making and selling ice and water

[randysavage]

please can any one help me i have a house in korat and hope to leave england in a years time my idea for an income is to make and sell ice and clean drinking water does any one do this or know of any one who does this please help desperate to leave old blighty thanks

[jandajoy]

Sorry mate, but

[dirtydog]

^Think you will find that Polaris is or was farang owned.

[randysavage]

thanks janda for the support youve really made my day

[Thetyim]

does any one do this or know of any one who does this

Our family runs one.

Deep bore well, pumps, sediment tank,three stage filter, UV zapper, loads of plastic bottles and a truck to deliver them with.
Government inspections every 3 months (supposedly)

[superman]

What's the OP's initial outlay expected to be ?

[kingwilly]

please can any one help me i have a house in korat and hope to leave england in a years time my idea for an income is to make and sell ice and clean drinking water does any one do this or know of any one who does this please help desperate to leave old blighty thanks

great idea, everyone needs ice.

[CharleyFarley]

Ice sells for 5 Baht a kilo and water is 10 Baht for 20 litres

Hope this helps.

[jandajoy]

We pay 8 baht for a 20 litre jug of drinking water, delivered to the kitchen.

How the old girl, who runs the show, makes a living is beyond me.

[superman]

water is 10 Baht for 20 litres

12, where I live. If that helps ?

[Larn]

There seems to be plenty around the place. As Thetyim says they get government inspections every now and then. (every few months my missus and a team in a mobile lab spend a week or so going around doing the inspections)

If you find an area without too much competition it could be worthwhile.

[jandajoy]

10,000 for a freezer

4000 electric every month (minimum)

transport

containers

plastic bags and rubber bands for the ice.

Capital out lay for bore or well

Pump - 10000

holding tanks

pipes.

Can anybody add to the list ?

[Thetyim]

If you find an area without too much competition it could be worthwhile.

100%
Delivery costs are a burden.
A pick-up won't hold many 20 litre jars.
You need a nice tight delivery area to make it worthwhile.

[Begbie]

Drinking water dispensers seem to be every where, in Chiang Mai at least. 50 satang a litre. We don't use bottled water anymore.

[Cenovis]

With your Board Name you probably could make a roaring trade with the Red Shirts

[Simon43]

I thought that the drinking water/ice business fell into the same category as ice-cream making. That is, it is not forbidden for a farang to work in that business, but that he is likely to be rapidly knee-capped if he attempts to compete with the existing Thai-owned businesses of that type?

Or is that just in Phuket where this rule applies?

Simon

[tsicar]

water is 10 Baht for 20 litres

12, where I live. If that helps ?

you are being ripped off!


do what I do and refuse to drink the stuff!
stand up and be a man!
support the boycott!
teach the thieving bastards a lesson!

[dirk diggler]

My arch nemesis across the road sells ice and water. I'm not up early enough to know if he makes that MASSIVE block of ice or gets it delivered, but he chops it into chunks with an axe, then lobs them into a noisy as fvck cube grinding machine for about an hour solid at 0645 every morning. Not sure about his water, but he charges us 100bht for a large bag of ice, 2-4 times a day. I'm gonna question this tomorrow so thanks for bringing this up.

[Rigger]

I thought that the drinking water/ice business fell into the same category as ice-cream making. That is, it is not forbidden for a farang to work in that business, but that he is likely to be rapidly knee-capped if he attempts to compete with the existing Thai-owned businesses of that type? Or is that just in Phuket where this rule applies? Simon

I looked at doing the ice thing years ago and was told that most probably the shop will burn down.

[Smug Farang Bore]

I thought that the drinking water/ice business fell into the same category as ice-cream making. That is, it is not forbidden for a farang to work in that business, but that he is likely to be rapidly knee-capped if he attempts to compete with the existing Thai-owned businesses of that type?

Or is that just in Phuket where this rule applies?

Simon

Glad you made the point. I was about to say the same.

The cost is your knees if you go anywhere busy n if you don't, you'll go skint.

Do you know any Burmese delivery boys that work seven days a week for 1000bt.....?

Just askin like...!

Could always open a burger stand at Nana.

[Bogon]

13 baht for a big bottle my way.
You may think I am getting ripped off but the owner gives me free ice for my beer when I sit at his shack. My friend(s) also get the free ice treatment if they are sitting with me, so I make the 13 baht back in my free ice consumption.
Seriously OP. You gotta come up with a better plan than this. What do you do in your home country? could you incorporate your skills or use any contacts that could benifit you?
God speed on your endeavor dude.

[peter2076]

i think a better idea is drilling a well and selling water for farming. this way, they can grow two crops a year instead of one.

[Rigger]

i think a better idea is drilling a well and selling water for farming. this way, they can grow two crops a year instead of one.

Yes and let them suck it out until no one has any water, Parts of Thailand have been doing this for years until this year where the goverment has stepped in and stopped them.

[12Call]

We pay 8 baht for a 20 litre jug of drinking water, delivered to the kitchen.

How the old girl, who runs the show, makes a living is beyond me.

Tip her 10 baht !

[12Call]

MINERE deliver 144 lts for baht1200