Jdiddy Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Its the filthy backpackers bartering street vendors down as they've read 'how stuff works' in lonely planet. All whilst carrying around $$$$ in Apple products so they can blog every crap thing they do. Oh look another 20 something american girl in fishermans pants getting recorded eating some street food and explaining how you can live on 100 baht a day. Great. lol What do the locals think of them? Seems to be alot of early 20s backpackers/tourists in Chiang Mai, its funny how they all look the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bald Eagle Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Personally I think they should be rounded up by their singha wife beaters and forced into a year of hard labour to teach them life skills. Oh and how to break rocks, so handy in today's potholed times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 My ex partner died a multi millionaire ,the tightest guy you could ever meet ,he knew it was wrong but once told me he couldn't help himself, he thought he could take it with him, he did, his wife buried the cheque with him, lol sad life for such a rich guy Sent from my ASUS_T00J using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I went into a restaurant near my hotel and took a flask of tea with me as I don't like the lukewarm tea which comes about twenty minutes before your meal and is stone cold by the time your meal arrives. I was told to buy a cup of tea which they would not give me if I wanted to drink my own. Who is the Cheap Charlie, the restaurant, or me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I often take my own water in to bars and other high end venues. Why. I purchase 20 litre bottles for 12 baht. Why the <removed> do I want to pay 20 or 30 baht for 500ml here in Phuket. You should bring in your own alcohol as well. Much cheaper. Why would you want to pay the inflated prices bar charge when you can just drag in a carrier bag full of 7-11 bought drink? Also you'll look really classy carrying around bottles in order to save 20 baht or so. And you won't look like you've misunderstood how bars and restaurants make money at all either. I was in a hotel once which had a mini bar, I fancied a can of sprite, in the mini bar it was 45 Baht, in the 7-11 just outside, it was 14 Baht. There was a notice in the reception saying that it was forbidden to take refreshments up to your room as the mini bar had fair prices. Well, me being me, I ignored the notice and just bought the can from the 7-11. " Possum, your a Cheap Charlie". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 In a group at a Sizzler restaurant my mate ordered 3 fresh orange juices. When he found that we had already warned the waitress we wanted separate bills, he told her to take the juices back and bring his family water!!!!! The water would probably have been just as dear as the oranges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debrakfurlow Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Fatdumbandstupid. You are an angry little man. Sent from my SM-N900T using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quidnunc Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 The Jews of the East, as some have often quoted. Cited here by one of the Anti-Semites of the West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 The 7/11 stamp episode is the definition iof cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZigZagMan Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 A friend of mine from the USA likes to visit Thailand in the winter but he is always on a very tight budget. Won't buy a drink, won't tip, tries to get others to pay... Last year he had an unexpected windfall and came with some money... I thought, o good, he can finally enjoy himself a bit.... but noooo..... he stayed longer but just as cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debrakfurlow Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 No one can drive you crazy unless you give them the keys. Sent from my SM-N900T using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedy Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 No one can drive you crazy unless you give them the keys. Sent from my SM-N900T using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Always amazes me too - how can you be insulted if you refuse to be insulted. Or angered. Or made to feel anything. No one other than you has the power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4UCorsair Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Its the filthy backpackers bartering street vendors down as they've read 'how stuff works' in lonely planet. All whilst carrying around $$$$ in Apple products so they can blog every crap thing they do. Oh look another 20 something american girl in fishermans pants getting recorded eating some street food and explaining how you can live on 100 baht a day. Great. lol What do the locals think of them? Seems to be alot of early 20s backpackers/tourists in Chiang Mai, its funny how they all look the same you mean it's funny how they all look grubby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Its the filthy backpackers bartering street vendors down as they've read 'how stuff works' in lonely planet. All whilst carrying around $$$$ in Apple products so they can blog every crap thing they do. Oh look another 20 something american girl in fishermans pants getting recorded eating some street food and explaining how you can live on 100 baht a day. Great. lol What do the locals think of them? Seems to be alot of early 20s backpackers/tourists in Chiang Mai, its funny how they all look the same Ah, youth, LOL. They proclaim themselves to be "independent" but all dress in the "uniform" of young people and travel around in herds- baaaa. They also think they know it all nowadays, while actually knowing stuff all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Sometimes I feel like I am....the wife/we contribute to the family every month & they are great people that work hard and never ask for a thing....I've noticed on our visits some things that can make life better for them (new fridge). The old one is just that - very old - the shelves are sagging/splitting and it is undersized for 5 people....I want to buy them a new fridge but do not want to open the floodgates for evrything else that comes along.....bringing - getting gifts to take to them the Wife has always been modest with purchases & recently dissuaded me from buying t-shirts for everyone when we were visiting a resort area Aon-Nang/Krabi...... There's other items that are minimal that would help upgrade their life and what they are used to also....... Her family taught her not to spend money on big items but put it away for food - this is what she believes in......I'm fortunate that way...... But is still makes me feel like a Cheap Charlie....... I'm sure many guys will envy you;) Update....last time down Mama got a nice big brand new fridge.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konini Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Ah, youth, LOL. They proclaim themselves to be "independent" but all dress in the "uniform" of young people and travel around in herds- baaaa. They also think they know it all nowadays, while actually knowing stuff all. And that is SO different to how we were when we formed the youth of our country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konini Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 lol What do the locals think of them? Seems to be alot of early 20s backpackers/tourists in Chiang Mai, its funny how they all look the same you mean it's funny how they all look grubby? Grubby snails. That's exactly what they look like with their huge, stuffed backpacks on their backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeeya Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Holey moley, the fuddie duddies are out in force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Ah, youth, LOL. They proclaim themselves to be "independent" but all dress in the "uniform" of young people and travel around in herds- baaaa. They also think they know it all nowadays, while actually knowing stuff all. And that is SO different to how we were when we formed the youth of our country I don't think I said it was different when I was a youth- all long haired males and unisex jeans. However, I am happy to say that I did not join the flock- short hair and never wore jeans ( and I hated Led Zepplin ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konini Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 And that is SO different to how we were when we formed the youth of our country I don't think I said it was different when I was a youth- all long haired males and unisex jeans. However, I am happy to say that I did not join the flock- short hair and never wore jeans ( and I hated Led Zepplin ). Sacrilege! August 1979. Age 15 years and 10 months. Todd Rundgren's Utopia were playing at Knebworth Festival and there was no way I was going to miss that. I told my mam I was staying at Gina's house, she told her mam she was staying at our house. Whenever we were at each other's house we were ultra, ultra polite. We refused to call each other's mother or father by their first names, always Mr or Mrs, no matter how many times we were invited to be less formal. Gina lived in another suburb and their family didn't have a phone, so no checking up on us. We were so well behaved 'Lovely girl. I'm glad you have such a nice friend from a decent family, not the yobo's that live around here' that there was no chance of us getting caught. We used to go to Wigan Casino 2 or 3 times every month. It cost almost 2 weeks pocket money to get in, GBP 7 from memory. We jumped trains both ways so no travel costs. Gina wasn't into music apart from Northern Soul, but jumped at the chance to get wasted for the weekend. The only reason we went was for me to see Utopia. I'd never really been into Led Zep, had one of their albums but I thought they were a bit ho-hum and old (I was only 15 after all).Well over 150,000 people there - I remember it took us ages and ages to wiggle our way to reasonably close to the stage. We sat through some meh bands and some good bands (Chas and Dave who I think were first up were particularly good) until Utopia, who were 3rd last to perform came on. I watched and listened totally enthralled, but was a bit disappointed that they didn't play anything from RA which remains one of my favourite albums, and by coincidence I listed to it on the plane back from England 2 and a bit months ago. Gina wasn't interested at all and talking to some dragons - "Nice, kind dragons, not horrible scary ones". We had planned to head to the Torch all-nighter in Stoke after Utopia had finished, but neither of us were in any fit state to travel. Gina had her dragons and I had a bunch of two and three headed people, all talking at once. It certainly was the good stuff. Led Zep played after some band I can't remember the name of, but it was players from either The Who or The Stones. They started of OK-ish, but when they did Black Dog I was riveted. When I heard Kashmir live for the first time, I was converted to be a fan for the rest of my life. It seemed to go on forever. They were brilliant, and it turned out to be one of the last performances by Bonzo before he died. The thing that sticks with me most was the stage. It was massive. I don't mean just massive, I mean really, really massive. Apart from the day I met my husband 2 years later, it was the best day of my life. It is still the 2nd best day of my life. A bit scary when I think that it was 30-odd years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillyflower Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I don't know what this has to do with "Cheap Charlies".......but in my youth in Australia they were called 'bodgies' and 'widgies' and when I was in England they were called 'teddy boys'. Don't know if there was a name for the girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai20144 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Search for a Tread from Pattaya from 2010 about Cheap Charlies, it is an eye openier and i never knew English people were so cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keesters Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I often eat at shopping mall food halls. Generally I take my own filtered water from home with me in a strong plastic bottle. The water you can get at these places is either: 1) from a dubious filter system (never seen one being cleaned) that takes five minutes of painfull finger pushing a button to fill a glass. 2) sold in a flimsy plastic bottle that with the slightest squeeze has water all over the table and where the straws length is half the bottles height. cheap charlie maybe ... practical yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunkyBoogar Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Last year during my visit to Chiang Mai I witneseds a Cheap Charlie act that made me laugh until my stomach muscled ached. Me and the wife were hanging out in the Royal Orchid business lounge when an older gaudly dressed chinese lady escorted by her half-thai son and his thai wife entered the lounge. The son left to answer a call on his cell so his wife got some food and drinks for everyone. After getting 3 sodas and food for everyone the wife went to toilet. While she was in there mom quickly put ALL of the food and drinks into her bag. When wife came back she almost passed out because she KNEW she had palced food and drinks on the table. She made another trip to replinish everything.As soon as the food and drinks hit the table mom started to slyly sneak items into her bag. I don't know if mom was a klepto or a cheap charlie but she gave me and my wife a damn good laugh. Basically she was stealing free food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tham1 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 There is a big difference between being frugal and being tight. Bringing your own drinks into a bar is not being frugal, it is being damn right tight. I understand that some restaurants overcharge for their bottled water but a restaurant is a business and if you don’t like their prices and policies (or can’t afford to eat there) don’t go there. I am truly shocked at the amount of westerners on here who are actually proud that they are tight fisted and even more worrying is that they do not realise (or care) how a business makes its money to pay their staff and survive. As mentioned above, if you cannot afford to eat/drink in a restaurant/bar then don’t go there. There are plenty of cheap food stalls to eat from. If you can afford it, pay for the service and quit being so tight. My parents were frugal when I was a child but not greedy, It was tough times and I got clothes from the shelter and from the Army & Navy store - It is no fun going to school dressed as a Japanese Admiral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 There is a big difference between being frugal and being tight. Bringing your own drinks into a bar is not being frugal, it is being damn right tight. I understand that some restaurants overcharge for their bottled water but a restaurant is a business and if you don’t like their prices and policies (or can’t afford to eat there) don’t go there. I am truly shocked at the amount of westerners on here who are actually proud that they are tight fisted and even more worrying is that they do not realise (or care) how a business makes its money to pay their staff and survive. As mentioned above, if you cannot afford to eat/drink in a restaurant/bar then don’t go there. There are plenty of cheap food stalls to eat from. If you can afford it, pay for the service and quit being so tight. My parents were frugal when I was a child but not greedy, It was tough times and I got clothes from the shelter and from the Army & Navy store - It is no fun going to school dressed as a Japanese Admiral. Yes. My generation were brought up to "save" electricity, water, food etc because our parents had lived through the depression. Even though my father had a good job, mother made presents herself etc. Now, I notice people leave all the lights in the house on all the time, waste water, food etc. Just don't seem to be concerned nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tham1 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Saw one guy in Pattaya (South African I think) scrounging money on Soi Bau Khao in Pattaya every day for months. His scam was telling you he had just lost his card in ATM and needed 100 baht for ride home. He would then go eat in the 30 baht tin cup place where he also filled an empty water bottle from their free water jugs - total prick and a smelly <deleted> as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai20144 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 (edited) One Guy on the cheap charlie Topic from Pattaya from 2010 that i had the pleasure to read??? Pissed in his sink and washed his hands quickly to save money, also had the pleasure of the No2 in hotels and bars. Another guy was eating and making stews from off cuts that were meant for animals like dogs, he boosted about pig tail stew that lasted him 5 days. They all love the idea of balloon chasing and would ride around looking for free food. Made me sick, the lowest form of living beings on planet Earth. Edited September 11, 2014 by thai20144 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tham1 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 guide for cheap scum http://www.balloonchasers.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evadgib Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 (edited) An amusing anecdote to bump this thread: This afternoon I caught a ferang female in my peripheral vision sizing me up as I sat at a table in Big C playing with my phone. When she made her approach I gave a stern 'No Thank you!' as she prepared to thrust something in my direction. I had expected it to be Jehovas witnesses etc but changed my tune when I saw that she was only holding a newspaper..... "Do you speak English?" she asked. "Yes" said I, suspecting she might actually be looking for something specific in the shop & needed a bit of help in finding it, then came the good bit: "Would you like to buy my used copy of todays Bkk post for half the cost price?" Tight? Yer couldn't make it up! Edited June 21, 2015 by evadgib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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