What is the price?

[12DrinkMore]

Just having a small rant.

Why do the Thais advertise prices such as

14,XXX for an aircon.

or

2,XXX,XXX for a condo

or

1,XXX for a room rate

or

21,XXX for a TV.

It annoys me.

Just put the price on the advert.

Thank you.

[tonytigerbkk]

The obvious reason is so that they look at you and decide how much they can get away with charging you.

It also annoys me, in fact I will not buy anything form a shop that uses this if type of pricing.

[CharlieH]

Its simply used as there version of "from". Nothing misleading or sinister, no one is trying to scam you.

[Swiss1960]

What is your problem? Replace XXX with 000, then subtract between 10-30% from that price and make your offer and start the negotiation...

This is Thailand, just in case you forgot...

[keemapoot]

I love the used car dealers advertising online. How many kilometers? 1xx,xxx. Which obviously means anything from 100 thousand to 200 thousand.

[David48]

12XXX Drink More ...

[Soutpeel]

OP you got to be sh*tting me, you cant figure out what the "XXXX" means ?

XXXX

[tso310]

what about Wadsworth 6X or Castlemaine XXXX.

[Costas2008]

OP, if you come across any XXXL, shirts, please notify me

[seajae]

what about Wadsworth 6X or Castlemaine XXXX.

that was only because castlemaine didnt know how to spell BEER

[MichaelJackson]

Nah, the xxxxx is just kisses from the staff.

[krisb]

God lifes such a puzzle sometimes ain't it.

[krisb]

what about Wadsworth 6X or Castlemaine XXXX.

that was only because castlemaine didnt know how to spell BEER

I thought it was don't give a xxxx about any other beer.

[Stradavarius37]

Ahh - best dumb thread of the day

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[barry553]

It is a valid point and it is interesting to see how it provokes sad apologists for Thailand.

[Thakkar]

I went to a shop that advertised a product for 12,XXX. Being a perennial pessimist, I did not expect the price to be 12,000. I expected it to be 12,999. I wanted the product so I asked for it and laid out my cash, all 12,999 of it. They smiled, wrapped my item and returned to me, nine baht.

I was overjoyed and left the shop with my product, a happy camper.

T

[lannarebirth]

Just guessing, but I think this practice stems from the way Thais talk about prices. They almost always quote a price as more than (gwah) a certain price and what we westerners would like to know is what the price is equal or less than.

[12DrinkMore]

Just guessing, but I think this practice stems from the way Thais talk about prices. They almost always quote a price as more than (gwah) a certain price and what we westerners would like to know is what the price is equal or less than.

A useful device I employ when I am asked how much I paid for something. I find it is important to give the impression I am always struggling a bit with cash. It keeps the demands at bay.

But when it comes to buying something I want to know how much the asking price is. As one of the replies above, I simply walk away when I see the xxx prices. One reason being that when I have asked in the past, the sales person has to get on a phone and the first sentence is,

"A Farang is asking how much blabblah is".

And I cannot think of a single exception to this.

At which point I say "Mai pen rai" and walk out.