Dodgy Supermarket Pricing

[Guest fountainhall]

For many months, the supermarket at Paragon has been charging Bt. 199 for a small 125 gram pack of New Zealand blueberries. For exactly the same pack from the same producer, Central Chidlom charged between Bt. 109 and Bt. 129. Moral - caveat emptor!

[Gaybutton]

Moral - caveat emptor!

 

That would apply to just about anywhere, wouldn't it? For example, in Pattaya items are usually more expensive in Villa Market than anywhere else, but I have also found items there that are less expensive than elsewhere or often the same price.

 

The same thing happens in plenty of other stores too. Some of the mom-and-pop shops have items less expensive than department stores and sometimes vice-versa. About six months ago I was looking for a washing machine. The one I ended up with was 1500 baht less at Big-C than the same machine at Lotus. Some items at Lotus are less expensive than Big-C.

 

It does pay to shop around.

 

 

[Guest fountainhall]

That would apply to just about anywhere, wouldn't it?

 

Too true - and we're all used to variations of around 5% to 10%. But 50% to 70% increases? That's price gouging at its most blatent in my book.

[Guest fountainhall]

To round of this blueberry thread, Central Chidlom has now got in on the act. New Zealand blueberries seem to be out of season, so ones from Chile are stocked. Early this week they were around Bt. 185. Yesterday, they had leapt to Bt. 245. I think it's all crazy, but then TIT.