Anon999

If you really want this to be super accurate, add this to #1:

Dealer lies about when the car will arrive

Yes my Mitsu arrived a week early.

Went to Jomtien 22nd December for 90 day report, passport only.

The guy checked the computer, printed off the tearoff and I was out again in 2 minutes.

Same for me: in and out in 2 minutes.

BUT: I live half way between Khonkaen and Udon Thai ( I can see the highway from my balcony), but just inside the border of Kalasin province. That means I have to go Sakon Nakon and that means a 180 km drive...and a 180 km drive back. I asked if it was possible to do it by mail and the answer was: "no, you have to come in person". Maybe they like me.....

Suggest you send it by EMS and then wait to find out what the response is, apart from the receipt.

Looks like there will always be some sort of 90 day or longer accountability, but maybe not in person.

It's not a requirement to do a 90 day in person. I've always done mine by post for for over 8 years.

The prices you have been quoted sound like they include labour costs as well.

i havent read ANYTHING yet about the English bobbies "research"

Were they here on a Holiday or what ???

Read an earlier post!

It's a pleasure to have seen what's going on, but this is not even scratching the surface. You want a promotion at a school? Pay. Promotion at a bank? Pay. Promotion at the local council? Pay. Promotion anywhere? Pay. Dirty money has taken over the country and, unfortunately, there is no way out.

Millions and millions are involved in some kind of bribery.

" Promotion anywhere? Pay." Don't generalise, not everyone is open to corruption. There are many honest Thais doing a good job without resorting to financial inducements either paying or receiving.

Then go after all of those irrespective of political hue or family connections etc who have conspired to steal as much as they could from Thailand and its peoples.

Quite difficult when the coup makers are the main culprits for this. Will they arrest themselves?

ps why are all coup supporters older British guys in Issan. Must be an old colonial thing

Well you have never ask me or anyone I know!

Buying a "Sport" japanese can for the price of a real German car ? No thank you, luckily I am not born stupid...

Obviously you've never driven a Japanese sports car. Many make a "real German car" look pretty dull.

Toyota sell the GT 86 which you can find in showrooms. However, 2,740,000 baht is more than I'm prepared to pay for a car that cost half the amount in the UK.

Let's face it, we all pay these bribes for our own benefit, otherwise why pay them?

Speak for yourself, not all!

How did they manage to ride on the footpaths? Whenever I try there are too many vendors, cars, lampposts and other crap to even walk, let alone ride, on them.

aah - when I find myself riding on the footpath, it's usually because the street is cluttered with vendors, pushcarts and other miscellaneous sidecar riffraff, not to mention tour bus sized coaches and idiot drivers positioned like checkers in order to block any motorcycle passage...

there are many other things which should be much higher on the list of priorities.

I take it you also ride on the footpaths in your own country? Fat chance!

How about health insurance if she is a government employee?

I am covered by wife's insurance from her government job even though she has since retired.

I have to pay up front, then she gets reimbursed. (Of course I don't get to see that money.)

Apparently I can get my fingerprints scanned, then no need to pay but haven't got around to it.

For most things I just have to sign, however, some items are outside the scheme. Never had my fingerprints scanned.

BKKSnowBird, on 20 Nov 2014 - 11:14, said:

How about health insurance if she is a government employee?

A lot of government 'employees' do not get any health cover.

Government Officials/Officers and some 'employees' do get healthcare which includes their spouses.

It depends on their individual contracts of employment.

As far as I'm aware if they are Civil Servants they get healthcare along with their spouse and parents, and other close relatives.

Santander, UK ...

What a bank! I do so regret not changing banks before I moved here to Chiang Mai. For anybody in the UK about to go through the process of obtaining a non-immigrant O-A visa with a view to moving here to Thailand, a cautionary tale ... a head's up, so to speak.

Whilst getting my documentation together for the visa application, I requested a bank statement so I could show evidence of funds. No problem said Santander, only it can take up to three weeks to arrive. Well, in the end it took four weeks before they concluded that the statement "was probably lost in the post". In the end, I had to get a mini-statement printed out at my local branch and get it stamped and signed by the manager.

Prior to flying out of the UK, I was told that transferring funds to my Thai bank account here in Thailand via telephone banking was "no problem whatsoever". Ha-ha, when I tried it I was told that for security reasons they had to phone me back on my number here in Thailand. "No problem" I said, "I'll hang up and you can ring me back." ... "Oh I can't do that. Your telephone number you've just given me has to be on the system for 30 days before we can do an international transfer to you via telephone banking." (Had I been told that when I enquired about the procedures for telephone banking transfers abroad, I would have registered my telephone number with them as soon as I had it, i.e. August).

They refused to allow me the use of my ATM card for longer than eight weeks, so here I am with what's left of the cash I brought over here with me, and I cannot make a transfer until after November 14.

People, if you are with Santander UK, beware ... IME, they don't make it easy for you to get at your own money!

Totally agree and they do not tell you what restrictions are imposed. I asked my branch to get a new PIN for my Santander CashCard, delivered to them for collection. No problem they said. No chance they will only deliver it to a UK address, not a branch. They also make int'l funds transfers difficult and convoluted so always use my Nationwide account for those as it is straightforward and I also have a Card Reader.

So far in the recent past Santander have voluntarily made three credits to my accounts as a result of complaints. Maybe I can get them to make some more!

It's no coincidence that this happened with at least one UK bank and a US bank at the same time.

I wonder why ?

Santander is a Spanish Bank.

Not too many countries give priority to pedestrians at zebra crossings

Well, certainly not Asian countries, but definitely Europe and the UK, Australia, New Zealand.

In Australia, zebra crossings have a large zig-zag strip painted on the road before each crossing, so drivers have some warning.

In the UK the zigzag lines mean no parking at any time. The secondary purpose is to let drivers see the kerb and those waiting to cross.

Not too many countries give priority to pedestrians at zebra crossings

Well, certainly not Asian countries, but definitely Europe and the UK, Australia, New Zealand.

In Australia, zebra crossings have a large zig-zag strip painted on the road before each crossing, so drivers have some warning.

In the UK they have them too and it means No Parking!

All you need to do is go to your local police station and ask for a 'proof of residence letter' and it's FREE. Don't forget to take supporting documents. That is all the Transport Office need, however, a visit to your Immigration office will achieve the same but probably at greater cost..

All dealers LIKE cash. I purchased my Mazda in BKK earlier this year. Dealer employee accompanied me to Kasikorn bank. I withdrew 700,000 baht & handed it to dealer guy as it was presented to me. Dealer guy witnessed the counting & bank staff witnessed the cash being handed to dealer guy. Received the invoice / receipt. All Kasikorn requested was my passport.

Everyone was happy.

Cheers..... Mal.

Not true many dealers like interbank transfers. Cash would raise my eyebrows and create thoughts of WHY?

Thank you for your answer. I have a savings account and ATM card with Bangkok bank but they are always a total nightmare wanting passport and marriage certificate for every currency exchange despite having an account with them. Could I trust them to issue a cashiers cheque?

Thanks

Mark.

Open a FCD (Foreign Currency Deposit) account with bangkok bank then transfer the funds in Sterling. Once you have selected your car you'll need to pay a deposit. Transfer money from your FCD account into a baht account and then make a direct payment to the dealers account. You can copy and paste the transaction on your account online to an email and send that as confirmation of payment. Repeat for balance when the car is ready for delivery. Safe as houses and no waiting for a cheque to clear.

Heroes of the liberation revolution ?

What possible excuse could there be for coming up behind a young girl and shooting her in the back of the head ?

No doubt these animals will be congratulating each other on a great blow for whatever it is the believe in, or is it just that they wanted to kill someone and picked on a defenceless target.

And there are those who make excuses, the army did this the Govt did that, absolutely sickening.

Probably the same excused the 60 years old guy had last week when he calmly got off his bike and

point blank blew off the other guy head in broad day light with many on lookers,

These are deranged, mentally disturbed people, with no ability to tell right from wrong and giving

to their primal urges to act in the heat of the moment and the hell with the consequences....

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This was premeditated, not a heat of the moment thing. He had obviously been waiting for an opportune moment. A right evil low life and not worth a light.

I have to ask the question. Would you leave your house unlocked in your home country? If not then why should it be any different here?

Burglars look for a quick entry and exit unless they know your place is full of high value items and then it will be a carefully planned raid.

I've never heard of any insurance company that was willing to pay out on a claim on an unlocked property.

I got them for the Thai mother in law, They bolt on to the wall, they can be taken down and the holes filled, There is one in the front, and one in the back that open from the inside, If there ever was a fire they can get out , you can paint then to blend in with the house colours. OK they may not look good to some , but you can safely sleep at night and not worry and when your out in the day. each to there own though. and they do not cost a great deal.

Methinks those bars are a false sense of security.

A decent crowbar/pry bar or 2 X 4 board & a little willpower and those things pop right out unless they are installed with heavy wing style anchors that expand behind a hollow block..

If some local installs them, they'll most likely have plastic anchors like those used for hanging pictures.

Best option is to try and find a "decent" neighborhood, don't look like you have anything worth stealing, and don't keep a set schedule as to when somebody is at home or away.

Keep a lamp on at night with a fan blowing on something that will move and cause shadows to flicker around.....or install an alarm that's loud as hell.

Mostly don't be a soft target though.

You can buy day/night light bulbs that automatically switch on/off, one adjacent to the front door for a start. Also LED security lights plus a couple of motion sensors. Also useful for watering the garden after dark!

The only 2 people I'm aware of that have been burgled, one inadvertently left a downstairs window open and the other left the house unlocked while 'popping out for 10 minutes and the house is nicely situated on the corner of the village with a Soi straight to a main road. Both daytime opportunists.