'Fight for vaccine': Thais snap up shots in seconds via Shopee sale

[snoop1130]

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A hospital in Thailand taking reservations this week for the Moderna coronavirus vaccine was sold out in minutes - after offering shots via e-commerce platform Shopee.

 

With a worsening outbreak and worries about the efficacy of vaccines offered locally, appetite has quickly grown in Thailand for mRNA vaccines, which aren't available until near the end of the year.

 

"It was sold out within minutes," a Shopee spokesperson said on Friday, adding the vaccine sale saw a spike in traffic on Phyathai Hospital's page, attracting 2.6 million visitors.

 

It offered 1,800 slots for doses of the Moderna vaccine at 1,650 baht ($50) apiece via Shopee, a unit of Singapore-based Sea Ltd.,

 

"They were sold out at record speed," the hospital's CEO Att Thongtang told Reuters. "I feel very sorry for those who missed it." One buyer called lovesujuforever wrote: "It's gone in 15 seconds and I'm so lucky to get one."

 

Another, labellelabel, said: "It's a fight for vaccine."

 

Hospital operator Thonburi Healthcare Group Pcl sold all 800,000 Moderna doses it ordered in two days, its chairman Boon Vanasin told Reuters.

 

Demand for the Moderna vaccine has increased after a leaked health ministry memo showed the Thai government was considering giving a booster shot of mRNA vaccine to medical workers who had already received two doses of Sinovac's vaccine.

 

Thailand and neighbours like Indonesia have reported breakthrough infections among medical and frontline workers inoculated with Sinovac's inactivated virus vaccine.

 

Thailand is also using the viral vector vaccine of AstraZeneca, but health experts have urged the government to include more mRNA vaccines in its programme, like that of Pfizer and BioNTech.

 

Private hospitals in Thailand, via a state procurement, will receive five million doses of the Moderna vaccine between this year and 2022. Thailand has also ordered 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, for delivery after October.

 

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[scubascuba3]

Thanks for the heads up in advance. These sales are kept very quiet so farang don't hear

[ThailandRyan]

GF heard it, went online but it was gone in the blink of an eye, sad reality when you have to fight to get vaccinated and other countries can't give it away.

[Liverpool Lou]

41 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Thanks for the heads up in advance. These sales are kept very quiet so farang don't hear

You can get on Shopee exactly the same as a Thai can.  What makes you think that it was announced in advance in a manner designed to exclude foreigners?

[MasterBaker]

they selling you a can of air, there is no Moderna available according SE Asia distributor for this year:

 

"Singapore-headquartered Zuellig is involved in the distribution, regulatory approvals and purchase contracts for Moderna Inc's vaccines for use in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

"A lot of the transactions that are being done today will be for 2022 ... because the supply of Moderna vaccine is pretty much exhausted already for 2021," Zuellig CEO John Graham told Reuters."

Edited July 10, 2021 by MasterBaker

[internationalism]

14 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You can get on Shopee exactly the same as a Thai can.  What makes you think that it was announced in advance in a manner designed to exclude foreigners?

for example it was all in thai and as a graphic (not text) so couldn't be translated using automated applications.

Edited July 10, 2021 by internationalism

[Excel]

14 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

GF heard it, went online but it was gone in the blink of an eye, sad reality when you have to fight to get vaccinated and other countries can't give it away.

Just a sales promotion gimmick organised by Shopee and the hospital. No different to a supermarket having a half price product in the entrance just to get customers in. Once in they find the product sold and then wander off to buy something else instead.

Edited July 10, 2021 by Excel

[malibukid]

14 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Thanks for the heads up in advance. These sales are kept very quiet so farang don't hear

not for dirty farang. dirty farang make vaccine. ha ha.

[4MyEgo]

I remember back in June when they announced that Bangkok hospital were taking orders, I think it was around the 16th of June.

 

They said that they will provide you with 2 doses of Moderna all inclusive of insurances etc for 3,800 baht. I had done my research on it and said to the wife, tomorrow were going, up to you she said, walked in, paid for the 2 of us never looked back since, wife said to me, you love me so muk, I said, don't confuse love with need, i.e. someone to cook and look after me, she smiled and gave me a kiss and said you love me so muk.

 

I then noticed that a lot of TVF members were knocking having to pay for it, and that they would probably get ripped off or having to wait for a vaccine till 2022/2023.

 

Well now their firing up on all cylinders because all of a sudden they can't get a shot of Moderna.

 

 

 

Edited July 10, 2021 by metisdead
Trolling image removed.

[Fex Bluse]

Via Shopee. So hilarious when considered against the idiots (sorry) who believed the propaganda that Thailand was managing all this better than almost any other countries. 

 

Still the same nationally disorganized, incapable of foresight people we have always known. 

[ThomasThBKK]

11 minutes ago, Fex Bluse said:

Via Shopee. So hilarious when considered against the idiots (sorry) who believed the propaganda that Thailand was managing all this better than almost any other countries. 

 

Still the same nationally disorganized, incapable of foresight people we have always known. 

 

this is what really happened:

 

hospital  opened the sale of moderna on their website at 9 am

 

i bought some shots for my in laws at 11 am, couldn't be arsed to hurry, was plenty time anyway

 

at 12 it was sold out. took 3 hours.

 

there wasn't much left for the shoppee sale as they sold it earlier on their own website.

 

 

but sounds different than it was sold out in seconds i guess...

[sanuk711]

30 minutes ago, ThomasThBKK said:

i bought some shots for my in laws at 11 am, couldn't be arsed to hurry, was plenty time anyway

Gosh how did you manage that ?....aren't you one of those Farangs, who they are conspiring not to tell .....

I mean they put an advert out in Thailand---and it was written in Thai.......The dirty rotten scoundrels

[ThomasThBKK]

20 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

Gosh how did you manage that ?....aren't you one of those Farangs, who they are conspiring not to tell .....

I mean they put an advert out in Thailand---and it was written in Thai.......The dirty rotten scoundrels

i used some tricks i learned over the years like clicking on the english language button on their website ????

 

 

 

black magic basically 

[chilly07]

18 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You can get on Shopee exactly the same as a Thai can.  What makes you think that it was announced in advance in a manner designed to exclude foreigners?

Yes because it's happening time and again on Vaccine web sites. Thais getting prenotification and for a 'small' consideration profiting from that knowledge. Assistance gratefully appreciated by those registered before the app opens.

[KKr]

31 minutes ago, chilly07 said:

Assistance gratefully appreciated by those registered before the app opens.

Facts Watson, Facts !!

[Tony125]

7 hours ago, MasterBaker said:

they selling you a can of air, there is no Moderna available according SE Asia distributor for this year:

 

"Singapore-headquartered Zuellig is involved in the distribution, regulatory approvals and purchase contracts for Moderna Inc's vaccines for use in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

"A lot of the transactions that are being done today will be for 2022 ... because the supply of Moderna vaccine is pretty much exhausted already for 2021," Zuellig CEO John Graham told Reuters."

What he said may be true at this moment but the US factories are trying to crank up production and Pres Biden  is trying to get the exclusive liscense  waived on Pfizer and  Moderna so that other factories around the world could assist  in making the Mrna vaccines.

[Mario666]

Good luck to all who managed to "Fall for This Scam"!.......Er.....Er.... I mean being "Switched on and Ahead of the Pack" in securing your Moderna Jabs on a Shopee Promotional Website!

 

I always buy my meds from India at a "FRACTION" of the price they would cost anywhere else and they "Assure Me" they are "Genuine Replica Generic Copies!"

 

Why waste money?...Just like I bought a Real Rolex from a guy in a backstreet market in Bangkok!.....When I asked why they were so cheap he explained that he doesn't carry the "Overheads" like they do in the posh shops and malls!

 

I am also thinking of buying a 2nd Hand Parachute online!....But, you can't be too careful so I managed to track the seller down and asked if he had any references?.... He said, "Well not to hand, but I haven't had anyone come back to complain!"

 

 

That's good enough for me, but to be on the safe side I am paying by credit card in case there are any problems!....You can't be too careful!

 

"You can't Kid a Kidder!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 10, 2021 by Mario666

[MartinX]

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It's gone in 15 seconds and I'm so lucky to get one.

 

Very sad where Thailand is now.

Earlier this year, the government said the vaccination program would begin in mid-February. I was wondering why in mid-February when Europe starts on January 2? Today is July and there is no vaccination program. In my country, the government is going to pay $100 (about) for vaccination, because vaccines are waiting, everyone can chose a vaccine (AZ, Pfizer, Moderna, J&J), vaccination date and place.
But in Thailand, people have to fight for vaccine. Very sad. The prime minister and government got the vaccine as soon as the first batch arrived proudly posing for a photo. Why Thais allow to being ruled by these people?

I left Thailand in April and it was one of the best decisions of my life.

[Bluespunk]

On 7/9/2021 at 1:18 PM, snoop1130 said:

It offered 1,800 slots for doses of the Moderna vaccine at 1,650 baht ($50) apiece via Shopee, a unit of Singapore-based Sea Ltd.,

“Enough madness? Enough? And how do you measure madness?”

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[Venom]

Just opening the shopee website and you are instantly inundated with shopee adds popping up every two minutes on YouTube for a month. Worst of the worst. Never again. 

[Pravda]

This is really disgusting. 

 

I do shop on that site a lot (in fact, I am a platinum member... oh how hiso), but the commercial website being used to sell a vaccine. Just imagine this being offered on Amazon or eBay. It does make it worse that this is not a Thai company. 

 

 

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

19 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

They said that they will provide you with 2 doses of Moderna all inclusive of insurances etc for 3,800 baht. I had done my research on it and said to the wife, tomorrow were going, up to you she said, walked in, paid for the 2 of us never looked back since, wife said to me, you love me so muk, I said, don't confuse love with need, i.e. someone to cook and look after me, she smiled and gave me a kiss and said you love me so muk.

 

Jeez man, all I have to do is give her the remote and let her choose what to watch on Netflix and say "whatever makes you happy". I get beer food, sex, anything I want.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 10, 2021 by Led Lolly Yellow Lolly

[Led Lolly Yellow Lolly]

8 hours ago, Pravda said:

This is really disgusting. 

 

... but the commercial website being used to sell a vaccine.

 

 

What, like the commercial hospitals? Oh the humanity.

 

I paid for some air for me my wife and kids. If it means we might get a vaccine ahead of some little old lady I don't give a phvck about so be it. I care about me and mine first. So does everyone else.

 

 

 

 

Edited July 10, 2021 by Led Lolly Yellow Lolly

[meechai]

On 7/9/2021 at 12:55 AM, ThailandRyan said:

sad reality when you have to fight to get vaccinated and other countries can't give it away.

True it is a bit sad...but, if you come to the USA you can have mine ????

[Pravda]

3 hours ago, Led Lolly Yellow Lolly said:

What, like the commercial hospitals? Oh the humanity.

 

I paid for some air for me my wife and kids. If it means we might get a vaccine ahead of some little old lady I don't give a phvck about so be it. I care about me and mine first. So does everyone else.

 

 

 

 

 

How sad

[Fex Bluse]

20 hours ago, ThomasThBKK said:

i used some tricks i learned over the years like clicking on the english language button on their website ????

 

 

 

black magic basically 

Tom, funny ???? but surely you've also noticed over the years that approximately 98.6% of the time, those buttons link to an empty page! ????

[Fex Bluse]

11 hours ago, Pravda said:

This is really disgusting. 

 

I do shop on that site a lot (in fact, I am a platinum member... oh how hiso), but the commercial website being used to sell a vaccine. Just imagine this being offered on Amazon or eBay. It does make it worse that this is not a Thai company. 

 

 

It's disgusting, agree. But, more than that it shows how perfectly disorganized the Thais are. Of course, any honest person living here would admit disorganization is a national characteristic here. 

[Neeranam]

On 7/9/2021 at 5:24 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Thanks for the heads up in advance. These sales are kept very quiet so farang don't hear

Those foreigners who bash Thais at every moment, can't speak the language, have no interest in assimilating, are paranoid, don't read the Thai news, reap what they sow. 

[mtls2005]

At least Phyathai Hospital was smart enough to outsource this to a capable platform.

 

The usual go to Thai move is to quickly set-up a web or app, that fails on day 1.

 

IMO, the "government" should outsource all vaccine reservations to these platforms.

[Tony M]

Isn't this the same hospital that put out, in English, that pre-registration will start on Monday next :

 

 

Phyathai 2 Hospital: http://phyathai2international.com/; pre-registration: 12-16 July, 09.00-12.00 hours; Vaccination: 19-30 July 2021 (except weekends)

 

I guess that the Shoppee promotion means that there is now none left for farangs ?   Or is Phyathai2 a different hospital to Phyathai ?

 

EDIT :  Yes, I have found the pre-registration for Phyathai2. It's a different hospital, hopefully with some vaccine in the pipeline.

 

Edited July 11, 2021 by Tony M