Sale of alcoholic beverages to be banned via electronic channels

[webfact 78,396]

Sale of alcoholic beverages to be banned via electronic channels

By THE NATION

 

 

Alcohol sales via electronic channels will be prohibited, the Royal Gazette announced on its website yesterday (September 8 ).

 

The announcement, signed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, stated that due to the popularity of e-commerce, some entrepreneurs opted to sell alcoholic beverages via electronic channels, making it difficult to control the date, time, venue and target groups buying alcohol to be in compliance with the legal limit as stated in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act BE 2551.

 

Therefore, the prime minister, after getting advice from the National Alcoholic Beverage Policy Committee, announced that sales or “other actions” related to the selling of alcoholic beverages via electronic channels will be prohibited.

 

This includes direct selling, persuading, introducing the product or related services via electronic channels that enable sellers and consumers to complete a sale without physically meeting.

 

This prohibition does not include the selling and paying for alcoholic beverages via electronic methods at stores, restaurants or establishments that serve alcohol.

 

The ban will take effect within 90 days of being announced in the Royal Gazette.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30394218

 

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[Shuya 1,374]

Muppets

[Thailand 18,617]

Dumbidity

[rkidlad 32,011]

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

This prohibition does not include the selling and paying for alcoholic beverages via electronic methods at stores, restaurants or establishments that serve alcohol

Why not? Why not make it as hard as possible to buy alcohol. 

 

Alcohol bad. Corruption okay. We don't want you to drink 'cos it's bad and we care for you. Meanwhile, you'll be dust under our feet and we expect you to smile and thank us.  

[AbeNormal 971]

going backwards

 

more stupidity

[JeffersLos 2,249]

So companies like wishbeer get wiped out? 

 

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

This includes direct selling, persuading, introducing the product or related services via electronic channels that enable sellers and consumers to complete a sale without physically meeting.

Would they not meet at the delivery? 

[AbeNormal 971]

Time for an election with international monitors and get rid of these power mongering corrupt incompetent fools

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 9, 2020 by AbeNormal

[holy cow cm 12,083]

Just another control tactic by the regime and the ones in the committee trying to be the best little boot licker.

[Matzzon 13,663]

I guess the pandemic hasn´t hit hard enough yet. Just felt the need for making around 200-300 persons more out of a job.

What the heck! Just give another handout. It´ll fix it!

[2 is 1 2,814]

Come to 2000 century! You can easily prove byuer age in electrically also! You have one of the most fast internet in planet, still you love paper! Not use all good things what you can do in electronic way!

Edited September 9, 2020 by 2 is 1

[MartinL 1,107]

" ... difficult to control the date, time, venue and target groups buying alcohol ... ".

 

Couldn't these 'problems' be overcome by requiring e.g. a traceable ID number and registered delivery address of some sort for all online purchases?

 

Do the likes of Tesco, Makro, TOPS etc. have a physical meeting with their alcohol suppliers every time they make a purchase? Surely not, it's probably all done by phone or electronically! How about booze importers?

 

Come to that, instead of the archaic alcohol sales rules in shops, to prevent (apparently, among other reasons) sales to school-age kids, wouldn't it be sensible (and therefore not likely in Thailand) to require age ID for every shop sale - after all, Thais have ID cards showing dob/age from (I think) the age of 7, foreigners have other forms of ID.

 

Hmmmm, on second thoughts, maybe not; using the example of 'foreigners can't pay bills at Tesco because no Thai ID', perhaps that'd mean those foreigners who buy booze would be prevented from doing so - grounds for a riot!!!!

Edited September 9, 2020 by MartinL

[madmitch 11,421]

27 minutes ago, webfact said:

making it difficult to control the date, time, venue and target groups buying alcohol to be in compliance with the legal limit as stated in the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act BE 2551.

So they are concerned that people might put in an order between 2 and 5 in the afternoon or on a Buddha Day?

 

This is typical of this Government in concentrating on trivial issues rather than those that actually matter. Maybe this will be as successful as the lottery ticket price control and beach chair ban!

 

 

[Matzzon 13,663]

13 minutes ago, 2 is 1 said:

You have one of the most fast internet in planet

What? Where in the world did you get that information? 

[ChipButty 15,518]

I wonder how many of them dumb MP's order beer online? This is getting stupid this is what you get when the army runs the country, rules and more rules

[Saltire 1,311]

 

I have lost count the number of times i've wandered into a 7/11 or a BigC store to buy alcohol at 2.05 PM. Gets me every time. As well as covid-free destination maybe the next target is alcohol free. That would work right?