MrRed Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Best value is without doubt travel also utilities and fruit and veg. Worst value is anything from the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahsbloke Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Best value renting a house Worst value buying a house in the wifes name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougLee Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pletwo Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 One Post deleted for being off topic and containing inflammatory remarks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pletwo Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dom samui Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC82 Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 A quid is british slang for one pound. similar to a 'buck' in the us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fletchsmile Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) 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 Edited December 21, 2010 by fletchsmile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHdiver Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 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 ......? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) 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. Edited December 21, 2010 by Jingthing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 ^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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 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@@ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangcoral Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) 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) Edited December 21, 2010 by tangcoral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kan Win Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) 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 Edited December 21, 2010 by Kan Win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmax Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 (edited) 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 Edited December 22, 2010 by dmax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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