The open air karaoke places with christmas lights hanging up are usually safe, and much cheaper. I know where there is a strip of them, but its a secret.

The open air karaoke places with christmas lights hanging up are usually safe, and much cheaper. I know where there is a strip of them, but its a secret.

LOL.. be harder to find a somewhat rural road where there's NOT a strip of them..

But let me guess, from/in town I think the closest strip would be off Sri Ping Muang road?

Nope

Give you a hint though, the road starts with an H and ends with an E.... and in proximity to an area regarded for albino elephants when at the end of their path.

Ha.. That makes me wonder if there any gay karaokes. Not that I'd be interested,

The Kwai doth protest too much, methinks.

Try one of the karaoke places along Changlan and down Chiangmai Land.

Using your instrument in one of these places is definitely all systems go!!

Is that a guitar or a mouth organ?

I went to Valentines karaoke with a few friends and got there in there, sat in the main room and ordered one beer each (4) and we see they are 200 baht, so we immediately just ask for the bill. They take forever to bring us the bill. The girls come in the room and line up, we just ask for the bill again. Two girls sit down and we ask them for the bill again. They are pouring us our beers behind a pillar so we can not see. Two of my friends OKAY one lady drink while we are waiting for the check. So, thats a total of 6 drinks. They bring us the check.

4,800 baht.

we were charged ~300 three times for "mamasan fees"

the girls apparently drank like twenty five drinks in the fifteen minutes

we "drank two beers each" for eight beers

we got charged 450 + 450 for an "hour" with each of the girls

and a lot of other fees that were obviously fabricated. We literally did nothing else and we were immediately asking for the check.

standard.

Hell's teeth! This must be the Chiang Mai equivalent of jet ski scams, except not just wrought on falang.

I have been in a number of karaoke bars in Hua Hin, Pattaya and Ubon in my time. Never once thought I was being ripped off - ok a 'free-rider' turns up at your JW bottle sometimes - and have even been surprised at the value on occasions. Must just be lucky.

Thanks for the heads up - I'll avoid singing in CM like the plague.