Trading in Thailand
- Thread starter FireWalker
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Ha ha.. you are right on about thai women! but one can tell a nice thai girl vs. a bar girl after about 2-3 mo. or so..
several times i'm thinking about moving back to bangkok to trade and run my family business full-time but i just don't trust myself that i can do any of those for long. there are simply too many distractions!
where is rawaai relative to the city center?
reason i'm skeptical is because i've been to several less developed countries before. one would think that things should be cheaper, but what i've discovered is that sure, some things are cheaper, but you get what you pay for.
for example, you will not find a real Rolex in a third world country selling for less than it sells in the U.S. also, each country has its own standard of what housing should be. usually this standard is much lower than the U.S. so again, yes, there will be a roof over your head, but you get what you pay for. if you want something that's similar to what you get in the U.S., you pay U.S. prices (because the people who can afford those types of housing are the expats, not the local people).
reason i'm skeptical is because i've been to several less developed countries before. one would think that things should be cheaper, but what i've discovered is that sure, some things are cheaper, but you get what you pay for.
for example, you will not find a real Rolex in a third world country selling for less than it sells in the U.S. also, each country has its own standard of what housing should be. usually this standard is much lower than the U.S. so again, yes, there will be a roof over your head, but you get what you pay for. if you want something that's similar to what you get in the U.S., you pay U.S. prices (because the people who can afford those types of housing are the expats, not the local people).
reason i'm skeptical is because i've been to several less developed countries before. one would think that things should be cheaper, but what i've discovered is that sure, some things are cheaper, but you get what you pay for.
for example, you will not find a real Rolex in a third world country selling for less than it sells in the U.S. also, each country has its own standard of what housing should be. usually this standard is much lower than the U.S. so again, yes, there will be a roof over your head, but you get what you pay for. if you want something that's similar to what you get in the U.S., you pay U.S. prices (because the people who can afford those types of housing are the expats, not the local people).
I believe this is true of the Philippines.You want western standards/quality you pay western prices and still a good chance it will be half assed and you will be screwed.
for example, you will not find a real Rolex in a third world country selling for less than it sells in the U.S. also, each country has its own standard of what housing should be. usually this standard is much lower than the U.S. so again, yes, there will be a roof over your head, but you get what you pay for. if you want something that's similar to what you get in the U.S., you pay U.S. prices (because the people who can afford those types of housing are the expats, not the local people).
I believe this is true of the Philippines.You want western standards/quality you pay western prices and still a good chance it will be half assed and you will be screwed.
What you say is true except.
Theres differences between products and services.
Products are quality based, technology based , information based and are usually priced around NY prices.
SERVICES on the other hand is a whole different ball game. Services can be provided at extreme high quality, but at rock bottom prices.
And most of the times, we are looking for services. Not another HDTV
