[Beer Chang]

It's always good to get the product you want at the best price. So I was thinking we could start some threads about where we can get the best price on particular items so we can all save some money.

My request is that each thread be about one product only so it will be easy to compile results later. For general comments about no particular product please use this thread.

[nyoen]

i want to know too...

[Wino]

I like finding a good price. For me, overall living is cheaper in Thailand. I like a good value, but not so worried about a few baht here and there.

[lvdkeyes]

There are many people who are penny wise and pound foolish. I had a partner years ago who would insist on traveling all over town to get the cheapest price on certain items, never considering the gas he used up doing it.

[Beer Chang]

I have lots of time to kill since I'm not working. So my job is monitoring my investments and not overpaying for stuff. So I'll often check tOPs, Friendship and 7/11.


But price is not the only factor, for milk the expiration date is more important to me.

[Bob]

I'm a bit confused, Beer. A different thread for each product? Let's see, we'll have a soap thread, a socks thread, and a german weiner thread?

Unfortunately, I really don't pay attention to what a bar of soap costs me. I do go to Tesco or Tops to buy basic staples and foodstuffs as it's obviously cheaper there than at the local corner store or 7/11. But, as to what a particular item costs me (I do avoid the foreign stuff as it generally costs more here than back at home!), not particularly within my radar.

[Beer Chang]

That was my plan thinking there be lots of interest and then easier to find a particlar item rather than reading through a whole thread. But it never caught on.

[Thaimo]

Bob, on 02 January 2010 - 06:22 AM, said:

it's obviously cheaper there than at the local corner store or 7/11.

That may not be the case. I've done comparison shopping. Unlike the USA, the 7-Elevens, Family Marts, etc, in Thailand do not charge rip-off prices. I've found their prices to be on par with grocery store prices and sometimes even cheaper.

[Beer Chang]

Thaimo, on 02 January 2010 - 08:50 AM, said:

That may not be the case. I've done comparison shopping. Unlike the USA, the 7-Elevens, Family Marts, etc, in Thailand do not charge rip-off prices. I've found their prices to be on par with grocery store prices and sometimes even cheaper.

I tend to agree.

But if buying, let's say toilet paper, you can't buy 24 rolls at a cheap price.

[lvdkeyes]

24 rolls of toilet paper will last a long long time in Thailand.

[Beer Chang]

Given my budget, I should learn to use the squirter, but I have visions of the bathroom walls being splattered.

[lvdkeyes]

I have never splattered the walls using a squirter.

[Bob]

Geez guys, maybe continue the "splattering" comments on a thread titled "How to Ruin Somebody's Dinner?"

[lvdkeyes]

Former occupational hazard, nothing spoils my dinner. lol

[Beer Chang]

Most farangs I know use the squirter as a final rinse.

Does anyone here use it instead of toilet paper?

[Thaimo]

Beer Chang, on 05 January 2010 - 05:17 AM, said:

Does anyone here use it instead of toilet paper?

My friend, I don't know about you, but I'm not so sure I want to know the answer to that particular question.

[Beer Chang]

Thaimo, on 05 January 2010 - 12:27 PM, said:

My friend, I don't know about you, but I'm not so sure I want to know the answer to that particular question.

Lots of people taking the 5th here?

[Wino]

Although the "squirter" as you call it, is not exactly like a bidet, the concept is somewhat similiar. The French have been using bidet's since the 1700's and many people think it much more practical than toilet paper. I see nothing wrong with using the squirter as long as a good handwashing occurs after the fact.

[lvdkeyes]

A good hand washing is essential no matter what method of cleaning is used. Good had washing: 20-30 seconds of vigorous washing with soap and warm water followed by a thorough rinsing allowing the water to drip off the finger tips.

[Wino]

Very true. Good handwashing after using the bathroom is essential. I feel it is especially so, when you use the "squirter."