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Hewer · Centurion Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 545 Location:

Hi everyone Wave

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Just a question or two for the Thai-expats. Do you speak much Thai? What's the biggest benefit to speaking some of the language? Do you find that you are treated differently or that you pay less than non-Thai speaking foreigners in some situations?

Just curious and thanks for answering Cool

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Hewer · Centurion Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 545 Location:

Thanks for all the answers guys. I guess I'm curious about whether or not you get a better deal for things (shopping etc) when you use Thai. occasion

Or does it make no difference? Shocked

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rick.price@att.net · Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 2 Location:

Yes I think when you are shopping it is good to be able to say;

Pang mak mak, too expensive!

And it would be good to tell the taxi driver which direction to take and where you want him to stop the car....and ask him if he can make change before you get in and end up parting with 100 notes....

better pull out the old Thai dictionary.....

Regards,

Rick
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Haggling is a skill that careless about the language you speak.

Sure, speaking Thai makes haggling easier, but I still found myself a sitting duck when I haggle (I lived the US for the past 20 years and couldn't haggle for S***).

I just keep my mount shut and let my wife or her friends do the talking. These ladies are great at haggling.
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I think the most important thing about haggling is that you know the fair market value of the item you are hagling for.

So many peolple thing they get a great deal when they bargian someting down to 300 from 500 for example.--when actualy they could have gotten the item for 150.

In touristy areas the vendors aften apply 500-1000% markups
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pinyo · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Posts: 15 Location:

I think so. I went to Thailand with some Chinese friends. I haggled it down from 500B to 430B in Thai. The ladies haggled it down to 400B in English.
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Hewer · Centurion Joined: 30 Sep 2004 Posts: 545 Location:

And it depends what country they think you are from. The starting price is much lower if you are a Russian student than it is if you are an expat salaryman down from Tokyo for the weekend.

Nothing racist about this, just savvy business sense. Wave