Shopping in Thailand

Visiting the Shops and Markets is something most people do when they are in Thailand. Prices in department stores are fixed but in markets you can haggle over the price. If you can speak a few words of Thai it will make it easier for you to negotiate a better price.

How Much

Shop keepers will appreciate your efforts and you will stand a much better chance of getting a lower price. Oh, and remember you need to be polite (Kharb and ka)

How much is this? ra ka thao rai

That is a little expensive paeng bai

Bargining

The Thai word "noi" means little and is used to make a request sound more polite. All "dai mai" questions are generally answered with "dai" for "yes" and "mai dai" for "no".

Can you make it cheaper? - lot noi dai mai

How about ... baht? - ... baht dai mai

Can you help me? - chuay dai mai

Can I see that? - khor doo dai mai

I am just looking - khor doo thao nun

I will come back - later ja ma mai