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I do not understand two pages and no real answer.

Condo fee is due and always has to be paid unless there is some technical reason. There is no statute of limitation. It is not a personal loan it is an outstanding and on going bill.

Interest is a maximum of 8% for the 1st 6 months the money is owed then up to 20% there after. There is no interest on the interest, only on the actual condo fee due. Most Condo's I know of charge the maximum.

Buying from a bank, normally the bank says you pay all the outstanding fees - it is in the agreement.

You must have a letter from the Condo saying no money is owed before you can register in your name.

This is where the interesting bit comes - if the Condo issued a no debt letter so you could register in your name but money is owing the Condo might have forfiet the option to bill for the Condo fee. But that is complex and with 1 million at stake I would suspect it will go to court.

Just a hint for those from Europe,

If you have a nice friend in Europe get them to do the online booking for you. Midnight in Thailand is between 5pm and 7pm for them so a very reasonable time to be up on the computer.

Wind caused a fair amount of damage to the stalls outside Festival, and the roof blew off the walkway. Oh yes and the big billboard above and in front of festival got damaged.

All cause in a matter of minutes.

DTAC registered my very old SIM in a few seconds, but did try to get me to 'upgrade' and get lots of free minutes etc.

Recall something in the act that says the owners must let the JP take all legal action on the owners behalf. Of course that does depend upon whether the owners want to take action against the JP.............

Don't care what people say (there was a previous thread on this topic) I like them.

I do not like A/C.

I find fans just waft the warm air about, both ceiling fans and free standing ones.

I stand it infront of the open window blowing across the bed. The evaporation cools the night air by a couple of degrees and makes it nice to sleep all through the night.

Less effective in a room, I'm still debating whether to use with a window shut or open!

Just had two calls with Bangkok air - both times their staff used world airports.

What is wrong with P and in pneumonia and K as in Knight?

Someone meantioned that the cost of building a concrete condo is very different from a house.

Anyone know the current cost of building say a 10 story concrete condo with no fittings etc? For our building insurance we are working on about 8,000 Baht per sq metre but do not know if this is reasonable.

Amorn are now in the first computer plaza after Huay Kaew Moat junction. That is the last plaza build but looks a mess. Amorn only has a small space and lots of stuff is missing - including fridge parts.

Incidentally the ferry requires Malaysian currency, but there is no ATM or currency exchange in the station. Unless things have changed.

Index did have a free standing fan for 35,000 Baht last year.

I kid you not. At that price it must be good.

I agree with KittenKong except it is my understanding that compound interest is not allowed.

Maximum interest is 20% (after 6 months) and that is simple interest. I believe there was a case in Riverside where they charged compound interest and an owner objected. The owner won the case.

On another point I would be careful about listing non-payers. The laws of libel in Thailand are quite draconian.

If a unit is totally abandoned then it is possible for the condo to get control of the unit, sell it and recover their money. The balance is held for the legitimate owner. But it is time consuming.

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Use Skype, as previously said, no charge, it is free for free phone numbers.

Maybe I do something wrong, but using skype it rings twice then hangs up, and I have credit in my skype account.

From the Skype website

The following countries and number ranges are supported and are free of charge to all users. We're working on the rest of the world.

France: +33 800, +33 805, +33 809
Poland: +48 800
UK: +44 500, +44 800, +44 808
USA: +1 800, +1 866, +1 877, +1 888
Taiwan: +886 80

So in fact just another useless comment.,

The number you quoted in the first post appears to be a US toll free number number 001 800.

Your quote from Skype says calls to the US are free.

I have called US toll free numbers from Thailand using Skype for free.

Maybe Element 14 is a useless firm but that does not mean you can not call a US toll free number using Skype from Thailand.

Magnetic rings etc have no proven medical effect.

BUT if they work for you then use them, my wife does and it made a big improvement for her.

And we bought from Billy the tree, excellent service turned up very quickly and no tax on delivery.

This was after searching Chiang Mai for a source of magnetic stuff and finding nothing.

Use Skype, as previously said, no charge, it is free for free phone numbers.

As a comparison what is the price of a Honda Dream motorcycle in Australia?

The equivalent of a dream in the UK is nearly 3 times the price and I can not see any difference in the specifications.

But cars, the pricing is the other way around. One I was looking at 600,000 Baht in the UK, just over 1 million in Thailand.

Thanks Daoyai, went to their website and the Promenade but nothing about 2015 - but they are not very good at advance publicity!

Over the last three years Earth Wind and Fire had had concerts in March April, first at 3 Kings then at Promenade.

Anyone heard anything about a concert this year?

(Sorry about the title - couldn't resist)

I put 35 in the front and 37 in the back - I normally carry a non-Thai pillion hence a little more than many other people.

What I have found is I lose 10 psi from front and back between fills of petrol - ie about once a week.

If I keep the pressure up I do not get as many punctures.

Confusion!!!!

The organic market used to be on Thanon Chaing Rai aka Thanon 'photocopy' going from the university entrance on canal road going to Niman road.

It was on Saturday and Wednesday 6am to noon.

The Saturday part moved some way down canal road last year.

A few weeks ago the Wednesday part moved into the university just beside Doi Kham, on the corner of Canal and Suthep. There have been a few (4) stalls outside Doi Kham for a couple of years but the organic market is Wednesday 6am to noon. For those that know of the monthly market, used to be first Friday and Saturday of the month, it is in the same place.

Not Tuesday, it is on Wednesday.

I needed the letter last November to do the same thing in Chiang Mai.

I got it from the consulate, took best part of 10 minutes and cost all of nothing.

But I am aware things change.

Edited to add, why the rush? You must do the change before doing an extension, probably before getting a re-entry permit. Otherwise there doesn't seem to be any deadline.

Sent mine off by normal 1st class post on Thursday, Monday was a public holiday. Returned by courier on Saturday morning. Excellent service and all trackable on line.

We looked at a number of offerings from a number of companies about 3 or 4 years ago.

All failed to do what we wanted.

All offered to 'fix' so they would do what we wanted.

All were incredibly expensive, cost of the basic program, cost of amendments to the program, cost of training.

In the end we wrote our own simple program that does just what our Condo wants.