Popular Post Celsius Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 Every time the restaurant in Thailand changes the appearance of their menu, the prices go up. So, I stopped by Black Canyon today (I am sure I will get roasted for this, but I like eating there) and the prices are up on average 30-40%.. I guess it's back to happy meal for me. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 So many coffee shops around just switch, i go to loads of different ones, hot coffee\latte varies from 30-60 baht outside of Pattaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post FritsSikkink Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 If the prices would stay the same they wouldn't have to change the menu. 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post swm59nj Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 Prices change just like everywhere else in the world. Businesses can’t keep operational unless they make a profit. 8 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 22 hours ago, Celsius said: I guess it's back to happy meal for me. If you are talking about McDonald's I suggest you use there mobile app. The app has plenty of coupons and offers to apply during checkout. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick turpin Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 What bugs me is when they are too lazy to change the menu, but just put stickers over the old prices. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 10 minutes ago, dick turpin said: What bugs me is when they are too lazy to change the menu, but just put stickers over the old prices. Not exactly a bad thing, as cuts their overhead, helping to keep the new prices a bit lower, since not having to order new menus every 6 months. Not like they can be recycled ... save the planet & all ???? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superal Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 8 hours ago, swm59nj said: Prices change just like everywhere else in the world. Businesses can’t keep operational unless they make a profit. So true and many cheap Charlies think that paying 80 baht for a large Leo/Chang is too much and the price should be the same as Mama & Papa shops or 7-11 . Then they are the places to go for them and sit on the pavment to eat their microwaved food and drink their cans . If a bar/restaurant is of decent decor , serves decent food and drink using employed staff , then I expect to pay for the service . As an example , last month my ladys restaurant electric bill was 10700 baht + gas , ice & smaller day to day overheads, finally last but not lease are the excellent staff . So you are sooo right , Businesses can’t keep operational unless they make a profit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celsius Posted June 3, 2023 Author Share Posted June 3, 2023 55 minutes ago, superal said: So true and many cheap Charlies think that paying 80 baht for a large Leo/Chang is too much and the price should be the same as Mama & Papa shops or 7-11 I see this comment a lot. A Cheap Charlie. Thank god I do not drink alcohol or Mama noodles, so I can hopefully be spared from this label. It is a funny comment because the massive amount of Cheap Charlies in Thailand are in fact Thai people. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 2 hours ago, MrJ2U said: If you are talking about McDonald's I suggest you use there mobile app. The app has plenty of coupons and offers to apply during checkout. I just hate everything that have coupons, buy three pay for two, f sake, I just cant stand shops like that 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celsius Posted June 3, 2023 Author Share Posted June 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Hummin said: I just hate everything that have coupons, buy three pay for two, f sake, I just cant stand shops like that You must be really hungry in Thailand. 5 minutes to check out one person at the supermarket after scanning all the food. Once they input their rewards number, collect the coupons, scan the payment with the app that crashed, the barcode that does not match the discount, you would have already finished your meal at McDonald's. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KannikaP Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 2 hours ago, KhunLA said: Not exactly a bad thing, as cuts their overhead, helping to keep the new prices a bit lower, since not having to order new menus every 6 months. Not like they can be recycled ... save the planet & all ???? Love the places which bring to an iPad/tablet, and you just click on what you want. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, Celsius said: You must be really hungry in Thailand. 5 minutes to check out one person at the supermarket after scanning all the food. Once they input their rewards number, collect the coupons, scan the payment with the app that crashed, the barcode that does not match the discount, you would have already finished your meal at McDonald's. Cant stand MC Donalds eitehr ???? Any fast food shop to, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 11 minutes ago, Celsius said: I see this comment a lot. A Cheap Charlie. Thank god I do not drink alcohol or Mama noodles, so I can hopefully be spared from this label. It is a funny comment because the massive amount of Cheap Charlies in Thailand are in fact Thai people. I believe you misunderstood the orign of a Cheap Charlie, and it is not ment for locals, but people who actually can pay the price, avoid it for any price, even pay for sexual services they have got, and they underpay the girls 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 (edited) I love it when you order from a menu and when the bill comes its higher and they just say new price. Yes, I push back but they don't seem to get a menu is an implied contract. Edited June 3, 2023 by Jingthing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celsius Posted June 3, 2023 Author Share Posted June 3, 2023 Anyway raising the price 5-10% is normal. 40% is stupid. I don't think this is going to sit well with their Thai customers who are actually really cheap. My biggest peeve with this is that the restaurant will be gone and it will be one less place to eat in my vicinity. I started eating there long time ago because they used to make a really great Tom Kha Gai, but 4 years ago they completely stopped offering it. My guess is that because it was 4 times the price Thais were willing to pay. Most of their menus are traditional Thai dishes that are just a bit Westernized. Interestingly enough, they did not raise the prices of drinks even 1 baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 (edited) We use village marked and Makro for our shopping as well Tops, and never care about sales or coupons, unless there is bigger hardware we actually need or plan to use. Edited June 3, 2023 by Pink Mist Replied to post removed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Mist Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 A trolling grammar police post and a post using a vulgarity have been removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 58 minutes ago, Hummin said: I believe you misunderstood the orign of a Cheap Charlie, and it is not ment for locals, but people who actually can pay the price, avoid it for any price, even pay for sexual services they have got, and they underpay the girls my left hand is my Gik...my right is my sideline, when im feeling naughty :)....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superal Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 On 6/3/2023 at 2:22 PM, Celsius said: I see this comment a lot. A Cheap Charlie. Thank god I do not drink alcohol or Mama noodles, so I can hopefully be spared from this label. It is a funny comment because the massive amount of Cheap Charlies in Thailand are in fact Thai people. Sorry to disagree with you , when you say the majority of cheap Charlies are Thai people . The majority of Thai people have no choice other than to buy in the cheapest shops and restaurants . Because they are mostly low paid and every satang counts ,leaving them with one choice only i.e. markets , the cheapest restaurant / Chinese kitchen and street food . Western guys are mostly capable of living a reasonable life style in Thailand but there are some ( I know a few who are financially well off ) who will go out of their way to save small money and they are cheap Charlies . 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogNo1 Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 There is a world-wide shortage of coffee so the price of beans is up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiejohn Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, DogNo1 said: There is a world-wide shortage of coffee so the price of beans is up. The age old problem of the reverse phycology; Demand and supply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 On 6/3/2023 at 11:38 AM, MrJ2U said: If you are talking about McDonald's I suggest you use there mobile app. The app has plenty of coupons and offers to apply during checkout. McDonalds is expensive. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 On 6/3/2023 at 2:37 PM, Jingthing said: I love it when you order from a menu and when the bill comes its higher and they just say new price. Yes, I push back but they don't seem to get a menu is an implied contract. Never happened to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 9 minutes ago, bignok said: McDonalds is expensive. Find a cheaper country https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/country_price_rankings?itemId=3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearbox Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 On 6/3/2023 at 2:24 PM, Hummin said: I just hate everything that have coupons, buy three pay for two, f sake, I just cant stand shops like that They will gladly sell you at the normal price if you tell them "no coupons for me" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted June 4, 2023 Share Posted June 4, 2023 38 minutes ago, gearbox said: They will gladly sell you at the normal price if you tell them "no coupons for me" The nice confused emotions I get for this statement shows there is someone who really gets the whole point by coupons, which I find annoying and time wasting together with many other things we do to get cheaper things, but really pays for anyway somehow. And yes, I do not collect stamps, coupons, buy three packages when I only need one, and if I can, I avvoid shops alike if I can, and prefer to use shops with bonus points or general discounts if any! We have a tendency to get tied up in stupid things like this everywhere we go, leaving our social media (I do not), our phone number (I do not) or our email, (I do not) If you happy to jump on the discount train, go for it, and spend your time saving a few dimes if you have the time and willing to do so. But if my pention was 1000 euro a month, I might had to do, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharksy Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 On 6/4/2023 at 1:30 PM, Hummin said: The nice confused emotions I get for this statement shows there is someone who really gets the whole point by coupons, which I find annoying and time wasting together with many other things we do to get cheaper things, but really pays for anyway somehow. And yes, I do not collect stamps, coupons, buy three packages when I only need one, and if I can, I avvoid shops alike if I can, and prefer to use shops with bonus points or general discounts if any! We have a tendency to get tied up in stupid things like this everywhere we go, leaving our social media (I do not), our phone number (I do not) or our email, (I do not) If you happy to jump on the discount train, go for it, and spend your time saving a few dimes if you have the time and willing to do so. But if my pention was 1000 euro a month, I might had to do, I get your point and kind of agree. However, the McDonalds app is pretty good and it's nice to get a bargain sometimes, even if you can afford full price anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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