krisb Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Our Australian electricity bill tops $1000 for the summer quarter. Maybe $600 each other quarter. My gas bill is average $250 a quarter. That's for 3 of us but our daughter is only 2 . Shopping food bill is about $300 a week. We eat pretty well. But nappies are in that and they're expensive. Water bill is around $200 a quarter. Add mortgage and cars and the rest of life costs in its crazy really. Just a comparison for you. When i was home last year in Australia, i watched a few "shopping trollies" pass through the check out.............Pure bloody extravagance and still they whinge about the cost. Now your summing us all up aren't you. What's extravagance? A bit of extra food and some biscuits? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Lets face it. Some things are so cheap in the LOS. Some examples... 1. Thai post office.... To send huge boxes anywhere in Thailand by tracking is really cheap. I posted a huge box with a heavy pram in it and it only cost thb140. It would have been around $40 back home 2. Water bills.... We have a 3 br home with 2 bathrooms. My water bill each month is 400 baht. Back home water is really expensive. I have a friend back home who said that he was paying $100 a month minimum on a 3 b/r house with same size family as me. 3. Electricity... My monthly electricity bills are extremely cheap at the moment thb 500 to 700 a month. We are not using the air con yet. Obviously it will be up in april but no where near the prices back home. My sister back home said that she had a bill of $600 a quarter during winter. Another friend in a medium size home says he walks around turning lights off etc in his house everyday to reduce the bills. His quarterly electricity bill was $900 but he has 4 kids. Do you have any other examples cheers 1. The post office doesn't steal things out of my mail in my home country. 2. I wouldn't drink that dodgy water at any price. 3. In my home country my electrical can't kill me. It's grounded (earthed.) Next. I stay PUT in MY home country - SIMPLE!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravip Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 you can't get a haircut for 50 baht in Bkk these days, it's 60 baht, bloody outrageous Lucky you jacky...here on Samui it costs me Bht 100. well that does happen here, they have 60 baht on the window but when the falang comes to pay it's often a hundred, in that case I never go back and they don't see that they lost hundreds of baht in lost custom, idiots. Idiots... many around. I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AnotherOneAmerican Posted February 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2015 Just a comparison for you. How about comparing the average wage in Australia to the average wage in Thailand. Then perhaps you might have a better understanding ! I've just compared my pension in the USA with my pension in Thailand, both the same! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GarryP Posted February 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2015 No idea what things cost in the UK, so can't really say which is cheaper. Because I have been here so long, I no longer know what I am missing from the UK so don't miss it. Do they still produce dandelion and burdock? I have been told by my parents and my sister that I am better off here than there, but then they probably are happy to have got rid of me all those years ago. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Christmas13 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Our Australian electricity bill tops $1000 for the summer quarter. Maybe $600 each other quarter. My gas bill is average $250 a quarter. That's for 3 of us but our daughter is only 2 . Shopping food bill is about $300 a week. We eat pretty well. But nappies are in that and they're expensive. Water bill is around $200 a quarter. Add mortgage and cars and the rest of life costs in its crazy really. Just a comparison for you. Well I don't know where you live I live in Perth my electricity bill is about $ 80 for 65 days my gas bill is $ 70 for about the same amount of month my water bill is about $ 35 per 3 month we have a 3 bedroom villa and 2 bathrooms as well Our food bill is about $ 85 per week for 3 people and yes we eat well meat every day and veg's so where is it cheaper ? I do get my pension I have Medicare for free I get discounts on the bus and train get discount on medicine and so on. Do I get all that in Thailand? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post krisb Posted February 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2015 Our Australian electricity bill tops $1000 for the summer quarter. Maybe $600 each other quarter. My gas bill is average $250 a quarter. That's for 3 of us but our daughter is only 2 . Shopping food bill is about $300 a week. We eat pretty well. But nappies are in that and they're expensive. Water bill is around $200 a quarter. Add mortgage and cars and the rest of life costs in its crazy really. Just a comparison for you. Well I don't know where you live I live in Perth my electricity bill is about $ 80 for 65 days my gas bill is $ 70 for about the same amount of month my water bill is about $ 35 per 3 month we have a 3 bedroom villa and 2 bathrooms as well Our food bill is about $ 85 per week for 3 people and yes we eat well meat every day and veg's so where is it cheaper ? I do get my pension I have Medicare for free I get discounts on the bus and train get discount on medicine and so on. Do I get all that in Thailand? Well if that's the price you can live for, which is cheaper that Thailand, you could sell a book on how to do it, seriously. I'd like to hear what 3 people eat on 85 a week divided by 3 . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 My 5000 baht rent and 1800 baht total utility bill keeps me smiling. 4 bedroom/4 bath on half a rai..just a few minutes from the market in San Sai, Chiang Mai. That utility bill includes 200 for water, 700 for elect, and 900 for cable/wifi. I buy extra butter and cheese with what I save (a similar house in New York State, with utilities, would be closer to 60,000. do the math. I happily buy whatever food I like, at inflated prices, and still make out like a bandit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdecas Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Just look at the cost of those communal coin washing machines here - 40 Baht! But don't worry, here's another of my Super Thai Saver Tips for Farangs - How to Stay Clean for Free - that you may have missed first time around: Come washday, carry your basket of dirty clothes down to a conveniently out of the way, dim spot near the laundry room. Wait until another resident loads up their washing and starts the machine, then leaves for the duration of the cycle. When they are safely out of sight, quickly open the top of the machine and insert your own dirty laundry. As long as you make sure to withdraw you own washing between the penultimate and ultimate spin cycles, you will have not only saved the 40 Baht cost, but an extra few Baht on that not inexpensive washing powder! More tips soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgard Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I don't know really what you are talking about. How you can tell us that the electric and water bills from your friend are more expensive without compare it at used electric/water. Maybe your friend shower 5 times the day and you only one time. maybe him have 3 tv's running and you are only one. How can you compare it with a 3BD house? In my homecountry almost everything is cheaper. Bread, nudels, meat, milk, coffee, tea, clothes, ckokolade, nuts, Chips, ....!!! Most electronics, cars and motorbikes are cheaper. Also beer, wine, Whisky, ...!!! The home building materials heresome cheaper but poor quality. Every friend who visit me told me later: It's cheap to eat outside. Gasohol, Diesel, ... cheaper too. But most things what you use daily are much more expensive. But I don't stay in Thailand for have a cheap living. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Just look at the cost of those communal coin washing machines here - 40 Baht! But don't worry, here's another of my Super Thai Saver Tips for Farangs - How to Stay Clean for Free - that you may have missed first time around: Come washday, carry your basket of dirty clothes down to a conveniently out of the way, dim spot near the laundry room. Wait until another resident loads up their washing and starts the machine, then leaves for the duration of the cycle. When they are safely out of sight, quickly open the top of the machine and insert your own dirty laundry. As long as you make sure to withdraw you own washing between the penultimate and ultimate spin cycles, you will have not only saved the 40 Baht cost, but an extra few Baht on that not inexpensive washing powder! More tips soon. Oh God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Thailand is cheaper to live then back in the States but if you like cheese butter good meat etc I think overall 2-4 times more then the Ststes Gas is more here for auto, but over all Thailand is cheaper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1BADDAT Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Cheap here: Public transport, taxis, airfare within Thailand, laundry service, housekeeper, restaurants, mobile phone, internet. Expensive here: Imported cars, name brand clothing, quality electronics, fuel, a decent steak, cheese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Christmas13 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Our Australian electricity bill tops $1000 for the summer quarter. Maybe $600 each other quarter. My gas bill is average $250 a quarter. That's for 3 of us but our daughter is only 2 . Shopping food bill is about $300 a week. We eat pretty well. But nappies are in that and they're expensive. Water bill is around $200 a quarter. Add mortgage and cars and the rest of life costs in its crazy really. Just a comparison for you. Well I don't know where you live I live in Perth my electricity bill is about $ 80 for 65 days my gas bill is $ 70 for about the same amount of month my water bill is about $ 35 per 3 month we have a 3 bedroom villa and 2 bathrooms as well Our food bill is about $ 85 per week for 3 people and yes we eat well meat every day and veg's so where is it cheaper ? I do get my pension I have Medicare for free I get discounts on the bus and train get discount on medicine and so on. Do I get all that in Thailand? Well if that's the price you can live for, which is cheaper that Thailand, you could sell a book on how to do it, seriously. I'd like to hear what 3 people eat on 85 a week divided by 3 . So how many swimming pools do you have or how many fridges you have running all day every day? I must admit I do not eat a lot but my wife eats like a horse and I have a 21 year old nephew who eats even more but reply on all the benefits you get in Thailand ? As a Farang NONE you get ripped of where ever you go ( don't want to get in to double pricing ) I lived in Thailand for many years and went back to OZ and I am happy now yes I know not every thing is cheap but I live better here then I ever lived in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thakkar Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Back home, my two kids went to a decent school for free. Over here I pay 600,000 baht for equivalent Int'l school. On the plus side, I save 30k a mint in water bills. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP25 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 The price of cheese, butter, wine etc is irrelevant to me. How much of this stuff do you really eat? I pay a few dollars more for a piece of cheese than I would at home, and save $1000 on rent. Not to mention I can get a fantastic bowl of noodles for $1 or fresh tropical fruit so I don't really care that I am not eating cheese and butter every day. I'm healthier and I save money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 In my home country my electrical can't kill me. It's grounded (earthed.) electricity any where in the world can kill just less likely to on a correctly earthed system img_2510.jpg This is not electric wires. This is phone and cable lines 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick01827 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Lets face it. Some things are so cheap in the LOS. Some examples... 1. Thai post office.... To send huge boxes anywhere in Thailand by tracking is really cheap. I posted a huge box with a heavy pram in it and it only cost thb140. It would have been around $40 back home 2. Water bills.... We have a 3 br home with 2 bathrooms. My water bill each month is 400 baht. Back home water is really expensive. I have a friend back home who said that he was paying $100 a month minimum on a 3 b/r house with same size family as me. 3. Electricity... My monthly electricity bills are extremely cheap at the moment thb 500 to 700 a month. We are not using the air con yet. Obviously it will be up in april but no where near the prices back home. My sister back home said that she had a bill of $600 a quarter during winter. Another friend in a medium size home says he walks around turning lights off etc in his house everyday to reduce the bills. His quarterly electricity bill was $900 but he has 4 kids. Do you have any other examples cheers 1. The post office doesn't steal things out of my mail in my home country. 2. I wouldn't drink that dodgy water at any price. 3. In my home country my electrical can't kill me. It's grounded (earthed.) Next. Wow good job you don't live in Thailand eh neversure, you'd probably hate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick01827 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Lets face it. Some things are so cheap in the LOS. Some examples... 1. Thai post office.... To send huge boxes anywhere in Thailand by tracking is really cheap. I posted a huge box with a heavy pram in it and it only cost thb140. It would have been around $40 back home 2. Water bills.... We have a 3 br home with 2 bathrooms. My water bill each month is 400 baht. Back home water is really expensive. I have a friend back home who said that he was paying $100 a month minimum on a 3 b/r house with same size family as me. 3. Electricity... My monthly electricity bills are extremely cheap at the moment thb 500 to 700 a month. We are not using the air con yet. Obviously it will be up in april but no where near the prices back home. My sister back home said that she had a bill of $600 a quarter during winter. Another friend in a medium size home says he walks around turning lights off etc in his house everyday to reduce the bills. His quarterly electricity bill was $900 but he has 4 kids. Do you have any other examples cheers 1. The post office doesn't steal things out of my mail in my home country. 2. I wouldn't drink that dodgy water at any price. 3. In my home country my electrical can't kill me. It's grounded (earthed.) Next. Wow good job you don't live in Thailand eh neversure, you'd probably hate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJBangkok Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 One of the reasons why everything is so "cheap "here is because you are subject to a far greater probability of encountering misadventure in your home and every time you step outside your front door than you are in the west. The cheapest thing in Thailand is someone else's life. BTW my electricity bill averages 13,000 per month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Lets face it. Some things are so cheap in the LOS. Some examples... 1. Thai post office.... To send huge boxes anywhere in Thailand by tracking is really cheap. I posted a huge box with a heavy pram in it and it only cost thb140. It would have been around $40 back home 2. Water bills.... We have a 3 br home with 2 bathrooms. My water bill each month is 400 baht. Back home water is really expensive. I have a friend back home who said that he was paying $100 a month minimum on a 3 b/r house with same size family as me. 3. Electricity... My monthly electricity bills are extremely cheap at the moment thb 500 to 700 a month. We are not using the air con yet. Obviously it will be up in april but no where near the prices back home. My sister back home said that she had a bill of $600 a quarter during winter. Another friend in a medium size home says he walks around turning lights off etc in his house everyday to reduce the bills. His quarterly electricity bill was $900 but he has 4 kids. Do you have any other examples cheers 1. The post office doesn't steal things out of my mail in my home country. 2. I wouldn't drink that dodgy water at any price. 3. In my home country my electrical can't kill me. It's grounded (earthed.) Next. only poor people drink water and/or live in an "ungrounded" home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gawaterman Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> Our Australian electricity bill tops $1000 for the summer quarter. Maybe $600 each other quarter. My gas bill is average $250 a quarter. That's for 3 of us but our daughter is only 2 .Shopping food bill is about $300 a week. We eat pretty well. But nappies are in that and they're expensive. Water bill is around $200 a quarter.Add mortgage and cars and the rest of life costs in its crazy really.Just a comparison for you. How about comparing the average wage in Australia to the average wage in Thailand. Then perhaps you might have a better understanding ! That's what I've been thinking, it might be cheap for us but sometimes I wonder how the Thais can afford to live.Cars are dearer here than Australia yet there are lots of new expensive cars out there on the road. Electrical goods like TV,s are dearer, phones are dearer, petrol is about the same as Oz, houses seem to be about 1/3 the price yet the average wage is about 5 times higher in Australia. I guess the actual living costs (taxes,electricity,water,food,clothes) are cheaper but I am sure we are better off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 you can't get a haircut for 50 baht in Bkk these days, it's 60 baht, bloody outrageous Lucky you jacky...here on Samui it costs me Bht 100. well that does happen here, they have 60 baht on the window but when the falang comes to pay it's often a hundred, in that case I never go back and they don't see that they lost hundreds of baht in lost custom, idiots. must have been a terrible experience for you how did you cope? went to a shrink or joined a support group for a few months? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 you can't get a haircut for 50 baht in Bkk these days, it's 60 baht, bloody outrageous Lucky you jacky...here on Samui it costs me Bht 100. well that does happen here, they have 60 baht on the window but when the falang comes to pay it's often a hundred, in that case I never go back and they don't see that they lost hundreds of baht in lost custom, idiots. Idiots... many around. I agree. most of them Farangs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Just a comparison for you. How about comparing the average wage in Australia to the average wage in Thailand. Then perhaps you might have a better understanding ! I've just compared my pension in the USA with my pension in Thailand, both the same! comparing my income in Thailand with that if i lived in Germany the income in Thailand is nearly double. your problem is that you are not AnotherOneGerman living in Thailand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Rent 0 Electricity 1,203 Baht Tel. 100 Baht Water about 200 Baht Cable TV 1,419 or thereabouts Internet 1,500 Baht Rubbish collection 20 Baht/month Mobile phone: 900 Pretty cheap. But then I am working so can afford these luxuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laislica Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Lets face it. Some things are so cheap in the LOS. Some examples... 1. Thai post office.... To send huge boxes anywhere in Thailand by tracking is really cheap. I posted a huge box with a heavy pram in it and it only cost thb140. It would have been around $40 back home 2. Water bills.... We have a 3 br home with 2 bathrooms. My water bill each month is 400 baht. Back home water is really expensive. I have a friend back home who said that he was paying $100 a month minimum on a 3 b/r house with same size family as me. 3. Electricity... My monthly electricity bills are extremely cheap at the moment thb 500 to 700 a month. We are not using the air con yet. Obviously it will be up in april but no where near the prices back home. My sister back home said that she had a bill of $600 a quarter during winter. Another friend in a medium size home says he walks around turning lights off etc in his house everyday to reduce the bills. His quarterly electricity bill was $900 but he has 4 kids. Do you have any other examples cheers 1. The post office doesn't steal things out of my mail in my home country. 2. I wouldn't drink that dodgy water at any price. 3. In my home country my electrical can't kill me. It's grounded (earthed.) Next. 5 5 5 Didn't you know that Electricity is different here - not the same ar your home country. Earth not needed, especially is shown on the wiring diagram for a SAFE-T-CUT circuit breaker LOL 4. Life, especially for a Farrang. 5. Baht buses. 6. Trains 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowfactor10 Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I do have to give credits for this to Thailand and Thai people. Thais have the skill to get a job done for real low price..Even if you compare it with other Asian countries often Thailand has the lowest price. Hair cuts,dinners,massages,hotels... Maybe somehow thais are less profit minded then farangs,as in farang countries all is heavily overpriced.. Thais have a skill to stay and maintain low on their selling prices , Thais deserve credit for this... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Diapers are cheap! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willyumiii Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Cheap is the correct word. Not to be confused with " inexpensive". Example: A "cheap" pair of shoes in Thailand might last two months before falling apart. A good pair of shoes in USA will last me two years or more! Low priced items are not inexpensive when they need to be replaced so often, or don't even work at all when you get them home. You get what you pay for. Poor quality cost less, yes! An old farmer once said, " Buying oats is much cheaper if they have been through the horse once already!" P.S. I am curious as to where you are from that you paid for utilities quarterly? In America, I always paid monthly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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