barganing how crazy are the prices?

On a good note I did get a lovely man who made some skirts for me and they fit great. The original price was a bit steep but we got it to half and he was quite pleasant do deal with.

The europeans on the bikes are another matter. They are rude and cunning. At least the taylors are open and state their claim. We were warned about the people on bikes so knew to avoid them but saw numerous tourists like ourselves asked if they speak english and then get attacked with the sales pitch.

We also met a lovely man from nepal who told us what prices we should be paying for everything. He does not bargan with you and just states his price which is reasonable and gives a discount if you buy more. (the prices were the same as Cathy %26amp; Garry%26#39;s price list) We went back to him several times after we got tired of the other stall holders expecting crazy prices for their stuff.

barganing how crazy are the prices?

forgot to add one lady who wanted $190 aus for a silk bedspread and wouldnt go any lower(got the same one in bangkok for $30) and

The guy who wanted $80 for a bad copy of a Prada bag(I am dubious as to whether it is even leather)

There were plenty of other crazy prices too that we walked away from(it would have been cheaper to buy at home with a warrenty)

Over all the experience was fun but the first day was like- What the hell have we gotten into? You couldnt even look at something without getting swooped on for price.

AS they say all part of the experience!!!!

barganing how crazy are the prices?

Selection for shopping and prices are better in Bangkok. But where ever you are, bargain with a smile, and 50% would be very unusual unless the price was highly inflated in the first place.

from Cathy%26amp;Gary%26#39;s travel pages

cathyandgarystravelpages.com/price_guide.htm

should help a lot

Who are the ';europeans on bikes';? How do you know they are European as opposed to any other White Anglo Saxon race? Just curious.

These people on bikes normslly ride 2 up, carrying scratch cards (which you always win!!) then as the previous poster says they hit you with a sales pitch and then drag you off for a nice hard sell presentation.

Ones of the companies operates out of a shop unit off Patong Beach Road near Club Andamen (here they attack you on the street waving scratch cards under your nose and asking if you speak Enhglish or if you are Austrailian.

As to the origin of these %26#39;people%26#39; I dont kow but they are white, but maybe european or Austrailian.

Timeshare / holiday clubs are a big hate of mine having got into 拢20,000 of debt with nothing to show so I was not too pleasant with them last week.

My best answer apart from ignoring them was you pay my 拢20k debt first and I will then come to your presentation.

As per the best in Europe they try to get you in to the presentation with free gifts such as Whisky, T shirts etc.

I must say that we were also apporached by the Lugana resorts when up that way, but that not so pushy and they were up frontish about what they wanted

Thanks for that. The scourge hasn%26#39;t reached Khao Lak - yet!!!!!

Khao Lak is great, we were there 3 weeks ago at the Sarojin (loved it and about to put review on here) its still what I would Imagine thailand used to be, we spent a week in Patong and its certainly changed since we were there about 8yrs ago. People are still up for a good barter with realistic starting prices, and pleasant when the deal dont go through, plus every taxi dont have a 200bht start price like Patong!

Saying all that though, we are now back in the wet, wind and cold Welsh UK (arrived early this morning) and Id sooner be back there...suffering with post Thailand blues big time at the moment!

Glad you enjoyed Khao Lak. Please post your review on KL Forum. Phuket gets enough!!! LOL