and his meals were just like Mum used to make. Really nice Cumberland (style) sausages and chips cooked just right. Once word got around he was cooking them all day and into the night, made more money out of cooking than he did out of his rooms. Edit : Just thought of something funny, an experience I had in a restaurant in the main street of CR. opposite the Night Bazaar, when I first arrived in town. Trying to order a bacon sandwich, hilarious. Must start a thread of "funny Thai restaurant experiences", there must be a million out there. Bet buhi has some good ones.  |
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Post by thatguy on Dec 14, 2016 10:12:19 GMT 7
^^^ I told you I agreed. Back on topic. In my hood as stated most places have free water and ice. I guarantee most people order a drink of their choice. Not expensive, and made from fresh fruit.The water is a top up. Some drink it as an after meal refreshment. As it should be. You're comparing two different places, though. Like I said, their overheads are completely different - as are the expectations of the customers. Most farangs in the tourist/sexpat zone would probably turn their nose up at the jug of free water on the table because they assume it will give them cholera or something. |
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Post by smokie36 on Dec 14, 2016 10:14:23 GMT 7
I'm fortunate to be able to afford 80 Baht water since most of what I drink comes out of the kitchen tap.
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Post by thatguy on Dec 14, 2016 10:17:00 GMT 7
I put one of those little umbrellas and an olive in mine. Because I'm that fancy.
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