Do farang get charged extra?

[scubascuba3]

I'm pretty sure the answer is yes but I dislike dual pricing. Some examples based on street food I like:

Noodle soup 40 baht

Rice chicken veg 50 baht

Meat on a stick thing 10 baht

Ice coffee 20 baht

Banana pancake 40 baht

Pineapple quarter 10 baht

Do Thais pay the same?

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[Billy Boy]

No.

[somchaimaidai]

Yes

[sustento]

Up to you

[LaraC]

Answered.

/Closed/

[feest monty]

rule number 1: dont argue with street vendors about the price of food, there is no way that you can even draw even. just wear it and adjust your custom in accordance to what you perceive. pay before you eat or before the food even arrives is also a good habit to get into. ie. pay when you order, it stops the ever present lingering street scum from renegotiating the price while you are eating.

Edited November 24, 2013 by feest monty

[David48]

No.

Yes

Up to you

Answered.

/Closed/

... and there you have it in a nutshell.

Well done those posters ...

[Totster]

Who are you calling a Farang ??

totster

[Dancealot]

Attitude and behavior oftenly dermines the price.

[WitawatWatawit]

Attitude and behavior oftenly dermines the price.

Sing and dance like a performing monkey and you might get fed for free.

[Dancealot]

Attitude and behavior oftenly dermines the price.

Sing and dance like a performing monkey and you might get fed for free.

That costs extra, mate.

[Billy Boy]

Do farang get charged extra?

Yes.

Do Thais pay the same?

No.

Now, it's about time for you to negoiate her sinsod Scubascuba.

[Billy Boy]

Attitude and behavior oftenly dermines the price.

Not as oftenly as being caucasian.

[Dancealot]

Attitude and behavior oftenly dermines the price.

Not as oftenly as being caucasian.

True, cocky-asians get charged fawrong price as well.

[rijb]

You have to give them a tip if you want the Thai price.

[David48]

You have to give them a tip if you want the Thai price.

... and your logic just flew out the window.

[WitawatWatawit]

You have to give them a tip if you want the Thai price.

... and your logic just flew out the window.

Logic costs extra

[wolf5370]

Noodle soup 40 baht

Rice chicken veg 50 baht

Meat on a stick thing 10 baht

Ice coffee 20 baht

Banana pancake 40 baht

Pineapple quarter 10 baht

Moat of these sort of things, generally you'll pay the same. Its entrance fees that are often dual priced. As are negotiated fares/rentals/deposits/etc.

Expats can often get the Thai price if they can speak Thai (read the Thai prices listed - as they usually are in Thai scripts) and/or have some proof of residency like a Thai driving license. Generally, if the prices are in Thai script (the numbers) you can be sure there is a dual price!

[rijb]

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... and your logic just flew out the window.

I couldn't find a 'I'm being facetious' emoticon. Obviously, you needed one to 'get' my post.

[i claudius]

Always get Thai price with my licence ,in fact at sri racha zoo they let my daughter her husband and my granddaughter in for Thai price as well,never get charged anything but the same as Thais for food ,and here in Pattaya even the touts and the taylors never bother me and the wife ,i just think that after a certain amount of time living in Thailand you just "look" local and not a tourist , that and the fact that i'me 6ft 7 ins ,built like a brick shithouse and have scars all over my face

[h90]

yes and no...bad people may overcharge. They do it with farangs but the same with Thai people who don't know about.

I have seen the taxi in the south to some wealthy Bangkok people. I guess I would have paid half the price then them and I was treated a 200 % more friendly.

So it is just junk people who make profit....And it is exactly the same in the west, often enough I saw overcharging 100-200 % on industrial products because they "don't know".

[kurnell]

I watched my Thai wife get badly ripped off at one of those local fairs. Given the opportunity Thais will take anyone to the cleaners.

[lemoncake]

I really do not know why this subjects still come up.

If we do pay more, not much we can do about that, so why bother? waste time, health and energy on even knowing?

If i bought something for 100 baht and happy with it, i do not want to know i could have bought it for 50 baht just around the corner, as i would feel upset about being ripped off.

Naturally tourists pay more for variety of reasons, expats pay less than the tourists, those who speak good enough Thai pay even less, and locals pay less than that. HOWEVER, many times there is only 1 price for all and many times Thai pay more than the foreigners.

I know many times i managed to get a better deal than my staff who are Thai.

Prices OP quoted, are fair and reasonable., the further out you go the cheaper you pay, as rents are also cheaper

Edited November 24, 2013 by lemoncake

[Indrid Cold]

I think it depends a lot on where in Thailand you are: In Sarakham i do not pay any extra and in the village i live i sometimes pay less, not in price but in quantity. I think they like to se me eat, having a shindig of middle age semi chubby thai ladies strutting around me saying saep mai in chorus.

[MJP]

Attitude and behavior oftenly dermines the price.

Yup. My brother used to work in a mower shop and would apply a "rudeness tax" to the price for anyone who was . . . rude.

Unless it's priced, same the World over.

[johnmarhall]

Lets all move out and then there will be no one the thai can scam they do not care who they scam friends family anyone they can get money from

[Neeranam]

Attitude and behavior oftenly dermines the price.

Sing and dance like a performing monkey and you might get fed for free.

Reminds me of when I was an English teacher and got free meals. I was basically a dancing white monkey, although at the time I thought I was high up the Thai social ladder as people called me 'Ajarn Neeranam'

[Neeranam]

Basically, in tourist areas, the tourist farang will get charged more. The farang that can speak Thai or/and Isarn will get the local price. The ones in between, which is most, depends on their demeanor and behaviour.

[frimu]

I want to add, that if you buy food very close to a BTS or MRT station it ist more expensive, than 2 km into a soi.

If you bought that food near such a station, then I think, these prices are same for Thai and Farang.

[willyumiii]

So refreshing to see a thread we have never discussed before on TV!

It's called the "Farang Tax".

It's still some of the cheapest, best tasting street food to be found in the world.

Shut up, pay up ,and eat up!....Yum!