Cost of living in BKK... USD 640 a month!

[little mary sunshine]

1 hour ago, Thainess said:

Is this satire? Starbucks has NEVER had good coffee. It has dishwater sold at 4 times the price it should be. If you think Starbucks sells good coffee, you know nothing about coffee and I would recommend that you switch to tea. Also, in almost every Starbucks or Starbucks-type store I've been into, they have weak WiFi, annoying music, threadbare furniture, annoying patrons, poorly trained staff and excessively cold air conditioning that will make you sick if you spend more than an hour there. Starbucks is a place for underemployed losers to hang out. It's the McDonald's of coffee and an insult to real coffee lovers everywhere. They start playing cheesy Christmas music on November 1st for chrissakes.....

One opinion.....amazing the Company has 10'S of millions of

customers willing to pay a premium price for a premium coffee.

   Some people are just to cheap to pay for good quality!

[CLW]

One opinion.....amazing the Company has 10'S of millions of
customers willing to pay a premium price for a premium coffee.
   Some people are just to cheap to pay for good quality!

Mc Donald's probably has the most fast food restaurants​ worldwide​. So they make the best burger?
I can't follow your logic

[little mary sunshine]

1 hour ago, CLW said:

Mc Donald's probably has the most fast food restaurants worldwide. So they make the best burger?
I can't follow your logic

Excellent psychology ...brain wash kids, make parents

feel guilty.  Serve junk

 

Unlike Starbucks.... quality products!

[CLW]

Excellent psychology ...brain wash kids, make parents
feel guilty.  Serve junk
 
Unlike Starbucks.... quality products!

Only one example about your "quality" product

http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/aldi-roasts-costa-starbucks-coffee-6470199

[rickudon]

Getting back to the thread, it is not about coffee .......

 

I spend about 45-50,000 baht per month. Could i cut back? lets see .....

 

1, Give up the car, That costs me about 11,000 a month over a year, including fuel and loan finance. Ahh but i have a bad hip so cannot ride as a passenger on a motorbike easily, and no bus service.

 

2,  Stop paying for wife's Motorbike, She can walk or ride a bicycle ..... Hmm i'm sure that would be popular. Save 2,000 baht a month.

 

3, Stop paying school fees and send daughter to the village school, I'm not that evil,.Save 3,000 baht a month,

 

4. Get rid of air conditioning, fridge freezer. Buy food 'fresh' every day. That might save 1,000 baht a month, maybe less.

 

5, Stop internet, Mobile phone contracts, Save 1500 baht a month. Guess i can throw away computer too, then. No more Thai Visa!

    Save 1500 baht a month.

 

6. Stop paying MIL and FIL funeral plans. Burn them in the forest and no tamboon, Save 2,000 baht a month.

 

So i could get down to 20-25,000 baht a month, But would i enjoy life?

[little mary sunshine]

21 minutes ago, rickudon said:

Getting back to the thread, it is not about coffee .......

 

I spend about 45-50,000 baht per month. Could i cut back? lets see .....

 

1, Give up the car, That costs me about 11,000 a month over a year, including fuel and loan finance. Ahh but i have a bad hip so cannot ride as a passenger on a motorbike easily, and no bus service.

 

2,  Stop paying for wife's Motorbike, She can walk or ride a bicycle ..... Hmm i'm sure that would be popular. Save 2,000 baht a month.

 

3, Stop paying school fees and send daughter to the village school, I'm not that evil,.Save 3,000 baht a month,

 

4. Get rid of air conditioning, fridge freezer. Buy food 'fresh' every day. That might save 1,000 baht a month, maybe less.

 

5, Stop internet, Mobile phone contracts, Save 1500 baht a month. Guess i can throw away computer too, then. No more Thai Visa!

    Save 1500 baht a month.

 

6. Stop paying MIL and FIL funeral plans. Burn them in the forest and no tamboon, Save 2,000 baht a month.

 

So i could get down to 20-25,000 baht a month, But would i enjoy life?

Exactly my philosophy...enjoy the money you worked and the

retirement you planned for.  Those (foreigners)that are living on

10-12K B a month it's because they MUST and that's all they have

they are not cheap, their broke.   Envious of those of us that have

worked, saved, invested and didn't blow our money on Booz and 

Being stupid..." Let Them Eat Cake"

 

[Thai Ron]

7 hours ago, Thainess said:

Is this satire? Starbucks has NEVER had good coffee. It has dishwater sold at 4 times the price it should be. If you think Starbucks sells good coffee, you know nothing about coffee and I would recommend that you switch to tea. Also, in almost every Starbucks or Starbucks-type store I've been into, they have weak WiFi, annoying music, threadbare furniture, annoying patrons, poorly trained staff and excessively cold air conditioning that will make you sick if you spend more than an hour there. Starbucks is a place for underemployed losers to hang out. It's the McDonald's of coffee and an insult to real coffee lovers everywhere. They start playing cheesy Christmas music on November 1st for chrissakes.....

Yeah why not be another sheep who thinks they "know" coffee better than everyone else.

A bit like the insufferable bores who see a film based on a book and just automatically drone "yeah, the book's better" (even when it isn't) in the hope that everyone will think they're "deep" and well-read.

[anto]

1 hour ago, rickudon said:

Getting back to the thread, it is not about coffee .......

 

I spend about 45-50,000 baht per month. Could i cut back? lets see .....

 

1, Give up the car, That costs me about 11,000 a month over a year, including fuel and loan finance. Ahh but i have a bad hip so cannot ride as a passenger on a motorbike easily, and no bus service.

 

2,  Stop paying for wife's Motorbike, She can walk or ride a bicycle ..... Hmm i'm sure that would be popular. Save 2,000 baht a month.

 

3, Stop paying school fees and send daughter to the village school, I'm not that evil,.Save 3,000 baht a month,

 

4. Get rid of air conditioning, fridge freezer. Buy food 'fresh' every day. That might save 1,000 baht a month, maybe less.

 

5, Stop internet, Mobile phone contracts, Save 1500 baht a month. Guess i can throw away computer too, then. No more Thai Visa!

    Save 1500 baht a month.

 

6. Stop paying MIL and FIL funeral plans. Burn them in the forest and no tamboon, Save 2,000 baht a month.

 

So i could get down to 20-25,000 baht a month, But would i enjoy life?

1 .I have sold the car ,and do not miss it .

2..My wife pays for her own scooter

3.The step daughter ,got a scollarship .School fees books uniform come to B1000 a month ,can not save on that .

4.We just use A/C for one hour a day .Have single fridge freezer .Getting rid of it would  not save us money .

5.Internet is B650 a month ,and is important to me ,so we keep .

6. Dont have a funeral plan except have told wife to cremate me .

 

[CLW]

Getting back to the thread, it is not about coffee .......
 
I spend about 45-50,000 baht per month. Could i cut back? lets see .....
 
1, Give up the car, That costs me about 11,000 a month over a year, including fuel and loan finance. Ahh but i have a bad hip so cannot ride as a passenger on a motorbike easily, and no bus service.
 
2,  Stop paying for wife's Motorbike, She can walk or ride a bicycle ..... Hmm i'm sure that would be popular. Save 2,000 baht a month.
 
3, Stop paying school fees and send daughter to the village school, I'm not that evil,.Save 3,000 baht a month,
 
4. Get rid of air conditioning, fridge freezer. Buy food 'fresh' every day. That might save 1,000 baht a month, maybe less.
 
5, Stop internet, Mobile phone contracts, Save 1500 baht a month. Guess i can throw away computer too, then. No more Thai Visa!
    Save 1500 baht a month.
 
6. Stop paying MIL and FIL funeral plans. Burn them in the forest and no tamboon, Save 2,000 baht a month.
 
So i could get down to 20-25,000 baht a month, But would i enjoy life?

In your case sounds very reasonable, and you have wife, children, family.
I guess some of the snobs here in this thread spend your monthly budget in one week.

[Thai Ron]

13 minutes ago, CLW said:

In your case sounds very reasonable, and you have wife, children, family.
I guess some of the snobs here in this thread spend your monthly budget in one week.

Snobs?

Grow up and get a grip on your insecurity

Different people have different needs.

I spend 60k a month on rent, child support and bills before I even get out of bed.

That's like GBP1,400 a month - hardly "snob" territory

[anto]

54 minutes ago, Thai Ron said:

Snobs?

Grow up and get a grip on your insecurity

Different people have different needs.

I spend 60k a month on rent, child support and bills before I even get out of bed.

That's like GBP1,400 a month - hardly "snob" territory

Should have kept that snake zipped  away .

[Thai Ron]

3 minutes ago, anto said:

Should have kept that snake zipped  away .

Maybe you should zip your mouth when you've nothing intelligent to say

[little mary sunshine]

1 hour ago, anto said:

Should have kept that snake zipped  away .

Bragging about child support.  The Courts probably

deduct it from your pension before you have anything

to say about it! 

[Thai Ron]

8 minutes ago, little mary sunshine said:

Bragging about child support.  The Courts probably

deduct it from your pension before you have anything

to say about it! 

"Bragging" about child support?? What's there to brag about?

Perhaps you think it's a big deal but where I come from only deadbeats shirk financial support for their children.

Pension? What pension? I work

Court? What court? I pay voluntarily and gladly

You've already succeeded in making yourself look quite silly in this thread but this post is the clincher.

 

[theguyfromanotherforum]

Can't we all get along and have a cup at Starbucks?

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[Gary A]

I'm comfortably retired. I'm not wealthy but I have everything I want and a lot of things I don't need. I have a healthy surplus from my pensions every month. I don't owe anyone a single baht. I like to think I have some common sense. I DON'T drive a BMW or Mercedes and I don't drink coffee in Starbucks. I have no need to impress anyone.

 

I also have very little sympathy for those who failed to plan their retirement adequately. The posters who live day to day here in Thailand obviously fail to think about the fact that they too will get old. What happens when you can no longer scratch out a meager living, have no savings and no pension?

[rwdrwdrwd]

11 hours ago, little mary sunshine said:

One opinion.....amazing the Company has 10'S of millions of

customers willing to pay a premium price for a premium coffee.

   Some people are just to cheap to pay for good quality!

I can afford Starbucks whenever I like, but I prefer to grind my own beans and make my own coffee with my own espresso machine - because it tastes better.

Starbucks isn't even the better of the chains in Thailand - Doi Chaang and Coffee Club are far nicer (so long as the barista knows what they are doing and doesn't overheat the milk).

[George FmplesdaCosteedback]

19 hours ago, little mary sunshine said:

Bigotry ???  You need a dictionary!

I have one thanks, you need a sense of humour.

16 hours ago, smotherb said:

Funny, it appears you are only an expert in one of them.

I leave the B/S to the PC no8heads.

Ask the poster if he was serious, I think not.

I suggest you're another that needs a humour injection.

[IMA_FARANG]

I am living in a rented flat near Fortune Mall on DinDaerng  Asoke. Road

Just paid my monthly  bill  for June and it came to slightly over 20K.

That includes

• Rent and furniture
• Cable Television with flat screen and 60 channels
• Electricity (air conditioning and such)
• Laundry downstairs (40 pieces of Laundry free a month)
• Once weekly  maid room cleaning service free
• Small  store downstairs where you can buy snack items and Booze if you want it.
• Restaurant where you can get meals (local Thai, Chinese, and international breakfast)
• 24 hour internet (30 days for 430 baht monthly)
• Friendly people and staff
• Tuk Tuk service free to Fortune Mall and BTS/MRT

I am not complaining here.

Good friendly and clean place to live

 

 

 

 

 

 

[smotherb]

7 hours ago, George FmplesdaCosteedback said:

I have one thanks, you need a sense of humour.

I leave the B/S to the PC no8heads.

Ask the poster if he was serious, I think not.

I suggest you're another that needs a humour injection.

You mean there are others of us who, in your opinion, need a humor injection; for heavens sake why, your comments are certainly funny enough?

Edited July 7, 2017 by smotherb
correct typos

[smutcakes]

As always with topics like this there is no right or wrong answer. It is all about personal choice, circumstance and perception.

 

100K + for some people is a sustainable sum which provides them the life they desire, others live on a 1/10th of that and are happy.

[Thai Ron]

11 hours ago, Gary A said:

 I don't drink coffee in Starbucks. I have no need to impress anyone.

People are impressed by people drinking Starbucks coffee???

Really??!!

[HooHaa]

On 7/3/2017 at 4:26 PM, anto said:

>>Also does that include education for kids?<<

 

Education for Children to a Western standard  can cost up to B100,000 a year per child .I have one step child with my Thai wife .It was costing us a basic B20,000 a year plus other costs  at a half decent Thai school in Chiang mai ,with English classes by a Western teacher.She has since won a Kings scholarship to a better Thai school , and our costs have reduced to a basic B10,000 a year .Plus extra costs for uniform and books .

My wife works has her own business which helps out .She has always worked since we met 8 years ago ,

Education Up to 100,000 baht per year per child? try up to 6 or 700,000.

 

 

 

 

[bbi1]

18 minutes ago, Thai Ron said:

People are impressed by people drinking Starbucks coffee???

Really??!!

I for one am very impressed by peeps drinking Starbucks coffee, that's where the wealthy & famous hang out. Go the high-rollers!

[Thai Ron]

1 minute ago, bbi1 said:

I for one am very impressed by peeps drinking Starbucks coffee, that's where the wealthy & famous hang out. Go the high-rollers!

I think these attitudes really highlight the make up of the typical poster on Thaivisa forums and why they're widely ridiculed and considered out of touch.

What world do these people live in which drinking Starbucks is considered impressive?

 

 

[bbi1]

22 minutes ago, Thai Ron said:

 

What world do these people live in which drinking Starbucks is considered impressive?

 

 

In Fairyland 

[buick]

5 hours ago, IMA_FARANG said:

I am living in a rented flat near Fortune Mall on DinDaerng  Asoke. Road

Just paid my monthly  bill  for June and it came to slightly over 20K.

That includes

• Rent and furniture
• Cable Television with flat screen and 60 channels
• Electricity (air conditioning and such)
• Laundry downstairs (40 pieces of Laundry free a month)
• Once weekly  maid room cleaning service free
• Small  store downstairs where you can buy snack items and Booze if you want it.
• Restaurant where you can get meals (local Thai, Chinese, and international breakfast)
• 24 hour internet (30 days for 430 baht monthly)
• Friendly people and staff
• Tuk Tuk service free to Fortune Mall and BTS/MRT

I am not complaining here.

Good friendly and clean place to live

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i assume this is a one bedroom ?  is there a pool and/or fitness area ?

[juice777]

Sorry double post.

 

 

 

 

[observer90210]

Well here in the local starbucks there are some cheap time hookers that hang around...the free wifi helps them to be online on their postings!!....

 

But apart from that, I do not see anything much more attractive in Starbucks?!! Maybe I am a bit disconnected?....Nevertheless, the sales gals are more cutie chestys at the local Burger KIng...But to get back on topic....640,-- in BKK can be realistic, if it's just for food!!

[juice777]

i am not trying to save money by boiling my tap water for drinking.  i drink several liters a day and do not enjoy carrying the water bottles to my place every day.  i also do not want a delivery of 200 bottles taking up space in my room.  plus, i do not like generating all the plastic waste.  my friends in hong kong boil their tap water for drinking. that is where i got the idea.  before that, i felt like a water delivery boy as i lugged 5 liter jugs to my place nearly every day.

 

Each to there own but I would have thought that boiling water all the time is wasting energy.If you get 2 big 6lt bottles of water and 6 1lt bottles from a supermarket once you won't be wasting plastic. I carry 2 about once a week so it ant that bad. I would never consider boiling 12 liters of water a week when I don't have to this must be terrible for the environment .Also all the plastic bottles get recycled here so I wouldn't worry about that. And it sounds more of a pain in the Ass then carrying the water anyway . But I suppose we see things differently.

 

 

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