Best And Worst Values In Thailand

[MrRed]

Best value is without doubt travel also utilities and fruit and veg.

Worst value is anything from the west.

[sarahsbloke]

Best value renting a house

Worst value buying a house in the wifes name

[DougLee]

People saying veggies are at good value are quite misinformed and crazy.

The cheap veggies from tesco or the markets are FULL of illegal pesticides. The good veggies are exported, ALL OF THEM. So anyone buying half decent veggies has to buy organic at the same price as back home.

[pletwo]

What's a quid?

I know British pound and US dollar

How could I forget wine!!

Tesco UK have 55 wines under 3.99 a bottle on their shelves and on their website.

Those same quality of wines start here at 7 quid and for anything less than 7 quid here you might as well drink antifreeze!

Graham's fine tawny port 1311B that's 28.50 sterling. In Thailand

Graham's late bottled vintage port, 8.88 sterling in the UK at Tesco

But what the hell, christmas comes but once a year.

[craigt3365]

One Post deleted for being off topic and containing inflammatory remarks.

[pletwo]

how you know they all poison with illegal pesticide??

This a fact or you opinion only?

People saying veggies are at good value are quite misinformed and crazy.

The cheap veggies from tesco or the markets are FULL of illegal pesticides. The good veggies are exported, ALL OF THEM. So anyone buying half decent veggies has to buy organic at the same price as back home.

[dom samui]

QUID : Quasi Universal Intergalactic Denomination

What's a quid?

I know British pound and US dollar

How could I forget wine!!

Tesco UK have 55 wines under 3.99 a bottle on their shelves and on their website.

Those same quality of wines start here at 7 quid and for anything less than 7 quid here you might as well drink antifreeze!

Graham's fine tawny port 1311B that's 28.50 sterling. In Thailand

Graham's late bottled vintage port, 8.88 sterling in the UK at Tesco

But what the hell, christmas comes but once a year.

[HC82]

A quid is british slang for one pound. similar to a 'buck' in the us

[fletchsmile]

My first reaction

Best Values: "Naam Jai" and "Hen Jai"

Worst Values: "Kreng Jai" and lingering "sakdina"

Then on further reading that we were not in a metaphysical plane:

Best Value for money: Food

Worst Value for money: Politics and Politicians

[CHdiver]

A quid is british slang for one pound. similar to a 'buck' in the us

best thing is the quid has gotten cheaper over the years, so its a good deal too here in Thailand.

[GarryP]

Not being someone who lives to eat, all this talk of foreign imported food being very bad value leaves me nonplussed. Surely, it is only bad value to those who eat the stuff and if it is bad value why eat it at all. By buying stuff that is bad value, doesn't that make you a bit ......?

[Jingthing]

Not being someone who lives to eat, all this talk of foreign imported food being very bad value leaves me nonplussed. Surely, it is only bad value to those who eat the stuff and if it is bad value why eat it at all. By buying stuff that is bad value, doesn't that make you a bit ......?

Get real. How can a human being live without cold pressed extra virgin olive oil?

As far as best values here, well I suppose, those would be Thai food, non-sexual massages, cleaning services, and various other kinds of services if you can manage to get close to the real local price, which isn't always easy or possible.

[GarryP]

^Cold pressed extra virgin coconut oil perhaps? Or perhaps sesame oil. No idea about the price but assume, as it is produced here, it should be better value. Agree with the cheap services.

[welsh1]

Good value..getting your puncture repaired on your bike for 10 baht

Bad value..Loves my strongbow cider me but 150-200 baht for a small bottle they can stick it up there A@@

[Loz]

sarah's bloke. nailed it again! i'm renting a house for less than my utilities cost back home on my own same sized property but semi detached and slightly smaller but better maintained garden.

[mca]

Best value

Rubbish collection twice a week. 20 baht per month.

Worst value

Imported European cars.

In the UK a long wheel base S500 Benz is the identical price to a 2 litre E class in Thailand.

[tangcoral]

Best value: bottled water at 7-11 store 7 baht vs 45 baht in US thats 600% markup

Worst value: LED TV (samsung led for the price of 32" I can get 46" in the US)

[Kan Win]

Hi Folks,

Best is value Kan be found below:-

http://www.pbase.com/win13

Most on these where taken for Free and are free to view if you so wish.

Worst was Visas to stay in Thailand.

I have a PR now so the worst is over

Happy Days

The Colonel an Amateur Photographer

Kanchanaburi Win

[dmax]

best value for money hotels/girls company / thai food/ worst value for money ( unless you live in scandanavia ) is beer , i buy 45 bottles of usa budweiser beer out of tesco,s here in uk for £20 that is less than 20 baht per bottle. jet skis / farang food, full english breafast in pattaya 120 baht thats around £270 i buy a fry in my local greasy spoon for £2 . farang food is very expensive in thailand, even go to tescos a 6 pack of sliced cheese 120 baht £240 <deleted> !!!

thailand is not cheap anymore !!!! add the costs of your visa runs etc to that. i will be thinking cambodia in 7 more years when ive got enough money to retire for a ggod few years, no visa worries down there, get a good decent room for $150 per mth, has everything pattaya or thailand has too