Overpricing shames Thailand again

[Thian]

My cousin imports a lot from Asia but not from the Thai. He tried it once and didn't get what he paid for.

Now he is one of the big importers to the EU but he still bans the Thai company's.

Thai don't care for repeating business and would rather go for the one-time ripoff deal. That way they ruin it for the honest businessmen and their whole country.

[selftaopath]

When I was in Egypt one enterprising market stall holder displayed a notice saying "All customers charged same price". He got all the business because of this and all the con-men stalls lost out. Why cant Thai people see the light and learn from this kind of thing?

Common sense might not be all that common. :-) Logic? Humnnnnn.... can it be found near by????? :-)

[ikke]

The private pricing is not what shames Thailand, but the Junta is !

Governmental property visit they charge 10x Thai price to foreigners, and so do the other scammers, but it starts with the government

[paulmw]

Just got back from a trip to BKK found the motor bike taxi’s well priced and taking an orderly turn in customers refreshing.

Just wish the Tuk Tuk and motor taxis here in ISSAN would get the same idea, 100 baht for the same trip it cost me in BKK 40 baht.

[Thai at Heart]

The national parks do it, so why is it morally wrong for a bar?

[tif]

Meanwhile, in other news, a Bank of Thailand spokesman was bemoaning the lack of decent infrastructure and human resources to deal with the upcoming massive influx of tourists (his words). he said basically, that Thailand was too cheap and prices should be brought into line with the likes of Singapore ... Pointless arguing with that type of 'thinking'.

[tif]

Just got back from a trip to BKK found the motor bike taxi’s well priced and taking an orderly turn in customers refreshing.

Just wish the Tuk Tuk and motor taxis here in ISSAN would get the same idea, 100 baht for the same trip it cost me in BKK 40 baht.

Multiply that by 5 here on Phuket.

[tif]

You ever been to a "No Hands" Restaurant? Their scam beats all scams hands down.

You expecting sympathy?

[falangjim]

In a "nut shell"

"Like many other deep-rooted problems in Thailand, overcharging [etc.] stems from weak [or no] law enforcement and a reluctance to act,,,"

WELCOME to Land of Scams.

The author claims the problems are "deep rooted" but offers no explanation as to why that is. Another fluff piece telling us basically what we already know. Tell us the root of the problem and maybe readers will take notice.

Edited February 21, 2015 by falangjim

[Pimay1]

"One problem is they see the big ass house some Farang builds for his Thai wife another for her family and they all want it."

Solution: Tell the Thai wife you really like her parents and want to help them out by renting a room in their house.

They won't think you're rich then, 555.

Of course, they might charge you higher than the fair market value....

Or you may end up with an ex-wife.

[jcisco]

Meanwhile, in other news, a Bank of Thailand spokesman was bemoaning the lack of decent infrastructure and human resources to deal with the upcoming massive influx of tourists (his words). he said basically, that Thailand was too cheap and prices should be brought into line with the likes of Singapore ... Pointless arguing with that type of 'thinking'.

In my experience having lived nearly a decade in SIngapore and several years here, that suggestion to increase the pricing to Singapore levels is silly.

For a start how does one justify increasing salaries to Singapore levels and still not being able to reach productivity levels of similar level of SGs. And those in SG aren't that good either, so just on that, this suggestion falls over

Lets go subjective, Singapore generally delivers on ones expectation in commercial transactions and say the competency level of those with whom you deal. Also in that when you spend your money, you actually get service.

Lastly, property pricing in SIngapore is massively inflated due to low availability, primarily due to essentially having one customer taking most of it up. This does not apply, you would see rents go from 4000THB for a house to 4000SGD for the same, an insanely silly increase.

Edited February 21, 2015 by jcisco