Raindancer

3 hours ago, Mike Lister said:

You need to visit an Optometrist to get an accurate prescription for eye glasses and there aren't that many in Thailand, almost NONE of the eye glass shops employ them......Optometrist is the missing profession in Thailand because so many people think the eye glass shops can do the same thing, for free...they can't..

 

The Vision Center is owned and operated by a trained Optometrist who has been around for a long time and is highly regarded.

That is a very generic unsubstantiated statement that eye shops do not have trained optometrists.

I had my eyes tested at Vision Express.  Then re tested in two different eye centre shops  Tokyo optic, Diamond eyes and received exactly the same prescription.

I have to say that of all three, Diamond eyes, were the most friendly,  and better priced with excellent service and good warranties. 

22 minutes ago, James Roderick said:

From my quick reading of the new tax arrangements, it looks like money bought-in from overseas to support a retirement visa - either the monthly transfer and/or the lump sum - will now be subject to local tax - and be treated as assessable income here in Thailand.

 

 

Please re read the original article and particularly section 48.   I think people are over thinking this.  There is a DTA between Thailand and 60 other countries. 

AFAIK and agree with, pensions that have already been taxed in your home country, cannot be double taxed in a country that has a DTA with Thailand.

There are no  visa extensions that  can be done online.  They are processed through an immigration office and authorised by the senior officer of the day.

If you want to be absolutely sure of what you need, documents etc, perhaps you would be better returninh and asking immigration directly.

But they do have a full list of what you need.  So I don't understand why you were not given the list.

At least that way, you will have the correct information.

Also  there are numerous sites on the Internet with full lists of documents,  photos etc.  Just Google

" Marriage visa Thailand documents"

 90 day reports and doing a border run.

90 day reports can  be done:

1.   Online

2. Drive through at CM immigration

3.  Central Festival floor 2.

And finally once you submit the marriage visa application, it will be " under condideration".

That might take about a month to process.

You will still need to ensure that during that time, you do your 90 day report before its expiry.

So a border run is not necessary.

Hope that helps.

11 hours ago, elena edwards said:

Thanks - I'll give him a call after the darn holiday is ended.

Ok.  He is very thorough.  I'm sure he will fix your system.

Hi

Try this young man.  He has been servicing my osmosis system for many years.

Tel: 081 297 45 68  Khun Nu

11 hours ago, DrJoy said:

Absolutely wrong

Thank you. I appreciate the heads up.   I will go to the bank and enquire again.

2 hours ago, Mutt Daeng said:

Thai ID may be mandatory to open a bank account where you live, but it's not mandatory in Buriram. I opened a GSB account with my passport.

Good to hear I'm not alone.  I've had my GSB accounts for 15 years, and didn't need a Thai ID card.  Furthermore, there is no need to deposit your more than million baht in different banks.   The I million baht insurance is " per account".  Thus you can have several accts in one bank.  But I suppose it would be prudent to have several different banks hold your numerous i million baht funds, as I have done.

As for govt bank ( gsb),  I enquired into this 1 million baht compensation/customer  protection and was told that this ruling applies to them as well.  But I would be very happy to be told otherwise.

4 minutes ago, transam said:

Not the UK state pension, for private pensions you have to read the small print regarding widows pension and longevity of payment................????

Absolutely.  And it depends when you took your private pension out whether you made it payable to you only.  In which case the widow will receive nothing.

If you included your wife upon your death,  then obviously the pension payable to you whilst you are alive, will be smaller, because they will have to use actuarial algorithm to work out longevity of you whilst alive and your wifes predicted longevity after your death.

There have been cases whereby the pension  holder chose to include his wife.  But then she passed away and the pension recipient remarried.  He then passed away and his new wife was refused pension rights, because she was not his wife at inception of the pension policy.

I am not advocating that this is fair or just,  only passing info on some  cases that were brought before the ombudsman. 

18 minutes ago, Joedoebarinio said:

I retired seven years ago. I was told during a conversation with the pension people that my wife (who is Thai) is entitled to half pension if I die first.

Which pension provider?  UK state pension or private pension?

14 minutes ago, glegolo18 said:

Maybe with that opinion about a open forum, it is the very wrong place for you, If you are so afraid about peoples reactions than do not write anything at all. It is still kind of pissing people off when sending general info via PM......

Nothing to do with being afraid of people's opinions.

But some people just like to stir the pot.  My info to the OP was personal  and not GENERAL info.  Why do I have to disclose personal info on a public forum?

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No problems

I have got used to the slight delay.  And as they say, " if it ain't broke, don't fix it" ????

You're welcome.  If you need any help, just PM me. 

By the way, don't forget to disconnect the power when trying both suggestions of water pump and pressure switch.

Then reconnect and see if there is a difference.   Once the water pump is primed, the only next step is the pressure switch adjustment.

Good luck

21 minutes ago, Daffy D said:

Cheers Raindancer, sounds like some useful things to try 

 

Will have a go at it tomorrow 

 

Cheers  

44 minutes ago, Daffy D said:

Recently my 15 year old Hitachi WM-P 300 finally gave up so replaced it with a new Hitachi WM-P 200xx.

 

The pump works Ok except it takes several seconds to put out full pressure when turning on a tap.

 

What happens is that when turning on a tap there is a low pressure flow of water and the suddenly seems like the pump kicks in and we get the full pressure.

 

This never used to happen with the old pump where we had full steady pressure right from the moment the tap was turned on.

 

I've had a go at Googling but haven't found an answer to cover this particular problem. Lots of "Adjusting the pressure switch" but am reluctant to do that as the pump is only a few weeks old.

 

Could be the pressure tank, perhaps? 

 

Any ideas or preferably a solution would be most welcome.    

 

There is a small pressure switch under a grey elongated round grey cover.  If you remove that, on  top of the switch is a small screw.  If you turn it a quarter of a turn to the right, the pump will kick in quicker.  This actually closes the contact to operate the pump sooner than you have currently.

However, don't turn too far, otherwise the pump will make a banging noise when water is turned off.  I suggest you remove the electric plug before attempting this.

Then carry out the above. And plug back in and try again.

It is trial and error as to how far you turn it to your desired effect, without the " thump" every time the water is turned off.   I have left mine alone, as I can accept the slight delay until full pressure is obtained.

One other thing to check, is that the pump is fully primed.  There is a grey plastic cap with a cross cut out on top.   Open it slowly by using the stem of a round screwdriver that fits the cross put and slowly turn anti clock wise.  As soon as water starts to seep out, turn it back tightly until water flow stops.

Or, if you are not confident to play around with it, call out hitachi under warranty.

Hope that helps.

On 7/12/2023 at 6:54 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

I agree with that.

First of all, where do you want to live? In Bangkok? Or Pattaya or Hua Hin? Or somewhere up country?

Do you have already any woman in mind who loves you so much and wants that you live with her in her village?

 

Many of us, including myself, that that we know Thailand after staying here for a couple of months.

And then, maybe 2 or 3 years later, we realize that we didn't really know it.

And then 10 years later...

You get the idea.

 

If you think you want to live here maybe start by thinking you want to live here for a few months. If you still like it, then maybe for a year or two, and if you still like it, then stay.

 

It seems too many make the mistake of deciding they want to live in Thailand, and if they don't really like it anymore, they feel like a failure for not living here forever. Don't do that.

Keep your mind open that maybe you don't like it - for whatever reason.

And I would suggest at least for the first two years or so make no long-term commitment. Don't buy a condominium, don't buy a house for your darling. Just live! 

 

 

 

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