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I have used everbuying.com<br />I think they sell Chinese products out of Singapore and Hong Kong,I think?<br />Several orders including Android phones, flashlights,rechargeable batteries, chargers.<br />They have free world wide shipping. I live in Canada. I was 100% happy with the quality<br />of all stuff I received. I was/am not worried about warranties. Nothing expensive<br />I was going to cry over.Everything arrived in Canada about 3 weeks after ordering.<br />Seems they know how to play the duty game. Everything was undervalued on the shipping<br />information and I paid no duty.(Three separate orders) I will be ordering again.<br />That was my experience with them.

*scratches head*

so... if someone owns a house through the company route... does he, as the company director, have to report himself to immigration?

"House owners, heads of household, landlords or managers of hotels who accommodate foreign nationals on a temporary basis who stay in the kingdom legally, must notify the local immigration authorities within 24 hours from the time of arrival of the foreign national."

As head of household, yes.

Does this mean that everybody has to file the form. The house owners, heads of households, landlords or managers. Weather I stay in an appartment

or rent a room in a hotel I am head of the household but I would think the owner of the appartment/hotel manager would be responsible. The way it

is written everyone is responsible to report so possibly multiple reports per hotel/apartment/house. Unless there is a problem with the translation?

I think it is a tax issue in disguise. They want to make sure guests are registered properly so Mr. Tax man can do a proper tax audit.

The collapse will take longer to happen than anyone thinks but when it happens it will be faster than

anyone thought possible.

Ratings agencies know little and it seems accounting is opaque/self serving like Greece,Iceland, Worldcom, Nortel, Enron etc, etc...

Not sure how the housing market will fare. Down yes but it could be supported by allowing foreigners to own all condos in a project not just

the current % of a complex allowed currently. (I would never trust the Thai company method) This would help the banks and allow the

local politicians and higher up police captains to get out of crippling leverage debt. But we shall see. All I really know is most of the people

commenting here know way more than I do and I see no positive comments.

The AA website is awful. The airline is there to hold you to the minute on closures. It is the way they

make money. But sometimes it is the only reasonable choice. Allow plenty of time for connections.

Also there insurance for missing connecting flights is bogus. Covers only some airlines. Always

a roll of the dice, yet I find myself using them with great angst.

I have traveled with 9000 US cash from time to time. So I am not worried about that. However if you do not report cash/equivalence

you risk loosing the total amount. You would be well advised to bring bank statements showing the provenance

of the money or you can still be in trouble because to have to be able to prove how you got the money(were it is from).

Not being familiar with Myanmar I would recommend travelers checks. Available from many places at no cost. You will

get a better exchange rate at the bank unless you are trading currency on the black market. Not recommended.

Fourth and ten-punt. Learn from your mistake and move on.

If you are not embarrassed by your offer you are offering to much.

My sister married a Cambodian guy 20 months ago and is still waiting. She was told

24-36 months in BC. Best of luck.

One of the mysteries of the airlines. In the past I booked many tickets to Chile for skiing and para gliding on Lan Chile.

When I booked in country tickets Santiago to Conception, Iquique, Easter Island on the English version of there web site

the ticket prices were about 600% higher than the Spanish version. Hard to believe but absolutely true. When I booked

and paid for these tickets I used a Canadian credit card and filled in my Canadian passport number. No problems.

I booked at least a dozen tickets this way and alerted my buddies who did the same. International flights however

were the same price on both English/Spanish versions of their websites. Just the vagaries of the airlines in the Lan Chile

case but in the BKK-UK-BKK case the airlines will charge what they can. I guess UK passengers are more discriminating

when it comes to price and the airlines charge what they can.

Depends on the time of year I have found Air Asia - Manila to Clark good prices.

As for your throw-away ticket. Air Asia Clark to Kota Kinabalu ? (Indonesia)

is usually cheap. Also a full fare fully refundable ticket is a possibility. Land

cancel the fully refundable departure ticket. Then organize your proper visa's.

The days of Eddy the Eagle are over. She will never never make the FIS standard.

While the standard is quite low someone who does not have a some background

in alpine ski racing will just not meet the level required. Unless a couple of races are

organized with racers going slow (e-brake on) so she can make the criteria.

IE. The Snow Leopard. Best of luck though. I will follow her results on the FIS web site.

As of now there are no athletes from Thailand who have a FIS license yo race.

I was born in Singapore of foreign nationals I have no claim on Singapore citizenship.

I was registered with the British embassy at birth and was issued a British passport shortly after.

Foreign nationals should be registered with there parents embassies and that should

be there nationality. Not sure about deporting the children. If the parents have work visas

they should be entitled to stay. If the parents are illegal I understand the Thai government

may want to deport the family not just the children. As for human smuggling please remember

98 percent is work related not sexual exploitation. Thai fishing boats. As for children most

are exploited selling flowers in tourist areas in the late evening or begging. Never buy flowers

from these children who should be home in bed. You are just supporting there exploitation.

Anyone who has been to India with a wife or girlfriend knows the disrespect for women is standard practice.

Looks like a complete misrepresentation to me. As has been pointed out by others it says the same "flight" not route and if you find the price

greater than 3001 baht difference you get a full refund. Not a free flight and refund. Never mind the fact the sites have to be registered

in Thailand. To be honest I did not look at the fine print. But the headlines are clear to me. If it looks to good to be true it

probably is. I am looking forward to seeing someone post that they were able to collect on the promotional guarantee or how they

were co_k blocked.

4 million for 5 used jet skis. I know who I would be looking at for arson.

I learn something every day.

Sounds like a fantastic adventure. Could you post a report about it.

I would love to do a similar trip in the future. Best of luck.

It will be an exceptionally interesting election

Lots of smart Alec comments but I am telling you know she will not be allowed to leave Philippines

unless she completes a one day government course on sexual exploitation. This is from personal experience.

You can help by doing the following.

1/ Having her purchase the ticket in Philippines in cash not you with your credit card on line.

2/ $1000 US cash and how she earned the money for her vacation IE. proof of her employment.

3/ Hotel reservation confirmation in her name.

4/ Annulment of marriage if she has been married.

5/ If she says she is visiting you and you are divorced proof of your divorce certified by a Philippine embassy.

You may think I am crazy but I am telling you the Philippine immigration Nazis are ruthless. They are turning

away 10-30 women per flight who are trying to leave the country on a new anti sexual exploitation law.

If you don't believe me have her go to the airport and talk to the dozens of teary eyed women who have

been denied and missed there flights with no recourse, no refunds.

It is the responsibility of the airline bringing you into the country to make sure you have a ticket out.

Otherwise they are responsible and are fined heavily.

The real issue with the Philippine immigration is the enforcement of a new anti exploitation law which

pretty much will not allow women to leave the country. 20-30 women are offloaded (each Plane) from flights

leaving the Philippines. A friend of mine was flying his 34 yr old, long time GF from Clark to KUL and she was denied boarding

because of this new law that came into force Jan 1 2012. She has flown to Hong Kong, Singapore, and New Zealand in the

past with stamps in her passport to show it. This is the new standard in Philippines. To protect women from exploitation.

Even women with work visas and jobs to go to. At the discretion of airport officials the decision is final with no refund of tickets.

They pretty much deny all women and a few men from traveling abroad unless traveling with there husbands.

Keep track of all days and hours worked in a daily work diary. Report the situation to the authorities.

It is unfare to everyone including other restaurants who have to compete.