How much does your condo charge to change a light bulb?

[TimBKK]

Juristic: “1 light bulbs 200 baht so 4 baht 800 baht kaa”

 

me:  get ****ed (paraphrasing)

 

Central Pattaya - outrageously greedy if you ask me

 

 

[johng]

200 baht for an LED is not over expensive...yes you can get cheapo no name stuff but they might not last very long or overheat and catch fire...or you might get lucky and they last a good while really is pot luck.

 

You then also have to figure the cost of electricution and falling off a ladder installing the thing. 🤕

[msbkk]

Why don't you just go to buy light bulbs by yourself and change them? But as Johng metioned the quoted price is not so expensive. This has nothing to do with greed, you seem to be

overly price sensitive.

[NoDisplayName]

Or buy from Lazada 195 baht with shipping, and pay some local 5 baht to install it.

 

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/pdp-i4062570850.html?spm=a2o4m.searchlist.list.171.21a76771SWcyWh

 

Just pay it, Charlie.

Don't be outrageously cheap.

[CanadaSam]

The OP mentioned the cost of CHANGING the light by juristic, never mentioned if it included the light fixture.

 

At my condo, they charge 50 baht for changing only, reasonable, IMO.

[johng]

Well if they charge 200 baht labour per bulb (bulb not included )

then I think that is excessive. 

[Jingthing]

My recent experience was nothing but I was changing a number of them so a good bit of work so I tipped the guy.

[quake]

Free for changing.

But you must supply the part.

Can give a tip if you wish.

I try to do all repairs myself, free Labour does not always equal quality outcome. 

[FlorC]

6W warmwhite ? 

= yellow light and not much of it.

[spidermike007]

I think a lot of ex-pats come here and they start counting in Thai baht. I find it helpful sometimes to count in dollars, if the condo was charging me $6 to replace a light bulb, I would consider that a bargain. Especially considering the fact that more than half of that cost is the bulb itself. 

[TimBKK]

21 minutes ago, CanadaSam said:

The OP mentioned the cost of CHANGING the light by juristic, never mentioned if it included the light fixture.

 

At my condo, they charge 50 baht for changing only, reasonable, IMO.

200b for install only - takes the technician at most 3 minutes to replace one.

 

50b seems reasonable.

[TimBKK]

Just now, spidermike007 said:

I think a lot of ex-pats come here and they start counting in Thai baht. I find it helpful sometimes to count in dollars, if the condo was charging me $6 to replace a light bulb, I would consider that a bargain. Especially considering the fact that more than half of that cost is the bulb itself. 

200b install only.  Bulbs purchases separately by the tenant, think I paid 159b.

[Jingthing]

My feeling is that my condo does this for free as they want to discourage people who don't know what they're doing from doing it themselves. Perhaps as a safety issue.

[Quentin Zen]

I have been blessed, and I like to help our hosts.

 

I give them 1000 baht and they fix it.  I can't carry small bills around

[Gottfrid]

2 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

I think a lot of ex-pats come here and they start counting in Thai baht. I find it helpful sometimes to count in dollars, if the condo was charging me $6 to replace a light bulb, I would consider that a bargain. Especially considering the fact that more than half of that cost is the bulb itself. 

Yeah, that´s the big problem here. Too many stay a couple of years, and suddenly fall in to the Thai baht trap. Everything becomes expensive as the numbers sounds soo high. The complaining starts, and the money counting, getting scared if have enough to stay and live. It´s actually a very sad story. Like 6 USD as you say, and take away 3. Then you have the terrible price of a small chang beer out one night. Laughable!

[frank83628]

57 minutes ago, TimBKK said:

Juristic: “1 light bulbs 200 baht so 4 baht 800 baht kaa”

 

me:  get ****ed (paraphrasing)

 

Central Pattaya - outrageously greedy if you ask me

 

 

 That is not just a bulb, it is a whole light fitting, they need to cut the power, remove the old and connect the new ones. 800bt is cheap

Its not just changing a normal bulb

[TimBKK]

2 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

Always That is not just a bulb, it is a whole light fitting, they need to cut the power, remove the old and connect the new ones. 800bt is cheap

no need to cut the power, just turn the light switch off.  Takes the technician a few minutes, at most.  Not cheap but I suppose it’s all relative.

[Photoguy21]

If it is simply a bulb change, why cant you do it yourself?

[TimBKK]

Just now, Photoguy21 said:

If it is simply a bulb change, why cant you do it yourself?

After being told 200b per, I will - not going to entertain pure greed in this instance.

 

And, this condo has a reputation for room lighting issues so its nothing more than a opportunistic money grab.

[johng]

9 minutes ago, TimBKK said:

no need to cut the power, just turn the light switch off.

Be very careful  about that !

that is why I mentioned electricution, 

many times the switch is switching the neutral leaving live at the fitting 

best to always cut the main breaker and check with a neon screwdriver thst there is no juice at the light socket.

[Photoguy21]

Just now, TimBKK said:

After being told 200b per, I will - not going to entertain pure greed in this instance.

 

And, this condo has a reputation for room lighting issues so its nothing more than a opportunistic money grab.

That is your choice to buy a LED bulb or not but it isn't expensive for such a bulb and they do last considerably longer than the filament type.

[Johnlkuk]

13 minutes ago, TimBKK said:

no need to cut the power, just turn the light switch off.  Takes the technician a few minutes, at most.  Not cheap but I suppose it’s all relative.

 

Please don't suggest this, it is irresponsible as the fitting can still be live. 

Shut the power off first if you DIY, or pay the money for someone else's risk. 

[TimBKK]

Just now, Johnlkuk said:

 

Please don't suggest this, it is irresponsible as the fitting can still be live. 

Shut the power off first if you DIY, or pay the money for someone else's risk. 

Good point.  Although, I was just doing as the maintenance guys had previously done  

[Magictoad]

28 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

I think a lot of ex-pats come here and they start counting in Thai baht. I find it helpful sometimes to count in dollars, if the condo was charging me $6 to replace a light bulb, I would consider that a bargain. Especially considering the fact that more than half of that cost is the bulb itself. 

Why count in a foreign currency?  Especially Dollars or Euros or Pounds Sterling . That doesn't help at all. Compare it to the price of a beer perhaps or a plate of food.

[Photoguy21]

5 minutes ago, TimBKK said:

After being told 200b per, I will - not going to entertain pure greed in this instance.

 

And, this condo has a reputation for room lighting issues so its nothing more than a opportunistic money grab.

Buy and install the bulb yourself, it isn't rocket science.

[KhaoHom]

28 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

I think a lot of ex-pats come here and they start counting in Thai baht. I find it helpful sometimes to count in dollars, if the condo was charging me $6 to replace a light bulb, I would consider that a bargain. Especially considering the fact that more than half of that cost is the bulb itself. 

 

That works because dollars work in US and you are actually in US.

 

You think in dollars. You've never been able to make the jump to value things in baht. I'm not saying it's not effective in some cases - it's just you lack the experience to understand the value of the currency no matter where you live and how long you claim to have lived in Thailand.

 

A person living here should be able to value everything from a grilled mackerel to a houseplant.

 

In this case, instead of complaining here a quick check on Lazada for this tourist should have sufficed.

[Felt 35]

Nothing🙂

[KhaoHom]

2 minutes ago, Magictoad said:

Why count in a foreign currency?  Especially Dollars or Euros or Pounds Sterling . That doesn't help at all. Compare it to the price of a beer perhaps or a plate of food.

 

Exactly . Just stupid

[Magictoad]

I don't worry about the cost of such things. I am concerned about the QUALITY of the bulb and usually get 2 because I reckon if one bulb has just blown then another bulb will blow too; pretty soon.

[spidermike007]

20 minutes ago, Magictoad said:

Why count in a foreign currency?  Especially Dollars or Euros or Pounds Sterling . That doesn't help at all. Compare it to the price of a beer perhaps or a plate of food.

It's a perspective thing it sometimes helps to give me perspective on how inexpensive something truly is here. 

 

We all have different devices that we use on a daily basis and just think of how boring the world would be if we were all thought the same.