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Khun Bob
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This is quite a bummer as if you pay your DTAC bill via the web and use a credit card it is now potentially made quite difficult - if I have to I will look to see if the old version, which I was quite happy with, is still available.
Seems that most thai website designers assume you have a 2MB+ connection. What fun I had with a basic GPRS connection for 14 months in Thailand and now a dial up in the UK....
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Yes and there is more - seems VoIPCheap is the best with Thai and UK mobiles free...
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Also VoIPDiscount of offering the following :
<script>Dear customer,
We now offer a 100% free Text Messaging service!
It's now possible to send free text messages to all these destinations:
Argentina
Bangladesh
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
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Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
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India
Iraq
Japan
Malaysia
Norway
Pakistan
Peru
Singapore
Ukraine
Venezuela
For an overview of all our action rates please visit our website: http://www.voipdiscount.com/en/smsrates.html
Kind Regards,
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Tis obvious they are offering free call destinations that are different from the free sms - go think about this !
Anyway enjoy while you can - and yes it does work.
For people calling just thai landlines I would suggest VoIPCheap...
However for people calling Thai mobiles and wanting to send sms to thai mobiles, I would suggest a credit with VoIPDiscount and VoIPCheap. Apparently, so long as you are in credit you can send free SMS - for how long I dont know - make hay while you can.
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With DTAC post-paid (contract) is the way to go - just get the zero contract. IR is a one off fee of around 1000 baht I think. It works well and has very good coverage in most countries.
Alternatively, as already pointed out, some cards from neighboring countries are very good - another example is digi prepaid from malaysia. Very good online management, IR and data come as standard.
If you would like a UK mobile number that can be transferred to several South East Asian countries local numbers with no cost to you, please PM me. Likewise for a solution to receive sms in many countries free of charge, please PM me.
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Yes it is true - you can send sms (txt) free to thai mobiles through the voipbuster.com client and web interface.
Word of warnig though - if you havent verified your mobile phone your voipbuster username will be used as the call identifier. So if the receiver doesnt know who you are, you dont want to disclose your identity to them or they try to reply to the sms there may be problems.
Anyway it works, I have tested it on my thai mobile and the sms's came through within 5 mons of them being sent. Still cant complain for the price !
Make the most, it may not be there for long !
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For anyone that uses DTAC's online eservice to pay their bill, send sms's or see their bill then as part of the seemingly continual updating of recent the english language version will not be available, allegedly, for the rest of this month and maybe more. This may well be a fob off answer from customer service, but the english version has not been available for nearly a week now. Selecting the english version just produces the Thai version. If you know your way around and you hover over the links you can see that the options are and still use the system. The features are still the same it is just the look that has changed.
Personally I think this version and the last are sh1t. Why is is that they think you have to have a web site that looks flash - i cant beleive the amount of cpu time a long sms takes up. What on earth is their code doing. Well I know only too well the answers. Best to use IE and disable everything - this way you get the best perfromance sending an sms over 140 chars in lenght.
Dont you just love those intro screens aswell - just make the avoid link clearer !
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Interesting Post !
What area was the land office you registered your usufruct at ?
TIA
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Does the money have to go to the uk or do you just want to hold in GBP. If the latter then enquite about a GBP account with kasikorn or consider opening a GBP account in Malaysia or Singapore.
Transfers or small amount will cost alot using traditional transfer methods - as already sugessted look at using paypal - have a thai paypal account linked to you kbank account and a uk paypal account liked to your uk bank acount - you will lose out here as the paypal exchange rate is very poor. Alternatively talk to bangkok bank about small transfers to the uk. They have a deal in the uk where up to £500 can be transferred to thailand for £15, there may be a similar arrangement the other way.
HTH
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Goto malaysia and ship using PO. You will find it 50-70% cheaper than thailand and far more reliable.
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Comments Martin, Anyone ?
Is it that brilliant ? (or am i being naieve...) - producing thai script from a transliteration is a bit shakey and risky at bestWell if you have the actual thai script together with the transliteration it will enable you to determine the rules used and to see if they have been applied consistently (to a degree). Further, it may allow better machine understanding of the sound of a place name.
If the transliteration is independent of the thai script or there is no thai script - then the matching or suggesting method needs to have some understanding of the sound when verbalised - i beleive there is a matching system called soundex that could be worth exploring. But at a much more simple level, if you extract each unique word from all the words presented, then have these sorted as a seperate list, when entering or looking for a place name is would be possible to see what is 'near' (in an acoustic way, not spacial, in this case). This would enable a subset of choices to be produced - if this was combined in realtime with an actual position on the map as the long and lat will be paired, then this could assist the correct selection of the actual place.
In your example of the same place having several versions of a transliterated name, then given that typically, there a few two (or more) places that are spacially very close and have very similar sounding place names, the system could assume with some degree of certainty, that the different transliterations, are indeed the same place ! Naturally, having a lat and long exactly the same would be a dead give away too !
I use to work with a lot of guys that did GIS research, and one of the best pieces of work was an AI system for the placement of names on maps. Well the guys PhD thesis was one of the cr4ppiest I've ever looked over in 10 mins. Still it is better to have some decent work and a poor looking thesis, than the other way around - although if you've done some so-so work and your thesis looks the biz, it helps...
Last time I was i touch with them, they all had good jobs with ESRI in USA...
Now where can I get a way points for Thailand in Thai script ? Actually given this, it must be pretty straightforward to generate any of the standard transliterations from this automatically. I beleive there is a (Thai University) website that catalogues the different thai transliterations.
That is a brilliant idea, 'Khun Bob'.To be able to enter someone's idea of the transliteration of a place name, get the Thai lettering and compare with what it says on a road sign would be brilliant.
My favourite example of the difficulties comes from just 300 metres down our soi, where the sign on "Non Saat Post Office" faces the one on "Non Sa-arde Police Station".
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Just got the latest weekly rates email - put below :
Provider Account Type Notice Period Rate (AER) on £10000.00
S & F (IOM) Instant/Direct Access 0 days 6.55%
S & F (IOM) Instant/Direct Access 0 days 6.54%
Anglo Irish Instant/Direct Access 0 days 6.19%
Barclays Instant/Direct Access 0 days 6.05%
A & L Int Instant/Direct Access 0 days 6.00%
No change from last week. Anybody gone with S&F ? What are they like ? What is your experience with them ?
TIA
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Be interesting to hear from the legal service providers what the current status of obtaining usufructs is...
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Khun Bob, looks like you've answered the question yourself.
I wish I could be so astute and fortunate - however as seems to be the norm on TV now - the people who can make sensible comments on the subject dont - and I wonder why ?
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The condos I'll be considering are in the less then 500K bracket - so metrosexual and cosmopolitan dont really apply here I think.
I'm just after things to look out for the basic concrete box that this money gets, but with a few frills, like broadband - mayb e with a direct phone line and bills direct with the water and electricity company
Thanks
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To save any confusion he is talking about Birmingham, ENGLAND.
Oh, ok... sorry. That's nice, though, that they have named a place over there after Birmingham, Alabama.
Birmingham, ENGLAND was a town long before USA had a state called Alabama + Birmingham USA was even named
Ignis... you are biting
Even WITH a Hazard Warning provided (Post #11)....
although turnabout is fair play:
John - the link you provided has a problem with it...
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Just look at your prospective co-owners. Are they a "metrosexual" Thai/Japanese/Westerner mix, or do they all look like they just moved in from the country? You are going to live with them for a long time, so choose people who think like you do...
Good point - for the price range I'm considering it will probabaly be all thais - but of what status and background ? I've lived in a few cheap places and visited a few too so I have an ide what your talking about. I know when considering a property here in the UK it is a good idea to go along a different times of the day and days of the week, just to see what is going on. There must be some good lists on the net on what to consider when buying a place to live in anywhere - would be good to have those and put on here - also would be good to have some more that are specific to buying a condo in thailand.
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would the british embassy be able to help re the usufruct,i like most poeple like black or white no grey, everything over here shifting sands.It would be a great test if we had somebody that could call all the offices and ask them ( thai person) if they are still doing usufructs and see who is and who isnt.Thanks for the replies - I guess this begs a few more questions now....* If someone in the main office (whatever) has made a decision that usufructs cannot be used in the way most foreigners would like on land, is this a blanket policy ? In other words if you go somewhere and get a usufruct set up by the land office, is that usufruct still valid after this central decision ?
* If you already have a usufruct setup, could you be left like people who used a company to own land - ie in an illegal situation and potentially lose the rights you expected to have to the land
* How would some one find out exactly what has happenned ? I think goin along and asking would not be so good, as clearly it will just amplify the situation.
If usufructs are considered as a loophole, an more people start asking about them then it can only make the situation worse. But, what concerns me is that if you have one/get one and you think you are ok for the rest of your life and this then turns out to not be the case, can you move over to a lease. I guess that one solution if you have a usufruct or can get one is to lease the land to your self. Then again if the usufruc is considered invalid for this purpose, would lease issued from it also be considered invalid ?
DBTTWYCATL - Dont Bring To Thailand What You Cant Afford To Lose !
Well if usufructs have had their honeymoon is it the turn of superficies (spelling) next or are there any other old laws
I think calling and asking the land offices would just hasten their demise. What is needed is an alternative way of finding out so that you can know, witout the land office knowing that you want to know and why you want to know
If they know what you want to know it will just raise more alarms.
Has to be said that the legal service firms, who asisst in doing leases and usufructs would/should be a fair source of information on this - seems that some people choice of where to consider may be influenced by the local land offices' policy on usufructs !
Still, does having a usufruct override any changes in law, that take place after the usufruct is issued ?
With the old company route, I beleive it was always known and stated that having a shell/holding company to own land was not permitted. It was just never enforced, till recently.
I just been reading the SEA forum on here about owning land in Cambodia - sure a foreigner can own land, but if some important person would like it - tough - laws dont apply !
I agree Black and White is nice - but I guess it is really just dark grey to light grey - because you never really know what can happen. Still, you have to do as much to protect your self as possible and keep an eye open on changes/rumours, and always have a few backup plans.
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Thanks for the replies - I guess this begs a few more questions now....
* If someone in the main office (whatever) has made a decision that usufructs cannot be used in the way most foreigners would like on land, is this a blanket policy ? In other words if you go somewhere and get a usufruct set up by the land office, is that usufruct still valid after this central decision ?
* If you already have a usufruct setup, could you be left like people who used a company to own land - ie in an illegal situation and potentially lose the rights you expected to have to the land
* How would some one find out exactly what has happenned ? I think goin along and asking would not be so good, as clearly it will just amplify the situation.
If usufructs are considered as a loophole, an more people start asking about them then it can only make the situation worse. But, what concerns me is that if you have one/get one and you think you are ok for the rest of your life and this then turns out to not be the case, can you move over to a lease. I guess that one solution if you have a usufruct or can get one is to lease the land to your self. Then again if the usufruc is considered invalid for this purpose, would lease issued from it also be considered invalid ?
DBTTWYCATL - Dont Bring To Thailand What You Cant Afford To Lose !
Well if usufructs have had their honeymoon is it the turn of superficies (spelling) next or are there any other old laws
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Interesting - it is easier, quicker (dependent upon where you are located) (and cheaper if going by public transport) to get to Birmingham from most places in the UK than it is to hull. Some return coach tickets (mega bus, special nat express fares) now cost less than the price of Royal Mail special delivery post there and back ( £8.60, £4.30 2 ways), if you dont trust the RM with your passport or want to avoid the hassles of claiming and getting it replaced if damaged, lost or stolen. Also is seems that Birmingham are charging only an extra £5 for processing on the spot, where as hull ask an extra £10, and need you to make an appointment.
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I believe that the way it works for onshore / offshore rates are :
Visa - onshore
Maestro/mastercard - offshore
Topfield did alot of research on this over a year ago - but TV banned him - great ban people who put a lot in to the forums, keep the people who can make one liners, but fundamentally add little.
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<br /><br /><br /><br />If this is so then I'm not surprised, but it will be a big pain as usufructs have such a significant advantage over leases.<br /><br />Still I guess that Pattaya and Bangkok is where most foreigners would be doing usufructs.<br /><br />I wonder if Sunbelt or IsaanLawyers would care to comment on this ?<br /><br />Seems funny that it may be halted in Pattaya, where as in other places the land office staff, have never heard of a usufruct !<br /><br />Also, I wonder Bomonster if this happenned as I seem to recall that you wanted to do a usufruct your self and not use legal assistance (correct me if I'm wrong)<br /><br />
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<br /><br />The land office in jomtiem refused point blank and when challanged they said this is the new legistlation, i showed them a copy of a usufruct sent to me by a member, they told me yes that was ok in 2548 not now, new gov guidelines.<br />
<br />that's not a usufruct but just an ordinary lease.<br />i was told by land office in pattaya that the gov had stopped doing the sittagapgintalordshevit in favour of a 30 year different version with both names you and wife going on the channot and in the gov computer ?yes you are correct re the usufruct. I was advised re a member that the need for a lawyer was not necessary?I have heard so many cases of sh*t law advice and my first experience of a thai lawyer 2 year ago was poor, plus the lawyer from my selling agent has just scarperd with clients money, not mine thank god.
I also the next day having reg the chanoot went back to the land office and sat down with the top man who explained that this route was now stopped is he lying to me?
nothing simple thailand
I wonder if this is why people pay alot to the legal service firms - is the top man making it difficult for you as you by yourself and he thinks he can make out of it ?
How would you independently find out if rules with respect to usufructs had been changed and what, if any, those changes are ? But usufructs are a very old arrangement, somethign like this would surely require a change in law that would take some time to implement. And you are the first person to mention this problem. The only problems I've heard with usufructs is that the people in the land office dont have familiarity with them.
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I just got my weekly interest rate update email and in the offshore section the following are listed as top :
Provider Account Type Notice Period Rate (AER) on £10000.00
S & F (IOM) Instant/Direct Access 0 days 6.55%
S & F (IOM) Instant/Direct Access 0 days 6.54%
Anglo Irish Instant/Direct Access 0 days 6.19%
Barclays Instant/Direct Access 0 days 6.05%
A & L Int Instant/Direct Access 0 days 6.00%
Now I've never seen S & F before and their rates and significantly above the others - in fact they are better than onshore instant access accounts !
Anyone know who they are ? - a quick google on the name revealed little
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Hi fellas.
Im going to Birmingham tomorrow to try and get a multiple entry visa, Obviously its been shut all weekend so i cant chase them up about what documentation i need to take, From what ive gathered from friends is that i need to take the application form, 2 photos and a letter from my family gauranteeing my repatriation. I will be visiting friends by the way.
Anything else ive overlooked guys?......
I wasn't aware that there was a Thai Consulate in Alabama, but good luck to you.
They dont get much business, but thats perfect for the staff there !
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Any more points to look out for anyone ?
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If this is so then I'm not surprised, but it will be a big pain as usufructs have such a significant advantage over leases.
Still I guess that Pattaya and Bangkok is where most foreigners would be doing usufructs.
I wonder if Sunbelt or IsaanLawyers would care to comment on this ?
Seems funny that it may be halted in Pattaya, where as in other places the land office staff, have never heard of a usufruct !
Also, I wonder Bomonster if this happenned as I seem to recall that you wanted to do a usufruct your self and not use legal assistance (correct me if I'm wrong)
i was told by land office in pattaya that the gov had stopped doing the sittagapgintalordshevit in favour of a 30 year different version with both names you and wife going on the channot and in the gov computer ?that's not a usufruct but just an ordinary lease.
The land office in jomtiem refused point blank and when challanged they said this is the new legistlation, i showed them a copy of a usufruct sent to me by a member, they told me yes that was ok in 2548 not now, new gov guidelines.
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So this will let you register for IR with a happy sim - how much will they charge ? Last time I looked it was over 1000 aht per time you go abroad (or each activation only had a certain period it would work for, unliike DTAC post pay)
And, how long will they IR activation last for ?
Thanks
PS do you know if a sim has been activated and the sim is outisde of thailand, activating IR online will enable use of the sim without it returning to thailand ?