Popular Post gunderhill Posted March 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2021 Having learned their lesson with Covid and forever keen to bring tourists back to Thailand on a trip today to James Bond Island where there was virtually no one there, my Wife informs me Thais 60 baht, Farlang 300 baht. Good to see things improving. 4 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post talahtnut Posted March 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2021 Fair when one considers what a farang earns, compared to that which Thai earns. Just another way of looking at it? 4 1 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post itsari Posted March 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, talahtnut said: Fair when one considers what a farang earns, compared to that which Thai earns. Just another way of looking at it? I am not seeing what you are looking at . If you buy a new car , are you expected to pay four times the price that Thai people pay ? 21 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted March 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2021 14 minutes ago, talahtnut said: Fair when one considers what a farang earns, compared to that which Thai earns. Just another way of looking at it? But the wrong way of looking at it. I know a lot of Thai’s who are earning more than I.... some of them would be considered extremely wealthy. The double pricing debate surfaces regularly on this forum and I have not once read one single argument which soundly justifies the practice. 14 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post impulse Posted March 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2021 If you're going to get upset about $10 for traveling to an internationally famous tourist destination, you're going to get ulcers or high blood pressure. Maybe both. 4 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted March 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2021 Debate aside: I entered Koh Samet (which is a national Park) with my Pink ID and received the same price as my Wife. It seems some parks are more strict on charging foreigners the 10x rate than others. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 19 minutes ago, itsari said: I am not seeing what you are looking at . If you buy a new car , are you expected to pay four times the price that Thai people pay ? FIVE times in this case. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 13 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: Debate aside: I entered Koh Samet (which is a national Park) with my Pink ID and received the same price as my Wife. It seems some parks are more strict on charging foreigners the 10x rate than others. Pre covid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunderhill Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 14 minutes ago, impulse said: If you're going to get upset about $10 for traveling to an internationally famous tourist destination, you're going to get ulcers or high blood pressure. Maybe both. Ya reckon. PS I didn't go she went with some friends today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 17 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said: The double pricing debate surfaces regularly on this forum and I have not once read one single argument which soundly justifies the practice. There have been a ton of posts on analogous dual pricing "back home", along with several good explanations about why they'd give a discount to locals as a legitimate business practice or gub'ment policy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AlexRich Posted March 10, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2021 I’m fine with double pricing as long as Thais are charged 6 times as much as me in my home country to enter parks, zoos, etc. Otherwise it’s simply unacceptable. And I pass on the opportunity. The more of us that do that the less likely this policy will be applied. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 42 minutes ago, itsari said: I am not seeing what you are looking at . If you buy a new car , are you expected to pay four times the price that Thai people pay ? I know a pair of idiots who bought a house and paid twice what it was actually worth, perhaps more common that you would appreciate. I know what it's worth because I know how much some of the other houses in the row (all built at the same time) were sold for - they have no idea either as I haven't told them ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gunderhill Posted March 10, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, ukrules said: I know a pair of idiots who bought a house and paid twice what it was actually worth, perhaps more common that you would appreciate. I know what it's worth because I know how much some of the other houses in the row (all built at the same time) were sold for - they have no idea either as I haven't told them ???? Thanks goodness in the UK we have the land registry telling us the exact price property has sold for. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post survivalblue Posted March 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 11, 2021 I always found squeezing into the trunk saved me a lot of baht on entrance fees. Somewhat uncomfortable for about 20 minutes but never had to pay and they never questioned all the luggage and miscellaneous junk in the back seat. 1 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashirelad Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Recently watched a youtube video where a young farang and his Thai gf visited Koh Poda in the same area. Paid 2,000 bht for a long tail boat trip, boat operator conveniently forgot to mention they also had to pay an island access fee of 40/400 bht. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lacessit Posted March 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2021 I accept the pricing if I think it's reasonable, walk away if it's not. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pilotman Posted March 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2021 On 3/10/2021 at 11:48 PM, talahtnut said: Fair when one considers what a farang earns, compared to that which Thai earns. Just another way of looking at it? that is the only way to look at it. This constant duel price whinging on this forum is intensely boring. So it was less than $1 for a Thai and an exorbitant, huge cost of, what, $10 for a farang. Go or don't go, just stop whining about it. 5 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilotman Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 12:44 AM, ukrules said: I know a pair of idiots who bought a house and paid twice what it was actually worth, perhaps more common that you would appreciate. I know what it's worth because I know how much some of the other houses in the row (all built at the same time) were sold for - they have no idea either as I haven't told them ???? Its only worth what someone will pay for it. To put it another way, it's value is whatever you can get. That's the same as in any commercial transaction. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bwpage3 Posted March 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2021 On 3/10/2021 at 11:48 AM, talahtnut said: Fair when one considers what a farang earns, compared to that which Thai earns. Just another way of looking at it? You referring to farang school teachers earnings? 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BenDeCosta Posted March 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2021 Double pricing doesn't just happen in Thailand. In my city in the UK, I can gain entry to museums and attractions for free by showing my council tax bill and ID, whereas a Thai person or someone from another town would be charged, and they charge a lot more than in Thailand. In the same vein, most Thais pay tax in Thailand, so get a subsidised rate. A lot of tourists call this practice racist but it is probably happening in your home country also. But foreigners who live here and pay tax should not be charged extra. Should it be abolished? I don't know, but it's not necessarily racist to charge more to people who don't pay tax here, no matter how much they give to barladies. 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OswaldBastable Posted March 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, BenDeCosta said: Double pricing doesn't just happen in Thailand. In my city in the UK, I can gain entry to museums and attractions for free by showing my council tax bill and ID, whereas a Thai person or someone from another town would be charged, and they charge a lot more than in Thailand. In the same vein, most Thais pay tax in Thailand, so get a subsidised rate. A lot of tourists call this practice racist but it is probably happening in your home country also. In England museum entrance is free for everyone (special exhibitions sometimes charge), the advertised ticket price is just a suggested donation. Until last week I was entering 3-4 times a week, V&A is amazing, National gallery and British Museum also worthwhile. https://www.skyscanner.net/news/inspiration/the-10-best-free-attractions-the-uk Edited March 17, 2021 by OswaldBastable 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenDeCosta Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, OswaldBastable said: In England museum entrance is free for everyone (special exhibitions sometimes charge), the advertised ticket price is just a suggested donation. https://www.skyscanner.net/news/inspiration/the-10-best-free-attractions-the-uk Who said I was from England? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OswaldBastable Posted March 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) Just now, BenDeCosta said: Who said I was from England? Not me. Edited March 17, 2021 by OswaldBastable 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maliproto Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) On 3/10/2021 at 11:35 PM, gunderhill said: Farlang 300 baht. It's probably because, as a farang, you refer to yourself, rather oddly, as a "farlang"! Edited March 17, 2021 by Maliproto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
473geo Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Double pricing, if foreigners really were charged or expected to pay much more than a Thai for MAJOR purchases, then reason to complain, pay higher entry to National Parks to fund the upkeep, nah fellas you are just miserable tight gits!! 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pmbkk Posted March 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2021 19 minutes ago, BenDeCosta said: Double pricing doesn't just happen in Thailand. In my city in the UK, I can gain entry to museums and attractions for free by showing my council tax bill and ID, whereas a Thai person or someone from another town would be charged, and they charge a lot more than in Thailand. In the same vein, most Thais pay tax in Thailand, so get a subsidised rate. A lot of tourists call this practice racist but it is probably happening in your home country also. But foreigners who live here and pay tax should not be charged extra. Should it be abolished? I don't know, but it's not necessarily racist to charge more to people who don't pay tax here, no matter how much they give to barladies. Hardly the same: I'm sure most on this forum would be happy if they got charged the Thai rate on production of their pink card/yellow book(sometimes happens), as opposed to automatically you're a rich foreigner on holiday so it's x times. My wife in London doesn't pay any more than me just because she's Thai. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 minute ago, 473geo said: Double pricing, if foreigners really were charged or expected to pay much more than a Thai for MAJOR purchases, then reason to complain, pay higher entry to National Parks to fund the upkeep, nah fellas you are just miserable tight gits!! Didn't get wealthy by spending on overpriced dual priced items. Value means a lot, when a non Thai migrant pays the same as a Thai and goes through a different gate then a foreigner/expat/tourist then there is a scam to lessen what one carries in their pockets and fatten someone else's. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 On 3/10/2021 at 11:35 PM, gunderhill said: Having learned their lesson with Covid and forever keen to bring tourists back to Thailand on a trip today to James Bond Island where there was virtually no one there, my Wife informs me Thais 60 baht, Farlang 300 baht. Good to see things improving. Farangs pay 300B because they want to see James Bond Island. From a movie from 1974 - almost 50 years ago! Thai pay just the minimum because they are not interested in that old movie. They go there because some farang told them he wants to go there. ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 473geo Posted March 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said: Didn't get wealthy by spending on overpriced dual priced items. Value means a lot, when a non Thai migrant pays the same as a Thai and goes through a different gate then a foreigner/expat/tourist then there is a scam to lessen what one carries in their pockets and fatten someone else's. Fine stay at home count your money nobody is missing you!! 2 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Captain Monday Posted March 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2021 44 minutes ago, BenDeCosta said: Double pricing doesn't just happen in Thailand. In my city in the UK, I can gain entry to museums and attractions for free by showing my council tax bill and ID, whereas a Thai person or someone from another town would be charged, and they charge a lot more than in Thailand. In the same vein, most Thais pay tax in Thailand, so get a subsidised rate. A lot of tourists call this practice racist but it is probably happening in your home country also. But foreigners who live here and pay tax should not be charged extra. Should it be abolished? I don't know, but it's not necessarily racist to charge more to people who don't pay tax here, no matter how much they give to barladies. You don't get it do you? Any Thai person who goes to live in UK as a spouse, a worker, a student will get the same discount. A Local discount not based on nationality or racism. Same in US. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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