gerry1011

I don't understand. Is this exchange supposed to be humorous? Coz it's pretty sad, to be honest.

What's a shame is your inability to appreciate frighteningly accurate satire.

Thanks for posting this finally somebody seems to get what this thread has become. None of my comments are meant to be hurtful or taken seriously. If it was a bar I would ring the bell but would rather have somebody else do that for obvious reasons.

Uh?

Not serious?

But but but... You really got that umbrella for free, right?

This however would have been consigned to obscurity without the latest posts. The original thread had it been thoughtful could have been useful. Something like "Creative ways to spend less in Thailand" might have been a thread that made it. 20,000 views says that at least somebody is amused by this thread. You seemed to love it when the whole point of it was to antagonize everybody else and now that the shoe seems to be squarely on the other foot, you find it absurd. The ridicule and general juvenile nature in the subsequent posts have actually been more light hearted and amusing then the original tone of the thread. An obvious troll took a severe beating and we all win. My obnoxious posts simply parrot the OP and his infantile, maniacal, tone.

Anyway back on topic, just got back from 7/11. noticed they had just started stocking umbrellas and went to buy one. Seems they are some promo for the 7/11 top up card. 190 Baht to open for the card and an attractive umbrella that says hello in three different 4 different languages, sawasdee, nee hao, sabai dee, and ming ga sapaa which is evidently Burmese although I only can read the

Thai script which accompanies it. So I win again. I am now a member of the exclusive 7/11 top up card privilege system. I a sure some members will feel this should be farmed out in annual installments to make entry to the club more reasonable

I also have a new card to add to my portfolio! The newest addition to my card collection looks like this.... How about that level of prestige? Who else garners such high esteem for such a low amount? How about that?

Aaaaaaaaargh !!!

You kill me !!!

I want that card too !!!

And it goes soooooooo nicely with the Thailand Elite and Amex Platinum cards. Wonderful colors combination.

And look... In the bottom right of the card it is written "Smart Purse" !!! Exactly what we needed in this thread

Speaking about umbrellas, do you know that if you buy a Rolls Royce you get free umbrella?

It is nicely stored inside the door. Very convenient in case of rain, and totally free!

You may have had a good deal with the 7/11 umbrella, but the Rolls Royce umbrella is free.

I beat you on this one, sorry.

Great savings again.

(For those who don't believe I can always take a picture).

Few years ago I got a free umbrella with opening a SCB bank account. I had to deposit some money, forgot how much, but for sure it didn't come even close to the amount a RR cost.

It's far more difficult to be driven in an SCB bank account than in a Rolls Royce though...

Even if both have a free umbrella.

Both are offering a great way to save on our umbrella costs anyway. Thank you for sharing

This however would have been consigned to obscurity without the latest posts. The original thread had it been thoughtful could have been useful. Something like "Creative ways to spend less in Thailand" might have been a thread that made it. 20,000 views says that at least somebody is amused by this thread. You seemed to love it when the whole point of it was to antagonize everybody else and now that the shoe seems to be squarely on the other foot, you find it absurd. The ridicule and general juvenile nature in the subsequent posts have actually been more light hearted and amusing then the original tone of the thread. An obvious troll took a severe beating and we all win. My obnoxious posts simply parrot the OP and his infantile, maniacal, tone.

Anyway back on topic, just got back from 7/11. noticed they had just started stocking umbrellas and went to buy one. Seems they are some promo for the 7/11 top up card. 190 Baht to open for the card and an attractive umbrella that says hello in three different 4 different languages, sawasdee, nee hao, sabai dee, and ming ga sapaa which is evidently Burmese although I only can read the

Thai script which accompanies it. So I win again. I am now a member of the exclusive 7/11 top up card privilege system. I a sure some members will feel this should be farmed out in annual installments to make entry to the club more reasonable

I also have a new card to add to my portfolio! The newest addition to my card collection looks like this.... How about that level of prestige? Who else garners such high esteem for such a low amount? How about that?

Aaaaaaaaargh !!!

You kill me !!!

I want that card too !!!

And it goes soooooooo nicely with the Thailand Elite and Amex Platinum cards. Wonderful colors combination.

And look... In the bottom right of the card it is written "Smart Purse" !!! Exactly what we needed in this thread :)

Speaking about umbrellas, do you know that if you buy a Rolls Royce you get free umbrella?

It is nicely stored inside the door. Very convenient in case of rain, and totally free!

You may have had a good deal with the 7/11 umbrella, but the Rolls Royce umbrella is free.

I beat you on this one, sorry

Great savings again.

(For those who don't believe I can always take a picture) (of the umbrella).

Picture of my savings.

The crab sticks from 7/11.

Isn't that nice?

And super cheap, on top of that!

Let's hope tomorrow is a repeat of the manna from heaven we have been lucky enough to receive today. Gerry you really have learned to be happy with what you get and not worrying about what others save compared to your own savings seems to be a large part of this. It is very admirable you aren't even a tad envious of my huge score. Well i am guessing you are a tad bit envious but you are handling all of this very well.

I sincerely do admire your creative ways and ideas, taking advantage of all these marvelous opportunities to make more and more savings, and thus reaching incomparable happiness in Thailand, without the necessity of any all these evil material things that make the life of most of us look like the worst of the worst nightmares... In simple words, thanks to you we now understand that "less is a big plus". Thank you !

I do admire you, your discipline, your innovation in not only saving money, but also, sometimes, make money (!), while saving at the same time, keeping all that money we made, in order to make even more savings, making our life safe... and happy.

It's difficult to explain the feeling that all these successes can procure. I don't have the words for it. It's too beautiful.

At the same time... Yes, I am envious of your skills. Even jealous. Sometimes terribly frustrated because I know very well that I will never be able to reach your level.

But you are right. I think that I can handle all these bad feelings quite well, and still chat in a friendly way with you and Naam (even if he seems not as good as you at saving peanuts)(Sorry, I mean money).

But, if I can handle all this very well, as you say, and thank you for saying that, it is because of the good education I received in my early years. Same as for the schools and university, there were no savings on that side, be reassured.

But nowadays is different.

I can't believe how much I saved just by chatting with you guys

Uhm... I will fire the cleaning lady for having left that half peanut under the cushion.

Additional savings

Life is so cool when you know how to save money in Thailand.

So I was sitting at home all day and beginning to fret. I hadn't left the house since I woke up so I didn't spend anything but it seemed like a hollow win for me. How could I come up with additional savings although I hadn't been anywhere? how can i cheat old man inflation from the comfort of my house? I turned off the TV, fan and every other electrical device possible, yet this wasn't enough to soothe me. Luckily the neighbor doesn't save power by turning his wifi router off so I can relate to you my great existence with no burden or cost to myself.

Then it dawned on me. It was like some sort of divine epiphany, I hadn't even looked in between the cushions of my sofa since I had moved into my condo. I found around ten Baht worth of coins! The icing on the cake is the five Baht coin in this picture is definitely not mine and from the previous tenant. I would have most certainly noticed a discrepancy of that level when I do my nightly audit of my pocket change savings. This just goes to show the reckless oversight of others is a win for us savers!

Never give up hope there are many forms of savings and in this case sometimes even opportunities for earnings such as this one. So please everybody take a break from this forum and go discover the treasure trove of newly found wealth in your sofas! This will be a great win for all of us! The collective wealth of TV will go up upon reading this post. Not only do I win for me but I win for all of you as well! We should all be jelus!

This thread is getting better and better.

From savings to earnings...

Who would have guessed that our efforts to not open our wallet would lead us to new opportunities for earnings.

Brilliant. Just brilliant.

I thus went immediately to check this theory by myself in my own living room...

I lifted the cushions of the sofa...

And... THERE IT WAS !!!

As unbelievably as it may seem, there WAS something: Half a peanut !!!

I have to admit that I was slightly disappointed to find only half a peanut rather than plenty of money, as you miraculously found under the cushions of your own sofa.

But then, I realized that there was no point in being disappointed, and that I should be very happy with my finding.

Indeed, for many on this planet, as well as on this forum, saving peanuts seems to be of paramount importance to reach a better life.

So, the fact that I actually "made" half a peanut by simply looking under the cushion of my sofa can already be seen as a super great achievement.

I can't believe I made peanuts today.

Pure happiness

(Well, half a peanut) (But happy anyway)

A Bangkok developer found a way for us to save on parking costs (and parking tickets).

Isn't that great?

You would need a suitable car to fit into that super luxury garage though...

(Sukhumvit 31).

for increased savings we could increase the caviar tonnage from Russia and decrease the number of baths we take.

Fill our baths with caviar... That would not be considered as savings, right?

We would actually save on water and food though...

bathing in caviar cannot be considered savings even if our Russian friends deliver tons.

but we could teach our dogs not only to hunt cats but how to prepare a tasty cat curry as well as stealing food from the neighbours' dogs. this would add up to considerable savings over a period of 175 years due to fictive compound interest on the basic savings.

note: the dogs should be made aware that is doesn't pay stealing from people who live in shoeboxes located in highrise buildings because some dirty old socks are not exactly palatable!

:) :)

Too good

for increased savings we could increase the caviar tonnage from Russia and decrease the number of baths we take.

Fill our baths with caviar... That would not be considered as savings, right?

We would actually save on water and food though...

No that could challenge the ego of some of us that are financially impaired.

Yeah you right.

We should stay nice to each other

Let's keep on topic and find more ways to save tons and tons of money.

We should ask Naam to comment further.

He also has very smart ideas about this matter

Since we already hijacked this thread, and since we already spoke about countless ways to save money in Thailand, should we turn it into a "silly spendings" thread?

For fun

Don't be jelus Gerry, I win so much others are angry.

I am jealous !

I now feel a bit like if my parents had saved on the quality of my schools and university.

Just a feeling though. Hopefully in those times nobody thought about saving money

Since I cannot compete with such a creative way of saving money in order to never open my wallet while living like a king in Thailand..., I think I will accept defeat... and buy another watch tomorrow

We all have a weakness. Crackers for some, girls for others, gambling for the silly ones, and watches for me... These are expensive, but it comes with a beautiful box that you can always use for something else later. Yeah yeah... there are better savings, but I just can't find better. I am only a human with all my deficiencies

Some on here seem to show a bit of anger.

Or at least a bit of discomfort, or maybe disappointment because this thread has evolved to something less depressing than usual?

I, for once, really enjoy speaking about savings

Well just today I cancelled my wifi and have managed to brute force my neighbors connection. I haven't managed to quit smoking but I discovered that the ashtrays in front of hospitals are great places to find ones that are only half smoked. So I am able to smoke and I don't pay! This will take years off of my life so I do not need to budget for those years either. Even when I feel like a loser I am winning!

I have begun paying more attention to the satang coins I get at 7/11 I used to think worrying about them are giving them to beggars was the charitable thing to do. How foolish was I?

Saving money is a matter of simple philosophy and like many backpackers I have realized if I put aside everybody else and fixate only on my own needs I save tons. Losing my own self respect and the respect of others has put me well under my budget. I get my vegetables cheaper because I negotiate in Thai and if I see a Thai person get bananas for 20 Baht I get them for 10. I simply explain I am willing to take the rotten ones. I make sure they trim the stems down before they are weighed.

Sometimes they don't bother to weigh them and just give them to me and shoe me away for being a pest. I win again.

Pro tip: For anybody trying to live my 5 star lifestyle is don't dumpster dive at seafood restaurants in this climate. If you see discarded caviar in the trash as tempting as it might be try to avoid it.

Although if you do not seek medical treatment the food poisoning could save you a few days on eating. This assumes you drink only tap water which will build your immune system further.

If you end up in the hospital make sure to check the ashtrays because nicotine will also help suppress your appetite once you are healed up.

My little bit of decadence today was wrong and I will no longer enjoy my fruit and crackers again. I got depressed over such a lavish display and went out on Khao San sifting through orphaned drinks at various backpacker places to wash my guilt away.

My bank account had around 5,000 Baht when I opened it today and now has 4,874. I have eaten, smoked, drank and can post my winnings here for all to see.

In my next post i will enlighten everybody about how I score girls.

PS Guys are cheaper.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Who would have thought that you were such good money saver AND writer at the same time :)

Not only you gave us an invaluable source of inspiration to make even more savings, but you also made us laugh

I guess you are now the unbeatable one. I can't compete with you

So, now my strategy for this thread is to wait for the other guys to come up with their simplistic, basically very boring, and useless comments that I can easier compete with. Your are too advanced for me

Great post

Some on here seem to show a bit of anger.

Or at least a bit of discomfort, or maybe disappointment because this thread has evolved to something less depressing than usual?

I, for once, really enjoy speaking about savings

Anybody else with more great ideas of amazing savings making life in Thailand so cheap that it is virtually impossible to open our wallets?

Must be tons of possibilities for those who aspire to a real meaningless life in Thailand.

Euh... Sorry, I mean "meaningful", not "meaningless" (5555).

Wow how does theguy know what phone return uses? Anybody else beginning to think they are the same person? did somebody post under the wrong sock puppet by accident there?

Of course it's all the same guy

But shhhhhhh... don't tell him.

He is in his own "multiple personalities trip". We don't want him to suddenly find out the ugly truth about himself and have him end up in shock...

And besides this, he (and associated pseudos) is super entertaining

Slander is a criminal offense in Thailand.

Moderators can absolutely prove that I do not have more than one account on this forum.

Hopefully this will shut you up.

We love you

Wow how does theguy know what phone return uses? Anybody else beginning to think they are the same person? did somebody post under the wrong sock puppet by accident there?

Of course it's all the same guy

But shhhhhhh... don't tell him.

He is in his own "multiple personalities trip". We don't want him to suddenly find out the ugly truth about himself and have him end up in shock...

And besides this, he (and associated pseudos) is super entertaining

I wonder if having multiple personalities leads to even more savings... Should study the question a bit

I don't need a watch, I have an iPhone. (second hand) paid 100 euro.

I saved 25000 baths. with this money saved, I can live 3 months in Thailand for free

what about that?

Amazing !

We still have a lot to learn from you (and associated pseudos).

Second hand iphone. Never thought about that one.

I always assumed that I would lose face with only one of the lastest model iphone. That is why I opened my wallet to buy two 6s and one Samsung (in case of).

But... To use only one second hand iphone is indeed super amazing savings. What a bright idea

So, no iphone 7 next September, and here we go: Three full months of free crackers!

Very tempting indeed.

Can't say thank you enough

people who save "25000 baths" aren't smelling of roses

Arf :)

My apologies.

I thought the comment was about saving some baht.

But now that I know it was about saving on baths, water and soap... Eeeewwwww ! Disgusting.

Thanks for letting us know.

I don't need a watch, I have an iPhone. (second hand) paid 100 euro.

I saved 25000 baths. with this money saved, I can live 3 months in Thailand for free

what about that?

Amazing !

We still have a lot to learn from you (and associated pseudos).

Second hand iphone. Never thought about that one.

I always assumed that I would lose face with only one of the lastest model iphone. That is why I opened my wallet to buy two 6s and one Samsung (in case of).

But... To use only one second hand iphone is indeed super amazing savings. What a bright idea

So, no iphone 7 next September, and here we go: Three full months of free crackers!

Very tempting indeed.

Can't say thank you enough

I just didn't need to buy 6 pairs of $120 socks, although the one pair I did buy was and will continue to be the best dress socks i have ever owned.

Quality comes at a price

Hence it is really puzzling why one lives in a 3rd world country.

It was just a humorous story of one time around 20 years ago when I needed some socks and got a bit of sticker shock not knowing what they would cost. When I asked for 6 pairs I was expecting the price to be less than $100 at the most. So I humbly backed off and looked cheap because I could only afford one. Try to grow a sense of humor. for one small moment I thought I was a high roller and then got called out and had to put them back and then I understood that people have bigger budgets than I do and different lifestyles.

Excuse me for having ever gone somewhere and wanting to go out and dress up for a nice meal and to see some shows and go to the casino.... I do not know what it so puzzling about it?

I think that guy (from another forum) (and other associated pseudos) is just trying to brake the good atmosphere of this thread and bring it back to its original depressing state...

BUT... with all those great savings we already made, and all those great life stories that we share, we are all in a state of true happiness, aren't we?

You want another tip to make super savings?

I bought a Bovet watch at Gaysorn (Where Bovet is located). The watch was rather expensive, I must admit.

But you know what?

Once I decided to buy it, they brought me and my friend a full afternoon tea set from The Oriental shop. It was not only delicious, but after that great attention from the store manager... I did not have to eat ANYTHING else for the rest of the afternoon !!! The whole afternoon !!! Incredible saving, isn't it?

So, if you want to save on food, hurry up, and buy a watch at Bovet (On top of that it's all limited editions). Pure happiness

It is only the finest dew from the mountain otherwise known as Mountain Dew. Considered very high end back in the USA but here I get it for 14 Baht a bottle. Yes, I admit today I splurged a little bit. This was to celebrate opening my new bank account!

A new BANK ACCOUNT ????

My god... I have the feeling that you prepare yourself for some serious spendings now.

At the same time, one of the easiest and most efficient way of not opening our wallet is to use these credit cards that all these banks offer us to use

This is becoming painfully embarrassing. I have never seen the lines between peasant and billionaire more blurred. Lol this is a thread of the year candidate now and the stuff of legends.

Look what I just brought home! I am so abundantly wealthy that I am going to eat all of this by myself. Don't be jealous of my tremendous win here!

Craaaaaaaaaaaackers

AND fruits !!!

Are you on a spending spree?

And what is that expensive looking juice on the side?

Today you really exaggerate.

We are here to speak about savings. About NOT opening your wallet.

I think you got it all wrong.

That juice makes me jealous though :)

There are beers to brag about but Stella isn't one of them.

not to forget that no amount of quality beer goes with the consumption of a ton of caviar.

Maybe not a ton, but quality beer and a reasonable amount of caviar are going together quite good.

Please do not misunderstand the meaning of my messages. I do not brag about my savings. But... even if others seem far far far (...) more advanced than me when it comes to save money, I believe that I am not that bad either.

One more way to make your life super cheap in Thailand (as on the pictures):

- Hoegaarden super premium beer, instead of champagne.

- Oscietra caviar, instead of beluga.

- Crab sticks from 7/11 (29b a pack) (the king of the savings).

Perfect "saver's combination". You don't need to call a master chef to prepare your dinner anymore either.

And with all that money you just saved, you can go shopping tomorrow

Just bought "caviar looking shoes" at Zegna.

32,000b.

Love these shoes.

I saved on the 900b socks.

Did not buy any.

Great savings again.

This thread is becoming surreal.

Love it

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Reminds me of one time I was at the Bellagio in Vegas. I had to go out that night and be dressed well, I went into a shop downstairs in the lobby. I needed a pair of black socks and the guy was telling me how great his socks were. So I told him just give me 6 pairs, it came out to nearly $800. So I told the guy maybe I just need one pair. lol I can't remember what they were made of but I saved around $650 by only opening my wallet a little bit. i felt like a loser having to back pedal. Those were the days!

Yeah, but all these amazing savings are the spices of life

Not so long ago some friends and I woukd never miss an occasion to fly to singapore to buy socks around Orchard Road. Far cheaper there.

And by staying at the Marriott Tang Plaza we saved a lot on the limo costs. All malls are at walking distance. Sweet (super savings) memories

Let's have another Stella

Ahhhhhhh NOW we talk

But I am afraid that to have another such delicious expensive high quality premium imported beer goes against the subject of this thread

The connoisseurs who want to enjoy this 600 years old beverage will have to open their wallet. More than once. Stella in Thailand is not for everybody. It is reserved for the lucky (financially comfortable) few.

Perfection has its price...