Farang Price

[strikingsunset]

I've just been to get some passport/visa pics in Phuket - everyone directed me to the only local place that does them. I noticed on the wall a poster showed the size pic I wanted - 6 baht each.

I then asked at the counter for 4 pics ... 140 baht was the answer - I said there it says 6 baht each - the woman just laughed and said " farang price"

Sorry but I had to have a rant....

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[Phuket Man]

I hope you refused to pay.

[strikingsunset]

I've been thinking about it - it's for a Chinese visa here- I'm going to show up at the Chinese consulate here and see if they will accept pics from my iPhone - if not see where they send me for pics. It's not I can't afford it I just hate being another
" fleeced farang"


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[daveAustin]

Price sounds about right for passport pics, although you usually get a pack of 10. 

[Kwasaki]

140 baht every 10 years whow that's a big expense. 

[stevenl]

6 Baht is probably the price for a photo print, not for passport pictures. At Fuji Chalong Circle it is 100 Baht atm.

[madmitch]

No way can they d a passport photo for 6 baht.

 

I think she was on a wind-up with her comment.

[strikingsunset]

140 baht every 10 years whow that's a big expense. 

It's every year

[DrDave]

Something similar happened to me years ago.

 

I needed some passport-type photos, so I had my own photo which I used Photoshop to clone so there would be 6 identical images on a single 4x6 print. (I was also getting some other 4x6 images printed).

 

When the shop clerk saw that one of the files to be printed had multiple images, he wanted to charge me the passport photo price for printing that particular file. I just walked down the street to the next shop, where they were happy to print my files for the regular price.

[madmax2]

The price of one small beer in Bangla Rd, when will this terrible overpricing stop

[mstevens]

I think this is one of those cases where the farang misunderstood the situation and has complained without fair reason.  This is a phenomena I see more and more.

 

I imagine the the price you say on the wall was 6 baht per 4 x 6 print.  That's high (I have seen 2.5 baht per print in Bangkok), but at the end of the day that shop charges 6 baht and the price is clearly displayed and is probably the same for whomever walks through the door.

 

The 140 baht you were charged for passport photos was for the service of being photographed as well as the actual photographs you received.  You probably were taken out back of the store or upstairs to an area where there was a camera and a professional lighting setup with a white or blue photographic background behind you.  Probably a couple of photos were taken.  The camera might have been tethered to a computer or maybe the memory card was taken out of the camera and put in to a computer where the photos were transferred.  They were then probably sharpened up, brightened up and then formatted so they could be printed.  They were then printed, cut up and given to you.

 

You did not just get a single 4 x 6 inch photograph.  You received a service for which the supplier had to make an investment in all of that equipment (camera, lighting equipment, computer, photographic backgrounds) and for which they had to use their labour and their expertise.

 

Had you taken the photos at home and prepared a file you could have taken that to the shop and it had printed for 6 baht.  You did not because presumably it was not convenient to do so and / or you do not have the equipment / expertise to be able to do it.

 

140 baht for a set of passport photos is not over the top at all.

Edited March 15, 2017 by mstevens

[Psimbo]

Do you drink at 7/11 as well? I must admit you would have been ripped off though- I only pay B120 for a set of 4 passport size pictures.

 

Now, what to do with that 20 baht................................................

Edited March 15, 2017 by Psimbo

[Kwasaki]

17 hours ago, strikingsunset said:

It's every year

 

Apologies missed visa bit,  in my village minimum 4 pics for 1 year extension 60 baht. 

[bazza73]

Why do people get so wound up about farang pricing? For minor goods and services, is it worth the angst? For larger sums, we do have the choice of walking away.

My Thai GF sometimes tells me to stay in the car when she shops - if they see me with her, the price goes up. She's an attack dog when it comes to bargaining with shopkeepers.

[madmax2]

I remember watching a report on Australian 60 minutes that Chinese tourists were being charged by tour operators to visit public beaches in Australia

Have not had anyone try to charge me for visiting Nai Harn beach here yet

[payttayasquirt]

She was winding him up. As mentioned 6 baht impossible,!

[madmax2]

6 minutes ago, jslabbert said:

It is your own choice. If you want it that desperately you pay. Otherwise  walk away and see if you can get it cheaper elsewhere. 140Baht ... oh my that price would make you bankrupt ...... Really??!!!!!!!!!!! Really people are so narrow minded  and always complain about this and that in Thailand. Why are you then as a "farang" in Thailand?  Why cant you make it in your own country? 

Its harder to become a permanent resident here than it is to win the lottery, so forget about trying to become a Thai National/citizen

Stop you ranting on about something that is nearly impossible to do and have a nice day 

[metisdead]

Offensive posts and replies have been removed. 

[DrDave]

I think you missed my point.

 

I was having about 20 different 4x6 pictures printed. One of the pictures was a composite that contained 6 identical 2x3 images on a single 4x6 print. The shop wanted to charge me a premium because that picture would have looked like something that could be used as passport photos.

 

The point you missed was that this particular shop felt that they could charge different prices for prints depending upon the subject matter being printed. Never had that situation occur with any other shop. I wonder if they would charge different amounts for printing pictures of family vs. the beach vs. landscapes, etc.  From your comments, I guess you would be ok with that.

 

 

 

[Rimmer]

Two posts shouting in CAPS have been removed, also a troll post from the same poster

[stevenl]

I think you missed my point.
 
I was having about 20 different 4x6 pictures printed. One of the pictures was a composite that contained 6 identical 2x3 images on a single 4x6 print. The shop wanted to charge me a premium because that picture would have looked like something that could be used as passport photos.
 
The point you missed was that this particular shop felt that they could charge different prices for prints depending upon the subject matter being printed. Never had that situation occur with any other shop. I wonder if they would charge different amounts for printing pictures of family vs. the beach vs. landscapes, etc.  From your comments, I guess you would be ok with that.
 
 
 

People are probably reacting to the OP.

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[strikingsunset]

I recently heard that a " fake fake" market was set up just for chinese tour groups at a circa 5 times the real price stitch up


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[samsensam]

 

6 bhat each sounds very cheap

 

6 photos for 120 baht here, same price for everyone.

 

 

[macahoom]

17 hours ago, jslabbert said:

 

16 hours ago, madmax2 said:

 

Edited March 16, 2017 by macahoom
Don't know how to quote more than one post.

[helloagain]

On Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Phuket Man said:

I hope you refused to pay.

Bastards

[Don Mega]

So Strikingsunset, how much did you end up paying elsewhere and as it is a yearly expense how much did you pay last year ?

Edited March 17, 2017 by Don Mega

[marioc]

In Chiang Mai, Behind Mae Hia market, I just paid 200 B for 12 pictures passport size

[Kabula]

Forget about it!

Go with the flow and have fun.

There is a two price system in most foreign countries.

It's only fair when you think about it.

[NamKangMan]

58 minutes ago, Kabula said:

Forget about it!

Go with the flow and have fun.

There is a two price system in most foreign countries.

It's only fair when you think about it.

 

"There is a two price system in most foreign countries." - I am aware many countries have concession cards for students and pensioners, but I'm not aware of countries that charge more for a different race of people, at the retail point of sale. 

[hugh2121]

I simply take photo with digital camera then get photo shop to print pics to the size I want. They print enough to fill the sheet which I then use every year for visa extension and DL renewal.