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Anyone wanna meet up for a few beers in bkk? hunt around a few joints for some ass, ill be there from the 29 june, staying the nana plaza area.would love to meet some experienced mongers to show me what i have missed since i was last there 10 years ago? around the 1st july ill be in pattaya.
[QUOTE=Kim Chee Kane]I see. Thanks for the clarification. Now I have a better understanding. I will try ship it on my own next time. The customs require some paperwork in detail...Do I need to work it a certain way?
Thanks for the help. Greatly appreciated.
Peace[/QUOTE]
Kim Chee Kane,
if you make a private shipping you also have to declare what you are shipping. Customs wants to know, but they don't assume that it is brand new and therefore VAT might not be charged.
I wonder why the need to declare the contents for customs depends HOW you send the goods. Where I live you may either send it as a "parcel" or as a "letter" with the exact same measures and weight allowances. Letter is absolute the wrong word for it, because it may be a box, but that's what they call it.
A parcel must declare the contents, a letter must not. Customs logic ! :)
[QUOTE=The Traveler]Kim Chee Kane,
if you make a private shipping you also have to declare what you are shipping. Customs wants to know, but they don't assume that it is brand new and therefore VAT might not be charged.
I wonder why the need to declare the contents for customs depends HOW you send the goods. Where I live you may either send it as a "parcel" or as a "letter" with the exact same measures and weight allowances. Letter is absolute the wrong word for it, because it may be a box, but that's what they call it.
A parcel must declare the contents, a letter must not. Customs logic ! :)[/QUOTE]
I do not know about other countries, but all items sent abroad from the US via Fedex or other couriers must have the contents declared, even though it may be just a letter. For parcels a commercial invoice is also needed, declaring contents and value.
You can go to Fedex website and look under international shipments and it will tell you about all the documentations needed.
Duni,
in Germany it's different, for parcels you need to declare contents and value, but not for letters. Even if those "letters" are boxes. Strange but true.
I had sent a parcel to my GF which got lost, probably because someone in LOS liked the declared contents. So I sent another parcel but this time as a letter (actually a box again) as certified mail. This time it reached it's destination.
Anyway, you made the constraint that all items send by couriers need to be declared. Is that also the case if you send it by the state postal service ?
[QUOTE=The Traveler]Duni,
Anyway, you made the constraint that all items send by couriers need to be declared. Is that also the case if you send it by the state postal service ?[/QUOTE]
Yes. However, their tracking system ends when they hand it over to the destination country's postal service so I don't use them if it is a valuable item, monetarily or otherwise.
Hey all,
Thanks for all the great help! Very useful.
Now I have been reading the Thai section for quite sometime and realized something. I need to visit Thailand. hehe. I wanna see how crazy the madness is. Of course, I also have to spend time with my friend over there. :P
Be safe.
It has been a long time coming but I finally made it to Bangkok to try the spice of the orient. My first experience was an interesting one, possibly not the fuck fest I had plan out to be due to the lack of time and opportunity. (was there for work).
Went to Poseidon - refer to post in Massage Guide and also party hard during the nights at Spasso at Grand Hyatt.
As the night progress, there were many girls there - to the point it is sometimes difficult to discern the pros and the non pros.
As my stay got longer, begin to tell the difference between the working and non working.
At the end of my 3 days sojourn, a pretty petite and model looking working pro decided that I am a good bet :) for the night after spurring many advances from the farangs there. (sorry no pic as she did not want her pic taken)
Summary:
She stayed the night till lunch the next day where she left with a tummy full of protein :)
Total damage of 4k baht and taxi money. She was very sweet and I will definitely look for her again in GH.
Sorry if the writing is bit boring. Still learning the ropes to convey a good experience in word!
Beemer
Can you bring sextoys with you into Thailand.
I understand it is illegal.
does anyone have information about this?
[QUOTE=Sfinx]Can you bring sextoys with you into Thailand.
I understand it is illegal.
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Sfinx,
I always do :)
As far as I know it's not allowed to sell them, but it's not illegal to own them.
Don't worry about Thai customs, I have never been searched and never heard that anyone else was searched for illegal items.
[QUOTE=The Traveler]Sfinx,
I always do :)
As far as I know it's not allowed to sell them, but it's not illegal to own them.
Don't worry about Thai customs, I have never been searched and never heard that anyone else was searched for illegal items.[/QUOTE]
The ban on exportation of "Buddha images" still REALLY has me scratching my head.
At a shop round the corner from Nana Plaza a couple of weeks ago, I nearly bought a 20-baht-or-whatever postcard depicting a golden Buddha.
It did, actually, enter my head that buying the thing and taking it back home with me might technically be illegal.
OK, so it wouldn't, in all actuality, have been a problem.
And yet still, the letter of the law is troubling.
Meanwhile, let's say that I've got some Thai banknotes locked away in my desk drawer back here in South Korea.
Oh dear, oh no . . . That's an image of the king of Thailand which hasn't seen the light of day for weeks on end now!
What kind of bad magic could result?
Thailand really must grow up a bit, in this respect and in others. I won't even apologize for saying this. There ARE in fact worlds of sophistication beyond. Some of us are there already, some of us just striving to get there. Thailand needs to shed a bit of its self-complacency, recognize that it's got some learning to do, and adapt itself accordingly.
I love the "dharma raja" very much, even as a communist, but don't wish to be put in jail for proposing that republicanism might be a step forward.
And so forth . . .
Sukhumvit Sam
The purpose of the ban is to eliminate people from taking precious artifacts of buddism out of the country.
I don't think this is an unreasonable law. I'm not sure if they would get upset if they caught you with postcards. I don't think they would mind.
They just don't want any type of Buddha statue(s) being sent or taken out of the country. Images like post cards or pictures you take are ok. I learned this from my tailor while shipping stuff back to the US which I didn't want to drag around with me on the second part of my trip to Hong Kong and China.
[QUOTE=Sukhumvit Sam]The ban on exportation of "Buddha images" still REALLY has me scratching my head.Sukhumvit Sam[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Sfinx]Can you bring sextoys with you into Thailand.
I understand it is illegal.
does anyone have information about this?[/QUOTE]I'll be in BKK for 1st time in August. I normally go to Costa Rica. I usually take my own toys and girls undies as gifts to the girls. My friend said I might get the undies cheaper there. Seems right. I also thought electronic vibes would be cheaper, since they are made in Asia. Also, there is mention of "toys" at the Eden Club.
Aren't there any sex shops for "toys, lotions, and garments" in BKK? If so, where? Thanks in advance for your help!
[QUOTE=jimbehr2000]The purpose of the ban is to eliminate people from taking precious artifacts of buddism out of the country.[/QUOTE]
And, even if the Thai immigration and airport security didn't catch you, there's a chance that the customs official at your final destination will, i.e. there're a bunch of countries whose products are not allowed into US due to sanctions. And, there is also a range of banned products from any nations. Some due to being pirated copies, some due to being made of animal on a endangered species list, some due to having a possibility of carrying plant diseases, and some due to being components of weap0ns of m@ss destruct1on.
So, just be careful of what you purchase overseas.
[QUOTE=jimbehr2000]
I don't think this is an unreasonable law. I'm not sure if they would get upset if they caught you with postcards. I don't think they would mind.[/QUOTE]
True. The same for paintings and photo books. How else would the words spread around of the great treasures to be seen in Thailand? And, I'm not talking about the ladies. ;)
As they say, picture is worth a thousand...
Seeko
[QUOTE=Sukhumvit Sam]I love the "dharma raja" very much...
Sukhumvit Sam[/QUOTE]
So, have you walked around this mural and deciphered the scenes?
(It's at Wat Prakaew next to the Grand Palace.)
Seeko