How flexible are prices when buying fans from street vendors in Thailand?

1k for 40cm, more if bigger

Do they sell Only Fans?

Get a grip cheap Charlie comes to mind

We now live in the day and age when people that can travel don't know how and most likely should not. We live in a time when said travelers seek help from the online nanny community currently present in our modern society, to do what? Ask advice on how to barter in an Asian street market. Sorry. If that's a question someone thinks is suited for an online question, they should turn in thier passport and head home.

I ask the price,

If it’s fair buy it,

If they ask silly price walk away,

Life’s too short to haggle.

Or better buy from someone who has the price marked.

That’s normally their rock bottom price anyway.

Thai peopole need get income.

Stop discount all....or buy Lazada as them

Or maybe they're replacing stock that's been sold from their storage?

Cheap charlie

If the price if publicly showed i never bargain. I use Lazada to understand how much things cost in Thailand.

You should probably think about your yearly income vs that of the shop owner before you begin haggling.

Also if you are like me and prefer to spend your money in local shops rather than lazada, you can still use Lazada to help you understand what something could cost with negotiation.

I do this with taxis and the grab and bolt apps.

Understand what's considered reasonable.

Considered being generous.

Put your money where your heart is.

🤷

@Jeffrey ******

I had something similar. Koh Yai Yai , days after it was possible to enter Thailand via Phuket after the lockdown. The private owner of the accommodation broke down in uncontrollable tears. She hadn't been able to pay for wifi so didn't know she had a booking even. She had been sneeking to the beach at night to get crabs and seaweed for soups and some nutrition, grew a few vegetables in the garden to get by and eating the cheapest sausage from the store. She didn't want to take from the minimal food programme on this tiny island as she said the elderly and kids needed it more than her. We were her first guests in over 2 years. 😔

There were 8 young cats running about. Somebody had dumped them as little kittens in her garden knowing that she was fond of cats. She had managed to take care of them too with her tiny budget.

When we heard this, we extended the stay, gave amazing review, and ate her amazing home cooking 3x a day rather than going to restaurants to boost her income, hired her spare motorbike, bought her beer rather than a bar, paid her for laundry, ironing, anything we could think of. Obviously tips too.

Yes, it's not always about saving some baht unfortunately 😔.

You can look up prices online on shopee and lazada to get an idea how much something costs. Then go to your preferred store and see if their price seems fair to you. If not, You can offer the price you want to pay. The worst that can happen is they say no.

I have found that some vendors would rather lose the sale than negotiate. But in saying that some Thai vendors are not like that at all.

just ask , start with half price and work your way up no harm in trying

I always ask how much can you do this for - if they give a great price then thats the deal done, but if they're trying it on, I suck air through my teeth, just like a plumber would when you ask for a price in the west, and they clearly understand they've quoted too much. Following that the deal is usually about 30 seconds after this when they give you another price.

@David *********

why don't you ask the store for best price?

It looks like they have no business but they are probably one of the sellers on Shopee or Lazada. The small shops selling bulbs and electrical stuff on my soi does their business online too.

Back during quarantine days, in Chiang Mai, we had a small carry on luggage that broke.

We passed several street vendors selling luggage.

I asked one lady for her price on the one we wanted.

It was more than I wanted to pay.

It was late and most sidewalk shops were closing or getting ready to.

We kept walking. About 45 minutes later we were walking back to our hotel, she saw us and offered the piece almost 1,000 THB less than originally. I agreed.

As she was getting it ready for us and I had paid already, we noticed she was crying. In Thai we asked why was crying… it was the first and only thing she had sold in two days. I gave her an extra 1,500 THB. Her crying increased, but wasn’t sadness…it was happiness and enormous gratitude.

My early experience of the extreme hardship and financial struggles of many Thai people.

Just pay the price - no need for any sanctimonious navel gazing or lofty ambitions about promoting the Thai economy 🙄- Americans really are something else 😁

Of course you can barter, it's pretty much expected

When we go to buy something,my missus tells me to disappear and off she goes to get thai price

Food, not flexible. Clothing and other objects? Quite flexible.

I had the same idea about supporting small local family businesses, until I approached a small motorcycle shop, and asked for a quote on repairs that I needed doing, and it was obvious straight away it was "farang price" I then went to the honda dealership, and was quoted a much lower price, that's a honda technician doing the job, with genuine honda parts, so go figure!! Some are Just greedy, that particular motorcycle shop, won't get any favours from me in the future, when they are just taking the piss, but to answer your question, from my experience, if something has a price sticker on it, that's usually the fixed price, but on the other hand if there is no prices on anything, it's usually negotiable, I usually ask the vendor "how for this" then go in with a lower offer, which he/she will generally refuse, and then meet them in middle price wise, they don't usually get offended by an offer, they will just say "no sorry cannot Mr" 😅

😆 most are like that, go into Global house the staff out number the customers by 3 to 1🤣 wages are fairly low and so is rent so they don't have to be super busy to make a living.

Try your best with bargaining 🤗

My experience in negotiating prices is to have a price for what you think is fair before you start.

Usually they sell as cheap as in supermarket. B Sometimes I tell them to keep change. (I am Thai)

That what I see all the time, I wonder how these places exist.

If they are always empty, would you really want a cheaper price. I would be more than happy to pay full price.

So you are not a fan of the store?

yes many times flexible

Just buy on lazada. Probably cheaper