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[hotandsticky]

On 10/8/2024 at 3:14 PM, Photoguy21 said:

You can buy wine in Thailand you know, just a bit of information you may not have been told.

 

 

Stupid comment given the rates of duty that are applied to imported wines.

 

Paying 2,000 Baht for a bottle of wine that £5/6 in your home country does not make economic sense.

[richard_smith237]

7 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

On 10/8/2024 at 3:14 PM, Photoguy21 said:

You can buy wine in Thailand you know, just a bit of information you may not have been told.

 

 

Stupid comment given the rates of duty that are applied to imported wines.

 

Paying 2,000 Baht for a bottle of wine that £5/6 in your home country does not make economic sense.

 

No, it does't...  But making something up to prove a point, also doesn't make sense. 

 

Here is an example: 

 

GRACA 28 Reserva Douro DOC  - 550 baht in Thailand

- Wine Searcher Price €7,91 ( 290 baht )

https://www.vivino.com/DE/en/graca-28-reserva/w/7978425

 

 

CONTI SANI Primum Chianti DOCG - 450 baht in Thailand

- Vivino Price point: €5,36  ( 196 baht )

https://www.vivino.com/DE/en/san-silvestro-barbera/w/17046?ref=nav-search

 

 

Thus: we're paying anywhere from 180% to 230% of compared to Vivino EU prices.

Prices in UK supermarkets etc are slightly higher. 

 

 

My point here is, no we are not paying 2000 baht ( €55 ) for a €6 - €7 (220-260 baht) wine.

 

You're implying a 900% markup - that may be so in restaurants, but not at the wine shops that while expensive are usually not more than double. 

 

Some decent wines for tolerable prices can be found. 

 

 

[fvw53]

On 10/7/2024 at 4:42 PM, chickenslegs said:

AFAIK importing alcohol (more than 1L) requires a licence, and it's not possible to just declare it and pay the duty..

Which administration can deliver an import licence?

[chickenslegs]

12 minutes ago, fvw53 said:

Which administration can deliver an import licence?

I don't know, but my guess would be the Thai Excise Department.

[AgMech Cowboy]

On 10/7/2024 at 4:42 PM, chickenslegs said:

AFAIK importing alcohol (more than 1L) requires a licence, and it's not possible to just declare it and pay the duty..

You are correct. I tried the declaration route with the intent to pay any tax a few years ago. That didn't work, but the customs man did let me pay a fine (to him) and he let me bring the bottles (of Crown Royal) home (in Bangkok).

[Photoguy21]

2 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

Stupid comment given the rates of duty that are applied to imported wines.

 

Paying 2,000 Baht for a bottle of wine that £5/6 in your home country does not make economic sense.

I guess if you are an alchoholic as you would indicate then bringing your own does seem the way to go...............unless they stop you at customs of course

[hotandsticky]

14 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

I guess if you are an alchoholic as you would indicate then bringing your own does seem the way to go...............unless they stop you at customs of course

 

Don't be insulting and make up accusations of being alcoholic (note correct spelling).

 

Bringing in your own duty free preference does not get close alcoholism...........

[Photoguy21]

1 minute ago, hotandsticky said:

 

Don't be insulting and make up accusations of being alcoholic (note correct spelling).

 

Bringing in your own duty free preference does not get close alcoholism...........

If you have to bring drink from your home country you are either a really tight person or you have a drink problem. That is not insulting that is fact.

[hotandsticky]

15 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

If you have to bring drink from your home country you are either a really tight person or you have a drink problem. That is not insulting that is fact.

 

 

Your post is moronic..................not for the first time.

 

 

A couple of bottles of Barossa Valley Nine Popes is well worth bringing in........neither tight nor a drinking problem. 

 

i also bring in mini Baby bell cheeses, Cornish Yarg and Black Bomber cheeses, Marmite and Fortnum and Mason sauces...........................I guess you would conclude that I have a food problem.