Thai math

[Lacessit]

Shopping today at 7/11.

 

Buying yoghurt. A placard on the shelf implores me to buy a 4-pack, to save money. 60 baht.

 

Right next to the 4-pack, there are single tubs of yoghurt, regular price 15 baht.

 

But wait, there's more. The single tubs of yoghurt are on special, 27 baht for two.

 

SMH.

[Ralf001]

nothing to do with math, marketing is the term you are looking for.

[Lacessit]

9 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

nothing to do with math, marketing is the term you are looking for.

Doesn't it take a special kind of marketer to be that stupid?

[potless]

Tops supermarket, Central Festival Pattaya yesterday. Square tiramisu cake over 600 baht. A single portion, quite clearly a quarter of the large one, 135 baht. 135 x4 = 540. Head scratcher. 

[Bill97]

So sad ,  nothing better to do 

[OneMoreFarang]

30 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Doesn't it take a special kind of marketer to be that stupid?

 

Not really. People who can't count sell to people who can't count.

Just tell them it's better and a special deal and all that and enough people will buy it.

 

I remember going to Emporium looking for shoes. Some "sales guy" tells me about that special 50% promotion, now the shoes cost only 7000B - after discount. I didn't even try to tell him that I don't care how much discount they pretend to give me. Too expensive is too expensive. 

 

[Moonlover]

34 minutes ago, potless said:

Tops supermarket, Central Festival Pattaya yesterday. Square tiramisu cake over 600 baht. A single portion, quite clearly a quarter of the large one, 135 baht. 135 x4 = 540. Head scratcher. 

Head scratcher? Not at all. Customers are more likely to buy a portion of the cake if they think they are getting a bargain. So the shop simply inflates the price of the whole cake by 60 baht.

 

The customer is happy because they've got themselves a bargain (they think) and the shop probably sells more cakes by using this simple marketing ploy. Customers can be very gullible.

[Lacessit]

27 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

So sad ,  nothing better to do 

Then there are people who have nothing better to do than snipe from the peanut gallery.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

1 hour ago, Ralf001 said:

nothing to do with math, marketing is the term you are looking for.

Doesn't it take a special kind of marketer to be that stupid?

No, it does not.  Some promotions are from the manufacturer in which 7-Elevens have no involvement, or choice, and some offers are from the individual 7-Eleven shop. 

[Lacessit]

34 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

 

Not really. People who can't count sell to people who can't count.

Just tell them it's better and a special deal and all that and enough people will buy it.

 

I remember going to Emporium looking for shoes. Some "sales guy" tells me about that special 50% promotion, now the shoes cost only 7000B - after discount. I didn't even try to tell him that I don't care how much discount they pretend to give me. Too expensive is too expensive. 

 

The fashionistas discard their apparel after one or two outings.

 

I found a pair of Nike trainers that fitted me, in one of the secondhand shops, a few years ago. I still wear them, very comfortable. Almost brand new, apart from a scuff mark.

 

I paid 1800 baht for them. When I looked them up, the new RRP was 8000 baht.

[Liverpool Lou]

19 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

48 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

So sad ,  nothing better to do 

Then there are people who have nothing better to do than snipe from the peanut gallery.

No worse than those who post lame mocking and derogatory threads from the peanut gallery about Thais.

[Lacessit]

2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

No worse than those who post lame mocking and derogatory threads from the peanut gallery about Thais.

I am posting facts as I encounter them. If you don't like them, I have others.

 

If you don't like the threads I create, who twists your arm to read them?

 

 

[noobexpat]

Went to buy some cinnamon fireball at a posh wine/spirit place in emsphere, bkk.

 

Cheaper to buy 5x 200ml bottles versus 1L. Not on sale either. Bit strange!

[Confuscious]

Not quite the same logic, but I never get to understand the logic behind "LESS cost MORE".
And this is not only in Thailand, but in most countries as well.

1 liter of Soya Milk = 40 baht
1 liter of Soya Milk WITOUT ADDED SUGAR = 45 Baht.

So, you need to pay the worker who is ADDING SUGAR 5 baht a bottle to not add the SUGAR.
 

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, Confuscious said:

Not quite the same logic, but I never get to understand the logic behind "LESS cost MORE".
And this is not only in Thailand, but in most countries as well.

1 liter of Soya Milk = 40 baht
1 liter of Soya Milk WITOUT ADDED SUGAR = 45 Baht.

So, you need to pay the worker who is ADDING SUGAR 5 baht a bottle to not add the SUGAR.
 

It's been a real battle for me to find tinned coffee that does NOT have sugar in it.

[Sandboxer]

1 buffalo + 1 buffalo = 1 bottle lao kao

[Harrisfan]

6 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Shopping today at 7/11.

 

Buying yoghurt. A placard on the shelf implores me to buy a 4-pack, to save money. 60 baht.

 

Right next to the 4-pack, there are single tubs of yoghurt, regular price 15 baht.

 

But wait, there's more. The single tubs of yoghurt are on special, 27 baht for two.

 

SMH.

What is smh?

[Ralf001]

4 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

What is smh?

Shake My Head.

[Harrisfan]

6 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Shopping today at 7/11.

 

Buying yoghurt. A placard on the shelf implores me to buy a 4-pack, to save money. 60 baht.

 

Right next to the 4-pack, there are single tubs of yoghurt, regular price 15 baht.

 

But wait, there's more. The single tubs of yoghurt are on special, 27 baht for two.

 

SMH.

Well buy 4 in twin packs save 6 baht!

 

 

[Lacessit]

7 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Well buy 4 in twin packs save 6 baht!

 

 

Way ahead of you.

 

That's usually a predictable outcome of any dialogue we have.

[blaze master]

Oh look the op is angry again and calling people stupid. 

[blaze master]

3 hours ago, Confuscious said:

So, you need to pay the worker who is ADDING SUGAR 5 baht a bottle to not add the SUGAR

 

You're a little confuscious about this one. 

 

Adding sugar dilutes the product allowing for more overall sales. Selling a more pure product at a higher cost makes sense. 

[Ralf001]

16 minutes ago, blaze master said:

 

You're a little confuscious about this one. 

 

Adding sugar dilutes the product allowing for more overall sales. Selling a more pure product at a higher cost makes sense. 

 

The "more" pure product is cheaper than the one "diluted" with sugar is how I read the post.

[blaze master]

Just now, Ralf001 said:

 

The "more" pure product is cheaper than the one "diluted" with sugar is how I read the post.

 

3 hours ago, Confuscious said:

1 liter of Soya Milk = 40 baht
1 liter of Soya Milk WITOUT ADDED SUGAR = 45 Baht.

 

1 litre with added sugar is 40. 1 litre without is 45.

 

[Ralf001]

19 minutes ago, blaze master said:

 

 

1 litre with added sugar is 40. 1 litre without is 45.

 

 

you are correct, I read the post wrong.

[Negita43]

8 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

nothing to do with math, marketing is the term you are looking for.

You see that everywhere I always check the singles price versus the "offers" and sometimes the "refill packs" are more expensive than the bottle you would refill.

As one famous TV police sergeant once said "let's be careful out there" - if anyone can remember Hill Street Blues.

[Harrisfan]

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Way ahead of you.

 

That's usually a predictable outcome of any dialogue we have.

Were the brands different?

[Harrisfan]

1 hour ago, blaze master said:

Oh look the op is angry again and calling people stupid. 

He is way ahead of me. 6 baht worth 

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

He is way ahead of me. 6 baht worth 

Another poster who is unaware laughing at his own jokes with emojis is moronic.

 

It's how many laughing emojis you get from other posters that are significant, genius.

[Harrisfan]

Just now, Lacessit said:

Another poster who is unaware laughing at his own jokes with emojis is moronic.

 

It's how many laughing emojis you get from other posters that are significant, genius.

Were the brands the same?