For all you ex-pats living in Thailand. When you buy do you still convert in your head to what ever your native currency is . To figure out how much things are. Or have you been there long enought to judge how much it is worth just by the Baht. And if so how long did it take you to do this?

I'm doing the opposite, checking prices here in Beirut from A$ to THB.......

Mangos: 90b kg.. etc... been in LOS too long, methinks.

NB, 1 Aus mango can weigh 900g.

Most of the time I don't need to convert any longer. When I do it's easy to convert to USD, especially as the exchange rate has been rather stable. Divide by 4 and drop a zero for a rough estimate.

I gave up converting to £'s after about a year here, now I only bother doing it to show comparible prices for the wife.

I still do the same a Tippaporn. Just gives me an Idea.

Barry

I'm doing the opposite, checking prices here in Beirut from A$ to THB.......

Mangos: 90b kg.. etc... been in LOS too long, methinks.

NB, 1 Aus mango can weigh 900g.

Same here, in another Beirut. Different currency..........

Prices are higher!!!!!!!!!!!

280 baht for a haircut.......... costs 60 baht in LOS

Edited January 9, 200620 yr by astral

...what happen to me is to convert in THB when I am in Europe...

...don't know why but...it's really annoying...

...even if I stay there just one month every year I really sorry when (for example) I go in a restaurant with friends and bill come out...

...usually 30 euros....wow, I think...1500 bath...for that price in Thailand i can eat much much more....

Still converting after eight years. Divide by 20, that's the price in Deutschmark, then compare it with the benchmark price from 1997 and decide whether it's a good deal or not. Euro? What's that?

No matter where I am in the world, I always convert to baht.

I tend to convert everything to number of beers or ST's

For all you ex-pats living in Thailand. When you buy do you still convert in your head to what ever your native currency is . To figure out how much things are. Or have you been there long enought to judge how much it is worth just by the Baht. And if so how long did it take you to do this?

No i always use a calculator!!

I think almost everyone converts or at least relates the price to another currency, but to say if something is to expensive or a good deal you dont need to convert after a while, as you just have a good idea of the local prices.

And come on, you cant compare most of the prices, except you can get the exact same value in another country e.g. on clothes/technical stuff but not really on food and other services. Other country/culture - different price

nope, just buy them all. usually broke before the end of each month.

I tend to convert everything to number of beers or ST's

Could this be a new international currency???????????????

"Right love the pototoes are 1.5 short times per kilo".

I dont live there but after many visits I dont covert into $Aud.......I know what the worth of something is and that worth is what I am prepared to pay.

Now.. I only convert when looking at my bank balance in pounds...

totster

Edited January 12, 200620 yr by Totster

Since I live on an 'thai income' I don't convert.

Only have done _after_ purchases to tell the friends back home what something cost me when they are asking for the prices.