There are rumors saying that they don't sell more than 10 liters of alcoholic beverages to consumers anymore at Makro. When you want to buy more than 10 liters, they insist on an alcohol seller's license. Can anybody confirm?

Rumours are just that, I don't believe it, that said, if they don't sell you 10 litres of more, than go elsewhere, simple really.

Where?

This has been the rule on Koh Samui for 10 years when selling between 2pm and 5pm.

2 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

when selling between 2pm and 5pm.

No, I mean during the official alcohol selling hours.

1 minute ago, thecaveman said:

No, I mean during the official alcohol selling hours.

Two cases of beer is more than 10 litres.

Just now, PoorSucker said:

Two cases of beer is more than 10 litres.

That's the reason why I'm worried. I usually buy 3 or 4 boxes (3 adult males in the house).

 

Of course I can buy anywhere else. But relatively fresh beer sometimes is hard to find. At Makro they usually have it. 

I think this rumour comes from someone trying to buy between 2pm and 5pm.

Encountered many foreigners question why I could buy but not they when I had a license.

4 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

I think this rumour comes from someone trying to buy between 2pm and 5pm

No, it comes from a person who has been living in Thailand for more than 20 years. He is well aware of the official selling hours and he pointed out that he tried to buy during these hours.

 

Because I haven't heard elsewhere about that, I suspect (hope), it may have happened because of some kind of misinterpretation by a local store manager. 

Just make more than one trip w/o a card,  changing cashier lanes; or more people.....

I don't drink beer, so 10 liters seems like a lot....

3 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

Just make more than one trip w/o a card,  changing cashier lanes; or more people.....

I don't drink beer, so 10 liters seems like a lot....

Alternatively, with 3 adult males, get each of them to buy their own, then load the beer in the same vehicle and drive home.

Why go Makro there expensive.

I have bought on monday 6 cases of beer.

 

19 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Why go Makro there expensive.

Where is cheap? 

19 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Why go Makro there expensive.

I agree, I buy  from my local mom and pop store, a box is 40b cheaper than Makro and I buy 10 boxes at a time and they throw in an extra for free.

20 hours ago, pgrahmm said:

Just make more than one trip w/o a card,  changing cashier lanes; or more people.....

I don't drink beer, so 10 liters seems like a lot....

no, 10 liters is ridiculously low.

a household with 3 adults each drinking an average of 2 large bottles a day (not enough to get drunk by a large margin) would need to visit the shop every 3 days to resupply.

27 minutes ago, Bigz said:

Where is cheap? 

Mum & pop shops by the box to put in the fridge. 

A single Cold Chang is 50 baht. 

 

3 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Mum & pop shops by the box. 

mom & pop shops don't sell real beer, just that Thai swill

20 hours ago, pgrahmm said:

Just make more than one trip w/o a card,  changing cashier lanes; or more people.....

I don't drink beer, so 10 liters seems like a lot....

24 x 0.33cl = 7.92L. mate, that'd barely last a couple of hours with four big boofy blokes in the house.

 

also you don't all go together to get the beers in. it's one bloke's job to haul the ute up to the bottle-o while the others sit on the couch at home putting sh3t on him ????

8 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

mom & pop shops don't sell real beer, just that Thai swill

Here we go again another beer expert in the forum, I like what you called Thai swill it has won awards but I don't care about that I like I the taste couldn't care less what you like. 

18 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

mom & pop shops don't sell real beer

Neither does MAKRO, other than Beer Lao if you are lucky, but even that is not real beer. 

11 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Here we go again another beer expert in the forum, I like what you called Thai swill it has won awards but I don't care about that I like I the taste couldn't care less what you like. 

beer expert? nah, just not a povvo

2 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Neither does MAKRO, other than Beer Lao if you are lucky, but even that is not real beer. 

thanks for the heads up mate, I'll avoid it like the plague then. that, and I don't have a ute! 

Signs have been posted to reflect such hre in Udon for years 

 

21 hours ago, pgrahmm said:

Just make more than one trip w/o a card,  changing cashier lanes; or more people.....

I don't drink beer, so 10 liters seems like a lot....

I don't drink beer either (think I must have used up my lifetime allotment in college). But i do usually stock up on the house box wine 4-6 boxes. No problem for me to visit three local stores to do the same.

I have lived here for more than thirty years and have had no desire to shop at a Makro for at least twenty-five.  Shop somewhere else.

Makro, dear posters, is a cash & carry outlet and is primarily there to cater to wholesale purchasers. They are probably restricted by law or maybe their own regulations at the very least to the quantities they can sell to none professional customers.

 

In fact, it's quite unusual for such an outlet to even serve the retail market.

46 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Mum & pop shops by the box to put in the fridge. 

A single Cold Chang is 50 baht. 

 

That's pretty much the same as buying a box in macro. Maybe a baht difference

4 minutes ago, Bigz said:

That's pretty much the same as buying a box in macro. Maybe a baht difference

580 a box, buying one single ready cold beer out the fridge 50.

Makro is 20 kilos away. 

Mum and Pops

is around the corner. 

Even ready cold beer in 7-11 is 154 for 3 again just around the corner.

6 minutes ago, CM Dad said:

I have lived here for more than thirty years and have had no desire to shop at a Makro for at least twenty-five.  Shop somewhere else.

It depends a lot on where you live. Here in Mukdahan, there isn't much choice when it comes to Western products other than the Makro.

 

Of course, I can buy beer everywhere. But most stores carry relatively old beer, while at the Makro it is usually reasonably fresh.

40 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

beer expert? nah, just not a povvo

Obviously not a native English speaker, just what is a povvo ??