Hua Hin police raid restaurants for overcharging

[LaughTilIDie]

met food vendors near the beach to give them the authorised controlled-pricing list.

shhh it's a secret

[HHTel]

shhh it's a secret

meet with vendors to set standardised prices and post clear menus.

Not if the article is to be believed.

[STEVE G]

I hope they're going to give the approved price list to all those five star hotels with restaurants overlooking the beach but I suppose they're allowed to overcharge you for some reason.

[crazy88]

Got to agree with Steve G

Why have one rule for some and not for others? No idea how they can price fix food and drink. Venue by venue the simple cost of a beer varies from 50 Bt buy 2 get one free to 180 Bt++ In the exact same walking distance from me with the same mountain views I can pay 50-70 Bt for a green curry or 260 Bt at various restaurants. Cannot see how business owners can be ordered to fix prices if they clearly display what they are up front which IMHO is normal practice. Out of interest what is the new fixed maximum pricing schedule? Any examples? Are portion sizes to be regulated to the gram or millilitre? Not saying I have not found some of the beachfront places very minty on price, particularly seafood, but I read the menu before I ordered so down to me to choose.


Crazy 88

[HHTel]

Remember the wage freeze and price controls in the UK in the 70's under Callaghan?

[LaughTilIDie]

shhh it's a secret

meet with vendors to set standardised prices and post clear menus.

Not if the article is to be believed.

I meant the price list silly

[adammike]

here in the netherlands the prices have to be clearly displayed and that's how it
should be,it can't be that hard but then again it might mess up the one price for Thai
one for farang scam.

[theprice01]

I just wont go near a place the 2nd time if (1) i get charged more then a thai person, (2) a sml water is more then 40B (3) they charge for ice.

[crazy88]

theprice01

How do you know if you are getting charged more unless your bill is different to the menu? Which you agreed to when you ordered.

40 Bt for a small water is minty but most places have water for free unless you want bottled.

As for ice? Whilst I would expect it to be included in a mixed drink pricing system it does cost money and a lot of people take along their own whiskey or whatever and order a bucket of ice and mixers which incurs costs to the restaurant owners in terms of buying the ice, service etc. The restaurant I had dinner at this evening sent staff out to get me wine that they did not have and did not even charge me corkage. Of course I left a good tips.

Crazy 88

[europtimiste]

Last saturday in a Bangkok restaurant, I was charged 30 Baht for a bucket of ice. Everything else was normal ( a large bottle Leo beer 80 Baht,). The reason is that most Thais come with their whisky bottles and order ice and soda water.
Apart of restaurant prices, I would like to remind some farangs to check their bills in some bars.
In particular a certain bar on Binta is systematically overcharging customers, especially farang tourists. The trick is simple: A table of 6 or more customers, if they had 12 or 15 drinks, they will be charged as 20 drinks. No one would count the drinks and check prices. That looks so cheap specially for Scandinavians. Recently I sat in this bar, just because I met some friends already sitting there. I had 2 Leo beers 2 x 80 = 180 Baht ! ! ! When I called the owner, she just said: sorry mistake of new cashier.......thats a lie, the cashier wasn't new. It's their trick.

[Irish big-kev]

So name the bar in Bint that over charges so that other new farangs can be made aware?

[europtimiste]

Irish big-kev : You certainly know that I don't have the right to name the bar, because the owners of this site are also the censorship of our messages. They will delete my message, because they are afraid naming wrongdoers.

[Irish big-kev]

Understand

[europtimiste]

A tip: One of my favorite singer is Tina Turner

[richard]

Got it. The cashier and owner have a history of doing that