Been here a week. What an overpriced shithole.

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Re: Been here a week. What an overpriced shithole.

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Duncan wrote:Looks like a good black market smuggling business opportunity for someone.
I know someone who used to do just that but with only 2 free land crossings a year now...he stopped.

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Duncan wrote: Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:51 am Looks like a good black market smuggling business opportunity for someone.
Already in place. Even in Vietnam where hordes of motorbikes cross from Cambodia every night with smokes.
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phuketrichard wrote: Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:54 am
MikeMike58 wrote: Sun Jun 17, 2018 8:59 am Back in December, while in Siem Reap, I picked up a pack of ciggies from a little shop for 50 cents. It was like being transported back to the seventies.
FYI: i dont smoke, but yesterday looked at the price of cigs in 7/11 "Marlboro's " 165 baht!!!! ( $5.15)
Wow. I spent a month in Pattaya after I left KoW this last trip and saw that vast difference in price. Fortunately, I'm a pretty sorry excuse for a smoker. Just needed them to calm my nerves after dealing with those exorbitant prices in PP. Oh yeah, and the strain of dealing with throngs of geriatric crackhead ladyboys I rented. Helps get the taste of those $10.00 Burger King Double Cheeseburgers we 'Mericans have to consume to keep our soy levels up.
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Not sure if it's overpriced, but it's definitely not worth my time.

Gonna be even worse in a couple of months.

Anyway, cost of living is just one factor when choosing a place.
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congrats to the OP on this thread
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Its out fault in the end, too many barangs came and jacked the prices up....
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Beerinthemorning wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:37 pm Its out fault in the end, too many barangs came and jacked the prices up....
Yupp, especially guys like you spending big bucks on pineapples.....
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hanno wrote: Sat Jun 23, 2018 8:31 am
Beerinthemorning wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:37 pm Its out fault in the end, too many barangs came and jacked the prices up....
Yupp, especially guys like you spending big bucks on pineapples.....
Really? Is it the pineapple guy from TOF? I wasn’t aware of that, wasn’t his username FCC or something? Can’t recall...
I actually don't give a flying fuck, furthermore nice to meet you all here! :thumb:
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Borum-Ex frm TOForum wrote: Sat Jun 23, 2018 8:55 am
hanno wrote: Sat Jun 23, 2018 8:31 am
Beerinthemorning wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:37 pm Its out fault in the end, too many barangs came and jacked the prices up....
Yupp, especially guys like you spending big bucks on pineapples.....
Really? Is it the pineapple guy from TOF? I wasn’t aware of that, wasn’t his username FCC or something? Can’t recall...
He has gone by plenty of handles......
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hanno wrote: Sat Jun 23, 2018 11:22 am
Borum-Ex frm TOForum wrote: Sat Jun 23, 2018 8:55 am
hanno wrote: Sat Jun 23, 2018 8:31 am
Beerinthemorning wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:37 pm Its out fault in the end, too many barangs came and jacked the prices up....
Yupp, especially guys like you spending big bucks on pineapples.....
Really? Is it the pineapple guy from TOF? I wasn’t aware of that, wasn’t his username FCC or something? Can’t recall...
He has gone by plenty of handles......
Something doesn’t make much sense, complaining about the price of pineapples in the KOW, where the beer is cheap, yet drinking rather expensive ‘beer in the morning’ in Thailand, where it’s (my guess) about 300% more expensive to drink a pint. Have you won the lottery recently @FCC ?

Edit: My wrong, I’ve confused KOW with LOS.
I actually don't give a flying fuck, furthermore nice to meet you all here! :thumb:
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