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Originally Posted by nanaplaza
3000 baht for a pair of shoes in Thailand ( Asia, a third world country ) is OUTRAGEOUS ! This is exactly my point about Thailand currency ...
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Why do you allways refer to Thailand as a third world country? What is and what do you consider "the thirld world"?
As far as I know the EU does not consider Thailand as a "less developped country" if I may use that expression. That is why they have problems exporting some products like prawns to us. They have to pay import taxes.
Nobody says you have to pay 3000 baht for a pair of shoes. If you think that too expensive you can buy a pair of plastic shoes for 199 baht. By the way, the price of a good pair of leather shoes (Church or Bally or whatever), not even hand made, can go up to 12000-20000 baht in Europe. Handmades are more expensive.