George FmplesdaCosteedback

The bar's license seems to cover sales between 2-5pm or is that just a "police licence" you need to pay for weekly or monthly? Buying from any shop with an electronic till is basically impossible.

I have to say I have been here many years myself and one of the reasons I have never "bought" anywhere here is what has happened to you. But you must realise it hasn't just happened to you it is every other person in the building, that would be 90% if they stuck to the rules on Condos. Nobody else complains of course. The building owners must not have paid off the land owners where the bars have been built. Have a polite word in the juristic office if you speak enough Thai. I would bet you are not alone.

Well, you actually mean weed is not illegal itself but what you do with it and where and how can be depending on what you do.

It might suit you but it wouldn't suit most tourists.

I always find this an odd argument. Why would anyone move next door to a noisy "entertainment area" if they knew it was there, and then complain it is there? Noise abatement in Thailand is hopeless and complaints to the police or local authorities are ignored. The property agents might have advertised it is as "a downtown but quiet area" but they also say it is two minutes from the BTS when it is 20 minutes walk. Look before you buy.

This law was long forgotten until Thaksin resurrected it. What a nonsense it is and it is time to do away with it completely. That would include the midnight to 11am part not only the 2 to 5pm ban.

His inspiration must have been Thaksin who bought a load of second hand US Army comms equipment and sold it to his police bosses. That was the beginning his fortune 500 company that he sold tax free for billions.