New Alcohol Selling Restrictions at Makro (Makro only)?

[toofarnorth]

55 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

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

Yes it is.

[Bigz]

25 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

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.

Yeah that's fine I think I saw 589 for a box of chang in macro. I can't stand that beer so I'm not sure. I thought you may know some really special deals. I buy at mom's shop too(occasionally at macro by the box if in town) no major differences in price really.

[StevieAus]

I bought 12 bottles of wine two days ago after 5pm

The Makro I use has never sold alcohol outside the official hrs.

[HaoleBoy]

1 hour 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. 

Here we go again another <deleted> beer drinker. 

Folks drinking the cheap *ss Thai <deleted> beer made by some of the monopoly families here in Thailand and thinking it's good.

[fulhamster]

22 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Why go Makro there expensive.

Cases of Thai lager are the same price at all supermarkets, and wholesalers are usually the same

[digger70]

2 hours ago, Lemsta69 said:

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

Different taste different brew, So what Swill do you drink?

[khunPer]

On 11/4/2021 at 11:17 AM, PoorSucker said:

Where?

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

The rule was that you could not buy less than 10 liters of alcohol between 2 pm and 5 pm, as 10 liters were considered wholesale for restaurants and bars, and like. Two crates of each 24 pieces of .33 beer would do it...????

[Lemsta69]

1 minute ago, digger70 said:

Different taste different brew, So what Swill do you drink?

VB of course mate ????

[khunPer]

2 hours ago, Burma Bill said:

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

My local Makro has lots of imported beer, but it's not priced in same level as Cheap Charlie's local variants, but what is real beer might be of course be a matter of taste, rather than price...????

[billd766]

3 hours ago, Lemsta69 said:

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

Are you forced to drink it?

 

2 hours ago, Golden Triangle said:

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

He seems to come from  land down under.

 

https://www.yourdictionary.com/povvo

 

(slang) Poor, penniless.
adjective

(slang) One who is poor, a pauper.

[Kwasaki]

1 hour ago, HaoleBoy said:

Here we go again another <deleted> beer drinker. 

Folks drinking the cheap *ss Thai <deleted> beer made by some of the monopoly families here in Thailand and thinking it's good.

Up to you.

[Lemsta69]

1 minute ago, billd766 said:

Are you forced to drink it?

sometimes your're forced to. like in the old days on the train from Bangers to Pattaya. the nice lady with the ice bucket kept me refreshed with the good old Beer Chaaang. it's drinkable from the tinnies if it's nice and cold. had to drink it because that's all she had and no-one else was drinking so I kind of had a moral obligation to drink all I could even though it was only six in the morning. couldn't let her go home empty-handed now could I?

 

just because it's swill doesn't mean I won't drink it. I was quite partial to the good old Chaaang when it first came out back in '97 was it? i'd chuck back a good seven or eight big bottles every night at Noi bar in Lamai on Koh Samui. I think she was charging 50 baht per bottle which was much cheaper than the small Carlsbergs at 70 baht per. and I was a tighta3se backpacker then so every penny counted. 

 

but then I grew up and moved on. craft beer only for me now ????

[teacherofwoe]

For years Makro has limited the quantity of alcohol a person can buy. If your Makro card is for your restaurant/business, then you can purchase all you want.

[Dcheech]

 10 liters of Tullamore Dew, Havana Club or even Sangsom, if slumming it, should be more than adequate. I do not see what the problem is.

Friday night here, this Mullins Bay Cooler is for you.
 

[Moonlover]

22 minutes ago, teacherofwoe said:

For years Makro has limited the quantity of alcohol a person can buy. If your Makro card is for your restaurant/business, then you can purchase all you want.

Thank you, I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who realizes that Makro is primarily a wholesale outlet. In fact here is their mission statement:

 

''The distribution of products with excellence in price, quality and variety to professional customers, offering them advantages and opportunities of growth".

 

The fact that they allow retail customers is an unusual concession for this type of outlet.

[Chad3000]

15 minutes ago, Dcheech said:

Tullamore Dew, 

In Thailand??

[PETERTHEEATER]

5 hours ago, Bigz said:

Where is cheap? 

Any bird's nest.

[Deli]

On 11/4/2021 at 5:21 PM, PoorSucker said:

Two cases of beer is more than 10 litres.

I do not consider beer as alcohol, it's nutrition

[Dcheech]

1 hour ago, Chad3000 said:

1 hour ago, Dcheech said:

Tullamore Dew, 

In Thailand??

Almost everywhere, ok maybe not everywhere, but definitely around. Myers rum on the other hand is hard to get. 

[Harveyboy]

6 hours 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. 

yep i like it also ..ive drank a lot worse in the Uk

[2 is 1]

6 hours ago, thecaveman said:

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.

Every even  little bigger villages has beer/alcohol/cicarette etc. dealer where all mom@pop shops buy they stuff! If i want buy many case of beer i buy in same place straight from dealer! Need little watch around. 

[inThailand]

You can only buy if you show your 3M Baht insurance policy and a note from your wife. 

[hotchilli]

On 11/4/2021 at 6:55 PM, 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....

10 litres is not a lot.. you're presuming per person, this maybe shared.

Also this could be buying once a week to top-up stock, not buying each time a drink is required. from a local shop.

[Jeffr2]

Our Makro has the booze area roped off during the no sell hours.  Foodland always use to sell to us at any hour, but now, nope.  I guess that policy was just changed.

[crobertsjr]

They have required this in Hua Hin for a couple of years. I have not recently tried Pran Buri for a large quantity. I have purchased cases there in the past without additional documentation.

[Kwasaki]

9 hours ago, Harveyboy said:

yep i like it also ..ive drank a lot worse in the Uk

Yeah I understand some people not liking Chang I myself found it too strong when it was 6•4% I prefer it now at 5•0%.

There was a beer called Thai Beer 15 years ago and it was a good tasting dark beer but obviously not popular so it disappeared.

[pgrahmm]

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

10 litres is not a lot.. you're presuming per person, this maybe shared.

Also this could be buying once a week to top-up stock, not buying each time a drink is required. from a local shop.

I guess not....I haven't had 10 liters of beer total since I left high school in the 60's....

 

If/when I drink (Saturday nights) it's usually rum & coke - or I'll blend up Mai tais, Margueritas, or similar if the girls want.....They seldom do....

[Lemsta69]

15 hours ago, billd766 said:

Are you forced to drink it?

 

He seems to come from  land down under.

 

https://www.yourdictionary.com/povvo

 

(slang) Poor, penniless.
adjective

(slang) One who is poor, a pauper.

spot on mate, that's how we grew up in the seventies. I'm not doing that sh3t again, not on your life!

[thecaveman]

So I bought 3 cases of beer plus 4 bottles of Spy Cooler today at the Makro. No problems at all.

 

[RocketDog]

On 11/5/2021 at 4:33 PM, Kwasaki said:

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.

I used to routinely buy 2 cases of Leo, 24 small bottles for 735 each. Because of Makro's silly rules I now buy locally from a mom/pop that moves a lot of beer for 750/case.any time at all.

I'd rather pay more and support the locals who now know me. While we go to Makro about twice a month for many items we also usually buy most fruit/veggies from local vendors too. I feel better about it.

Vote with your feet.