Again here we have dual pricing, This will just not go away

[Anna Rak]

I am due to arrive early April, so have been searching for Test and  Go Go, there are plenty around the £275 mark for me and the family in Bangkok for day 1 but we will be traveling home to Buriram after release, so I was looking for a day 5 in Buriram, I have just had this back.

 

 

Hello,

 

We now offer test&go package for day 5 at R** Hotel which is next door to J****** Resort.

 

Please find the information and rate below;

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#TestandGoPackage #Buriram

 

#PCR + #ROOM + #HospitalTransfer

 

R** Hotel now offers Test and Go package for Day 5.

 

Special Rate 1 Night | Price is per person

Thai Person at 3,550 THB

Foreigner at 4,550 THB

 

Extra person ( 2nd Person)

Thai : 2,550 THB

Foreigner : 3,550 THB

 

The Package Includes;

 - Daily breakfast

 - Transfer from R** hotel to the hospital and back to the hotel.

 - 1 time Covid-19 RT-PCR test at Buriram hospital.

-  Wireless Connection at the hotel.

-  Free Use of Swimming pool and Fitness Center.

 

So there you have it, Double Standards at there best!!!!

 

Might be because my nose and mouth are bigger being a Farang

[Meat Pie 47]

Yes it will never go away

[desert dueller]

Try somewhere else where the pricing is fair and equitable. Very simple. Don't forget to let them know why you have decided to go elsewhere. Provided of course there actually is an "elsewhere" to be found....

[blackcab]

The name of the hotel and other identifying information has been removed due to the stringent defamation laws in Thailand.

[Anna Rak]

To be fair, I have emailed plenty of SHA plus+ in Buriram but this is the first I have had a reply from, so will wait and see.

 

I really think that now even Australia is opening up that the Thai's may drop this nonsense.  ????????

[Guest Isaanlife]

4 minutes ago, desert dueller said:

Try somewhere else where the pricing is fair and equitable. Very simple. Don't forget to let them know why you have decided to go elsewhere. Provided of course there actually is an "elsewhere" to be found....

Go somewhere else when her home is in Buriram?

[RandiRona]

3 minutes ago, desert dueller said:

Try somewhere else where the pricing is fair and equitable. Very simple. Don't forget to let them know why you have decided to go elsewhere. Provided of course there actually is an "elsewhere" to be found....

I doubt that would change anything. It has been ingrained in Thai culture that charging more to foreigners since they are rich is just and accepted. They see nothing wrong in that as verified by a court order recently where Court agreed it to be constitutional. So in their eyes, they are following the law.

Thai Court rejects dual pricing case by expat against Hua Hin Hospital - Hua Hin Today English Newspaper Info, Reports, Events and News Social Life

 

[sqwakvfr]

I completed Quarantine twice in 2021 and will do it again in 2022.  For ASQ Hotel Packages there have always been two prices: one for Foreigners and of course a lesser amount for Thai Nationals.  It's like Death, Taxes and Dual Pricing: Things that are 100% certain in life.  

[farangnomore]

1 hour ago, RandiRona said:

I doubt that would change anything. It has been ingrained in Thai culture that charging more to foreigners since they are rich is just and accepted. They see nothing wrong in that as verified by a court order recently where Court agreed it to be constitutional. So in their eyes, they are following the law.

Thai Court rejects dual pricing case by expat against Hua Hin Hospital - Hua Hin Today English Newspaper Info, Reports, Events and News Social Life

 

Yes, it's a part of Thai culture.  Love it or leave it.

 

I left...

[Sunnny]

The worst of the dual pricing is happening at the Thai hospitals. This is where it becomes especially ugly.

[bkk6060]

 

In their minds most if not all of us are guests here and thus, should be subject to higher rates.

It is what it is and will never change.

 

[ezzra]

The duel pricing in effect is like a unspoken hidden tax for the "pleasure" of living/staying/visiting Thailand, its kind of a way to show us all who's boss here...

[bbko]

In my home country of Merica, they have dual pricing for foreigners wanting to use our colleges & universities, and it's a lot more than 1,000b.

[bunnydrops]

27 minutes ago, bbko said:

In my home country of Merica, they have dual pricing for foreigners wanting to use our colleges & universities, and it's a lot more than 1,000b.

Same with out of state students. Many state parks do the same. Not  really a foreigners tax.

[mvdf]

I wonder if the learned judge who ruled in favour of dual pricing would find these hypothetical numbers just as favourable:

 

Sydney Opera House 

Entry is $42 for adults and $22 for children with $32 concession and family pricing available too

Foreigners: $84 for adults and $44 for children. No concessions whatsoever.

 

Louvre

Tarif sur place: 15€

Étranger/-ère: 30€

 

Lunch:

 

Pad Ped Kati
$16.90 _{foreigners: $33.80 + tip}
Stir-fried of your choice with red curry paste, coconut milk, bamboo shoot, and runner beans.

 

Pad Nam Mun Hoi
$14.90 _{foreigners: $29.80 + tip}

Stir-fried selection with oyster sauce, brocoli, carrot, onion, and mushrooms.

 

Pad Num Prik Phow
$19.90 _{foreigners: $39.80 + tip}

Stir-fried squid with chilli jam, carrot, snow peas, and mushrooms.

[theoldgit]

2 hours ago, Sunnny said:

The worst of the dual pricing is happening at the Thai hospitals. This is where it becomes especially ugly.

 

It happens in UK hospitals as well.

[Kwasaki]

8 hours ago, Anna Rak said:

but we will be traveling home to Buriram after release,

So why don't you quarantine at home after release from Bkk. 

My friend was in Phuket and on release went home to his family in Sukhothai. 

[blackcab]

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[steve187]

3 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

So why don't you quarantine at home after release from Bkk. 

My friend was in Phuket and on release went home to his family in Sukhothai. 

have to have the 5th night in a sha+ hotel with a test

[Kwasaki]

3 minutes ago, steve187 said:

have to have the 5th night in a sha+ hotel with a test

OK I guess things have changed my buddy spent 14 days in Phuket then was free to go home. 

[grego49]

11 hours ago, Anna Rak said:

To be fair, I have emailed plenty of SHA plus+ in Buriram but this is the first I have had a reply from, so will wait and see.

 

I really think that now even Australia is opening up that the Thai's may drop this nonsense.  ????????

We live in hope,,

[Stefanix]

12 hours ago, Anna Rak said:

have been searching for Test and  Go Go,

With "Go Go" it might be more expensive,

[Wiggy]

13 hours ago, blackcab said:

The name of the hotel and other identifying information has been removed due to the stringent defamation laws in Thailand.

The name of the hotel still appears toward the end of the OP.

[thailand49]

Not dual pricing!  Dirty farang price since we got it we should pay socialistic! Then put in a law so you can't speak the truth! 

Edited February 9, 2022 by thailand49

[blackcab]

2 minutes ago, Wiggy said:

The name of the hotel still appears toward the end of the OP.

 

Thank you.

[Hanuman2547]

7 hours ago, bbko said:

In my home country of Merica, they have dual pricing for foreigners wanting to use our colleges & universities, and it's a lot more than 1,000b.

They also have "dual pricing" for out of state US students attending public universities that are not in their own state.  

[AKJeff]

13 minutes ago, Hanuman2547 said:

They also have "dual pricing" for out of state US students attending public universities that are not in their own state.  

I am not sure if this was your point or not but the big difference is dual pricing as I have seen it in the States is based on whether or not you are paying taxes to the government that is subsidizing the service.  I.e. out of state tuition is for people that haven't paid to support the University.  This is why paying more at national parks might make sense but a hotel and private hospital aren't receiving government money (?).  But in the States if you are a resident even if you are a not citizen you are not paying the higher rate.

 

Before anyone says it, I know for universities moving to a state for the purpose of attending school doesn't qualify you for in state tuition.. But that is a sort of a special case.  If you moved for other reasons then you are a resident for tuition purposes after the time period set in law. 

[sandyf]

9 hours ago, Sunnny said:

The worst of the dual pricing is happening at the Thai hospitals. This is where it becomes especially ugly.

Quite possibly at private hospitals, a penalty of being elitist.

I am registered at 5 Thai government hospitals and there is no dual pricing at any. My hypertension tablets are half the price at the hospital pharmacy compared to any pharmacy on the street.

Every 3 months I see the dermatologist and the cardiologist, both consultations cost 100 baht, how ugly is that.

[IAMHERE]

14 hours ago, RandiRona said:

I doubt that would change anything. It has been ingrained in Thai culture that charging more to foreigners since they are rich is just and accepted. They see nothing wrong in that as verified by a court order recently where Court agreed it to be constitutional. So in their eyes, they are following the law.

...

Yes, I just wonder why Thai's never look at what they are actually saying?  Why is it that Thai's are so poor compared to Farang? What is it about Thai's that their lot in life never improves economically? Being the poor of the world is what they have institutionalized with that dual pricing logic.

[StayinThailand2much]

You take up more space in the pool, and use up more oxygen at the fitness center when exercising.

 

If I were you, I'd thank them, but tell them that you decided to book with another hotel, which only charges 3,545 baht for Thais and 3,545 baht for foreigners. Then wait what happens... ????

Edited February 9, 2022 by StayinThailand2much