Shampagne

[vxdxm]

Has any1 noticed how much Shampagne is in shops in Bangkok or Pattaya as i am planning on buying a few bottles for christmas.

[Nicke]

Ask the bar you frequent and they may be able to order for you.

We do the same from time to time when we have this request, when people want to celebrate something or whatever reason they may have.

[Caerphilly]

If your transporting back to UK will or won't a fizzy wine be at risk dut to cabin pressure? No doubt our airline experts can clarify

[MrDK]

Originally Posted by Caerphilly

If your transporting back to UK will or won't a fizzy wine be at risk dut to cabin pressure? No doubt our airline experts can clarify

If it has not been opened, then No. Airlines carry their own supply and suppliers ship via air all the time.

[TanMan]

Originally Posted by vxdxm

Has any1 noticed how much Shampagne is in shops in Bangkok or Pattaya as i am planning on buying a few bottles for christmas.

When someone does pipe in a price, compare the prices to the duty free on your way over. This is assuming you want to drink it in Thailand "for" Christmas, and not bring it back as a gift.

The TanMan

[stevem]

Originally Posted by MrDK

If it has not been opened, then No. Airlines carry their own supply .

Yes but it does sit in the overhead bin, if it was seen by crew would more than likely be taken away.

[MrDK]

Originally Posted by stevem

Yes but it does sit in the overhead bin, if it was seen by crew would more than likely be taken away.

The pressure is the same in the cargo hold as the main cabin; only the temperature is different.

[stevem]

Originally Posted by MrDK

The pressure is the same in the cargo hold as the main cabin; only the temperature is different.

You dont say.

[DREW]

Originally Posted by stevem

Yes but it does sit in the overhead bin, if it was seen by crew would more than likely be taken away.

Thats where you are wrong for once Mr Cynical.

Mr girlfriend works on the airlines and this is not a problem if its not opened.

Regards

Drew

[stevem]

Originally Posted by DREW

Thats where you are wrong for once Mr Cynical.

Mr girlfriend works on the airlines and this is not a problem if its not opened.

Regards

Drew

Whatever, it does get taken and stored somewhere safer, on some airlines that care. Cynical, well the definition of that is

believing the worst of human nature and motives

well maybe I am guilty of that considering the amount of assholes in this world.

[K2]

vxdxm - maybe worth buying over in UK as Champagne here is all imported and hence has high duty on it.

Central (TOPS) has a reasonable wine celler and there is a good wine shop near Land & Houses Estate on Chao Faa Rd East near Chalong Circle.

Expect to pay 2000 Baht+ for anything decent.

As Nicke says can be ordered at the bar for special occasions - if you take your own bottle(s) to most bars you would expect to be charged corkage which for wine in Champagne would be 300 Baht.

[johnaalex]

Originally Posted by Caerphilly

If your transporting back to UK will or won't a fizzy wine be at risk dut to cabin pressure? No doubt our airline experts can clarify

Champagne on a plane is fine. Apart from all the bottles shipped worldwide, the ones that carried by passengers after buying them duty free - the airlines carry numerous bottles for their customers to drink. Also the situation is the samefor beer in bottles and cans.

Regards

John

[vxdxm]

Originally Posted by K2

vxdxm - maybe worth buying over in UK as Champagne here is all imported and hence has high duty on it.

Central (TOPS) has a reasonable wine celler and there is a good wine shop near Land & Houses Estate on Chao Faa Rd East near Chalong Circle.

Expect to pay 2000 Baht+ for anything decent.

As Nicke says can be ordered at the bar for special occasions - if you take your own bottle(s) to most bars you would expect to be charged corkage which for wine in Champagne would be 300 Baht.

I was planning on buying around 10 bottles, would it be a problem to bring it from UK to Thailand. There was a little problem when we tryed to buy a couple of bottles on the plane and take them with us (shampagne was offered for sale as one of the duty free items), we were told we cant -.-, and can only drink it on the plane. (We were traveling to a different country not Thailand)

Has any1 recently been to Tesco Lotus, as i have visited their website and their product list on line is very limited, around 700 products, no alcoholic drinks were listed. The tesco would be my prime location to hit on arrival.

[LivinLOS]

That sounds over the wine limit to me..

People getting harrased in BKK airport and big fines of late.. Been some threads here about it..

[TanMan]

[quote=vxdxm;247457] There was a little problem when we tryed to buy a couple of bottles on the plane and take them with us (shampagne was offered for sale as one of the duty free items), we were told we cant -.-, and can only drink it on the plane. (We were traveling to a different country not Thailand)[quote]




I'd like to know the airline, as this is ass backwards. The whole concept of duty free is to either bring a gift from your country OR to take something back from the country you've just visited.

Also, drinking anything other than airline alcohol is usually a no-no, although you can usually sneak it very easily.

The TanMan

[vxdxm]

[quote=TanMan;247539][quote=vxdxm;247457] There was a little problem when we tryed to buy a couple of bottles on the plane and take them with us (shampagne was offered for sale as one of the duty free items), we were told we cant -.-, and can only drink it on the plane. (We were traveling to a different country not Thailand)

I'd like to know the airline, as this is ass backwards. The whole concept of duty free is to either bring a gift from your country OR to take something back from the country you've just visited.

Also, drinking anything other than airline alcohol is usually a no-no, although you can usually sneak it very easily.

The TanMan

Not sure what airline it was, the route was UK-Tunisia, and the funny thing is the woman with the trolly full of duty free goods, got to us 10 minutes prior to landing. We were oh u got shampagne there, we will have a couple of bottles, she was like "how many glasses would you like" -.-
"We want to take it with us", "you cant, im sorry."

[dawsey]

[quote=vxdxm;247547][quote=TanMan;247539]

Originally Posted by vxdxm

There was a little problem when we tryed to buy a couple of bottles on the plane and take them with us (shampagne was offered for sale as one of the duty free items), we were told we cant -.-, and can only drink it on the plane. (We were traveling to a different country not Thailand)


Not sure what airline it was, the route was UK-Tunisia, and the funny thing is the woman with the trolly full of duty free goods, got to us 10 minutes prior to landing. We were oh u got shampagne there, we will have a couple of bottles, she was like "how many glasses would you like" -.-
"We want to take it with us", "you cant, im sorry."

Maybe that was because you were travelling to a Muslim country. Some of them do not allow alcohol to be taken into the country.OK to drink it on the plane because you are in airspace,but a nono on the ground. Never been to Tunisia before,but thats my guess.
Once you are there,you may still drink it in hotels though.

[TanMan]

Yea, the Muslim point explains it, but you will not have a problem with two bottles per person going to Thailand. Problem is you want 10. You could try to stuff another 8 in your suitcases, but I would not try it. I don't see why you can't just get it over there though. Most likely, like other things in Thailand, it will be cheaper there.

The TanMan

[vxdxm]

Originally Posted by TanMan

Yea, the Muslim point explains it, but you will not have a problem with two bottles per person going to Thailand. Problem is you want 10. You could try to stuff another 8 in your suitcases, but I would not try it. I don't see why you can't just get it over there though. Most likely, like other things in Thailand, it will be cheaper there.

The TanMan

Iam very confident that i can find it in Tesco Lotus, last time i was in tesco there, it looked like any other tesco you see in any other country, i didnt have time to explore it that well. And i seriously woudnt want to bring it from the uk, even if i do smuggle 10 bottles, i will probably drink them before christmas

[K2]

Thai customes website states that allowed to import duty free 1 litre of spirits - no mention made of wine:

>> Thai Customs <<

Reckon 10 bottles maybe questionable however. As stated in earlier post TanMan champagne is imported - all imported spirits carry higher duty than domestically produced products - thats why Champagne, Guiness, Corona etc are more expensive here than Europe/US/Oz.

Tesco Lotus does have a booze shop in the front (opposite the checkouts) but selection not extensive. Think you'll be better off in TOPS (Central).

[TanMan]

Cheers K2, didn't realize that there are some things in Thailand that do cost more (Corona is $2 in US and 120 baht in some beer bars in Thailand). I dont drink champagne, guinness or corona, so probably missed a bit here. I hope that is all though....

The TanMan

[LivinLOS]

Lots of things are more expensive here.. Only things that are labour intensive or domestically produced are cheaper.. Anything import or western quality services are usually higher than the west.

[TanMan]

Originally Posted by LivinLOS

Lots of things are more expensive here.. Only things that are labour intensive or domestically produced are cheaper.. Anything import or western quality services are usually higher than the west.

Is it more than consummables we're talking about here? What else?

[LivinLOS]

Sat TV, expensive for what you get

Internet, again globally laughable speeds for price

Wine, cheese, beef, lamb, olives, feta, salmon, etc etc etc basically any foodstuffs imported will cost more usually, though cheaper transport can reduce some items. Even staples like fresh non concentrate (hard to ship) orange juice.

Coffee beans.

Consumer electronics (cameras, game boxes, etc). Home Theater parts (theres a flood of low end chinese made stuff thats cheap but name brand quality audio, or projectors) etc etc etc.

Computer and networking components.

Books, again more expensive and hard to get any kind of selection.. I spend a lot at amazon and pay Euro price + shipping.

Second hand cars (shocking compared to Europe.. 2 and 3000 Euros for old bangers).. 10 year old BMW's commanding 4x what they would in Europe. New cars produced out of the ASEAN agreement countries shockingly expensive.

Childrens schooling, perhaps being unfair as private here v provided but again large costs to send a child to a level of schooling that would be normal in the west. Similarly we get 'free' medicare so another cost in insurance that is direct rather than indirect (these two may be unfair I admnit I am just adding them as they occur to me)..

The list goes on... I would say many many things are more expensive than US or Europe, most things for import basically, but...

Anything thats labour based or has a high component of labour in its price is cheaper. Anything produced domestically or for the domestic market is cheaper. Rent is substantially cheaper and a lack of taxes (House tax, poll tax, whetever they call this these days) doesnt really exist. Food (non imported) is cheaper.

So adapting to a local diet, changing the consumerism lifestyle, making the most of cheap rents, low labour rates, all more then offsets the overall cost of living.

Most noticeably the cost of nightlife (drink and women) is much lower than back home, so much so that what is impossible to many back home is entirely possible here..