Buying Playing Cards

[Oliver2524]

Just wondering if anyone knew of anywhere to buy a pack of playing cards for a reasonable price? I went to 7/11 and they were 395B a pack! Call me a skinflint but that price is daylight robbery. I was thinking of heading down to Tesco Lotus, but I thought I'd check with the good folk of Thaivisa before making a potentially wasted journey.

I've bought playing cards in many countries and have never paid anything close to that sort of price. Is it an imposed tax to potentially deter gambling?

[colino]

You can find them at most local markets on the stalls that sell everything a 100 baht

[Mid]

Is it an imposed tax to potentially deter gambling?

fact that the're sold with the cigs 'n booze could be a clue .

Edited July 7, 2007 by Mid

[Oliver2524]

Cheers colino, I'll try a local market then.

I'll remember if I decide to smoke or drink I should also add a gambling to complete the addictions, albeit a mental not physical one!

[Gonzo the Face]

Cheers colino, I'll try a local market then.

I'll remember if I decide to smoke or drink I should also add a gambling to complete the addictions, albeit a mental not physical one!

They sell condoms too, if you have any time left...

[Wizzard of Oz]

Cheapest way is to find someone going to mae sai for a visa run and ask them to pick you up a pack.

They are 30b (25 without a cover) or 80b if you SUCK AT BARGAINING IN ASIA

[true blue]

smallsupermarket next to porn ping hotel sell them 200bht boought some there

[mild7even]

Cheapest way is to find someone going to mae sai for a visa run and ask them to pick you up a pack.

I was there a few weeks ago and the hawkers were selling packs with Saddam Hussein on the front card... don't know if the whole deck was a replica of the US military version featuring "the baddies" handed out to troops in Iraq, as I went straight for the genuine Marlboros and viagra. j/k

[tayto]

The whole deck is a replica though some are black and white.

Good value at 30 baht though.

[CLASBYCLAN]

Just wondering if anyone knew of anywhere to buy a pack of playing cards for a reasonable price? I went to 7/11 and they were 395B a pack! Call me a skinflint but that price is daylight robbery. I was thinking of heading down to Tesco Lotus, but I thought I'd check with the good folk of Thaivisa before making a potentially wasted journey.

I've bought playing cards in many countries and have never paid anything close to that sort of price. Is it an imposed tax to potentially deter gambling?

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Hi,

I have some you can have, I got them on the Thai Airways flight here. I'm at the airport plaza today if you want to pick them up?

[Ijustwannateach]

I think the 395B ones are the plastic, hard-to-destroy ones. They'll last longer than a few paper packs; worth the money in the long run.

[Wizzard of Oz]

I think the 395B ones are the plastic, hard-to-destroy ones. They'll last longer than a few paper packs; worth the money in the long run.

Nah ... I wouldn't like to be pissed off when a card bends and I could have had a pack for 25baht and just got a new one.

[tigerbeer]

I think the 395B ones are the plastic, hard-to-destroy ones. They'll last longer than a few paper packs; worth the money in the long run.

they are water proof and washable. works well during gambling and drinking sessions. in case someone pukes all over them.