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09-16-07 08:26 #1158
Posts: 21More pics of the on to beware of
My wife of 6 weeks left top gun with another bule last night, am I doing something wrong? Sorry to sound off guys, just a bit angry, my apolgises to all.
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09-15-07 22:49 #1157
Posts: 1652Originally Posted by That Asshole
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09-15-07 06:04 #1156
Posts: 268Originally Posted by Brandon88
As for the one in Fatmawati. Was told the customs officer is new thus he is not so strict yet.
Nb: Actually there is a limit to how much expat could purchase. As I was told. 10 ltr per yellow card per month. But I guess nobody really checked. Last I went with a friend that is having a party. We brought 3 cases of Wine.
CheersLast edited by Admin; 09-16-07 at 08:58.
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09-15-07 05:19 #1155
Posts: 239Nice reports guys. Keep it up. BTW where can I get a tattoo in Jakarta? Any help please?
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09-15-07 03:44 #1154
Posts: 389Ambhara spa
Originally Posted by Brandon88
Their problem, not mine.
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09-15-07 03:39 #1153
Posts: 389Boooze ban
Originally Posted by Morepoonhound
However recently the manager, the girl with glasses right? Told me I could only buy two cases at a time, I could call every day and get two cases but only that anount in one go. I tried to reason with her and she looked pained but apologised and said that was the new rule.
I then discovered another bottle shop on Jl Gatot Subroto which was conveniently located near my home, so I shopped there for a while, but they closed down last year. Then earlier this year I found another Duty Free in Jalan Sabang, not far from Sarinah, they were great, loads of good Aussie and Kiwi stuff at US$5 a bottle. I've been going regularly but their stock has stopped being replenished and now they are running very low, they promise "next month mister" every time but it never arrives. They also made a song and dance about taking my photo id (no I'm not a diplomat) before allowing me to buy and wouldn't sell me wine by the case instead insisting it be bagged up to prevent me reselling the stuff.
So what to conclude? Well these problems all started around the same time they banned wine and liquor from the supermarkets a year and a half or so back, I also hear rumours of problems with getting supplies of booze to hotels in Bali, something to do with a backlog at customs or inability to clear bonded warehouses or something. However in typical Indonesian fashion it may well be that some grubby fingered official is trying to impose a monopoly of alcohol sales in Indonesia (I believe in the past Tommy Suharto might have done something similar) and this is why the bottle shops are comiing under such pressure these days. Anyone who has further info could maybe let us know.
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09-14-07 17:56 #1152
Posts: 577fuckshops :
1) alexis spa & hotel (high end spa)
2) emporium (high end spa)
3) malioboro spa & hotel (high end spa)
4) tematic spa & hotel (see in thread info)
5) travel spa & hotel
6) classic spa & hotel (high end spa)
7) boutique hotel
8) golden sand at m2s.
9) comfort latumenten spa (see in thread info)
10) fortune comfort (see in thread info)
11) beverly hills spa (high end spa)
* comfort group only open in latumenten and fortune in jl kh mas mansyur, but the therapists in comfort batutulis and grand comfort will be working in comfort latumenten and fortune...
last year during ramadhan, hilda (08) grand comfort was using no 108 in comfort latumenten.
* later i will submit info about vitality therapy that opens during ramadhan...
cheers.
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09-14-07 17:21 #1151
Posts: 356Morepoon, next time I'm in town, I'll pop in there and see what their problem is. I figured it might be for bule's only, but that was just a guess. I swear I've been buying hard booze there since 2003. I know exactly who that girl is you mention.
If you think about it, how many damn actual diplomatic passport holders could shop there to sustain a business that long? I can't recall ever seeing any other customer in there aside from myself, now that I recall.
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09-14-07 17:12 #1150
Posts: 356Originally Posted by Samchad
A handjob for 700k?? Jesus! I was embarrassed to be taken for 500k my first time in town (before RTFF). If that's what she's asking, somebody must be paying it. Shame.
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09-14-07 16:52 #1149
Posts: 99Intercontinental Duty-Free turned me down too:
Originally Posted by Brandon88
There was a woman by herself behind the counter and not another person in the entire shop. I picked out 2 bottles of red from Argentina and was pleasantly surprised when the price was just US$7 each . . . that would be roughly 65k rupiah per bottle. But then the woman asked me for my "diplomatic credentials". I misunderstood at first, and handed over my passport. She handed it right back and told me "No, only diplomats can shop here".
I tried a few things - "Look, I'm a tourist, and tourists can buy duty-free" . . . "It's only 2 bottles" . . . "How about if I pay the duty on these duty-free bottles" . . . "What can I do to make it possible for you to sell this wine to me?". Everything was no sale; she was very firm, even though there were zero other people in the store.
It turns out that there is another wine-shop directly across the hall-way from the Diplomats-Only place. That one (called Bacchus) WILL sell to anyone, but the very cheapest bottle in the entire store is roughly 200k rupiah, and most are considerably more expensive than that.
I asked the staff in Bacchus why I couldn't buy from duty-free, and they said "Oh, sure you can. It is only Indonesian's who cannot shop there". So I went straight back to Diplomats-Only wine-shop, and got turned down again.
Net/net, there must be either some luck involved on a hit-or-miss basis, or some trick to getting served in the Diplomats Only shop. That is a pity, because the prices are much, much lower than at nearby Bacchus.
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09-14-07 16:43 #1148
Posts: 268Originally Posted by Oyenk
Thanks for the correction....
800k are FL..... So called....
Cheers
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09-14-07 16:36 #1147
Posts: 268Originally Posted by Brandon88
Thanks...
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09-14-07 11:44 #1146
Posts: 1176Originally Posted by Samchad
Originally Posted by Samchad
Thank you, thank you, thank you for having enough sense to refuse to pay that much!
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09-14-07 09:09 #1145
Posts: 2Ramadan
Originally Posted by Mighty Spearsman
The question I suppose I should have asked is while I am there i.e. at the end of September are there actually girls in places like BATS and CJ's. Is the Stadium still open at this time?
I fully support you on not overpaying for sure.
Look forward to hearing from you. Big Pina
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09-14-07 05:42 #1144
Posts: 21Originally Posted by Oyenk
Too late mate, got the married books and everything, all legal, I f**ked up