Mattd

If you import under the regs, a quick search shows that wrist watches attract 40% import duty, this would be added to the original cost then 7% VAT applied. Could be more if it is CIF. A lot of variables, i.e., where it originates from etc. http://itd.customs.go.th/igtf/en/main_frame.jsp HS code is 910219 Basically, buy it here!

100% agree, it is one of my pet hates, the government have managed to persuade folks to wear a mask on a motorcycle in a relatively short space of time and yet haven't succeeded, or truly tried, to get them to wear a crash helmet in decades. The chances of catching or transmitting Covid whilst riding a moving motorcycle are almost close to zero, the chances of being seriously hurt or killed whilst not wearing a crash helmet are extremely high. I know which I'd take my chances on! The police ignore the lack of crash helmet and are far more likely to fine somebody for not wearing a mask on the motorcycle. One of the recommendations for Covid prevention is good air ventilation, you can't get more ventilation than riding a motorcycle. Twisted priorities IMHO.

My son showed me photos of the fireworks display this weekend, there wasn't an inch of space on the beaches etc. from what I could see, very few wearing masks, most swigging booze, he also showed me a video his mate sent him, full on party in a nightclub................. Yet in theory you can't even have an alcoholic drink with a meal in a restaurant in Pattaya, total hypocrisy!

But locking people down does not combat the virus itself, how can it? I agree that it does in theory help the healthcare services temporarily, I do stress temporarily. The whole reason that there are protests in Europe now is because people feel that they have been misled, cajoled in to getting vaccinated and told that this will stop them getting seriously ill or dying from the virus, which is supposed to protect the healthcare sector from meltdown and prevent the lockdowns and yet the lockdowns are still happening, there are only so many times this can be done before people question the reasoning behind it. One thing is for certain, the virus is not going away, possibly ever, the march of time will defeat it, along with possibly better vaccines or natural immunity.

You may well be correct, the trouble is the lockdowns do nothing but kick the can down the road delaying the inevitable and the longer the lockdown is the more susceptible the country becomes as there is less immunity, it also allows the virus to strengthen, the last 18+ months has proven this. Lock, unlock, lock................. The old saying "You can run but you cannot hide" springs to mind.

Or rammed perhaps, i.e. full.

Chonburi is no longer dark red.

As of right now yes, only those in the newly created Blue zone can sell alcohol in restaurants, hopefully will be revised soon!

It was indeed, first sale was in 2006 and pretty sure that the further option to purchase all was in that sale agreement.