If my luggage weighs 8# that means  I can bring  36# of turkey. Leaves   room for 1# dry ice and insulation. So 3 12# turkeys.  Brought to BKK late October.  We can start the bidding at 1300 baht.

 

On a more serious note.  What are the best items to bring to Thailand and take back to USA?  

#1 for Max profit

Case #2 for maximum impression on the ladies.  

 

I read an old now closed thread about food.  It got me thinking.  

One suggestion was to go to 2 nd hand stores and buy up lots of Levi's.  But there are to many styles.  Got your low rise, skinny, boot cut, stretch, different colors not many in thai women sizes.   

So...has anyone noticed a down surge (trickle, even???) on the prices this time around? Or are they going to hold out and get another screwing in? pg

On 10/5/2017 at 8:35 AM, Andycoops said:

A family in my village has been keeping Turkey's for the last 3 years.

 

There's a Fowl Cholera going around, all my turkeys died and many CM farms lots thousands of birds.

 

Sure hope they aren't selling them 

 

Wow I bought 4 20 pound butter balls last year in the USA and froze three of them They were on sale for $ 5.00 each. Even not on sale they are about $ .69 cents per pound That's a pretty big mark up.I do remember while in Thailand wanting to do the Thanksgiving thing but looked at the turkey prices then nixed that.

 

I will take a chicken over turkey just my preference.  

4,219 baht for a turkey? Ha!

Seems the seller is the only one "giving thanks." 

Promenada Rimping has Thai turkeys available for 470bht a kilo. However I wouldn't know how tough they are

 

On 10/23/2017 at 8:48 AM, RxDan said:

Promenada Rimping has Thai turkeys available for 470bht a kilo. However I wouldn't know how tough they are

 

Thats an improvement unless it’s old. I’ll recheck Maya Rimping and see if they dropped their price as well.

 

 

I learned some   (3-4)  years ago about  Macro selling Norbest  turnkeys after I paid ฿6000. for one at Tops.     I learned my lesson.    On yes, Macro was selling Norbest at approximately ฿950. a turkey.    That is ฿950 a turkey  and not per pound or kilo.

 

Then the Asian flu virus  happened and suddenly all turkeys from the USA were banned.

 

Can anyone add to this history of the price of turkeys?

 

I've seen turkeys priced locally now at ฿6000 + but I'll just forgo  the chance to buy one.

 

Did I miss something in the history of turkey pricing around November in Thailand?

On 10/12/2017 at 4:53 AM, junglechef said:

There's a Fowl Cholera going around, all my turkeys died and many CM farms lots thousands of birds.

 

Sure hope they aren't selling them 

 

Sounds like it would be better to buy imported turkeys.

 

What did you do with your turkeys that died?

Sounds like it would be better to buy imported turkeys.
 
What did you do with your turkeys that died?

Buried them, lost 60 birds in all including chickens and ducks.


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23 minutes ago, junglechef said:

 

Buried them, lost 60 birds in all including chickens and ducks.


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I'm sorry about your $ loss but you did  the right thing.

 

I think it was Upton  Sinclair  that  wrote  "The Jungle"

 

Not sure if he was the imputus of the the FDA or not?

 

 

 

Edit:

 

Maybe it was someone else who described 4D cattle in the USA :   Dead,  diseased, dying and decayed.

 

That was a long time ago and  hopefully it's been fully addressed.   

 

Under any circumstances I'd prefer a  case where there  is at least some  responsible agency to serve as oversight  instead of none at all.

I'm not aware of any SEA country that has a meat inspection  but if I am ignorant of such a thing I would love to know about it and what country.

 

Please exclude South Korea and Japan as examples along with Guam.

16 hours ago, watcharacters said:

 

I'm sorry about your $ loss but you did  the right thing.

 

I think it was Upton  Sinclair  that  wrote  "The Jungle"

 

Not sure if he was the imputus of the the FDA or not?

 

 

 

Edit:

 

Maybe it was someone else who described 4D cattle in the USA :   Dead,  diseased, dying and decayed.

 

That was a long time ago and  hopefully it's been fully addressed.   

 

Under any circumstances I'd prefer a  case where there  is at least some  responsible agency to serve as oversight  instead of none at all.

I'm not aware of any SEA country that has a meat inspection  but if I am ignorant of such a thing I would love to know about it and what country.

 

Please exclude South Korea and Japan as examples along with Guam.

I've heard that even in the USA now the slaughterhouses inspect themselves.