Down under or Thai? Aussie mum trades Oz for Land of Smiles

[travelalone]

I am searching for someone who can deliver me a toolbox as shown on the photos. I have a shop with building materials, in Chiang Mai and some customers have indicated that they are interested in buying a drillingkit. The drillingkit contains masonary drill, wood drill and metal drill . I want to buy four of these drillingkits to see if there's a market for. Till now I could not found these kit on the Thai market

Who can tell me, or know someone, who can deliver me this kind of toolboxes

Edited August 20, 2009 by travelalone

[sassienie]

Prohibited types of work in Thailand

Reference :

List Annexed to the Royal Decree Naming Occupations and Professions Prohibited to Foreigners, B.E. 2522 (1979)

The Alien Business Law (N.E.C. Announcement 281). Business activities falling in categories A & B are generally closed to foreigners. Under category C you must obtain a permit prior to commencing business. Businesses outside these categories are exempt. The Ministry of Commerce will also help applications of non trading offices.

Category A:

1.Agriculture: rice farming; salt farming. Commercial Business: Internal trade in local agriculture products, Land trade. Service business: Accounting, farming animals, architecture, advertising, brokerage, auctioning, Barber, hair dressing & beautician. Building industry.

Category B.

1. Agriculture Business: orchids, cultivation, animal husbandry including silk worm raising, timbering, fishing.

2. Industrial & Handicraft: Rice milling, Flour making, sugar, alcohol & non alcohol drinks, Ice cream, Pharmaceutical manufacturing, cold storage, timber, gold, silver and inlaid stone, wood carving, lacquer-ware, match making, cement etc, Dynamiting rocks, Manufacturing garments & shoes, Printing, newspaper publishing, silk weaving or silk printing, manufacture of finished products in silk.

3. Commercial: all retailing not in category C. Or trading not in Category C, selling food an drinks, trading of antiques & fine arts.

4 Service Industry: Tour agency, Hotels except Hotel management, photography, laundering, dress making and service jobs.

5. Land, water & ie. transport.

Category C.

You are allowed to do the following. Exporting, all wholesale trades not in A & B. retiling machinery, equipment & tools, selling food, beverages that promote tourism. Industrial & handicraft Business: manufacturing animal feeds, vegetable oil extraction, textile manufacturing, dyeing, fabric printing, glass ware manufacturing, making plates and bowls, stationary & printing paper, rock salt mining, mining.

Service: anything not in A or B.

[travelalone]

I am not asking for someone to do anything illegal. Just asking if someone knows where to get the drilling kit, that's all.

Thanks

[getgoin]

Sounds to me like you are in the retail business. I know personally of many foreigners in the retail business and in THE BUILDING INDUSTRY.

I'm not sure where you could buy them wholesale for your shop. I bought mine from Costco in the US. Try checking the shops along San Pa Koi Road to see if you can find something similar and maybe they will tell you where they got it from. Also, next door to The Duke's is a guy that sells every screw imaginable and he also has drill bits. Maybe he can source some for you.

That last post before yours, I'm not even going to go there.

[Blinky Bill]

The problem with these kits that you are looking for is that they are cheap nasty products from China, you'll find that they won't stay sharp and are basically a gimmick for the occasional home handyman.

[getgoin]

The problem with these kits that you are looking for is that they are cheap nasty products from China, you'll find that they won't stay sharp and are basically a gimmick for the occasional home handyman.

I agree, most of the bits last just one or two times. Maybe make your own packages with quality bits. Plenty of good German bits around.