thaidave991

Some interesting books in lately, quite a few non fiction and true crime books and; Ebay Power users Bible, retail new 19.99 GBP, our used price 240baht, Ebay traffic the smart way, 14.99, used price 200baht, Ebay Power sellers secrets, new 14.99 used 180baht, Starting an Ebay business for Dummies, 19.99, used 200baht Increase your web traffic in a weekend, 18.49, used 160baht The perfect store inside Ebay, 12.99, used 180baht. Internet for Dummies, new 18.99, used 240baht. Ebay instruction book in Thai language, (train your Teerak) 200baht Also Padi- Go dive & learn to Scuba dive today, in English & Thai language, retail 18.99 used 240baht

Look forward to seeing you

Just realised how old this thread was, well still here and going strong.

Still a lot more books in stock and have been cutting 15/30% off prices which makes us about the most competative bookshop in Pattaya. + dont forget when you buy a book at Canterbury Tales Bookshop and return after you have read it we give you 50% of the purchase price off your next book/s, we also buy or trade your unwanted books brought in from anywhere.

We have been recently upgrading some of the rooms and knocking 2 rooms into 1, rooms 4A, 1B, 6B, and nearly finished 8B now have seperate bedroom & lounge with Sofa, recliners, etc. email me for details as photos not added to the website as yet apart from 4A Cheers Dave

Check out 12A on the website

Rooms are busy but a few vacancies in January.

I usually give discounts on longer than a few days bookings via the website. www.canterburytalescafe.com

Update; in our 2 bookshops 1000's of used books on all subjects, many languages, a great exchange scheme, all the Thai/Pattaya related books, many used and much cheaper than the new book shops such as Asia books etc. We also buy/exchange any books from absolutely anywhere.

you could browse; www.canterburytalescafe.com

see the all new www.canterburytalescafe.com

I have been snooping around all the other used bookshops in Patts and have been knocking off 20 to 60 baht off many books, we have ahuge stock now in 2 locations, a great exchange scheme. Check out the site for details. Cheers Dave

All I was trying to say was had the OP, complained to me, I would have dealt with the staff and offered him some sort of recompence, an obvious response from a concerned service provider, I dont think my public relations was poor ?? was it ?? in what way ?? Anyway Joe, try a breakfast yourself sometime, maybe it will be on a good day. Regards Dave

NOW he has been mistreated and insulted, and your getting carried away with this, carry on and you will be able to write a book on the missgivings of Canterbury Tales Cafe, and I can sell it in the bookshop. by the way I may add has most of its 16 rooms full, for the last few weeks, in high season people waiting outside for a seat for breakfast, and a couple of thriving bookshops. So I suppose one unhappy customer(not even you)out of all the rest is not so bad, and I may add a customer who did not give me the opportunity to put things right, maybe everywhere you go is perfect and you never had reason to complain in Pattaya as I am sure if you did there would be a book on the issue. Sorry what was YOUR complaint again.

Thanx Stevo, maybe a well known competitor of mine has been to work again, it happened on other boards before, it is very well known, as well known as people know I do my best and am very approachable and always deal with complaints in the proper manner. Anyway just to let people know I have just aquired some books from John Burdett, all signed by him, Bangkok 8, Bangkok Tattoo and his latest Bangkok Haunts.

Dont think I mentioned obligation, maybe you understand Thais, maybe not I dont know, tell me how would you get Thai staff to treat customers when your not there, I guess you would train them, maybe that would work, have you ever had any dealings with Thai staff ??, maybe you have, by your comments, maybe not. Of course its up to the customer if he wants to contact the owner, I was talking about productively complaining, of course if you complain to staff they are NOT going to tell me and if the customer does not complain to me, how am I supposed to know, and the staff blew him off, I think he should pay extra for that. As for your last comments sorry not sure I follow you. All I can say really is that if Staff give a customer a hard time and the customer does not let me know then it will not improve my service, of course I understand not everyone is concerned with that, just go eat somewhere, have a bad meal, go and tell everyone but not the owner, job done, would not be my philosophy but thats me, I would rather let the owner/manager know so he could do something about it, but thats just me more concerned with getting the problem fixed at grass roots. Of course I cannot please all the people all the time, how ever hard I try.

Quite agree, if our food is not up to it you should mention it/complain, I obviously would prefer you to tell me first hand also, I have addressed it, and as for the satff rudeness, which one ???, and of course they may not tell me a customer complains as it will get one or more of them in trouble. I am not going to make excuses, if our food is not upto scratch I always deal with it, I can only appologise and put things right. You see a Thai's attitude to a customer who complains is, go eat somewhere else, this I also have to deal with, thats why you no doubt got the shitty looks, thats why its important to let the owner know if you can. I respect your views, Regards Dave

I was'nt aware my staff are rude, I suppose they may lapse when I am not there and if I am told anything, anytime I will always deal with it. It is frustrating with Thai staff, and often the lack of communication has a bearing on it, but of course if I am not told, I cant deal with things. Thanx for your comments, hope to see you again sometime. Dave

But apart from that were the chairs ok. No seriously I wish I were there or you had contacted me, I must say I keep my eye on things as much as possible but cannot see every meal that is produced, so I rely on customers letting me know, it does seem sometimes people go onto forums and go for the throat and do not even contact the owners, such as in this case, dont you think it would be more productive to let me know instead of maybe exandgerating maybe a little, comments like swimming in fat for example, sorry I do not agree with all you say because I do keep my eye on things. Of course you have every right to your view, and if your not one of my competitors, I do think your a bit out of order, most people who use Canterbury Tales Cafe know I very approachable and am the first one to make things right if a meal is bad etc, so all I can ask is let me know, if I know I can put it right, its surely better than just slagging a business, wouldnt you rather the owner knows so it will be put right. Of course now I know and as I found out like this I find it hard to appologise to you. Regards Dave. PS, was I there at the time ??

Just to let everyone know our brand new website is online now.....

There are different sizes, if you see anything on the website you like please let me know and I will give you a rough idea. Cheers Dave

Have a look at www.canterburytalescafe.com and you can email me via there if you need more info. Cheers Dave

Thanx Chris, yes thats the 95baht breakfast, which includes toast, tea/coffee and free orange juice.

Canterbury Tales Cafe still one of the best deals around.

please see the website for all rooms and details, we offer good rates and longer term deals, we equipped rooms for the price and a better deal than most hotels for the same sized room with more facilities, also better service and a good atmosphere. Cheers Dave