I like the old stuff. Rustic gyms. Mom and pop diners. 3rd class trains. Wooden bungalows. Bamboo beach front seating in a restaurant. A 50 baht haircut. 10 baht ferry ride.

Will this be lost in future?

A haircut in Bangkok is now 300 baht. Modern train station. Cafes with 150 baht coffees. 500 baht modern gyms.

New school ain't cool.

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

A haircut in Bangkok is now 300 baht. Modern train station. Cafes with 150 baht coffees. 500 baht modern gyms.

No Rocky get out of tourist areas and its not that expensive. My haircuts are 120B, includes a shave, so 150B with the tip. Amazon coffee everywhere is less than 70B, a local coffee shop cheaper still.

Yeah, I liked the old Thailand.

1. Cops knocking off work and closing police station at midnight.

2. The old Xzyte nightclub

3. 80 baht beers soi 6

4. Pattaya immigration soi 8

5. Less traffic and less aggressive nasty, rude foreigners on Pattaya roads

6. Land office in Suksubai

7. The old Harley/Eden bar

8. Champagne agogo afternoon openings

9. Not as many whinging, whining foreigners complaining about everything

The woman in the video below explains that people who relocate and complain shouldn't. I notice this annoying behaviour from many expats relocating in Thailand

Stop complaining foreigners, this is how we roll in Thailand

Edited June 22Jun 22 by SAFETY FIRST

27 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

A 50 baht haircut.

Sure.

I can arrange that for you.

26 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Sure.

I can arrange that for you.

One noodle bowl haircut thanks.

Edited June 22Jun 22 by Rockyroad

DIY, and save ฿50. Invest a couple ฿100k for solar, and don't even have to pay for the electric

This topic is just a tight arse whinge about the cost of basic items going up a few baht in Thailand due to normal inflation. Really has nothing to do with old school Thailand, innit. When I read the subject line, I expected something worth seeing here, but nah.

1 hour ago, Rockyroad said:

A 50 baht haircut. 10 baht ferry ride.

A 50 Baht haircut in 2026 means the hairdresser may have a hard time paying her rent.

Why do people expect a Disneyland where everything is practically free and prices never rise?

Especially since most Westerners can afford to pay the going rates.

Edited June 22Jun 22 by save the frogs

Toasties still start at 25 baht

Some things are still good value in Pattaya or just outside:

haircut 100

massage 100

Ground Coffee 35-45 baht

motorbike repairs 150 oil change etc

pork on a stick 5-10 baht

Sit down large Chang 75 baht

1kg cooked fresh Mussels 79 baht

Shopee still very cheap

56 minutes ago, BilllyGOAT said:

This topic is just a tight arse whinge about the cost of basic items going up a few baht in Thailand due to normal inflation. Really has nothing to do with old school Thailand, innit. When I read the subject line, I expected something worth seeing here, but nah.

You could have just looked at the OP's name.

I really miss the buzz of the illegal bars......ones set up in derelict buildings, waste land, pop-up bars on the street.......'they' are slowly trying to sanitise certainly Bangkok, and it's a shame.

1 hour ago, save the frogs said:

A 50 Baht haircut in 2026 means the hairdresser may have a hard time paying her rent.

Why do people expect a Disneyland where everything is practically free and prices never rise?

Especially since most Westerners can afford to pay the going rates.

My barber charges 50B, always give him 100B (last of the big spenders).

Thais often invite me to push in if there's only one or two waiting and I pay for their haircuts.

4 minutes ago, MIke B Bad said:

My barber charges 50B, always give him 100B (last of the big spenders).

Thais often invite me to push in if there's only one or two waiting and I pay for their haircuts.

Maybe I'm paying farang prices?

Depends where you live too I guess.

9 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

Maybe I'm paying farang prices?

Depends where you live too I guess.

Overhead of any vendor matters also. That guy with the hut curbside, will undercut the pricing of the folks renting space at any mall, or brink & mortar they may lease or own (mortgaged) large or small building.

Last basic haircut I got back in USA was $20 USD, 25+ yrs ago 😵

Edited June 22Jun 22 by KhunLA

There is a shoe repair man in Bangkok on the side of the road. Shoe repairs 50 to 100 baht inatead of buying new shoes for 4500 baht.

6 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

There is a shoe repair man in Bangkok on the side of the road. Shoe repairs 50 to 100 baht inatead of buying new shoes for 4500 baht.

The ones on the side of the road are sadly dying out in Bangkok. The only one I know in all amphur Don Muang is at the entrance to the market. He has a stall he rents. All our shoes go there, but now the prices are higher than your quote. A heel repair for a women or a very cheap pair of new soles at that price. So popular you cant wait anymore, the problem is nobody wants to do this job anymore. He managed to send a son and a daughter to university for a "better life".

4 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

Will this be lost in future?

absolutely not.

Prices will never rise.

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

Overhead of any vendor matters also. That guy with the hut curbside, will undercut the pricing of the folks renting space at any mall, or brink & mortar they may lease or own (mortgaged) large or small building.

Last basic haircut I got back in USA was $20 USD, 25+ yrs ago 😵

I got mine cut near San Antonio for $15 USD last November. here it costs me 60 baht (USD $1.82)

5 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

One noodle bowl haircut thanks.

He looks like Mick Jagger, but only after being hit by a truck.

5 hours ago, marin said:

No Rocky get out of tourist areas and its not that expensive. My haircuts are 120B, includes a shave, so 150B with the tip. Amazon coffee everywhere is less than 70B, a local coffee shop cheaper still.

Haircuts come in at 30 - 40 Baht in rural Chiang Rai (admittedly it does look like it was done by the council, but my daughter loyally proclaimes that it makes me look young and handsome) coffee around B40, buses and sonthaws are peanuts. I will wait to see what the new railway being built through the province will cost - I suppose it will depend on whether they use existing rolling stock or invest in new trains.

1 hour ago, Rockyroad said:

There is a shoe repair man in Bangkok on the side of the road. Shoe repairs 50 to 100 baht inatead of buying new shoes for 4500 baht.

You've been to 66 provinces, but you've only seen one roadside shoe repairman? You must have travelled around Thailand with blinders on.

6 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Yeah, I liked the old Thailand.

1. Cops knocking off work and closing police station at midnight.

2. The old Xzyte nightclub

3. 80 baht beers soi 6

4. Pattaya immigration soi 8

5. Less traffic and less aggressive nasty, rude foreigners on Pattaya roads

6. Land office in Suksubai

7. The old Harley/Eden bar

8. Champagne agogo afternoon openings

9. Not as many whinging, whining foreigners complaining about everything

The woman in the video below explains that people who relocate and complain shouldn't. I notice this annoying behaviour from many expats relocating in Thailand

Stop complaining foreigners, this is how we roll in Thailand

I used to live opposite the Harley Bar in Suksabai Villa and spent many an afternoon with Frank and always watched the football (Rugby League) in the bar.

Always the unexpected.

One football day walked into the inside bar area and there was a naked girl playing pool with one of the oil guys. They both started off with all their clothes but she kept loosing so kept undressing.

Someone felt embarrassed for the lovely girl so handed her a paper napking which she arranged in and around he private parts. :)

Tips were big in those days.

Pigs on spits in the beer garden Sundays.

Was sorry to see the demise of Frank and the old Harley Bar.

vb

42 minutes ago, JensenZ said:

You've been to 66 provinces, but you've only seen one roadside shoe repairman? You must have travelled around Thailand with blinders on.

He just mentioned one in Bangkok. I assume you don't want him to list all the shoe shops he has seen?

48 minutes ago, JensenZ said:

You've been to 66 provinces, but you've only seen one roadside shoe repairman? You must have travelled around Thailand with blinders on.

Seen plenty of small shops who do keys and shoe repairs but never asked the prices.

50b BJ's from the bush ladies at the base of the hill!

4 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

There is a shoe repair man in Bangkok on the side of the road. Shoe repairs 50 to 100 baht inatead of buying new shoes for 4500 baht.

Decent shoe repair guy opp San Pakoi market Chiang Mai, does a great job 20-50b, astounded at what he can fix....

48 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

50b BJ's from the bush ladies at the base of the hill!

Which bush and which hill exactly.................

4 minutes ago, Off Piste said:

Which bush and which hill exactly.................

7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Some things are still good value in Pattaya or just outside:

haircut 100

massage 100

Ground Coffee 35-45 baht

motorbike repairs 150 oil change etc

pork on a stick 5-10 baht

Sit down large Chang 75 baht

1kg cooked fresh Mussels 79 baht

Shopee still very cheap

'bout the same where I live. Maybe the oil change is more if I use more expensive oil. Usually they only charge for the oil.