Contacted a certain company today regarding a river cruise. This is the script:

Moi:Dear Khun Pom,Can you tell me the full price for 2 people booking via internet?(advertised as 20% discount when booked via internet).Khorp khun krap.Khun Doggy

Khun Pom: Dear Khun Doggy,Thank you for your further inquiry.

The price of our Valentine's Package is 2750 Baht/pers

plus service and VAT.

Under Thai tax regulations service is fixed at 10% and VAT at 7%.

The total price per person is therefore:

3236.75 Baht

Regards,

Khun Pom

Moi: So, no 20% internet booking discount as quoted on your website?

Khun Pom: Dear Khun David,

Thank you for your further email. The price of our Valentine's Package for

outside agencies and walk-ins is 3450 Baht plus service and VAT.

There is a 20% discount for our direct internet bookings, which we have

calculated into the price for simplicity and quoted on our Valentine's Day Page.

So, opinions? I italicised the part i find most curious, though maybe i'm just a cynic.

Inventive marketing?

Note: Nowhere on the site does it state a price of 3450.

TV not overrun with mathematicians then?

Ok guys and gals, i promise to keep it simple next time- Doh.

sure, it's spin. but, i had scrambled eggs for breakfast, so...

sure, it's spin. but, i had scrambled eggs for breakfast, so...

You blow me away with intrigue, wit, humour, humility, intellect, invention and all those other positive traits that i'm sure one day Torres, you will aspire to!

Well done sir! Thankfully i didn't have to share that breakfast with you