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19 hours ago, Straight8 said:

Probably won't be that easy on the grounds OP wasn't contactable when they wanted to make the delivery, and now change of mind. Probably a restocking fee, or store credit only, but you never know, they may just refund the total in cash.

Lazada's policy.. you can return any item wth 7 days. The clock starts when delivered. If the item has not been delivered, Lazada will tell you to refuse it when delivery is attempted. 

Just call Lazada and tell them you no longer want the item. They will have it returned to the warehouse and process your refund.

2 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

A non-o visa only allows 90 day entries. If a multiple entry non-o it is valid for one year and and it is possible to get a total stay of almost 15 months by getting a new 90 day entry just before it expires.

A OA visa allows unlimited one year entries for one year from the date of issue. It is possible to get almost 2 years of total stay from it getting new one year entry shorley before it expires.

Thanks.. appreciate the explanation..

What is the difference between an O and a OA? Are the rules the same ie 2nd year renewal? 

8 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

You need to look at the topic I posted a link to. The new international direct deposit is not up and running yet.

You and the bank have to completed this form to be sent to Manilla. https://www.ssa.gov/forms/SSA-1199-OP107.pdf

Perhaps you have recieved this as well..

 

 

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Message for U.S. Federal Benefits Recipients:

 

The United States Department of the Treasury now offers direct deposit of federal benefit payments, including Social Security Administration (SSA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to banks in Thailand.  The payments are automatically converted to Thai Baht (THB) at the international exchange rate before they are deposited in the account.  U.S. dollar payments are not available.  The United States Department of the Treasury does not charge fees to make the deposits.  However, Thai banks may charge fees.  

 

Direct deposit is the safest, most convenient and reliable method of receiving your benefits.  The payment is electronically transmitted to your bank account and you have immediate access to your funds by the payment date.  There are no delays, including missing and stolen checks.

 

You do not have to do anything if you are currently enrolled in direct deposit.  Your payments will continue to be sent to your current bank.

 

If you wish to sign up for direct deposit or switch your direct deposit arrangement to another bank in Thailand, please contact the agency listed below.

 

Social Security Administration

U.S. Embassy Manila

1201 Roxas Boulevard

Ermita 0930

Manila, Philippines

Email:              [email protected]

Phone No.:      +63 2 301 2000 ext. 9 (from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Manila Time, Tuesdays and Thursdays except Philippine and U.S. Holidays)

 

Department of Veterans Affairs

Email:              [email protected]

Phone:             +1 (918) 781-7550 (from 9:00am to 5:30pm, Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday)

 

Office of Personnel Management

Retirement Operations Center

PO Box 45

Boyers, PA 16017 U.S.A.

Email:              [email protected]

Phone:             +1-888-767-6738 (from 7:40 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time)

    

3 days ago the US Consulate sent an email stating DD is now available in Thailand.

You can have your SS DD to KBank. You need to contact SSA Manila via email and request the change to your KBank account.

[email protected]

5 minutes ago, JaiLai said:

 

No mate, I live central Thailand but drive to bkk a lot, usually alone no luggage.

I do drive about 130-140 though.

Interesting about the premium diesel.




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I use Shell Premium Diesel and it makes a noticeable difference. It does cost about 3bht more per ltr which I find worth it, but many may not.

4 hours ago, cycolista said:

How do you get same day ir next day transfer?  My last transfer took week. 

I have no idea.. On 3/28 I did a transfer at 6:27 AM. The funds hit my account at 2pm the same day.

On 4/3 I did a transfer at 1:20PM, it hit my account on 04/04 at 2:05PM. 

Most of my TW transactions takes 1 day 2 max.

20 hours ago, carlyai said:

Open up the case, find the little silver battery (same as in a watch but bigger), throw the battery out to the dirt road ( buy a new one first), replace it.
Lazada and Kerry express will probably get to you, amazing service.

Nice for the pool when they burn the cane.

Sent from my SM-J700F using Tapatalk
 

You can buy that battery at most 7-11's

I have lived in KK for 11 years. There are lots of Thai'a with lots of money here. 

I have never seen so many new Mercs and BMW's here. They are everywhere.

What you don't see are all the huge factories that are 10-20K out of the city limits. They employ 1000's of people and the Top guys are making huge money.

There is one factory with guards and no name anywhere that manufactures the Louis Vuitton bags. 

Big money here in KK

I have 3BB 500/500 plan 1200B. Can't remember if I paid for the router, I may have..  BUT I do know I have no contract.

2 hours ago, bankruatsteve said:

Depends on the temp you need and how well insulated.  I keep my living space comfortable at 25° with a single 11K BTU "inverter".  

11K seems small for 45sqm. What is the size of your living space and at what cost?

I am in the process of building a new house.  The lounge area is about 45 sqm. A neighbor suggested I install 2 AC units rather tan 1 large unit. Suggesting I use both to cool down the room ten 1 to maintain the temp.

What do you guys suggest?

1 hour ago, chilidog said:

My bill used to be around 3500bht a month. The I put in a few solar panels and a grind tie-in inverter.

Now its around 150-200bht a month. Nice to not have to worry about how long you can run

your aircon.

What was the cost of solar panels and inverter?

On 4/3/2019 at 5:49 PM, moontang said:

Yes, but march was somewhat hotter than Feb....I will be glad if it is under 1500.  Humidity is much lower with the new..like 36% now, compared to 70% when I walked in the room a few hours ago.

How are you measuring humidity?

20 hours ago, shady86 said:

You motherboard's built in Lan supports gigabit so you need to check if the routers lan port are gigabit and make sure at least good quality cat 6 lan cables are used.

All 3BB Fibre Routers have gigabit ethernet ports. All that means is if your PC or TV box also have gigabit ports you could get gigabit speed between the 2 devices. It has nothing to do with the internet speed you are getting.

9 minutes ago, Morakot said:

The pink ID-card should really be in Thai and English, like the current Thai ID-card is!

It should have a chip as well.  I use it every 3 months for my hospital check up. The info needs to be put in manually.

1 minute ago, bankruatsteve said:

LG used to be dodgy in quality, IMO, but seems to be much better these days.  I would still go with Daikin at this time though.

I checked Daikin..  They are having a super sale.. I hear their quality is good as well.. Thanks for the tip

23 hours ago, Morakot said:

 

Thanks @Swiss1960! So the yellow book & pink ID is totally useless by the looks of it.

My name in my YB is in Thai. It's not the fault of the YB or PID it's the person who issued the documents.

I am building a new house and soon will need 4 new AC units. Anyone have any experience with the LG dual inverter AC units.

LG claims they are the most efficient..

16 hours ago, JamJar said:

 

 

Remember what you write...

 

 

I have described two Windows devices that are as old and older than your MAC and they are working perfectly. Not only that, but they are running the latest Windows operating system, 

Whereas you are limited to OS X 10.11.x "El Capitan"....unless of course your MacBook is not really ten years old at all.... and you are exaggerating.

Understating the price and over estimating it's capability. 

Well.. Dick Tracey is back with all my MAC info..  Did you find my original receipt DICK?

16 hours ago, JamJar said:

 

What a very poor post.

 

First of all, I tell the truth about what I paid and even by your figures, I have paid less than half of what you paid.

 

But in actuality, your post is less than truthful

 

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2008/02/26Apple-Introduces-New-MacBook-and-MacBook-Pro-Models/

 

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2009/06/08Apple-Updates-MacBook-Pro-Family-with-New-Models-Innovative-Built-in-Battery-for-Up-to-40-Percent-Longer-Battery-Life/

 

The cheapest MacBook in 2008 cost US$1100. MacBook Pro US$2000.

Cheapest MacBook Pro in 2009 was US$1100

 

But here you claim to have paid US$799.

 

 

Just as importantly the spec of a budget laptop bought twelve years ago against the spec of a high end laptop purchased ten years ago isn't going to be a fair comparison.

 

A more fair comparison would be of my Toshiba laptop of 2009, for which I paid £250. and have spent £80 on the Samsung SSD and 8GB of RAM.

http://www.toshiba.co.uk/discontinued-products/satellite-a300-21h/

 

So your laptop cost at least three times, but likely at least four times more than mine.

 

Especially when, at the time, Apple products cost the same in Pounds in the UK as they did in the USA in US$.

 

So let's compare like with like.

 

The fact is that my budget Windows laptops are still performing faultlessly ten to twelve years later and I spent a fraction of what you have paid.

 

 

How about checking the price at B&H, one of the largest Apple resellers. They have something called sales.

Be careful who you call a liar AH

17 hours ago, JamJar said:

 

My current PC was bought here in Thailand in February of 2007. That makes it twelve years old, as compared to your claimed ten.

I'm creating this post with it. Cost me 21,000 baht when the exchange rate was around 70 to the £.

 

I've upgraded the CPU at a cost of £6. Upgraded the RAM to 4GB for £6 and fitted a 120 GB Crucial BX300 SSD, costing £21.

 

So a total of £333(less than £28 per annum thus far). How much did your Mac cost? Purchase price and cost of upgrades?

 

Seems your statement has proved rather empty. 

Bought my MAC in the US. Can't remember exactly, but think it was $799 back then. It has 8G RAM. SSD upgrade that cost about $100. So it looks like I'm way ahead as your WIN PC that probably can't take 8GB of RAM and I'm Blue Screen free. I'm sure your not...