Popular Post RichardColeman Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 Was at the Big C Pattaya Klang 2 weeks ago. Must have been about 5 pm and they were putting the prices down. Must have been about 20 farang hovering around this one bin as they put out the discount food. So it isn't just Thais feeling that pinch 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Deli Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 Thai Friendly, order your "meal" and stay home. No drinks, no bar fine, no taxi. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Guderian Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 The number of Grab Food delivery bikes and other food delivery services I see queued up at the more popular Thai places tells me that the Thais are simply getting too lazy to go out and buy the food themselves, they're just calling out for somebody else to get it now. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soalbundy Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 Once the high season starts and all the tourists flood in all will be well ???? 1 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post legend49 Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 Prices are rising. Just went to our local Vietnamese restaurant. The menu had stick on paper on every price with new prices ( upwards in price written in). The dish we normally buy in a take away box for 2 people was 200 baht 2 months ago, last month it jumped to 240 baht, toady we hit 300 baht . He then tells me a bigger size at 400 baht , no thankyou. Not being stingy farang can probably absorb the increases but if you were a Thai on 250 baht a day, phew! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sammieuk1 Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 Its a great time for generals masquerading as politicians and that's all that matters???? 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tgw Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 2 hours ago, keith101 said: Getting real with a bad economy and rising unemployment if they keep that up they will soon become a first world economy, where everyone has loads of money but can't afford anything. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30la Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Clearly the government with all its specialized ministers has not noticed anything yet! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jaiyen Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 Not one person said they would not buy a new phone, or buy a cheaper phone ! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unamazedloso Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 maybe getting healthy to? lot a heffas about nowadays eating market oiled up, salty, fatty rubbish. Probably a good thing My family eats 99% of meals at home. Sick of paying for diarrhoea then for the medicine... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofthemountain Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 34 minutes ago, RichardColeman said: Was at the Big C Pattaya Klang 2 weeks ago. Must have been about 5 pm and they were putting the prices down. They were ahead then usually the promotions never start before 6 pm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Brickbat Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 We were the only guests at a 4 star resort in CM. Well, the rich are busy buying up foreign assets and the average have no clue. The longer this cheap money floats around , the bigger the world wide bust up. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kingofthemountain Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 30 minutes ago, Deli said: Thai Friendly, order your "meal" and stay home. No drinks, no bar fine, no taxi. True but beware the old photos if you not want to be disappointed when the delivery arrives with 10 years more on the counter and 10 kilos (At least) more on the balance 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatLife Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 could be due to Food Panda and people ordering from said restaurants but to eat at home 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofthemountain Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 20 minutes ago, soalbundy said: Once the high season starts and all the tourists flood in all will be well ???? yes just have to wait and pray ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Eating at home and not going out to eat is shades better than staying at home and not eating at all. Could be not far oof and probably already for a growing number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kingofthemountain Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 22 minutes ago, legend49 said: Prices are rising. Just went to our local Vietnamese restaurant. The menu had stick on paper on every price with new prices ( upwards in price written in). The dish we normally buy in a take away box for 2 people was 200 baht 2 months ago, last month it jumped to 240 baht, toady we hit 300 baht . He then tells me a bigger size at 400 baht , no thankyou. Not being stingy farang can probably absorb the increases but if you were a Thai on 250 baht a day, phew! Yes Thai logic We have less customers mm how to earn the same money like before? well it's easy, just up the prices silly but TIT 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torturedsole Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 (edited) 59 minutes ago, korkenzieher said: Why did Jamie Oliver go bust? Sorry but I don't agree. Jamie left his brother-in-law in charge of his business interests when he should have been running it himself. We had a meal at Jamie's Italian about six years ago and was probably the poorest excuse from a chain I've ever had the misfortune to consume and we never went back after that and we weren't the only ones. Edited November 26, 2019 by torturedsole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbi1 Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 2 hours ago, CNXexpat said: Because the food stalls and restaurants have to pay a high commission, the dishes are a lot smaller compared with the portions on site. Is this really true that the portions are smaller when ordered through Grab or Foodpanda? Anyone else experienced this? I always thought the price was slightly higher when ordering through those apps plus you pay for delivery too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bbi1 Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said: --and lots of stray dogs suddenly have been disappearing off my local sois..... Do you mean that the Thais have started eating the soi dogs like the Vietnamese? lol 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Im all for buy one get one Some of the prices are getting stupid in these restaurants imported beers 300 Baht a pint I was looking to take a snack home it was like 170 Baht for just a snack, <deleted> that stop at 7/11 on the way home 30 Baht 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GarryP Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 Asked motorcycle taxi guys how things are in the soi I live in and they all said pretty much the same thing. The street traders and food shops/restaurants are all complaining that business is way down. Had a large roller blind installed 2 weeks ago and asked the guy installing it how business was. He said it was his first order of the month. He claimed that usually November and December are the busiest months for his business, but so far it had been terrible. His business was really suffering. All rather anecdotal but seem to support others interpretation of the state of things. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChipButty Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 Took me ages to get the Midget to start shopping in Makro, snob she is 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Khon Kaen Jeff Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 3 hours ago, BritManToo said: I've been out to eat once this month (bill was 159bht including a large Leo). My Thai gf hasn't been out with me for ages, she can't afford to eat out. When she asks for more money I tell her to find a wealthier lover, but I'm afraid the market for live-in gfs has almost completely dried up (Thai and foreigner employers) in Chiang Mai. Know what you mean, if we didn't have kids my one would have been booted out years back. It's a big enough battle just looking after oneself these days without carrying people. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bkkthebest Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 (edited) The junta knows nothing about managing the economy. Bring back Thaksin, and he will save Thailand and Thais economically. Edited November 26, 2019 by Bkkthebest 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torturedsole Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 5 minutes ago, ChipButty said: Took me ages to get the Midget to start shopping in Makro, snob she is Where did she shop before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofthemountain Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 13 minutes ago, bbi1 said: Do you mean that the Thais have started eating the soi dogs like the Vietnamese? lol What do you think all these cheap sausage BBQ in the streeet stalls are made with? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GarryP Posted November 26, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 (edited) 24 minutes ago, ChipButty said: Took me ages to get the Midget to start shopping in Makro, snob she is 16 minutes ago, torturedsole said: Where did she shop before? The mini mart. Perfect for the vertically challenged. Edited November 26, 2019 by GarryP 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curlylekan Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 I never know what to believe after reading any of these polls because it's never explained enough how these polls are conducted. Why the number is so small, thus how does it represent the population as a whole, how much were people spending before; Thai's usually live with family and friends, so how much has changed; Thai's often unplug all electrical outlets, so why does this article make it sound like something new; is less eating out a result of the economy or a result of a person's spending habits; like others said, are people just ordering in more now cause they'd rather not go out; and more. My main concern is the rather small representation of the Thai people and when it comes to money, in Thailand, the gap is pay gap between high society and low society is so large, it's hard to make broad generalizations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipButty Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 20 minutes ago, torturedsole said: Where did she shop before? Villa market and Central Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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