Phuket Barber Bill Row Turns Physical With Jordanian Tourist

4 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Patong Police attended a report of a fight near the end of Soi Bangla, where officers found the tourist and the employee grappling with each other. The case was resolved after the tourist agreed to compensate the employee for damaged glasses, with neither side pursuing further action

An alternative happy ending

Anybody remember the Takara barbershop on the second floor Patpong back in the 90s? Extra service was a specialty. Well worth the additional cost.

8 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

What is your claim based on? The customer may have asked for additional service(s).

For 700 baht the tourist can expect all services included. At no point in the article was it mentioned that barber had mentioned the cost of these alleged extra services.

5 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

What is your claim that the customer was ripped off based on?

They agreed to a more than fair price of 700 baht for a man's haircut. If I went into a barbers shop and agreed to pay 3 1/2 times the going rate of 200 baht, I expect to be treated like a king not like a dumb falang that needs to be ripped off.

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1 hour ago, Jim Waldron said:

฿700 does seem to be a bit excessive. I pay ฿300 for my haircuts in BKK.

It would be interesting to know what the extras were (and their cost)!

A decent haircut up here in Chiang Rai is B100.

You can get one in the village for B40, mind you, it looks like the council parks and gardens department has done it!

Not so much a haircut as having your ears lowered!

59 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

I pay 100 in Kalasin Province. My qualified sister-in-law charged 50 but I got tired of her only opening her hair dressing business when she wasn't rice planting or running a school van service or whaever. The new place is more professional, and because he cuts shorter I only go there half the number of times I did to the sister in law. So I win.

Do you really win? Your SIL can spit in your pad thai.

I’ve experienced this myself once, when I was mugged in a shopping centre in Hua Hin – not 700 but 500 THB. They can only get away with that once; after that, I’ll never go back there again.

The typical responses from the old timers, anything above 50 baht for anything, be it beer, a car wash or a hair cut is a rip off and a scam. And then stand up and tell us how much they pay, like its some kind of medal. Yes 700 is up there, but we have no idea what the shop is like and what services he received, I bet it wasnt a short back and sides from a village barber that it's being compared to though.

The Jordanian should have stood his ground. A rip-off is a rip-off and the Thais can't stop doing it.

700 baht? He was already ripped off before getting any of the other services.

1 hour ago, jaywalker-2 said:

A flippin man's haircut in Orlando is about $30/1,000 baht...AND they expect a tip, so call it $35/1,162 THB.

I'm 59 now, so looking for ear and nose waxing (Old Man Hairs)......Hell yea I'll have to pay extra.

Thailand is still cheap. I've been to Jordan. Beautiful place and pretty women. Never had my hair cut there though.

Did you have coitus with any of the pretty women?

53 minutes ago, riverhigh said:

For 700 baht the tourist can expect all services included. At no point in the article was it mentioned that barber had mentioned the cost of these alleged extra services.

Neither in the article did it mention that the barber had not mentioned the cost of the extras. It might have been mentioned before the cut, or perhaps the barber had a sign up.

But I agree that nothing extra should be done without agreeing on the price first.

I do not have enough information to know if it was a ripoff or not. The barber might have been cheating, and the customer might have been trying to get something for nothing.

You seem sure, I am not sure,

And B700 at a higher-end shop would likely not include everything. This is a price list for a nicer shop Bangkok that I used once. I had the "Istanbul Special", it does not include everything, and I did not think it was a ripoff.:

For that price one can expect more 😜

4 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

700 THB for a haircut??? I could 7 times to the barber for that price... and than the greed is not enough and they add more to the bill.. No wonder problems occur. The greed and scamming are tremendous in Thailand this is another proof.. And what shops like this don't realize is that they kill their own tourist industry

Were prices posted?

Especially in a tourist area everyday services are often priced very high.

If no prices are posted you can bet the pricing structure is "If you gotta ask you can't afford it",

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5 hours ago, anchadian said:

700 baht for a haircut? I'll say no more.

I pay 100 baht for my once a month haircut and tip 20 baht.

14 minutes ago, CM Dad said:

I pay 100 baht for my once a month haircut and tip 20 baht.

What a ripoff, I only pay B40 and tip of the iceburg.

6 hours ago, anchadian said:

700 baht for a haircut? I'll say no more.

Not everyone does the cheap Charlie haircut you prefer.....🤣🤣🤣

Extras eh? Wonder what that entailed?

Seen a barbers shop in Pattaya with the list in Thai and English.For the farang all the prices were exactly double.

No big deal,just pay the fxxking thing.

2 hours ago, JMonroe said:

In my neighborhood in Bangkok, the price of a haircut ranges from 150 baht to 2,000 baht or higher (Chalachol). Prices are posted and you can choose where you want to have your hair cut. No surprises. I think the problem in this case isn't the price, it is the behavior of the tourist. Now, if he was an Israeli, I'm sure no one here would be complaining about the price the barber charged. But as he is an Arab, well, say no more.

Nice switch of subject at the end pal.

I’d say on here it’s about 50/50 on who support Israel and who supports the 6th century death cult.

Personally I sit on the fence.

6 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

700 THB for a haircut??? I could 7 times to the barber for that price... and than the greed is not enough and they add more to the bill.. No wonder problems occur. The greed and scamming are tremendous in Thailand this is another proof.. And what shops like this don't realize is that they kill their own tourist industry

The bill was agreed in advance. So the tourist had the opportunity to turn down the original price if he wished. So I don’t see a scam there.

Whether the addditional work would be chargeable and whether the additional charge was agreed upon in advance, is hard to say. The article isn’t quite clear on that point.

It seems you pay 100 baht for a haircut, but not all haircuts are equal. A short back and side with a set of hair clippers is very different to what a lot of young folk want with sculpting, gel and goodness knows what else. And looking at the photo of the tourist, he has quite a bit of manicured facial hair.

I’m not really seeing the scamming here tbh. It’s more a case of I could get fried rice at the local shop for 70 baht or go to a higher class restaurant and have a meal costing 700 baht.

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8 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

700 THB for a haircut??? I could 7 times to the barber for that price... and than the greed is not enough and they add more to the bill.. No wonder problems occur. The greed and scamming are tremendous in Thailand this is another proof.. And what shops like this don't realize is that they kill their own tourist industry

Poor fella just got charged ฿ 650 to much. Probably because he looked like a Isreali & the local Thai’s want to tar all Israelites with the same brush

One of the few perks for living in Isaan. 50 baht at a place close to me and 60 at the place near my girlfriend's house. Both do touchups areound the neck and ears and good work. Back home last time I needed one and it cost me 300 Baht

3 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

What a ripoff, I only pay B40 and tip of the iceburg.

Whar a rip off I only pay 30 baht.

My barber charges me ฿75, but I pay here ฿100 including a tip.

700 Baht sounds a bit steep for a haircut. The last time that I had my hair cut in Bangkok it was 200 Baht.