Virus woes: Pattaya landlord complains to the media after he's left with a million baht of rotten face masks

[Just Weird]

4 hours ago, Thian said:

Isn't it illegal to export masks out of Thailand these days? There's a huge shortage.

This was over a month ago.

[Just Weird]

4 hours ago, sanemax said:

Is that supposed to mean that he bought the masks in China or was going to distribute the masks in China ?

From the OP...

"So he went to a hospital in the Don Muang area of Bangkok on February 7th to check out a supply of masks for sale. After determining that they were the real McCoy he parted with 1,075,000 of his own money". 

 

"...he bought 100,000 face masks for distribution in China in February". 

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

So he went to a hospital in the Don Muang area of Bangkok on February 7th to check out a supply of masks for sale. After determining that they were the real McCoy he parted with 1,075,000 of his own money.

He bought them from a hospital supply??

Hmmmm

[rickudon]

How can a mask rot? Can only assume flood  damage. Maybe the hospital was going to dump them, but an enterprising employee saw a business opportunity ...

[Monkeyrobot]

Som nam na !!

[Chazar]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Twenty seven year old Artur Sae-wang's boss in China asked him to buy the masks so that he could donate them to the needy suffering from the coronavirus outbreak

hmmmmmmmmmmmm dubious

[Chazar]

8 hours ago, petermik said:

He could try passing them off as tampons.......

not  bloody  likely

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

8 hours ago, Thian said:

Isn't it illegal to export masks out of Thailand these days? There's a huge shortage.

 

Supposedly.... supposedly being the key word.

 

[Soikhaonoiken]

Greed...... serves you right. ????

[NanLaew]

8 hours ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Sometimes you gotta spend money to lose money?

The "Is this a good time to buy a condo?" thread is over there ---->

Edited March 12, 2020 by NanLaew

[NanLaew]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

He bought them from a hospital supply??

Hmmmm

No, he bought them from someone who worked at a hospital.

 

Doesn't anyone read any more?

[Mak25]

The masks could have been sold intact. But 3 days after standing in the moldy environment of his house they maybe started to rot.

[simon43]

He could try passing them off as tampons.......

 

Huh??!  Perhaps sanitary pads, but not tampons! ????

[gk10002000]

too funny.  just like a drug dealer that calls the cops because he was robbed.

[Basil B]

The obvious question... Are they washable? 

 

In the UK they are going like hot cakes on Ebay, someone is selling them for £6 (over 200THB) each...

Edited March 14, 2020 by Basil B

[time2093]

If he was smart he can wash them and iron them and then resell them in the market Thai style.