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**Hrennilasi** · 09-21-2012, 02:35 PM

It's not so much paying the "tourist price" at the Grand Palace, Ancient City, museams, etc. as the humor that my Fan or my friends in tow get when I get stuck with the Farang price. I'm just a working class slob here in the States but I make in one day what my wife's father makes in a month, in one month I make about the average yearly Thai income ( Lonely Planet 2004). All "outside" shopping experiences are subject to barganing and you can almost always find the item at some other place. You can always go to the Tesco/ lotus stores and pay the marked price. I participate in the barganing more to develop the skill than save the $0.25-$0.50 on a lot of the items or services. Anyway being a White Ango Saxon (Ex) Protasant American male I just chalk it up to my collective cultural, race Kamma! :-)

09-21-2012, 02:35 PM	#15
Hrennilasi Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	It's not so much paying the "tourist price" at the Grand Palace, Ancient City, museams, etc. as the humor that my Fan or my friends in tow get when I get stuck with the Farang price. I'm just a working class slob here in the States but I make in one day what my wife's father makes in a month, in one month I make about the average yearly Thai income ( Lonely Planet 2004). All "outside" shopping experiences are subject to barganing and you can almost always find the item at some other place. You can always go to the Tesco/ lotus stores and pay the marked price. I participate in the barganing more to develop the skill than save the $0.25-$0.50 on a lot of the items or services. Anyway being a White Ango Saxon (Ex) Protasant American male I just chalk it up to my collective cultural, race Kamma! :-)
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