What Can I Expect from the Friendship Store?

[fredscats]

They do good clear outs of wine,1.99 a bottle Shiraz/Merlot,bought 20 bottles of the stuff

[D M G]

Does The Friendship Store take Visa credit cards or only cash?

[Eindhoven]

2 hours ago, D M G said:

Does The Friendship Store take Visa credit cards or only cash?

Cards for 300 baht and over. Yes, a bit of a throwback, unless they have removed that barrier recently.

[mikebell]

Friendship on Tai is open normally.  They have a wide variety of farang goods and special offers which is great for impulse buying.  The bakery department is good too.

 

As an (ex-)English teacher I must comment on upstairs.

Stationery with an E = writing materials. 

Stationary with a 2nd A = not moving (a bit like the assistants downstairs.)

[redwood1]

22 hours ago, fredscats said:

They do good clear outs of wine,1.99 a bottle Shiraz/Merlot,bought 20 bottles of the stuff

How long ago was this?.......Wine sales have almost died in the last 3-4 years......I use to pick up 2 liter bottles of good (lower end) red wine for 325-350 baht for a long time before all the tax increases....

[actonion]

22 hours ago, rott said:

Long time since I've bought a big brick but never seen mould on one. Usually now it's smaller pieces of Gouda or Edam and no I've never had a problem with them either. 

This was Cheddar 

 

[The Hammer2021]

Great shop. Good location. Charming parking. Nice decor. Near Tuc com and nearby temple for parking. Great gift and stationery store upstairs. Some organice meat. good bread and salad bar , coffee beans roaster, convenient for SB and second hand Market. near coffee bars and Nice restaurants. near central banks. Not cheap not dear.

[fredscats]

39 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

How long ago was this?.......Wine sales have almost died in the last 3-4 years......I use to pick up 2 liter bottles of good (lower end) red wine for 325-350 baht for a long time before all the tax increases....

about 2 months ago,think corkage reduced the price,found it in one bottle,but still drinkable superb wine

[Kerryd]

2 hours ago, mikebell said:

As an (ex-)English teacher I must comment on upstairs.

Stationery with an E = writing materials. 

Stationary with a 2nd A = not moving (a bit like the assistants downstairs.)

However, the last time I checked (as an ex-military member) the "stationery" store upstairs is also "stationary". 
As I'm pretty sure it hasn't moved even once since it was built. (Though it may have had a shimmy and a shake once in awhile.)

As for the staff downstairs, I haven't observed them often enough to determine if they are "stationary" or merely carboard cut-outs designed to give the impression of having more staff on the floor.

[tlandtday]

You can expect a store with grumpy frowning cashiers possibly a reflection of the management or ownership. 

[rott]

1 hour ago, actonion said:

This was Cheddar 

 

So was the big brick that I mentioned. Never seen any other big brick. 

[Kaoboi Bebobp]

2 hours ago, tlandtday said:

You can expect a store with grumpy frowning cashiers possibly a reflection of the management or ownership. 

Exactly. If they're stationary or resemble cardboard cutouts or they look upon customers as some physical disturbance that must be discouraged from asking a question and then booted out the door as swiftly as possible so they can resume their mindless chitchat, look to unsympathetic, high-pressure, punishing managers as the cause of an utter lack of customer engagement. There are no rewards for enhancing good customer experience. I believe the store is Thai-Chinese. 

[KhunBENQ]

On 7/7/2021 at 8:36 PM, rott said:

Anchor Cheddar 840 for 2 kilos, similar to Makro.? 

No. Anchor Cheddar (1.94) kg for 630 B.

Cheapest (no name) for 580 B.

[redwood1]

3 hours ago, Kaoboi Bebobp said:

Exactly. If they're stationary or resemble cardboard cutouts or they look upon customers as some physical disturbance that must be discouraged from asking a question and then booted out the door as swiftly as possible so they can resume their mindless chitchat, look to unsympathetic, high-pressure, punishing managers as the cause of an utter lack of customer engagement. There are no rewards for enhancing good customer experience. I believe the store is Thai-Chinese. 

What do you want a back and foot rub at the checkout?

[LongTimeLurker]

On 7/12/2021 at 12:58 PM, Kaoboi Bebobp said:

Exactly. If they're stationary or resemble cardboard cutouts or they look upon customers as some physical disturbance that must be discouraged from asking a question and then booted out the door as swiftly as possible so they can resume their mindless chitchat, look to unsympathetic, high-pressure, punishing managers as the cause of an utter lack of customer engagement. There are no rewards for enhancing good customer experience. I believe the store is Thai-Chinese. 

 

Hence the lack of customer engagement.

 

'Back in the day' they used to be good for meats and breads. Not been there in a long time though.