ikke Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 State control of prices, sounds like CCCP before and North Korea..... If the street vendor puts the price to high, people are still free to buy it or leave it. This government shows more of dictatorship every day and has no clue about business and/or economy. This general might know about bullets and guns, but that's about it..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 ..addressing 'double pricing' should fall under the same banner... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebonykap Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Does this include the double and triple prices charged to unsuspecting foreigners and other tourists? I once wanted to buy some pineapple in a bag from a street vendor. The Thais in front of me were charged 20b, and then he asked me for 40b. I loudly asked him in Thai if he was serious about his fruit costing 40b and lo and behold, instantly (well, when other Thais looked at him) the price went down to 20b. So let's hope this measure applies equally, if at all. I think some of the farang pricing is over the top, but i find this example acceptable. The retailer is within his rights to offer a price, either ticketed or not, and you can accept, make a counter offer, or reject that price. This applies in any retail store you enter, from markets to Siam Paragon. I buy pineapple from street vendors every week and, yes, 20 baht is the going rate and I have never been asked for more. I think it helps if you can discuss it Thai style, without raising the voice. For example: Me: sawasdee krap, sapalot tao rai krab? Vendor: see sip baht krab Me: Jing lor? peng gern bpai krab mai ao krab kob khun krab (with a smile ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Aleman Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Government should stay out of vendors pricing. If, indeed the items are overpriced, nothing being exclusive to a vendor, ( plenty of competition ), and buyers will simply stop patronizing them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surangw Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 sound rule of business, charge all the market will bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanFarang Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 "How about starting with the rich landlords and landowners and forcing them to reduce their scandalously high rents" Next week, I'm going to rent an apartment with A/C, Wifi and a kitchen for 3500B a month. Maybe you should move? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attento Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 If the customers are not happy, they can move on to the next. No shortage of food vendors. If they were checking quality and hygene, that is something we could understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 This is something I just don't understand. The price, size of meal, quality of ingredients, location of the cart, the amount of graft that has to be paid. Only the cart owner/operator can set the price for service/ product he/she sells. If he is charging too much people will go elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Common Sense 101: If ever you find yourself complaining about state control of prices, then you better go live in another country with democracy and free markets. I prefer to let people decide for themselves if they should live in another country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millwall_fan Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> "How about starting with the rich landlords and landowners and forcing them to reduce their scandalously high rents"Next week, I'm going to rent an apartment with A/C, Wifi and a kitchen for 3500B a month.Maybe you should move? I was talking about commercial rents not domestic ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 why dont they go to the supermarkets and the meat suppliers first,dont blame the vendors. oh and by the way gas goes up next month. Because CP has a lot more power than a small vendor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Does this include the double and triple prices charged to unsuspecting foreigners and other tourists? I once wanted to buy some pineapple in a bag from a street vendor. The Thais in front of me were charged 20b, and then he asked me for 40b. I loudly asked him in Thai if he was serious about his fruit costing 40b and lo and behold, instantly (well, when other Thais looked at him) the price went down to 20b. So let's hope this measure applies equally, if at all. I think some of the farang pricing is over the top, but i find this example acceptable. The retailer is within his rights to offer a price, either ticketed or not, and you can accept, make a counter offer, or reject that price. This applies in any retail store you enter, from markets to Siam Paragon. I buy pineapple from street vendors every week and, yes, 20 baht is the going rate and I have never been asked for more. I think it helps if you can discuss it Thai style, without raising the voice. For example: Me: sawasdee krap, sapalot tao rai krab? Vendor: see sip baht krab Me: Jing lor? peng gern bpai krab mai ao krab kob khun krab (with a smile ) Jing lor? peng gern bpai krab mai ao krab kob khun krab[ I translated that as "Really? My great-grandmother has the Eartha Kitts, it's come over the bowl and is running down the staircase and we're fresh out of bog rolls. Can you recommend a local apothecary that also sells large cork plugs and dettol?" Bloody google translate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nookiebear Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Use a little of the 2 billion plus they've just discovered from ONE bent cop to stabilise the price of LPG COOKING GAS...........& that's just a tip of the iceberg...........I bet a few more are perhaps having sleepless nights...............GOOD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominique355 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 (edited) Here again the government is micromanaging the country. Riciculous. If you want to put some competition into the street vendor business, force them to display their prices and stop the ... extorting money for the place on the sidewalk Edited November 28, 2014 by dominique355 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty123 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Like I said. They're going after the poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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