Expensive Thailand

[bucknaway]

Are there any 35 Baht stores in Thailand? I am asking because china is so close and things should be cheaper in Thailand than here in the USA. Am I mussing something?

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I am asking because china is so close and things should be cheaper in Thailand than here in the USA. Am I mussing something?

Yes, as usual, you are.

Imports from China are usually cheaper in the US than in Thailand. Why? Because import duties are lower, and because US importers of the WalMart variety buy in quantities that the Thai importers could only dream of -- thus they get lower prices.

[bucknaway]

I bet you wrote something insulting...... I will never know unless others quote you LOL :clown:

Remain ignorant, then.

I am asking because china is so close and things should be cheaper in Thailand than here in the USA. Am I mussing something?

Yes, as usual, you are.

Imports from China are usually cheaper in the US than in Thailand. Why? Because import duties are lower, and because US importers of the WalMart variety buy in quantities that the Thai importers could only dream of -- thus they get lower prices.

BG must be in the Christmas spirit; his response was merely condescending, not insulting. Ok, it was pretty darn close. Unless you interpret his response as implying that you shop at WalMart, which would make it a rank insult.

Sorry to ask, but do you?

[Dodger]

Boygeenyus...

Haven't you ever figured out that by insulting someone you're exposing (as usual) a serious character defect?

Do you actually think that you're amusing us with your repeditive cheap insults? Do you do this just to feed some deep and dark depression that's eating you alive, or do you just do it in an effort to get the attention that you were never given as a child (or an ault). In either case, I feel obligated to inform you that you're making an absolute fool of yourself and should probably just kick back, relax a little and try to get a grip on things.

People who spin their wheels trying to convince others of their high level of intellegence are always foolish people.

Mai pen rai

[dave_tf-old]

I'm guessing you are making the leap from an assumed exchange rate of 35 baht to the dollar and asking if anything like the American phenomenon of single price-point (usually just $1) stores exists in Thailand.

BG has explained why not...I'll just add this: What would be the cachet of having a one-price-point retail operation with such an unsexy and unwieldy (as well as constantly fluctuating and Americo-centric) value of 35? Why would that draw Thai customers? If such a retail venture were started, wouldn't it be better to pick a price point that had some zing (and meaning) to the Thai...such as Somchai's Everything 50 Baht or Pornping's 100 Baht Only Shoppe.

Since 1 Baht might just buy you a Lucy out of a pack of Krung Thips, Lek's 1 Baht Galleria is doomed to fail anywhere outside the slums of Khlong Toey, the hinterlands of Issan or the Hill-Tribes, or maybe Pattaya.

Unless you interpret his response as implying that you shop at WalMart.

Is that where they have those blue light specials?

If BG is an example of what living in Thailand does to you - im surprised anyone ever moves there.

The "cheap" reputation of Thailand is much exagerrated.

Some things are much cheaper, such as:

local produce
condos
sex and massage services
labor in general


While, some things are much more expensive:

cars
wine
western foods
even clothes when compared to discount outlets in the west


So, it all depends on what you need, or what adjustments you are willing to make.