Pay WHATEVER Price You Want to Pay for Food at The Box Office in Phnom Penh

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I've seen this done before, a new restaurant with 'pay what you think is fair', or something like that as their gimmick.

I think they lasted a few weeks before they went out of business.
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What the heck is "ethically sourced river fish"?
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ThaigerBalmer wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 3:48 pm What the heck is "ethically sourced river fish"?
Dunno, maybe you ask the fish really nicely if it wants to be caught in your net?
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What an awesome promotion, gets people talking & new customers in the door to try their huge range of tap beers... 20? i think they advertise
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I'd be very interested to see a breakdown of the results of this, more as a social experiment than anything else. I wonder how many people really would abuse it, eat as much as they could and basically pay sod all without a care, compared to those that paid the suggested price, or even those who might decide to pay a little over the odds as a returned goodwill gesture kind of thing.

I've never heard the place but if the owner is on here, or anyone knows the owner, I doubt I'd be the only one interested in some feedback as to how it went.
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Marketing.

A place that at least one person on here had never heard of is getting some publicity.

I don't think most who go there will take them for all they can and pay nada or way under value. I reckon most people are inherently pretty decent.


Smart move :bow:
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Grand Barong wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 8:48 pm What an awesome promotion, gets people talking & new customers in the door to try their huge range of tap beers... 20? i think they advertise
The people who will flock to the bar for something like this aren't drinking f*cking craft beers.
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ThaigerBalmer wrote: Wed Feb 22, 2023 3:48 pm What the heck is "ethically sourced river fish"?
It's part of menu bullshit salad: Ethically, locally and sustainably sourced. This means we bought it (ethical) at a nearby market (local) and they will have plenty more tomorrow (sustainable).
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Ethically might mean the grand kids weren’t all in a boat lobbing grenades over the side.

Tempted to take a look, either way
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