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Re: Double pricing system in Thailand

So it is ok for me to go to the market to buy bananas and the price says 30 bart, when I went to pay for the bananas the young girl says to her mother, how much should I charge the farang and the mother says 40 bart, all the conversation was in Thai needless to say I just walked off. I went in to a ...
by sibley
on Sat Dec 10, 2011 11:50 am
 
Forum: Domestic / cross cultural issues - Thai / Foreigner concerns
Topic: Double pricing system in Thailand
Replies: 451
Views: 365952

Re: Double pricing system in Thailand

I have lived in Thailand now for 3 years and I have many Thai friends, but ask me if I would trust the majority of Thai people then unfortunately I would have to say no, they would have the skin of your back and the fluff out of your pockets given half the chance. My advice is always ask the price b...
by sibley
on Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:12 am
 
Forum: Domestic / cross cultural issues - Thai / Foreigner concerns
Topic: Double pricing system in Thailand
Replies: 451
Views: 365952

Re: Watch out for this restaurant!

Welcome to the land of Smiles or should I say snarls and scams and the Thais wonder why a lot of people are giving Thailand a miss, you should have stood your ground. I was in Korat and the owner of a restaurant wanted to charge me 95 bart for a Leo beer when on the menu it said 70 bart, I speak and...
by sibley
on Sat May 28, 2011 12:01 pm
 
Forum: Dining out
Topic: Watch out for this restaurant!
Replies: 8
Views: 29615

Re: Double pricing system in Thailand

You are spot on mate, The visa and immigration rules along with the over pricing are turning a lot of people away from Thailand some friends of mine who have visited Thailand for the last 15 years are going to give it a miss this year. As for myself I will leave Thailand soon I'm taking my wife and ...
by sibley
on Sat May 28, 2011 8:38 am
 
Forum: Domestic / cross cultural issues - Thai / Foreigner concerns
Topic: Double pricing system in Thailand
Replies: 451
Views: 365952

Re: Double pricing system in Thailand

Thailand the land of smiles don't make me laugh, myself my wife and daughter went for some food at my wife's cousins food shop and we were charged 25 bart more than we should have been, ok only 25 bart but what made me laugh was the same cousin who has a Farang boy friend only 1 week earlier was com...
by sibley
on Wed May 18, 2011 5:57 pm
 
Forum: Domestic / cross cultural issues - Thai / Foreigner concerns
Topic: Double pricing system in Thailand
Replies: 451
Views: 365952

Re: Double pricing system in Thailand

My wife went to by some Bananas she was charged 25 Bart, I went to the same market stall a week later, there was a sign saying bananas 25 Bart, on giving me the bananas the women said 35 Bart. I explained in Thai that my wife had bought bananas from her last week for 25 Bart and the sign says 25 Bar...
by sibley
on Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:14 am
 
Forum: Domestic / cross cultural issues - Thai / Foreigner concerns
Topic: Double pricing system in Thailand
Replies: 451
Views: 365952

Re: MARRIAGE ADVICE

The best marriage advice I can give you is don't.
by sibley
on Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:59 pm
 
Forum: Getting married and divorced in Thailand - what's required
Topic: MARRIAGE ADVICE
Replies: 9
Views: 17751

Re: new visa rules for foreigners

You are right some people just make it up as they go along,
by sibley
on Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:29 am
 
Forum: Visa and passport issues
Topic: new visa rules for foreigners
Replies: 174
Views: 196892

Re: new visa rules for foreigners

I have just read a few of the posts on this blog and I must say what a load of bollocks some people come out with. I have a category 0 multiple entry visa not a retirement visa, I have had this type visa for many years it lasts for aprox 15 months because a couple of days before it expires go on you...
by sibley
on Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:44 pm
 
Forum: Visa and passport issues
Topic: new visa rules for foreigners
Replies: 174
Views: 196892

Re: Is Farang an f word?

You are 100% right mate, when I am with Thai friends I have used the Farang word many times in conversation it is not a problem to me or the average Farang but some people just like to complain, but that's life.
by sibley
on Fri Nov 12, 2010 6:25 pm
 
Forum: Living in Thailand - adjusting + settling in
Topic: Is Farang an f word?
Replies: 276
Views: 195793
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