How quiet is this low season?

[Mr.Z]

I didn't think the bars would employ girls under 20? That's what I have been lead to believe.... Damn I would only check a ID if I thought it might be LB. Also is the year on their ID the same as ours? I met someone who had shown a student pass to a Thai policeman to prove he had a drivers licence and they excepted! So do the same with their's. NOM1S now you tell me "cough" I was in Tiger last night...... In more then one way Lol

 

[santa sox]

did you manage to buy a beer...which bars were open????

 

[Adian]

a money maker hahah

 

[emm]

Just wrong :

Going diving tomorrow "beginner" that's the one with water, on a boat, with rubber..... Ok still
sounds rude.... So no beer tonight or girl as early start, the things we have to give up!

 

[Pixie.]

me and my mate will be shifting alot of beer in MTB come the 3rd of july

 

[inspike]

NOM1S barfined 2 girls who were 17 from Soi Tiger. Make sure you see ID before leaving bar.

 

[Praful]

It was 555

..... subtle advertising for a brand of cancer sticks maybe.

 

[faiskeoadave]

Hey Naitulus what was the name of the Duplex apartment pls. My mate and I are going to Patong in a couple of weeks and the idea of a two bedroom place sounds ideal. Cheers.

 

[Drog]

On here is anything over 30 a oap lol and are we talking about the girl who's name sounds like "bobs in water" or "where we keep animals at night" 55555 I was with the first one, great, polite, fun!!

 

[First namebob Jacom]

I was watching the Blooberg Channel a couple of weeks ago. Its a financial channel on U.S. T.V.. They had a short segment on Thailand business. One of the moderators mentioned Phuket. She made a few comments on the lack of tourists and how slow business was on the times she was there. Not sure when she went. Just thought it was interesting. It seems as if there is a real slowdown on tourist visits going on.

 

[Atmey]

Could it be that.. 1) if he kicks them out he has little chance of rerenting it until high season... And an empty building, unmaintained, etc etc.. 2) leaving them in has a 'chance' of being paid the back rent.. 3) even if he did kick them out, the amount he could get from a contracts signed at high season is so much higher than a contract signed at low season, that even forgetting the rent or losing it, its still financially better to wait ??

I dont know.. But I could see those being factors possibly.

 

[mech]

Where are you staying?

Next time have a venture down Soi Tiger, plenty of talent.

 

[zeureeka]

not true, a few pieces were open to serve only soda!

 

[durgapremee]

See you there

 

[Vidkon]

My expired Aussie drivers licence passed its first test this week, unfortunately I got a fine for having red number plates.

 

[Sumsie]

Yea it's quite a contradiction but then again, most of the landlords aren't exactly up to snuff when it comes to standard business practices we're accustomed to in the west. There definitely seems to be a good faith element involved especially when dealing with Thai to Thai relations. It would seem that the landlords, in most cases, see if that if the bar stays open the chances for back rent recovery are higher than if they were to kick them out and hope to find a new tenant to take their place. Especially if it's a smaller bar not on Bangla, that slot could lay empty for weeks, months or who knows how long. So they'd rather let the bar stay open and see if they recover, at some point though they will pull the plug and this is usually only after they have found someone who is willing to take the old tennants slot.

This seems to be pretty common practice in other relations as well. A good friend of mine who's a motorbike taxi driver who also sells lotto tickets let someone buy $50k baht worth of tickets and promised to pay him back after they won, well they didn't win and now he's responsible for those tickets himself with no real way of getting his money back which is a huge hit to him as he doesn't have that kind of money. I don't understand this logic at all, as from my point of view I would have to be outright retarded to do this for anyone I didn't know personally but it seems this "good faith" attitude is quite common.

 

[springlillycrystal]

the next few months will be very quiet indeed.....there used to be a bump in August with European Summer holiday makers however this market demographic has withered over the last few years with the GFC...its gonna bump along the bottom for a bit yet

 

[TheDominatorOfCheese]

I bet tourist numbers in Phuket are at a historic high, there are probably 20% more bars in Patong every year and a different clientele (families/cheap russians)

 

[richard w]

Planning in being in MTB tonight from 9pm tonight Sunday then on to a club any one else on this Forum about?:

 

[TheRyno]

And what's wrong with 40s you whippersnapper!
55555
( hope uv got Los withdrawal symptoms now back in charming blighty)!