Phuket Holidays On eBay

Re my 24 July Sierra Tango on Asian Sweethearts article on Phuket hotels auctioning rooms on eBay, I checked eBay today and found 5 current auctions for the Baumanburi Resort & Spa, Patong, Phuket. Superior twin rooms at this hotel in low season go for Baht2,400 per night. If you make a winning bid, you do not get a gift certificate from a 3rd party seller you get prepaid accomodation from the resort marketing company with no additional fees and free airport pick-up. The winning bid is all you pay. However, the small print will disqualify most of Pattaya Rags readers, i.e.

• All applicants must be aged between 35 and 70 - no problem there
• Applicants must be married or have been living together for 2 years - oh, oh, tricky one for people who measure their relationships by the hour
• Applicants must attend a presentation on the benefits of online holidays - what's an online holiday? Isn't that what Arnold Swarzathingy did in that sci-fi movie, Total Recall? Well, one of his movies anyway......
  

I tried similar searches for Pattaya, Koh Chang, and Koh Samui but drew a blank so it appears to be a promotion by just the one hotel rather than a new low season policy by hotels to get bums on beds.

Sierra Tangos

• ‘The Simpsons Movie‘ is blowing away the competition at the box office. Not only this weekend’s competition but it is smashing box office records for the entire summer. Homer, Bart and crew had the 17th best opening night of all-time last night. As movies are usually released at the same date/time around the world it would look as though Thailand's missed out on this one
  

• Most Embarrassing Moments - A lady picked up several items at a discount store. When she finally got to the checkout, she learned that one of the items had no price tag. The checkout girl got on the public address system, which boomed out across the store for everyone to hear, 'price check for Tampax super size'. But it got worse. Someone at the rear of the store apparently misunderstood the word 'Tampax' for the word 'thumbtacks' and replied in a business like tone over the same public address system, 'do you want the kind you push in with your thumb or the kind you belt in with a hammer?'

• Shenanigans is set to re-open in August 07 in the new shopping mall on Second Road, opposite Soi Post Office / Soi 14. Looks like another good location. If you want to get your wife / girlfriend back out to work, they are hiring bar and restaurant staff.
  

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