What is the most you have been rip off for either by a shop, bar, GoGo etc in Thailand.

I went to BigC once and there was a guy who had a stall outside by the doors selling clothes. At the time I was into buying cargo pants and had purchased a few pairs. It was like an addiction. So this guy has some cargo short pants and he wants 1200 baht each for them so I bargin him down to 1600 baht for two pairs and I am really chuffed. I go upstairs in BigC and one of the shops is selling exactly the same pants for 420 baht each. I was robbed gimmy my money back. A stupid falang is born every minute.

What are your experiences? :Gimme_Head: :001_XMas_Cheers:

Sanctuary of Truth 500 bht for me Okay but 500 bht for my thai b/g simply to look at a load of old wooden blocks,which IMHO need some URGENT repairs before it all collapses.
It's no wonder you are required to wear a "Crash Hat" the entire structure is in serious danger of imploding! :angry2: One of Pattaya's biggest rip offs. :angry2: :angry2: :angry2:

You were not robbed...you were not ripped off

you were just STU....no...I won't say it

best thing to do if you want to do some shopping is as you are walking around the first couple of days ...get some prices...nothing serious...no haggling til you drop...just get some ball park figures

THEN...go to the market on Soi Buakhao - Tues/Fri and Sunday - and get the stuff for about 1/2 what you were quoted at Mike's, Royal Garden, or from the multitude of street vendors. GO early - about 0900 - 1000 - before it gets too fucking hot and save yourself a ton of money

That's the funniest thing I have read so far today... :Laughing_Donald: How do you get up that early!!?? I've never seen that time in Pattaya..

Alarm clock

once finished - eat, back to room, fuck, sleep for a bit, and back out again

I have, of course I was just getting back to the room!

I used to do the "drink until the sun comes up" stuff

but as I am progressing in years - I prefer to have my little honey back in the room NLT (No Later Than) 0200. That way I am usually up at the crack of noon.

would you like to buy a bar..........makes 1 million baht a year profit and I will sell you a 3 years lease for 3.5 million baht.

This post has been edited by sinkorswim: Dec 14 2006, 01:09 PM

By noon, I will have had the morning shag, (if I barfined the night before) swum for an hour and spent some time trying to force my brain to remember a few more Thai words.

There again, I live here so I try to get up at a reasonable hour - i.e. around 9.30.

Alan

cheap lesson to learn



It siimple, i'll go to the market on the way home after a drunken night out. Should be about the right time!! Should get a bargain as they'll want to get rid of the big farang swaying all over there stock.



Yes please the money is in the post, I didnt know how much to send so i sent all of it...

i did the same last christmas in bangkok, i wanted a pair of sandals and brought them in the first shop i saw outside soi 11 in the evening of my arrival in bkk, paid well over the top and learnt by my mistake

Either way, you paid less for them than if you were at home so it's still a pretty good deal, don't be so hard on yourself, mai pen rai