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Only 20% of the kids are returned to their families. That is ridicoulus, let alone being sold by the parents at very young age. Poor little kids they are. What a world this is.

Thanks to all of you.

I am with Bupa now and find them quite costy. Also they have plenty of exclusions or pay only a certain percentage and not the full amount for most illnesses. I have never claimed with Bupa so I don't know about the quality of their service, but my policy runs out on 2nd of July.

I'm still pretty undecided wether to stay with them or give LMG a try. The thing I like with Bupa is that they have a sales and service office here in CNX. Is there a LMG office here as well ??

There is an LMG office in CM but I'm not too sure if anyone speaks English, where as if you call the direct sales office in Bangkok you can speak to a native English speaker.

Any idea where their office is ?? Thanks

Thanks to all of you.

I am with Bupa now and find them quite costy. Also they have plenty of exclusions or pay only a certain percentage and not the full amount for most illnesses. I have never claimed with Bupa so I don't know about the quality of their service, but my policy runs out on 2nd of July.

I'm still pretty undecided wether to stay with them or give LMG a try. The thing I like with Bupa is that they have a sales and service office here in CNX. Is there a LMG office here as well ??

Their packages and premiums seem to be very competetive. Anybody having experiences with this company ?

Thanks.

"Bogdan Rejic" isn't a German name. It is not a real German.

Roma? Fits with his scamming ways.

Isn't the sign he is holding reading Bogdan Rdic.

Coconut harvesting time is all year round. There are many generations of fruit on each tree. So there are always some ripe fruit to harvest.

Cheers,

Carlos

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Exactely. Normally a Coconut tree gets ripe nuts 3 times a year.

What a silly girl.

Down to a quarter of a gram - why not throw it in the bin instead of risking bringing it through an international airport?

Still - not deserving of 15 years.

Agreed !!

Should play host to them at "Bangkok Hilton" so they will enjoy a real taste of Thailand.

Hopefully for a long time and then deported.

Hope he will be deported and never allowed back

I find chiang mai business park a good location.Only 4 km into town and close to big c extra, makro, central festival, the new bangkok hospital, mc cormick and arcade bus station. Many restaurants in the area too.

Lots of condos have or are being build there, like one plus, jigsaw, my hip condo. Also the older hillside,7,8,9 by payap university.

Thanks for feedback!

Many of those are already completed, so less interesting for me I'm afraid, as I want to buy off plan.

Those that look nicest on paper IMHO are Green Valley and Alps, both by Kingsfield Asia. Especially Green Valley looks nice, although it is golf-focused (which can be both good and bad).

I researched Kingsfield Asia a bit and it seems it's formally a Thai company, with some Singaporean connections (e.g. architect), which has recently started some developments (only?) in Chiang Mai. They seem affiliated with another (mysterious) company called Quality Condo.

Does anyone have any feedback on the track record of Kingsfield/Quality Condo...?

It still seems like none of the major A grade developers have come to Chiang Mai yet, they all stay in Bangkok, Phuket and Pattaya and still believe there is no high end rental market in CM...

Land and Houses, a very solid developer (did e.g. Terminal 21 in Bangkok), has one off-plan project in CM called "North", but not A grade...

We bought a condo from "quality condo". Took them 9 months to fix all the errors before we could move in. They cut so many corners it was shocking. Have spoke to many many others that had the same thing. Major issues that they had to fix. Example was there was to be a water pipe and drain in the kitchen for a washing machine (don't ask me why). Well, the drain was there, where was the water pipe? Cemented over! They came with a hammer drill and stated to punch holes in the wall until they found it. A wall that was nicely wall papered. What a mess.

A friend bought a condo and found that there was NO water supply to the kitchen, and "quality condo" told them that the owner they bought it from had requested that. That was until the owner and the buyer both confronted the developer. Who does not want a water source in the kitchen??

Lies upon lies.

We were told to that our unit comes with wall paper. It was written in the sales contract. So we go to the show room and choose wall paper from the books that THEY gave to us to pick. Few weeks later we get a bill for 40K from the developer. He said the wall paper that we chose was "pang" and wanted us to pay. No where in the contract did it state a max value of wall paper. And it was from their own samples!! Freakin unreal!! This type of thing went on for months and months. It really was a horrible experience.

Bathroom had to be smashed out 2 times over due to shoddy work. We had to change the mains breaker box on our own after moving in as things kept blowing and sparking. Scary. Also, the building roof seal was gone and water was pooling, and even though it was "under warranty" it took legal threats before the developer would "fix it". And guess what he did when he fixed it? A cheap repair that bubbled up after only one week.

These are only a few of the issues that we had to deal with. Sad to say….there are many more. Buyer beware.

Thanks for telling, hopefully this will save others a big headache.

Thais will wait until after the final to buy shirts etc so they are sure to be identified with winners.

No need to wait just buy 2 shirts, Argentina and Brazil and you are sure to have the winning shirt. Can't really see how buying knock off shirts will do much for the economy though.........

You may be well wrong there.

Excellent, they have put those vagabonds in different groups.

13% per year ???

how do they get the money to pay you 13% per year

Are we talking about a condo?

Yes it is a condo. To be precise, there are 5 seven storey buildings.

Located behind Makro on the Hang Dong road, they are offering 13% per year over 5 years.

Anybody bought into this project ??

the wife says it will now be mandatory to take 12 hours of classroom instruction (2 X 6 hours) before you can get a license.

How about having one already just need an extension ?

There is no such thing as an extension for a Thai driver license. You apply for a get a new DL. 1 year to 5 year dl or a 5 year dl to another 5 year dl. At each renewal you will be required to take the testing procedures.

A renewal has never required the same tests as the first license.

Correct !!! you were supposed to do eye and reaction test only.

But as mentioned above, someone who did a renewel recently please clarify.

the wife says it will now be mandatory to take 12 hours of classroom instruction (2 X 6 hours) before you can get a license.

How about having one already just need an extension ?

http://www.chiangmaicitynews.com/news.php?id=3953

This doesn't answer the question as the article refers to aplicants. How about people renewing/extending theirs ??

Presented one of my fixed deposit acc. together with letter from Kasikorn yesterday and had no problems at all.

This is the current bank fixed account rates from bot that you can make your comparisons - Deposit rates for individuals

Rates have dropped quite a bit in the last few months. for SCB deposit rates.pdf

Excellent. Cheers for that.

Was told you need to do a 50 question test and have to get 45 right now in CNX.

Anybody can confirm this ?

Hi,

I was at immi yesterday, 3rd June, to get yearly extension, re-entry permit, 90 days and reporting the loss of my depature TM6 card.

Had an appointment for !4:30.

I was called in at 14:45. Extension and 90 days were done in about 10 min. and I was told to wait for my passport. Then the lady who processed my application came out and said her superior wanted to know wether I had a rental agreement to proof my adress.

So I gave her a copy of my yellow book. Then waited at least another 45 min. before I got my passport back.

After copying the passport I applied for the re-entry permit, was out by 16:10. So sorting out everything took an hour and 40 min. (the place was jam packed)

Regarding the lost TM6 card they didn't give me a new one, but said I would get one when leaving the country !?

16 people in a van?

Indeed. One can only wonder. RIP.

Any good fixed rates accounts for keeping 800,000 for retirement extension that immigration accept? I'm with k-bank.

Am with K Bank since 1995. My two fixed deposit accounts (2.3% minus tax) are due in 1 and 3 months

next term is only 1.7%. So I'm looking for options

L&H 2.7% is on daily balance. Good a/c if you have work permit or yellow book. Can withdraw and/or deposit so long as you maintain a minimum balance.

SCB have a managed funds 100 day a/c tax free, was 2.9%, maybe a bit less this month.

Where is this L&H bank ?? Please.