Are drivers scamming you?

[DonniePeverley]

I got a bit miffed with my local to go place here in Bangkok, when they suddenly started to add VAT on their meals. Fine i let it go and continued to go there. 

 

Then tourism started to increase a bit more, and they added in a 10% service charge. 

 

Now the cheeky sausages, and my final straw, is they have added a 200 Baht per person charge !!! 

 

Absolutely ridiculously taking the biscuit with the per person charge, which i have only ever seen a few times in very high end restaurants in America. 

 

This americanisation of 'hidden charges' needs to be addressed. Or is Thailand now just purely on the lowdown for tourists and locals can go shove it. 

[UWEB]

Vote by feet, just go to another Restaurant.

[Ralf001]

54 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

 

 

Now the cheeky sausages, and my final straw, is they have added a 200 Baht per person charge !!! 

 

 

For 200b I'd be expecting the waitress to drop to her knee's and take my phallus into her buccal cavity.

[scubascuba3]

Just don't go there, if people accept this practice it will just grow

[KhunLA]

200 pp, our meals usually don't cost that much 

[Henryford]

I stropped going to a prominent restaurant in the Avenue Pattaya when they started to add VAT to their advertised meal prices.

[Thingamabob]

Entirely up to the restaurant to charge whatever they want. If you don't approve, or it's more than you can afford, go somewhere else.

[marin]

Donny, how long have you been here? Just over a year I think. In that time  you have had double the problems I have had in 30+ here. How do you manage to do it?  

[biggles45]

The added 'service charge' annoys me the most. I will decide if the service was good enough to get a tip. 

[movsrus]

4 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

 

For 200b I'd be expecting the waitress to drop to her knee's and take my phallus into her buccal cavity.

Good luck with that.

[CallumWK]

5 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

my final straw, is they have added a 200 Baht per person charge !!! 

 

So a 100 baht meal is now + 10% service + 7% VAT, and an additional 200 baht, so coming to around 320 baht total?

[Ludzilla]

with promptpay and delivery apps the revenue department knows when the yearly sales exceeds 1.8m baht then you are forced to register and charge the vat. The 10% service charge is probably added to cover inflation and addtional staff to take care of the accounting that needs to be very accurate once you register for vat.
if you want to keep your local eateries that are not yet overtaxed pay cash and use only in house delivery if available.

[john donson]

karen, did you ask to speak to the manager?

[NoshowJones]

21 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Entirely up to the restaurant to charge whatever they want. If you don't approve, or it's more than you can afford, go somewhere else.

Make sure you have the exact money to pay the price advertised before the small print or any other charges are added. It worked for me.

Edited 16 hours ago by NoshowJones

[HappyExpat57]

Certain hiso restaurants in Puerto Rico automatically add a gratuity. As a result, the servers couldn't care less and the service is abysmal.

[Tropicalevo]

On 10/25/2024 at 8:13 AM, Henryford said:

I stropped going to a prominent restaurant in the Avenue Pattaya when they started to add VAT to their advertised meal prices.

VAT is usually a legal requirement.

The other charges are not.

[ColeBOzbourne]

I went to a restaurant and the waiter recommended a dish. It sounded good, so I went with that. There was a 50 baht 'consultation fee' when the check arrived. 

[DonniePeverley]

14 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Certain hiso restaurants in Puerto Rico automatically add a gratuity. As a result, the servers couldn't care less and the service is abysmal.

 

 

THIS. 

 

Adding a a service charge (tip) automatically disensitivises any quality in the service.