ardokano Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, SoiBiker said: I think he just envies those of us who live here, and makes this stuff up to help himself feel better about it. It's hard to tell, though, because his english is appalling. You can think of anything. But in fact you can bring some examples? in the format: price in Thailand VS the price of the same product in UK? can you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 3 minutes ago, beachproperty said: That's fine....But the point was that to build in the US costs at a minimum $100/sq ft vs $25/sq ft in Thailand. Thailand is Cheaper Well I can build in the US for much less than $100 a sq' & I only build custom all wood homes for the most part. I have seen building quality in Thailand & am not sad I cannot own one 555 but we do own a condo as we have had it since 96 it has proven a great deal for us in savings while living there. Difference is the Condo is 40 sq meters Our home maybe 4x that But it is all good & we love both places & miss both after awhile depending on where we are. I think for most folks if they need to pay housing then overall Thailand will of course be cheaper to live If you own outright in both places & live a normal life then as we see it is quite comparable I will go out on a limb & say probably the greatest benefit of living in your home country is the safety net Other than that it is a big beautiful world with many great places to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 1 minute ago, ardokano said: You can think of anything. But in fact you can bring some examples? in the format: price in Thailand VS the price of the same product in UK? can you do? Of course I can. But if I did, you'll just do what you always do - claim they don't count for some reason, or bang on about how the Thai version isn't the same quality. We've been down this road many times before, and it's abundantly clear that you're either unwilling or unable to comprehend any point made against your argument. So what's the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachproperty Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, mania said: Well I can build in the US for much less than $100 a sq' & I only build custom all wood homes for the most part. I can only guess....But you don't live in Calif. where it costs $50,000 for all the planning fees, arch, engineer, school fees, pge, sanitation and water hookup AND that's before building . Thailand all those fees are $1000. I know, I've built 4 homes in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardokano Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, SoiBiker said: Of course I can. But if I did, you'll just do what you always do - claim they don't count for some reason, or bang on about how the Thai version isn't the same quality. We've been down this road many times before, and it's abundantly clear that you're either unwilling or unable to comprehend any point made against your argument. So what's the point? what thai version? bmw X1 ? bigmac menu? levis501? helmet SHoei? Steak from Australia?( but domestic stake in UK is good, cant say it about Thai) So for clean compare take steak from Australia!! tomato? yes in Thai it far from spain tomato in UK. it even not smells as tomato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Just to add too the muddle ,went to do Rout 66 last year for a Month with Brit ChumSent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 OP, haven't you got this thread running somewhere else....? Me, off to the gym soon, costs...20 baht....0.5 UK Pound.. On my way home I will but a few beers at 46 bht a pint.....1.0 UK pound... Must not forget my cigs...45 bht for twenty.....about 1.0 UK pound..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAS21 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I have to admit that I haven't read all the 'replies' but here are a few of my views Well guys I am worse off financially than when in the UK. When we bought the house here in about 2005 the GBP-THB rate was 72. Sold my main UK residence in 2007 and moved here full time. Gave my children 100K each from the house sale and banked the rest. The rate was 69 when we bought the first car in 2007. Lucky to get 42 now. In the UK we both had full private medical insurance which was a company scheme, at an attractive price but only covered abroad for three months so had to come out. Two years ago they wanted over 8800GBP and it increases substantially every year. So we did an exit and now keep over 4M thb in a thai bank just in case. It’s in blocks so I won’t loose too much interest if I have to cancel a block. We mainly use public hospitals and go to their extra clinics. Now I have to pay someone in the UK an unbelievable amount of money every time one of the rental houses needs repairs. Golf is expensive here. Even though we both have club membership it still costs us far more a year to play. Eating out has got substantially more expensive since we came, guess the same has occurred in the UK though. It seems much hotter here now than when we came to live full time. But I think I prefer hot to cold...just! However we are happy here and certainly don’t want to live in the UK when we are very old … god forbid! We certainly could not afford to have a full time live in maid back in the UK Hotel accommodation is comparatively cheaper here and we tend to take advantage of that. Fuel for the car is cheaper and I don't even think of the cost of driving anywhere. In conclusion it is not as attractive to live here as when we first came ... even if the exchange rate gets substantially lower we can survive ... I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Just now, transam said: OP, haven't you got this thread running somewhere else....? Me, off to the gym soon, costs...20 baht....0.5 UK Pound.. On my way home I will but a few beers at 46 bht a pint.....1.0 UK pound... Must not forget my cigs...45 bht for twenty.....about 1.0 UK pound..... 555 Gota love that "off to Gym" then beer & ciggs on way home 555 I like to swim laps in Thailand cost 60 baht nice pool Too hot usually to run or bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Wrong firkin button,doing the same walkabout here He recons its more than U.S. I'd say about the same Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 2 hours ago, colinneil said: Your Thai costs are not the norm anyway. Bottle of gas for cooking lasts 6 months rubbish, we are only a 2 person household a bottle of gas 9/10 weeks. We are a household of 6 and cook every evening, our bottle lasts the same as chang mai's, 6 months, we have been here 11 months, got a bottle in Nov 15, changed it in April and one just the other day, so 6 months is close enough, 9 to 10 weeks, I suggest you have a small bottle or a slow leak, or are getting a less then full bottle. We pay 400 baht for a replacement bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardokano Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 31 minutes ago, transam said: OP, haven't you got this thread running somewhere else....? Me, off to the gym soon, costs...20 baht....0.5 UK Pound.. On my way home I will but a few beers at 46 bht a pint.....1.0 UK pound... Must not forget my cigs...45 bht for twenty.....about 1.0 UK pound..... bear? you must kidding? PS you may be not fastidious clean. but even so I wanted to know where the address are the same clean and neat/clean streets in Thailand, which can be found in UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy Joe Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 55 minutes ago, ardokano said: Your link price UK Mac price Thailand mac price So how can believe this is statistic compare? I have nothing to sell you Ardokano just generalizing about one example is nonsense. If we choose cost for one maintenance hour in Honda branch would be 800% for Thailand but this isolated example has no meaning. However the Numbeo statistic based on + 50 article is a good base. And when the result shows a higher average price gap doubled in UK compared to Thailand there is no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 8 minutes ago, ardokano said: opyuriatnye Any guesses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardokano Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 1 minute ago, happy Joe said: I have nothing to sell you Ardokano just generalizing about one example is nonsense. If we choose cost for one maintenance hour in Honda branch would be 800% for Thailand but this isolated example has no meaning. However the Numbeo statistic based on + 50 article is a good base. And when the result shows a higher average price gap doubled in UK compared to Thailand there is no doubt. How can trust if have even once not true? i show example with proof. you just say even not your experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4MyEgo Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 2 hours ago, beachproperty said: Don't know about the UK BUT ....Thailand is a LOT cheaper than the US on most stuff. Housing ....Built a 500 sq meter home for $4.5 million Baht ($150,000) same cost in US would be $1,000,000 ($200 per sq ft) Food..........Eat plenty of fruits and vegatables with some pork or chicken ......Thailand $200.... US $400 Utilities.... For gas, electric, water ,garbage, phone and TV .......Thailand $150 ....US $1,500 Yep same in Sydney Australia. Family of 2 adults and 4 kids. Recently built our new place and extended our existing bungalow forward to incorporate it into the house, 250 sq metres (excluding the existing 85 sq metre bungalow), cost 1.5 million baht ($60,000) same cost in Sydney would be $600,000 ($2,400 per sq metre) for the same quality and extension. Food-: About $1,200 per month in Sydney, $600 per month in Thailand includes good quality (to die for) steaks like T-bone, Sirloin's (on average about $6.00 each or a 160 baht of 300grams) from a cattle station in Sakon Nakon. Utilities-: About $150 per month inclusive of water, gas, electricity, phone, in Sydney about $400 per month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardokano Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 8 minutes ago, SoiBiker said: Any guesses? ok ok. sorry about my English but anyway thanks I have corrected my post PS can you show some example. or you are only being discussed personality and find fault with errors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 1 minute ago, ardokano said: ok ok. sorry about my English PS can you show some example. or you are only being discussed personality and find fault with errors What's the point? You disregard any example that you don't like, then say the same thing over and over again. This and your other regular bugbear - people that 'sell everything to move to Thailand' - make it pretty clear that you envy those of us who live here. Get over it, or move here yourself. It's cheaper than you think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 52 minutes ago, ardokano said: You can think of anything. But in fact you can bring some examples? in the format: price in Thailand VS the price of the same product in UK? can you do? What has clean streets got to do with this topic.....? BUT, where I live in LOS the streets are kept clean and it does not cost ME a penny... In the UK I had to pay local government tax about 120 UK pounds a month which part of went to street cleaning, SO, street cleaning in LOS is waaaaaaaay cheaper, in fact nil... Petrol is cheaper, diesel is half the price, my government water supply in LOS is 5/6 UK pounds a month.....Now YOU go google the cost of water supply in the UK is for a 3 bedroom house and come back to us...Whilst your at it look to see how much it costs to park a car in the UK, or park in a Hospital carpark...In LOS it costs nothing in my town.. OH, just had a new high power LAN card fitted in my computer..8 UK pounds.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardokano Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 Just now, SoiBiker said: What's the point? You disregard any example that you don't like, then say the same thing over and over again. This and your other regular bugbear - people that 'sell everything to move to Thailand' - make it pretty clear that you envy those of us who live here. Get over it, or move here yourself. It's cheaper than you think! so what poit your post in this is topic? PS Show me where is cheaper than i thinks? start from transport and food where i can buy some comfort not expensive as c300 or simular and one of for fun i prefer RS6 but its fine be some as C 63 next where I can buy sets of fruits and vegetables such as I can buy in London. Meat also want know WHERE? where beer, wine, whisky. and of course I do not mind to know where I can buy a tuning car Armor for new Moto hobbies And finally Where can I rent/ buy one bedroom it was possible to get out and walk along the clean streets to the shops, cinemas, bars, gyms etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 What is the point of this topic at all? You've posted the same thing before - are you expecting the discussion to be any different this time around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardokano Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 3 minutes ago, transam said: What has clean streets got to do with this topic.....? BUT, where I live in LOS the streets are kept clean and it does not cost ME a penny... In the UK I had to pay local government tax about 120 UK pounds a month which part of went to street cleaning, SO, street cleaning in LOS is waaaaaaaay cheaper, in fact nil... Petrol is cheaper, diesel is half the price, my government water supply in LOS is 5/6 UK pounds a month.....Now YOU go google the cost of water supply in the UK is for a 3 bedroom house and come back to us...Whilst your at it look to see how much it costs to park a car in the UK, or park in a Hospital carpark...In LOS it costs nothing in my town.. OH, just had a new high power LAN card fitted in my computer..8 UK pounds.. What has clean streets got to do with this topic.....? its mean need compare same thinks.. but forget.. not big deal. petrol,diesel... YES, YES, YES and i say about this is in first my post. .In LOS it costs nothing in my town.. your Town? you own town? ha ha please compare similar.. what town you compare with what in UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardokano Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 5 minutes ago, SoiBiker said: What is the point of this topic at all? You've posted the same thing before - are you expecting the discussion to be any different this time around? so ? i post it because some say in Thailand cheapest than in UK. But i do not see what about talking? And you still do not show me price.. I even asked you the prices for specific things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Just now, ardokano said: so ? i post it because some say in Thailand cheapest than in UK. But i do not see what about talking? Why start a new thread about the same thing, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachproperty Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 1 minute ago, ardokano said: so ? i post it because some say in Thailand cheapest than in UK. But i do not see what about talking? You can lead a horse to water ....but can't make him drink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 3 minutes ago, ardokano said: What has clean streets got to do with this topic.....? its mean need compare same thinks.. but forget.. not big deal. petrol,diesel... YES, YES, YES and i say about this is in first my post. .In LOS it costs nothing in my town.. your Town? you own town? ha ha please compare similar.. what town you compare with what in UK? So now you want to move the goal posts because I have pointed out cheaper stuff in LOS...Dear oh dear.......... Now you do your homework and come back and tell me things I have pointed out are more expensive in LOS.. No I do not own any town....Please stop trolling....You are beginning to look daft.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardokano Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 11 minutes ago, transam said: Petrol is cheaper, diesel is half the price.Whilst your at it look to see how much it costs to park a car in the UK, or park in a Hospital carpark...In LOS it costs nothing in my town.. OH, just had a new high power LAN card fitted in my computer..8 UK pounds.. price Amg c 63 in UK 61k paund its 2.65 million Bt In Thailand 10 million Bt How many time i can parcking for 7.35 million Bt and to pay for the difference in the fuel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardokano Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 6 minutes ago, beachproperty said: You can lead a horse to water ....but can't make him drink really? i show many price in this is topic. Can you show me some? for same product? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, transam said: So now you want to move the goal posts because I have pointed out cheaper stuff in LOS...Dear oh dear.......... Now you do your homework and come back and tell me things I have pointed out are more expensive in LOS.. No I do not own any town....Please stop trolling....You are beginning to look daft.. Beginning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardokano Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 10 minutes ago, transam said: So now you want to move the goal posts because I have pointed out cheaper stuff in LOS...Dear oh dear.......... Now you do your homework and come back and tell me things I have pointed out are more expensive in LOS.. No I do not own any town....Please stop trolling....You are beginning to look daft.. you even not read first post.. You say "thinks" i write in first post. I am not your dear. ok? please not insult me. I am not gay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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