Wellyoudidask

I just bought a filter coffee machine from Home World next to Big C Sukhumvit, makes a pot of up to about 10 cups.

The lady told me it was 2000 baht with a free Electrolux toaster.

I then noticed they were for sale for 1500 baht without a free toaster, but I still went for the free toaster gig

I had noticed the same Electrolux coffee machine for sale in Carrefor at 1300 baht but couldn't be bothered to go all the way back, and anyway, they never offered a "free" toaster

Toast and coffee? ideal

Can anyone help please, we need a coffee machine for personal use, two cup type or so, any ideas? thanks

Yeah wellyoudidask

my wifes the same never never asks for a discount just hands the dosh over, so now when shopping on the markets i lean over her shoulder and if something costs 250baht i say 200 ok, and low and behold ok ,, maybe im missing something

Im glad its not just mine,..

A problem i often find is that the staff cant add up. My missus ALWAYS checks the bill - no matter how long it is - and makes the waiter stand there whilst she does it. If its wrong in any way, back it goes. She smiles and is polite of course, as we all should be. The bill is OFTEN wrong though. She says this is nothing to do with me being foreign - it even happens back home in Nakon Si Nowhere. They just aint that bright.

Like the OP says - it aint about the money - its the principle. And i agree.

If you live in a tourist zone - just keep paying the money and see how much the prices go up.

Look, for example, at tourist places with lots of scandinavians who will just pay anything if you want evidence. They tried it on with me once in ko Lanta. Songthaw full of scandinavians paid the extra 20 baht each. I said call the cops and paid the agreed and advertised rate.

I dont like getting ripped off ANYWHERE.

I agree completely, checking the bill in Thailand is a MUST. The percentage of bills I receive that have an error is above 50% - usually in the establishments favor, but sometimes in mine. Generally, they will correct it with a minimum of fuss. The worst offenders are bars, but it also happens in restaurants and even hotels (got charged an extra night twice in Pattaya) especially with mini-bars, which is why I always fill out the form now.

dumspero - you are right, these things do happen at all levels in Thai society, but like with countries everywhere, they happen more in tourist areas – meaning we are more susceptible to it as Westerners living in these areas. However, it seems to happen with alarming frequency in Thailand. I am a bill checker - I have not yet had an altered bill in Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Shanghai or Singapore, despite frequent travel. The reason, I believe, is that these places are a bit more concerned about their customers than local Thai businesses. For example, in five years in Thailand, I have never once gotten a free drink or a free appetizer, what have you, at a Thai establishment. In Hanoi, three restaurants in a row gave us free appetizers or deserts on the last visit. In the Philippines and Cambodia, I have received many free drinks, and free doubles from bartenders, owners and managers – NEVER in Thailand. The concern for repeat business here in Thailand is just not strong.

Back to the bill and rip-offs - that is not to say I have not had a lot of people TRY to rip me off, especially in the Philippines, but the bill has always been correct and matched the menu or promotional sign. While I avoid the known rip-off places in Thailand, it does not seem to stop the frequency with which this occurs.

On double pricing, one of my saddest double pricing experiences was finding out that Sudah (sp), a very popular Thai restaurant on Sukhumvit Soi 14, has double pricing on lunch items. I could not believe it; I ate there for two years before finding out, used to speak with the lady who runs the place all the time – only to find out she is charging me more than the Thai sitting next to me.

I have been ripped off twice at the exchange counters in bkk, once a mistake, 2 , !

Recently, I found a new restaurant on a quiet soi not far from my apartment. It's an Isaan restaurant, serving such tasty treats as som tam, kao moo yang and nom took moo. The tables are spread out in a banana grove, providing a relaxing, private atmosphere with the sounds of birds chirping instead of engines revving.

Today I went there for lunch with my girlfriend. When we received the bill, we were surprised to see a different total than what we'd expected. It wasn't much higher, but enough to catch our attention.

My girlfriend asked why the prices on the bill weren't the same as the prices on the menu. The waiter clearly was caught off guard, and spewed out some bs story about how it was an old menu from an old restaurant, and the prices were different now. We knew that was crap for many reasons, and my girlfriend politely told him that he shouldn't charge a different price than what was on the menu. And in fact, on our previous visit they hadn't. But this time they smelled farang money and got greedy, and tried to overcharge us in spite of having prices clearly written on the menu.

Now, it's not the money that bothers me. The difference was only about 40 baht. But it's the principle of being ripped off. I just can't understand people who have such a petty mentality. By attempting to steal 40 baht, they've now lost my future business. I probably would have gone there a few times a week, and I always tip . But now I'll never go back.

This is not a unique experience. This happens more often than I'd like to admit, and it's beginning to drive me crazy! Anyone else have similar experiences?

Either get used to it or from now on when you order food tell the waiter how much your order costs , works everytime .

Point at it on the menu and pay up front !

we aint done yet.............lol.

now i know why thais will take advantage of farangs. the farangs are just like rocky balboa. they lead with their chin just asking to be smacked, and when the thai smacks em they go back for more.

Heres one i dont get, my wife will never ask for a discount, on anything, me, everything ,and i normally get it, so, are the thais charging the thais more in a sense, or is the wife just happy to give another thai the asking price,. but she will go all over town to get beer cheaper ! funny old lot

Someone told me something that if I dial XXX instead of + when making an international call it becomes a lot cheaper.

I forgot what the XXX was, it was like 007 or 009 and is it true?

Take off the + and put 009, cheap to uk

Hi,

กรุงศรีอยุธยา

I think it is the name of a place in Thailand possibly within Bangkok

Could you tell me what it is ?

Thanks in advance

My wife says its her bank !

Considering how much money foreigners bring to Thailand, It would be wrong to label us in a bad way.

That's the crux of the matter, J. Having the money to throw about doesn't buy you respect or regard. It can however foster envy and contempt among those who don't have it so if you're old and unattactive many of those people will say you're buying affection whether it's true or not.

Does it matter if both are happy ? comments like yours do seem to come across as jealousy or a lack of knowing the thai way at least ,..

None of the older guys I know with young ladies met them in the disco

Young boy we don't need to meeet young ladies in the disco...this is artificial and premeditated!!!!!.

We find them on our natural environment...hospitals, farmacies, drug stores, orthopedic clinics,...

However I bet they'd rather swap ages with the younger ones. No ones likes being old, do they? I certainly wish I could knock a few years off.

I would love to be youngest if I could take with me what I know and understand now.....but if I am going to go back knowing and understanding the same that I used to know and understand...better I stay

And while I stay, I ensure that my kids know much more than I knew when I was their age....and this is a great way to keep young..

and now you are going to excuse me that I have to go.....I need to brush my teeth.... but I forgot where I left them

George has borrowed them, he says he will give them back tomorrow !.. An old quote, but why is youth wasted on the young ?

It's just for laughs, N. Even Rambo, the most active geriatric hater, has given up on us and gone back to his troilism, not that I blame him, these silly old buggers can't be serious for more than 3 posts.

BTW, I'd have to give up a lot to gain a little if I were to be young again.

We may all end up in an old peoples home, i dont want to be one of the saying, wish i had done this,wish i had done that, i want to be the one that has them in stitches saying i have done this and done that !

I'm not old enough to remember really but me dad had a maxi!

White with brown vynyl seats and roof

mmmmmmmm! tasty motor

Now you are talking, it had seats that converted to a bed ! superb ! could get some kip whilst waiting for the AA ,,lol

An Austin All-Agro, nice motors!!!

I liked the square steering wheel !. it was living proof that guigerio ( or whaever his name was ) was definatly abusing a substance, that ( the allegro ) and the austin princess !,.. what gems from the british ex empire indeed ./

My dad had a BL Princess 2200 Special Six when I was a kid. Used to love that car (mainly coz of the noise from the inline 6 ) cost him 600 quid at an auction....was actually a bag of <deleted> and spent more time in the garage than on the road had a cool sunroof though that opened over the back seats so as a kid you could stand on the seat with your head out the roof!

Do you remember the ad for the last series, the ambassador, a clown came on and walked around the car pointing at the the extras, one was " power window " i found out later he said that with knowledge as only one ever worked ! looking back some of them cars make me laugh, but part of growing up/old i guess, lol

A man walks into a drug store with his 13 years old son. They happen to walk by the condom display, and the boy asks, "What are these, Dad?"

To which the man matter of factly replies, "Those are called condoms, son... men use them to have safe sex."

"Oh I see," replied the boys pensively. "Yes, I've heard of that in health class at school."

He looks over the display and picks up a package of 3 and asks, "Why are there 3 in this package?"

The Dad replies, "Those are for high school boys. One for Friday, one for Saturday, and one for Sunday." "Cool!" says the boy.

He notices a 6 pack and asks, "Then who are these for?" "Those are for college boys." the dad answers, "TWO for Friday, TWO for

Saturday, and TWO for Sunday." "WOW!" exclaimed the boy.

"Then who uses THESE?" he asks, picking up a 12 pack. With a sigh, the dad replied, "Those are for married men. One for January,

one for February, one for March...... "

Mum is 8 months pregnant in the bath,. jimmy 4 walks in , shyly asks ,( pointing at her whiskers ) whats that mum, ?..slightly embarased and stuck for an answer she replies ' thats my scrubbing brush darling " , oh i see says jimmy, and walks off,. 6 weeks later mum has had the baby and in the bath again, ( now shaven from the hospital ) ,little jimmy once more comes in ,takes a look in astonishment and says " mum, wheres your scrubbing brush ? " again mum is a little short of an answer and replies " ive lost it jimmy, i dont know where it is " , ohh he says, and walks off,. 5 minutes later hes back ,and out of puff from running " MUM, MUM " he shouts, " IVE FOUND IT, IVE FOUND IT " found what jimmy ",, YOUR SCRUBBING BRUSH MUM,. I LOOKED THROUGH THE GREENHOUSE WINDOW AND THE AU PAIR IS WASHING ME DADS FACE WITH IT "

An Austin All-Agro, nice motors!!!

I liked the square steering wheel !. it was living proof that guigerio ( or whaever his name was ) was definatly abusing a substance, that ( the allegro ) and the austin princess !,.. what gems from the british ex empire indeed ./

Most of the older farangs I've seen in KKC are repulsive-looking...pretty obvious what they are there for. Quite an eyesore to everyone.

come dan the dogs <deleted> love, were all averaged between 35 and 50 !

Isn't that's where those dreadful Chelsea geriatric shed dwellers hang out regaling each other with their tales of derrin' do in the good ole' days when football was the province of moronic cretins?

When you engage your brain cell drinking and trying to stand up, what do you do with the other one?

Iwill bring that up in the next committe meting, thankyou for pointing that out, how could we have been like that without realising ,..would you like to sit in ?

i'd just like to say if any of you olduns have been in thailand too long & decide to get your hair dyed,please get it done proffesionally as ive seen some disasters.i saw a guy with an attractive shade of almost purple the other day.

I had orange ! do you have a problem with that ?

THE OLD FARTS CLUB

Motto "We Don't get no satisfaction"

BOB DYLAN - 64

SIR MICK JAGGER – 62

KEITH RICHARDS – 62

CHARLIE WATTS – 64

PETE TOWSHEND – 62

ROGER DALTREY - 62

BRIAN FERRY - 61

ROD STEWART – 61

SIR PAUL McCARTNEY 64

SIR CLIFF RICHARD – 66

SIR ELTON JOHN – 60

ERIC CLAPTON - 62

ERIC BURDON – 64

ROGER McGUINN – 64

DAVID GILMOUR – 61

ROGER WATERS - 63

MICK FLEETWOOD - 60

JERRY LEE LEWIS – 71

JON LORD – 65

JIMMY PAGE – 61

LEONARD COHEN - 72

Senior citizens all, but just about all of these guys could fill a stadium.

The most famous "Wrinklies"

christ i know all them ! ( not personaly ) but you know what i mean,. i am honoured indeed ...

It's the young Thai ladies who have to put up with these dinosaurs that i feel sorry for.

They love it ! your just jealous cause you have to pay the same price

Most of the older farangs I've seen in KKC are repulsive-looking...pretty obvious what they are there for. Quite an eyesore to everyone.

I was an eyesore at home too!

I was an eyesore at 20 , so please dont generalise!

As a future old, fat, retired westerner – give us a break, we deserve a good time too.

And most of us are having one !

I've noticed in Khon Kaen anyway that there are a lot more dottery old codgers around than a few years ago.

What's the reason for this?

Are heating bills going up in the Uk or something?

Can they no longer afford their half pint and drams?

Could they all be finding their 'tee ruks' through online agencies?

Are they coming to get their dentures replaced?

Anyone noticed in the other parts of the country?

Erm...have you been back to the UK recently??? Maybe you will see why the older generation, and indeed those that can afford to, are getting out, and going either to places that their pensions can afford, or places where they can work..

You must remember that it was the older generation that made Britain great, they lived through and fought in the war, and established a stable economy and a good way of life for us younger ones to be born in to...Now all you see, is mass immigration by people who have no interest in society building, they dont integrate, get given houses and benefits, and play the race card every time they cant get their own way...what a smack in the face for all the retired people living on bad pensions after 45 years of country building.....Let the wrinklies enjoy their new lease of life, they have earned to right to it, and are no trouble to anybody

TOTAL LACK OF RESPECT FOR ELDERS IN THE UK !

Er, sorry if I offended anyone I'm sure you guys don't resemble those fat, ugly guys that have that completely depraved look about them.

Carry on!

I do, but i forgive you

To all young whippersnappers - remember that one day, with good health and good luck, you will be an old fart. Some of you in your 20's and 30's are already old farts!

My life is nearly over,

My pilot light is out,

What used to be my sex appeal,

Is now my water spout!

well said, the ones in their 20s early 30s i feel sorry for, we have had the 60s,70s music and all that went with it! ,they have had that negro tallking ( c) rap <deleted> ! all dancing about like they are having an epeleptic fit ,, showing my age and proud of it !

Most of the older farangs I've seen in KKC are repulsive-looking...pretty obvious what they are there for. Quite an eyesore to everyone.

come dan the dogs <deleted> love, were all averaged between 35 and 50 !