Why do Western fast food places and others charge such high prices?

I do believe · 2014-03-04T07:23:58+01:00

Many (Hospitals, Western hotels, Western fast food places, Starbucks all rape the pocketbooks of Westerners. Perhaps OK for the tourists but irritating for those of us who live here. Many (most?) of the cafe's in District one are on the gravy train also; selling Coke for 30.000VND or more but buying it for 5.000VND. In fact beer is cheaper than Coke. Many of the waiters at these places make $150 a month with one day off. If wages are extremely low and supply costs are low, there is no justification for the exorbitant prices. Oh well who cares?

Last activity 21 May 2014 by virgileD

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JulienFounder18 May 2014 18:32:13

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May we moderate a few posts from this thread or are we done with these off topic posts ?

virgileDActive member21 May 2014 05:04:57

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I m sorry this answer may came already but i don t read everything too much answer

In pham ngu lao you can find cheap western food (bui vien street district1)

Remember that it ll be always cheaper to eat local product

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