Thread: Clever farang

On the way back from dropping the kids off, as is my want, I called in the market for some fruity things.
I try to buy things at different stalls, the women ask, "why do you buy apples from me and oranges from another ?"
I tell them that her oranges aren't much good, I think this keeps them on their toes as they believe I am a fruit connoisseur.
Anyway to get on with the real story, the orange lady had a sign up 33 Bt for a kilo and 100 Bt for 3 kilo.
So I told her a wanted 3 x 1 Kg bags.
She said "Ooohhh Farang very clever, most people buy 3k for 100 Bt because they think it is cheaper."

Anyway I thought it was funny.

Originally Posted by peterpan

She said "Ooohhh Farang very clever, most people buy 3k for 100 Bt because they think it is cheaper."

Yep, clever lot the Isaan shoppers. They know a deal when they see one.

I been buying Isaarn beer which used to 30 Bt a bottle, last week it went up to 35 Bt.
I thought my local drinking shop was taking the piss but I checked and its 35 Bt every drinking shop.
Last night I went to get 3 bottles to take home, on the bottle was 33 Bt, so I thought thats sensible, 100 Bt for 3 bottles and tell her keep the change.
So I gave her 100 Bt, she said 105 Bt.
Wot? I says, its got 33 Bt on the bottle.
She said yes one bottle 33 Bt if you want three its 105 Bt.

Originally Posted by peterpan

She said yes one bottle 33 Bt if you want three its 105 Bt.

so buy one bottle 3 times!

No, I just paid the 105 Bt and walked away with my bottles in one hand & scratching my scrotum with the other, Thinking, I will never work these people out.

Why were you doing that PP, was the dust settled to one side??

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Originally Posted by peterpan

She said yes one bottle 33 Bt if you want three its 105 Bt.

so buy one bottle 3 times!

Surely if you were to buy one bottle 3 times you pay 99 baht for 1 bottle??

Originally Posted by peterpan

scratching my scrotum with the other

she probably needs extra money from you to disinfect everything that has come into contact with your scrote scratching mitts

It's the same in the supermarket.

If you go for the large pack, it often costs more than the equivalent in small ones.

Originally Posted by peterpan

No, I just paid the 105 Bt and walked away with my bottles in one hand & scratching my scrotum with the other, Thinking, I will never work these people out.

1 beer 33 baht

3 beers and a scratch 105 baht

I went to buy eggs yesterday. I wanted four.

"Mai dai"

Why? Because it's three eggs for ten baht and she couldn't figure out how much to charge for four. And, no thanks, I didn't want six.

I took 3 for 10....

Another thing, I am used to staff getting out the calculator to compute the price of ten items of the same kind from the UK, but for a single item...Thailand is 'special'.

not really Stroller, that seems to happen everywhere

I wanted two things yesterday, at $1 each

out came the calculator

Originally Posted by peterpan

On the way back from dropping the kids off, as is my want, I called in the market for some fruity things.
I try to buy things at different stalls, the women ask, "why do you buy apples from me and oranges from another ?"
I tell them that her oranges aren't much good, I think this keeps them on their toes as they believe I am a fruit connoisseur.
Anyway to get on with the real story, the orange lady had a sign up 33 Bt for a kilo and 100 Bt for 3 kilo.
So I told her a wanted 3 x 1 Kg bags.
She said "Ooohhh Farang very clever, most people buy 3k for 100 Bt because they think it is cheaper."

Anyway I thought it was funny.

I don't get it.

Originally Posted by DrAndy

I wanted two things yesterday, at $1 each

Where are you that things are priced in dollars? I thought you lived in Europe and Thailand....

^ It's the reason for why it's so difficult to calculate a foreign currency..

Originally Posted by The Gentleman Scamp

Originally Posted by peterpan

On the way back from dropping the kids off, as is my want, I called in the market for some fruity things.
I try to buy things at different stalls, the women ask, "why do you buy apples from me and oranges from another ?"
I tell them that her oranges aren't much good, I think this keeps them on their toes as they believe I am a fruit connoisseur.
Anyway to get on with the real story, the orange lady had a sign up 33 Bt for a kilo and 100 Bt for 3 kilo.
So I told her a wanted 3 x 1 Kg bags.
She said "Ooohhh Farang very clever, most people buy 3k for 100 Bt because they think it is cheaper."

Anyway I thought it was funny.

I don't get it.

Elaborate Scampy,
you don't get the funny bit,
you don't get laid,
you don't get what ?

^ all of the above!

For Scampy:-

3 Kg = 100 Bt

1 Kg = 33 Bt............3 x 1 Kg = 99 Bt.

No, I think you need to really spell it out for him, SB.

99bt is less than 100bt, so buying 3 separate kilos is cheaper than buying the 'bargain' 3 kilos by 1bt.

Originally Posted by November Rain

No, I think you need to really spell it out for him, SB.

99bt is less than 100bt, so buying 3 separate kilos is cheaper than buying the 'bargain' 3 kilos by 1bt.

And, just to make it absolutely clear to Scampy, 1bt is what you get when you subtract 99bt from 100bt

^^
And to make it slightly more clear, bt stands for Baht which is the currency of which the lady selling the oranges deals in

Originally Posted by Red dragon

^^
And to make it slightly more clear, bt stands for Baht which is the currency of which the lady selling the oranges deals in

It is actually the currency used in this country.

Thailand, that is.

i just had a taxi driver tell me i was smart because i knew my way home
i still a bit confused about it..