Online Ordering - a sign of the times?
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^ Something to suit the colour of my my eyes, which are normally red!
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Couldn't find taps or dies in homePro but managed to get them from the hardware shop at the end of my soi in Bangkok.
Was also surprised to find a scroll saw in another one a hundred meters sown the road.. Too big for my need, though am always on the lookout for hobby size tools..
Was also surprised to find a scroll saw in another one a hundred meters sown the road.. Too big for my need, though am always on the lookout for hobby size tools..
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If you find a vertical bandsaw, suitable for cutting metal, in your travels, please let me know. I don't need an industrial sized machine... I only have a hobby metal machine shop. I can buy online but shipping costs + duty and VAT kill the deal.VincentD wrote: ↑Sun Apr 16, 2017 12:41 pm Couldn't find taps or dies in homePro but managed to get them from the hardware shop at the end of my soi in Bangkok.
Was also surprised to find a scroll saw in another one a hundred meters sown the road.. Too big for my need, though am always on the lookout for hobby size tools..
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Saw some on thaicarpenter<dot>com. could not cut and paste as search language is in Thai. Metal-cutting bandsaw for around 9,000 baht.
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^^ thanks I'll check out the website.i have never come across thaicarpenter website before
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The following place has a huge range of tools. I bought a good quality set of impact sockets online awhile ago. Delivered by Kerry Logistics. Have not looked for a band saw, but he does have power saws and mitre saws.
http://www.boomtools.net/index.php?lang ... eadername=
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Ok, so there are a couple of Thai style things that my wife wants that are not available here in the style she wants so I did an online search and came up with exactly the product she wanted, but only on Alibaba. It's an item that should last years so she probably will only ever need one of them. The minimum order was something like 200 of them! That's the problem with a lot of those Chinese sites. They are wholesale companies not meant to be used by the general public.
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
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Try Aliexpress, ther you need no minimum.
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That's OK, but Aliexpress do not carry the same range of items.
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oneof the factors that came and then went in the west was the Mall as a fun place to go, wander round meet friends, see and be seen etc--that has essentially died, A mall is just a place with good parking and a lot of shops close together.
In Thai that change has not happened, I have friends with Thai partners who go to MV or now BP every day, not that they need things but just a thing to do, it kills 2 hours in their boring lives. My guess is that will not change anytime soon. Telling your Thai partner that they can shop on line and never leave the house would horrify them.
In Thai that change has not happened, I have friends with Thai partners who go to MV or now BP every day, not that they need things but just a thing to do, it kills 2 hours in their boring lives. My guess is that will not change anytime soon. Telling your Thai partner that they can shop on line and never leave the house would horrify them.
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No only does it kill an hour or two, but many Thais live without ac. Those hours at daytime is well spent relaxing in one of the malls with free ac. When the sun sets temp cools down and they can head on home.oakdale160 wrote:oneof the factors that came and then went in the west was the Mall as a fun place to go, wander round meet friends, see and be seen etc--that has essentially died, A mall is just a place with good parking and a lot of shops close together.
In Thai that change has not happened, I have friends with Thai partners who go to MV or now BP every day, not that they need things but just a thing to do, it kills 2 hours in their boring lives. My guess is that will not change anytime soon. Telling your Thai partner that they can shop on line and never leave the house would horrify them.
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Not only Thais. I rarely put the A/C on until 8 or 9pm. On a hot day, it's quite nice to jump in the A/C car and drive to a Mall. Unfortunately, it normally means browsing around a few shops.
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A popular thing to do, especially for seniors, at the local malls, is to go and walk for exercise. Air conditioned, people watching, etc. I don't go shopping much but, when I do go, always see some seniors powerwalking. Makes sense
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and after their power walk, they all spend money in the mall??
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I think many do it 3+ times a week so doubt they spend muchoakdale160 wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2017 8:18 am and after their power walk, they all spend money in the mall??
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