moto77

back in March, the gov't stated any foreigners participating or mingling among the protestors may be apprehended. Most would take the warning and stop at that.

That picture from stickman dates way back. He must've been floating around there a long time. Doubtful he's got a pension. How do you suppose he made a living (in Pattaya)? dare I ask.

Three possibilities:

1. Undocumented English teacher (unlikely, he looks too stupid to fool anyone)

2. Lives off of some Thai lady's income.

3. Disability pension.

as in mental illness claims and welfare checks from his gov't? Quite a possible explanation!

Yup.

back in March, the gov't stated any foreigners participating or mingling among the protestors may be apprehended. Most would take the warning and stop at that.

That picture from stickman dates way back. He must've been floating around there a long time. Doubtful he's got a pension. How do you suppose he made a living (in Pattaya)? dare I ask.

Three possibilities:

1. Undocumented English teacher (unlikely, he looks too stupid to fool anyone)

2. Lives off of some Thai lady's income.

3. Disability pension.

Make that three and counting !

Hm, you don't seem to be deterring anyone.

There is more than one low-life expat holed up in Pattaya. Foreigners should stay out of the situation, even if married to a Thai like I am, and hope the Thais can work through this problem. If Jeff participated with the quote that is above, he deserves to burn for it. We don't need that kind of farang in Thailand. Does anybody have a link to that youTube video?

Hi excuse was that he was on steroids !

Why does this country attract so many "low-life" westerns, I have never meet so many idiot western people as I have in this country.

The only people that have tried to cheat me in this country - is people from my own hemisphere.

No wonder that some Thais think like they do of us "Farangs"

Yeah, and a good many are posting here tonight.

1. A YouTube OR ANY OTHER video that can be substantiated by an expert to be real can be used as evidence. hel_l, they will probably just ask the kid that shot it for the original copy. I'm sure he will hand it over, because he thought the guy was an idiot, too. You can see the video here:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/art...nd-loot-mall.do

And since the video, he said: “The war is over for the time being. But in two months time things will start up again. The attacks will begin.”

2. Threatening terrorism (regardless of whether it is carried out) is a crime.

1+2=Convicted

Shouldn't make much difference to Savage. Even if he doesn't get convicted, he's going to get deported and PNG'd. Then the poor bugger will be back in Britain--celibate again--because lets face it, that's almost certainly why he left. He couldn't find a woman in Soho with 1000 quid in his pocket. Might as well be in jail. LOL...

whatever the man's implication, it suddenly dawned on someone in the Thaï govt that with Thaksin supposedly in London, it could be of use to have some leverage on the UK embassy.

Now we'll see how far Brit brotherhood extends, ie whether he'll get any support from his consulate ; I'm off to the UK press to see the reactions there , might be worth a read .

LOL. Yeah, the UK government will go out of it's way to get that POS back, I'm sure.

But yeah, good job. Blame the farangs for the problems. That will bring the tourists back.

Most of us Farangs will be happy to see this loser end up in Bang Kwang.

Who underwrites the insurance of Central World? I'd be interested to know in reality who's pocket just took a caning...

Insurance doesn't cover terrorist actions in Thailand.

I think the reds are basically peacefull, but Abhisit always changes his mind saying I will desolve parliament and organise elections, the putting all this on hold!

How can anyone trust him?

I would get violent too

Abhisit has to resign if he wants peace back in Thailand!

After taking 40 lives, people's emotion will be hard to be contained.

This is the results of playing hard ball. It will always bounce back.

No, this is the result of playing softball. Hopefully we will see some hardball now that there is no question that we are dealing with terrorists.

I think the reds are basically peacefull, but Abhisit always changes his mind saying I will desolve parliament and organise elections, the putting all this on hold!

How can anyone trust him?

I would get violent too

Abhisit has to resign if he wants peace back in Thailand!

LOL Peaceful my ***

This is what happens when you are too soft on terrorists.

I'm planning on having it sent via Fedex or DHL.

Contact FedEx or DHL to get an idea.

That said, using a courier is the way to absolutely guarantee that you get charged the maximum possible together with 'storage' and 'delivery'.

bad experience with Fedex and DHL, no problem with TNT (two small shipments).

Who is TNT?

Still a lot of comments here about what not to do, but few ideas about what I should try.

The problem is that Thai Customs and their charges are so variable. From personal experience, the method that is least likely to attract customs attention is regular parcel post (tracked of course), the method that is most likely to attract customs attention is a courier (FedEx etc).

The above does not mean that regular post won't attract duty, or that FedEx will. Did those iPhones come by courier?

There's not actually a lot more that can be said.

Look at the first box here: http://www.asiatradehub.com/thailand/custom.asp

It says:

Duty free entry available to :

· Returning Thai resident who has lived abroad for more than 12 months (which my wife is)

· Persons possessing a one year non-immigrant visa with a valid work permit at the time shipment is imported. (which I am)

But I don't know the exact rules about how to do this.

I'm planning on having it sent via Fedex or DHL.

Contact FedEx or DHL to get an idea.

That said, using a courier is the way to absolutely guarantee that you get charged the maximum possible together with 'storage' and 'delivery'.

Still a lot of comments here about what not to do, but few ideas about what I should try. A friend shipped three iPhones over for import and marked the tag "3 iphones $350 each total $1050 and was not taxed at all, so clearly nothing is "absolutely guaranteed". Is it just a random system?

Greg: The incredibly complex process described earlier is beyond silly for one laptop and in any event I will be here for 90 days and will be carrying it out, not shipping it out. I KNOW that many people are not taxed on some electronic items that at shipped in. Does anyone have any concrete steps for how they are doing it?

One page mentioned an exemption for a Thai that has lived abroad being able to ship back items for free. Does anyone know how that works?

Would shipping in care of a Thai university help?

here is a sample calculation, which can give you an idea,

the duty can be found by searching for code 84713020 which suggests that the import should be exempt of import duty. but you will get stung for VAT and a processing fee by the courier.

I would recommend searching this site for experiences with couriers in thailand. As around the world, some are plain thieves.

I'm planning on having it sent via Fedex or DHL.

His US Employer probably has to setup the laptop with their software and email etc., hence buying it here in Thailand might not be possible.

There are a few options ( I work in this biz)

- does your US Employer has an office here? If yes, we could arrange for temporary import in to the Kingdom

- if it not to late tell you Employer to call USCIB Telephone: (866) 786-5625 and check the option for having a ATA Carnet issued

If all this fails, please PM me and we can work something out here on a local basis.

Hope this will help.

Thanks, I sent you a PM with more details.

Moto..... when, and its not so long ago... when Heroin was legal and since, Singapore was the number one port for the shipping of Heroin... Singapore made its money from Heroin... if not for that drug, there would be no Singapore.... Learn your history...

Red herring. Your statement is not a rebuttal, nor does it conflict with mine.

Singapore NOW has harsh laws and Singapore NOW has low drug use. You pointed out that when heroin was LEGAL, they had high drug use. Thank you for further establishing my point.

I dont know which Thailand your living in but the one I'm in youtube works fine, TVunetworks just doesnt load, how do you know its blocked, maybe it is having issues ??

It is working fine here in the US.

If justice is defined as as the quality of being righteous or fair, seems not so righteous and not so fair to take someone's life for carrying or even selling drugs.

If someone is not violent, how do you justify killing them? Seems crazy to me.

Drugs are killing lots of people. Would you like that somebody in your family would die overdosed, using cocaine? Seems crazy to me that you don't even understand that it wasn't candies.

To kill her would set an example for others, I'm pretty sure. But the drugs will still come inside using other ways.

No it won't.

Death sentence has never "set an example" and as you state the drug trade will always continue as long as there is a demand for it.

Seems to work in Singapore which has a drug abuse prevalence rate of 0.1%.

If someone is not violent, how do you justify killing them?

A huge percentage of the violent crime in the world is drug based, and she was involved in that for personal profit.

Certainly, it would be nice if they caught the kingpins, too. But it doesn't really matter how much profit she was going to make any more than it matters that Hitler murdered millions of people, while Ted Bundy "only" murdered 35.

here is a sample calculation, which can give you an idea,

the duty can be found by searching for code 84713020 which suggests that the import should be exempt of import duty. but you will get stung for VAT and a processing fee by the courier.

I would recommend searching this site for experiences with couriers in thailand. As around the world, some are plain thieves.

Supposedly there are discounts for personal effects that are shipped over if you have a work permit. Also exemptions for a Thai coming back to Thailand. (My wife is Thai.) Does anyone know how these work?

You say its going to arrive after you leave so you just call the office that sent the item and have them reverse the shipping so it gets sent back. There will be NO duty charges but you will pay the return shipping only.

It's going to arrive in the US after I leave the US.

How about just buying a new one here, charging it to your employer, and then taking it back with you?

You might compare the U.S. vs Thai price for the item, might find it's not all that different, and sure a lot less hassle.

Mac

Not possible. Government purchase.

Trust me, in USA for a non american it can be much much worst!

Exactly right.

I wonder if anyone here has any experience with this.

My US employer ordered a laptop for me to use while I am working in Bangkok. Unfortunately, Apple has delayed shipment and now it will arrive after I leave. They are planning to ship it to me, probably via DHL or FEDEX.

I am afraid that the Thai inspectors will try to charge me duty on it. Is there any way to avoid this? I am not importing it, and will be taking it back out when I leave in August.

If you overstay, they disregard the grace period and fine the full amount. Normal.