scubascuba3 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 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? Sent from my GT-I9300 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Boy Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somchaimaidai Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Up to you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaraC Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Answered. /Closed/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feest monty Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 (edited) 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post David48 Posted November 24, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2013 No. Yes Up to you Answered. /Closed/ ... and there you have it in a nutshell. Well done those posters ... 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Totster Posted November 24, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2013 Who are you calling a Farang ?? totster 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dancealot Posted November 24, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2013 Attitude and behavior oftenly dermines the price. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WitawatWatawit Posted November 24, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2013 Attitude and behavior oftenly dermines the price. Sing and dance like a performing monkey and you might get fed for free. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Boy Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Do farang get charged extra? Yes. Do Thais pay the same? No. Now, it's about time for you to negoiate her sinsod Scubascuba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Boy Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Attitude and behavior oftenly dermines the price. Not as oftenly as being caucasian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancealot Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 Attitude and behavior oftenly dermines the price. Not as oftenly as being caucasian. True, cocky-asians get charged fawrong price as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijb Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 You have to give them a tip if you want the Thai price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 You have to give them a tip if you want the Thai price. ... and your logic just flew out the window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WitawatWatawit Posted November 24, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2013 You have to give them a tip if you want the Thai price. ... and your logic just flew out the window. Logic costs extra 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wolf5370 Posted November 24, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2013 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! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rijb Posted November 24, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2013 You have to give them a tip if you want the Thai price. alt=whistling.gif width=19 height=18> ... 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. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post i claudius Posted November 24, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2013 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 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 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". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kurnell Posted November 24, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2013 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. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemoncake Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Indrid Cold Posted November 24, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted November 24, 2013 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. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJP Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmarhall Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 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' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frimu Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 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! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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