As long as the positives outweigh the negatives it's still +EV though, and if something as fundamental as "logic" is in serious lack then obviously people will whine/complain about it?

Take something as simple as taxation on incoming packages, had two packages come in last week, one valued at $13 and one at $12, I was taxed 1550p (~$35) on one and 1200p (~$28) on the other (and the true value of the packages were even lower, something like 300p each package). Logic anyone?

Awaiting Temujens response how its completely logical to charge taxes 3x the price of the item itself (so that the completely corrupt Philippines customs can survive perhaps?)

Many countries charge varying tax rates on imported goods to encourage or discourage importation.

Your two packages were probably categorized differently. I'm not saying I agree with taxation, in fact I like free ports, but most countries practice this in some form, not just Manila.

Singapore is a great example, try buying a car and driving it in Singapore and let me know how it goes. Getting a Honda Civic on the road will cost you maybe 100k Usd.

Yeah sorry to disappoint but the Typhoon didn't get me. I live in a place that's never been flooded even during the worst weather.

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when picking up my pizza i noticed on the menu it said thin crust and hadnt seen it before, i asked the guy how much is a thin crust of this size and he said 499 pesos..............

It is totally logical to charge as much as you can get away with if you are trying to make as much money as you can.

What wouldn't be logical is dropping your prices if your goal was to make more money.

could use some help/advice on getting dollar from 888 to PI bank account here: if you save me exchange fees i will love you


its a total clusterfook as you cant use skrill if your location is PI (even with VPN) and now i find out neteller doesnt let you withdraw dollar unless you pay a 3% fee!!! ridiculous!!!

And that applies to a government (that is there to serve the peoples best interest) in your opinion?

Sadly, Mr Goodcat, Logic in of itself has nothing to do with right or wrong, moral or immoral.

Hey everyone, I hope you are all doing well. I just purchased my flights for the Philippines. I'll be arriving at 1:00 AM on Dec 27th and will be staying until Jan 11th. Does anyone have any suggestions for a cheap place to stay for the night that I fly in? I just want a room and a bed pretty much. As long as I can get some sleep after a long flight, I'll be cool with that. I'm hoping to help out with some relief effort work while I'm there. Does anyone know of any resources for helping out? I put in a request to volunteer with the Red Cross, but they won't get back to me for about a month or so.

Also, I'm hoping to go swimming with whale sharks in Donsol. Does anyone know if Donsol needs any help? Or perhaps other areas where I could also swim with whale sharks?

Thanks in advance guys

Here is one for you. Western union n moneygram. Why does it cost more to send domestically than internationally when distance is shorter and less risky?

K2, you should be asking why the regular crust is so cheap. I never purchased pizza there but large pizza here in your home country is 10-12 dollars.

MrGoodCat, I mentioned that you have a choice were to live unlike the locals. So if you want to label people then go home at least then you won't have to import anything. I would even say that the idiot is the person who pays for a service that he think is outrageous not the company who knows there is a moron out there willing to pay for it.

You can't withdraw from 888 to skrill if you're in PI or you can't withdraw from skrill to PI bank accounts now?

me: why do you think pizza is cheaper here than in the US?

me: because you are in a 3rd world country dumb@ss, everything is cheaper..... god you are such an idiot some times!!

888 doesnt give you skrill as an option if you are in PI even if you use a VPN if your address is from PI there is no way to do skrill, you can still do skrill to bank account....... but you cant get the money onto skrill

Lol... K2... Economics... Cheese the most expensive
ingredient are imported and most of the other ingredients. what an idiot. Why are computer more expensive there?

do you really think if the cheapest pizza at pizza hut was 499 pesos anyone would eat there?

what they have to overspend for on cheese is easily made up for by paying less for the staff and for the rent

Everyone isn't as cheap as you. Apparently people are paying the asking price otherwise the franchise owner will go bust. Commercial realestate isn't as cheap as you think even if you are able to find some hole-n-wall places to stay. When a franchise owner have to pay higher supply cost due to imports and still have to pay a percentage to the parent franchise he/she will only be profiting a small percentage. Franchise owners have to also abide by alot of the parent franchise rules. This includes price/menu. Go to KFC or Burger King there. Are the price half the cost than it is here? I haven't been to Europe in the last 8 years but if I remember correctly there American fast food chain are slightly more expensive. If you can't afford to buy western influence food don't cry and go to one of the street food. Offcourse with you you will find something to cry about.

Yeah burger king and Mcdonalds here is about 25% of what it costs in Sweden.

again why are you being so friggin defensive over me asking why thin crust is so much more than regular crust which may or may not even be correct and the guy i asked may have just gave me bad info........ but i dont want to get into what kind of customer service you get in the phils because then we will get even more ranting from you about how its not true that if you ask any non standard question you wont get an actual answer 99% of the time


in before

pwned

Thin crust and deepdish is totally different than reg pizza. Reg pizza dough is just that; a lump of dough that they knead. Thin/deepdish is a pre made sheet of dough or what ever it is. I dont know what the places in the Phillippnes uses or just makes the reg dough thinner etc. Thats could be why the cost is more as its machine made or what ever the case.

WHat i do know is that the thin crust takes more manufacturing.

after some quick searching, I think thin crust is actually flatbread.

K2D,

I already posted the link to check the prices. You are wrong, and the guy who you claim to have told you that, is wrong. Is that so hard to admit? It's only a big deal when you continue to bs when you know you are wrong.

And yes, thin crust is more expensive to manufacture and serve and must be prepared slightly differently. So there is a reason why it's priced slightly higher.

It's also true that businesses will price at whatever they can get away with. They are there to make money, not justify your opinions.

You are right about one thing, asking non standard questions of staff or even management gets you no answer. They either don't know, or don't have the authority to answer or make good your request. They aren't stupid, they just are not empowered.

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was i continuing to bs about it? i thought i was just lol'ing at temujens awful analogies

Does anyone know of any resources for volunteering fot relief efforts in the PI?

trust me they dont need your help they already got more than enough

anyone have any success with DIA? just signed up there seems to be some decent girls from phils, though im mostly getting bombarded by 5/10's. are many of them pros?

with some of them its really hard to know, there are so many of them just tell them what you are looking for and choose the best ones that stick around

try to get the convo moved to facebook that way you can check out more pictures

haha yah i guess i need to make a second facebook account. a few of the hotter ones seem to want to move the convo to whatsapp etc. I assume so they can do their hookering on you?