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

[Peterphuket]

13 minutes ago, IAMHERE said:

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.

Mondial the average IQ of the Thai is about 80.

Do I need to say more?

Don't expect it will ever change.

[StayinThailand2much]

10 minutes ago, Peterphuket said:

Mondial the average IQ of the Thai is about 80.

Do I need to say more?

Don't expect it will ever change.

Thai academic (with doctorate degree, earns about 50,000 baht/month): "You say, you earn only 30,000 baht/month, but you still make more money (in Thailand), cause you are 'falang' and have $$..."

 

Says it all!

Edited February 9, 2022 by StayinThailand2much

[RocketDog]

8 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.

As you may also know dual tuition prices are also the case for Americans. In-state tuition is considerably less for residents.

 

Also note that a few nights in a hotel are a far cry from a semester or more at a university. My adopted Japanese daughter paid $18,000 for her last year of high school in Colorado about 20 years ago.

 

Given that most state functions and even private enterprises general suck on the government t*t to some extent or another and that taxes pay for the government, I don't personally get exercised about dual pricing. It happens pretty much everywhere in the world as you point out.

 

I'm not going to get bent about a few hundred ฿. I didn't move here because it was cheap, but because the 2016 election convinced me to get out of Dodge before it got worse (and it did). My home country has become almost unrecognizable and I have no intention of returning.

[StayinThailand2much]

Just now, RocketDog said:

I didn't move here because it was cheap, but because the 2016 election convinced me to get out of Dodge before it got worse (and it did).

And of all places you picked Thailand??

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, Anna Rak said:

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

 

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

No, just your wallet apparently.

[1FinickyOne]

Wow!! so you get a discount on some of your family members!!

 

Double pricing is quite prevalent in USA... I guess I am used to it.... 

[1FinickyOne]

16 minutes ago, RocketDog said:

My home country has become almost unrecognizable and I have no intention of returning.

anarchy by 2022 or 2024? 

 

 

[RocketDog]

Just now, 1FinickyOne said:

anarchy by 2022 or 2024? 

 

 

Very possible. The ratio of wackos to normal people in America is rising considerably.????

[herfiehandbag]

9 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.

You can make a case for dual pricing in cases when the facility or attraction is provided by organisations funded by taxpayers money. It is not a case which I think is particularly strong, nor is it one with which I particularly agree, nonetheless there is a case.

 

When dual pricing is applied to quarantine hotel pricing, as in the OP, restaurant prices and a myriad of other privately run activities and attractions then it is nothing more than greed and gouging.

Edited February 9, 2022 by herfiehandbag

[Letseng]

15 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.  ????????

Why would Australia opening influence dual pricing in Thailand? 

[stupidfarang]

I had dual pricing in July last year, found the price at some hotels for Thai was cheaper than for Farang for a 14 day stay. What can you do? And they want tourists back. Also what happens if on the second test you are positive for Covid, how much do you have to pay for quarenteen in a hotel? 

[Ralf001]

9 hours ago, mvdf said:

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.

 

 

Got a link to the opera house pricing, I looked on the website but could not find the foreigner price.

[rodknock]

it is harder to get foreigners snot!!!!

[LukKrueng]

Hotels always had different rates for different nationalities - not only Thai/non Thai, but different rates for us, European, Japanese, middle Eastern and so on.

[worrab]

12 hours ago, Sunnny said:

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

Not when I had a hernia operation at Prachuap Khiri Khan Hospital! In fact my bill came to less money than a Thai from the village where I live, when I had one extra night in a private room! So, this is not always the case.

[Adumbration]

At least it is not double.

[vandeventer]

17 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

Yes it will never go away

In Bali they list your country and than that's your price. Japan was the highest than came America than Canada and Aussie's were 4th. If they can get away with it in Thailand, this will never stop unless the government does it's job and ends this.

[HashBrownHarry]

9 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

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

Why will he need to quarantine after release?

[mvdf]

1 hour ago, Ralf001 said:

Got a link to the opera house pricing, I looked on the website but could not find the foreigner price.

That's the point when I wrote "hypothetically" because first-worlders wouldn't do this.

 

My point is how would Thais react if they traveled and saw such dual pricing.

 

 

 

Edited February 9, 2022 by mvdf

[Thingamabob]

Dual pricing exists all over the world. Get over it, or go away.

[yeahbutif]

Perhaps they think falangs food will be more expensive.....and they use the swimming pools and gym...so sounds about right...lol

[Ralf001]

1 hour ago, mvdf said:

That's the point when I wrote "hypothetically" because first-worlders wouldn't do this.

 

My point is how would Thais react if they traveled and saw such dual pricing.

 

 

 

Sorry, my bad.

 

I don't do hypothetical.

[DJ54]

Possibly because they neeef bi lingual staff and sometimes it cost more to make sure your stay is pleasant... 

[JeffersLos]

20 hours ago, Isaanlife said:

Go somewhere else when her home is in Buriram?

Absolutely yes!

[JeffersLos]

The extra money is to compensate the staff with having to put up with the farang's pitiful whinging and whining about everything and anything. ????

Edited February 9, 2022 by JeffersLos

[Damrongsak]

14 hours ago, bunnydrops said:

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

Here in Virginia we charge Yankees non-residents more.

 

[Damrongsak]

duplicate post oops

 

 

Edited February 9, 2022 by Damrongsak
dupe

[RandiRona]

6 hours ago, IAMHERE said:

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.

I dont believe Thais are poor, may be not living with luxury but hard to see people starving on road. Poverty is real in countries like India, South Sudan , Bangladesh but you wont see different charge for foreigners. Thais are middle class. I would say logic of charging a different price to foreigner comes from the idea of "Thai is for Thais", Junta or M (cant spell it out) has created this nationalistic fervor with a notion that Foreigners are coming to get their houses so we will welcome them for their money but stick it to them so that they dont think about living long term. This way we keep our holy land to ourselves(For Junta and M) .

[pomchop]

Check the difference in price for a round of golf in Hawaii (private or public course) for a local and a tourist.

[Sticky Rice Balls]

to be charged double and be "cheated" one must give their money to the "scammer"...

 

I live in local area and am aware of the local price--always ask price first if not listed before

buying goods or services...i often watch a thai in front of me to see what they pay if unsure...

 

Shop around--I rarely go to spot that would double charge--vote with your money and choices

 

A fun experiment I did one day was go to every pharmacy I found to ask about Viagra--555

Was amazing the prices i got--from 500 to 180 all for the exact same product....i got the 180 box!

 

Always good to have a thai friend too...and speak minimal thai.....I own my own motorcycle and

pay 3500 for my studio--same as thais in my building as im the only farang--also got stared at

tonight as i sat with locals outside eating my food at mae hia market---I rarely run into farangs

 

Im moving to a new studio next month and suspect my apt manager is skimming a bit--cases of water used to be 40--now 60..small stuff..if he tries anything with my security deposit I have already planned to go right to the owner..whom I got his contact info long ago----always cover your a$$ in LOS.....Im always polite and smile with the apt manager.....but always document our exchanges.....