Turkish guy on Facebook exposes being overcharged by 3 cents at Thai Huot
Re: Turkish guy on Facebook exposes being overcharged by 3 cents at Thai Huot
Life is too short.
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
ut sint Guinness proxima morientis ori.
tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
"Sit Deus propitius huic potatori."
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Re: Turkish guy on Facebook exposes being overcharged by 3 cents at Thai Huot
Pleased he got his money back
Life must be difficult enough for some ex-pats living on the breadline in Cambodia
Life must be difficult enough for some ex-pats living on the breadline in Cambodia
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Re: Turkish guy on Facebook exposes being overcharged by 3 cents at Thai Huot
Suddenly my local newspaper (which is as best use when wrapping groceries) looks like a Nobel prize of literature ^^
Good luck attracting new readers with meaningless subjects and inane comments, who has time for this shit apart from old people bickering about mundane stuff ?
Good luck attracting new readers with meaningless subjects and inane comments, who has time for this shit apart from old people bickering about mundane stuff ?
Re: Turkish guy on Facebook exposes being overcharged by 3 cents at Thai Huot
I agree with him. It's not about the 3 cents. Nobody cares. But if you want me to pay $1.98 then put it on your sticker.
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Re: Turkish guy on Facebook exposes being overcharged by 3 cents at Thai Huot
If they say 'But it's only 3 cents' give them $1.92.
Yes, being facetious in this case, but in large negotiations it's a useful position to take.
Yes, being facetious in this case, but in large negotiations it's a useful position to take.
Re: Turkish guy on Facebook exposes being overcharged by 3 cents at Thai Huot
Merchant fee, the banks will make a shitload from a cashless society
Re: Turkish guy on Facebook exposes being overcharged by 3 cents at Thai Huot
Possibly the price in TH's system has a price in KHR that was calculated at one exchange rate but when ABA was debited that KHR amount they converted it back at a different exchange rate.
Re: Turkish guy on Facebook exposes being overcharged by 3 cents at Thai Huot
There will always be a small discrepancy when converting $US to KHR as the rates fluctuate, however, I do not believe that to be the case here.
The displayed goods are priced in US$ and since no price is stated on the goods the US$ price must have been the one entered into the cash register. This amount, in US$, was then transferred to the ABA pay device.
Now, many cash registers here work in US$ and they then do a currency conversion, which given the current level of technology, probably updates each day with current conversion rates. So the displayed total to pay is in both currencies.
There are, I believe, 2 possible explanations.
1: It was simply a typing error and the 8 was hit instead of the 5. The close proximity of these 2 keys on a numpad configuration supports this.
2: When the barcodes were printed... maybe the exchange rate was so different when it was printed that this can explain the 3c difference.
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Re: Turkish guy on Facebook exposes being overcharged by 3 cents at Thai Huot
I vote for explanation No 1.IraHayes wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2023 9:39 amThere will always be a small discrepancy when converting $US to KHR as the rates fluctuate, however, I do not believe that to be the case here.
The displayed goods are priced in US$ and since no price is stated on the goods the US$ price must have been the one entered into the cash register. This amount, in US$, was then transferred to the ABA pay device.
Now, many cash registers here work in US$ and they then do a currency conversion, which given the current level of technology, probably updates each day with current conversion rates. So the displayed total to pay is in both currencies.
There are, I believe, 2 possible explanations.
1: It was simply a typing error and the 8 was hit instead of the 5. The close proximity of these 2 keys on a numpad configuration supports this.
2: When the barcodes were printed... maybe the exchange rate was so different when it was printed that this can explain the 3c difference.
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