Why is the visa fee for Thailand 12,500 baht instead of 10,000 baht as advised?

@ANONYMOUS MEMBER OK I'm not a mind-reader. Which visa and what company please.....

NZ charge nearly 40,000 baht to apply there. I think Laos does them for 10,000, but it’s probably going to cost you more than 2,500 baht to get there and stay during the processing time.

I paid 14,000 in Hong Kong

Nothing thai is ever standardized, they all make up their own rules and fees.

Any specific Thai Embassy/Thai Consulate has discretion to set their Consular Service Fees and Rates, just like they have discretion for additional requirements and request additional documents, for example, specifically relating to DTV E–Visa, a Thai Embassy/Thai Consulate may say seasoning of the minimum 500,000.- Thai Baht in your bank account for a minimum of 1 month, 3 months, even 6 months, or, another example is that 500k Thai Baht must be a personal account (savings or checking) at a retail, brick & mortar bank vs. a brokerage account or Wise/Revolut account or investment account, etc. etc.

Specifically for Thai E–Visa Fees, the most egregious example is the Thai Embassy in Wellington where all their Consular Fees, Rates, and Charges are well above their neighbors (Thai Embassy in Canberra or Thai Consulate in Sydney)

inexplicably expensive at the Thai Embassy in Wellington

However, the only locations where the Thai E–Visa Fees are exactly as stated in the regulations as published in the Thai Royal Gazette are at: Thai Embassy in Vientiane and Thai Consulate in Savannakhet as they are they only locations that accept Thai Baht

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Thai Embassy in Canberra

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Oh jeez. You have got a long term tourist visa for 12k BAHT - so cheap it’s unreal

New Zealand is "high end" with NZD 2,000, which is almost 38,000 Baht.

Which specific Thai Embassy/Thai Consulate is this?? ( Where?? )

Australia is like the second highest DTV fee I believe New Zealand is higher