thailand pang!

[silomplaya]

thailand is getting too expensive and now a rip off

[ryanhull]

Really? Take it you haven't been to the UK recently.... What is more expensive specifically?

[pgrahmm]

Or been to the Europe or the US recently either.....

Troll topic/OP I think to light up the switchboard.....

[phuketrichard]

US is cheaper or the same for just about everything but rents

[ryanhull]

Us isn't cheaper for anything... Be specific tell us what's cheaper in the us aside from doughnuts and McDonald's?

[draftvader]

I wonder if your other 46 posts have been so enlightening and incisive........

[Sigurris]

I don't know where you live but let me look at some of my expenses in the last couple of days.

A mechanic came to my house checked my car took the battery for charging. Returned later with a reconditioned alternator and fitted it. Total cost 4000 baht.

2 bags full of fruit and vegetables from the market 300 baht

Lunch 40 baht

Water rates for a large condo 300 baht

Total bills for 140 sq m condo including cable, internet, water and Electric 3,500 baht

2 dresses, pair of shoes and a pair of trousers for gf 1500 baht

Alterations to 2 dresses 80 baht

Total 9420 baht

I estimate that the same would be around 30,000 in the UK

Ok some stuff is more than the west but when it comes to services this place wins hands down

[silomplaya]

still pang

[cornishcarlos]

Us isn't cheaper for anything... Be specific tell us what's cheaper in the us aside from doughnuts and McDonald's?

Motorbike helmets (proper ones)

[Jack Mountain]

It's about time that the Aldi comes to thailand ...

[weegee]

EGGS....cheaper here....Taste better too

[Kwasaki]

Depends where you choose to live.

Agree Phuket on a reminisce recent holiday compared to where I live is a rip off for sure and slowly becoming a concrete jungle.

[DP25]

If you're a 'Silom Playa' Thailand is getting very expensive and is only going to get more so. Expat orientated nightlife, restaurants, housing etc is ridiculously pricey now and is getting worse every day.

Get outside of the tourist ghettos and clip joints and it's still cheap. And far more enjoyable as well imo.

[casualbiker]

still pang

A person of many words.. congratulations!

[kandi]

I don't know where you live but let me look at some of my expenses in the last couple of days.

A mechanic came to my house checked my car took the battery for charging. Returned later with a reconditioned alternator and fitted it. Total cost 4000 baht.

2 bags full of fruit and vegetables from the market 300 baht

Lunch 40 baht

Water rates for a large condo 300 baht

Total bills for 140 sq m condo including cable, internet, water and Electric 3,500 baht

2 dresses, pair of shoes and a pair of trousers for gf 1500 baht

Alterations to 2 dresses 80 baht

Total 9420 baht

I estimate that the same would be around 30,000 in the UK

Ok some stuff is more than the west but when it comes to services this place wins hands down

3,500THB for a 140sqm condo. Where? In the djungle?

[beachproperty]

OP...Really???? Compared to what? Please enlighten? Or is your English so limited?

Edited September 4, 2014 by beachproperty

[Sigurris]

I don't know where you live but let me look at some of my expenses in the last couple of days.

A mechanic came to my house checked my car took the battery for charging. Returned later with a reconditioned alternator and fitted it. Total cost 4000 baht.

2 bags full of fruit and vegetables from the market 300 baht

Lunch 40 baht

Water rates for a large condo 300 baht

Total bills for 140 sq m condo including cable, internet, water and Electric 3,500 baht

2 dresses, pair of shoes and a pair of trousers for gf 1500 baht

Alterations to 2 dresses 80 baht

Total 9420 baht

I estimate that the same would be around 30,000 in the UK

Ok some stuff is more than the west but when it comes to services this place wins hands down

3,500THB for a 140sqm condo. Where? In the djungle?

I should have been clearer. That is my monthly bills. I own the condo.

[Costas2008]

OP, Please keep your posts shorter next time.

Very tiring for me to read it.

And please, don't "burn the bridges" with your old country.

May be, you will have nowhere to sleep under.

Edited September 4, 2014 by Costas2008

[krisb]

You can't compare expenses for expenses to back home.

My wife who's lived the longer than Villagefarang

even says Thailand is now expensive.

I think its cheap being a 3 week millionaire still.

Much much cheaper countries in SE Asia than Thailand that's sure. Bangkok is expensive, Khon Kaen is cheap.

[falkan]

somtum is still 35 baht

[Jingthing]

It's a mixed bag and of course depends on how you live, what compromises you make (here or there).

[SoiBiker]

If you thought moving to Thailand would mean you could live like a king on a meagre income, then I guess it might seem expensive.

If you moved to Thailand and attempted to recreate the lifestyle you had in the west, it probably does seem expensive. But why would you do that anyway?

[zeichen]

If you compare with Thailand of just a few years ago, yes it is expensive. The cost of living has gone up about 30% in the past 2 years. The minimum wage hit a lot of middle class workers pretty hard. For me the exchange rate for the dollars has sucked for about a year and getting worse lately. When I work and get paid here, obviously I don't mind but when I bring over money it just doesn't go far. I brought 30k USD this year and it just didn't go as far as a few years back.

[somchaismith]

Don't let the door slap you on your ass on the way home.

Edited September 4, 2014 by somchaismith

[doggie888888]

I agree! My wine, cheeses, foie gras and caviar are terribly expensive here.

On the other hand, i paid 50baht for one banana in Australia, lol.

[mrtoad]

Obviously the timeshare gig is not paying out, no freebie women and the 3000 baht a month condo is actually just a shack

[Crazy chef 1]

what happened MR T got a bad day- i know you can better.

[soihok]

Please OP, what country you from?

I live next door in Malaysia and everything costs more here (except the subsidised fuel = Diesel is 20 Baht / litre).

[soihok]

Obviously the timeshare gig is not paying out, no freebie women and the 3000 baht a month condo is actually just a shack

I have a time share Mr T.

Are you feeling lucky?

[mrtoad]

Obviously the timeshare gig is not paying out, no freebie women and the 3000 baht a month condo is actually just a shack

I have a time share Mr T.

Are you feeling lucky?

You have one, he tries to sell them. Big difference.