Swiss1960

30 minutes ago, maxcorrigan said:

So maybe it is correct then, never the less we are trying government hospitals now, thanks for input!

To add to my previous report: I just finished talking with two of the private hospitals here in Pattaya and they have no idea that a) they are listed in the government app and b) that they might some day be receiving appointments for vaccines.
At this time, the government seems to only allow the government hospitals to take reservations. I understand this from a logistics point of view, easier to transport and store the vaccines in only one place per district.

I am now registered with the Pattaya City Hospital for my first shot in June, not at the beginning of the campaign, will let others be the guinea pigs...

1 hour ago, maxcorrigan said:

Exactly, my Thai wife tried to sign me up yesterday 1st May online at Bangkok Hospital Pattaya with my pink id card the same as she and her sisters had done, can't do got to wait for Thais to get the jabs first so Swiss1960? is talking rubbish and talking down other farrangs from his high horse, as you say predicable bs for one who has supposedly holds Thai I/D!    From another whiner

Plenty of reports - also official reports on Thaivisa - of foreigners successfully registering and getting a date for the vaccination, clearly no rubbish talk. I am registered, but could not yet get a date on the hospitals available for Pattaya area, the error says "hospital not open for registration", will have to either wait another day or so or drive by one of the hospitals to investigate.

P.S: just seen the above post by @newnative that he got his date in the government hospital, so most definitely the private hospitals are not yet ready/allowed to register.

1 minute ago, dinga said:

Re. the number on the reverse (second string) - mine is Upper Case Letter followed by two blocks  -  1st with 7 numbers; 2nd with one number.  Is yours the same  - and if so, did you have any problem inputting it???? (my wife entered the whole sequence as you outlined, but failed....) 

yes, same on my card, entered it first time with the spaces, failed, second time without spaces, success. error messages are not really clear, only "review your input" or something like this, could be any other field, i.e. wrong entry in another field.

2 hours ago, MikeyIdea said:

Is this only open for people over 60? Or? 

I'm a permanent resident, 57, I am retired but not 60 yet. I chose monthly pension so not contributing to the health care system any longer. I get an error on the first page in the line app, "please fill in correctly..." but I already have, perhaps except the laser code that blue ID cards have. Pink ID cards don't have it, there's another number but it doesn't work if I fill it in.

 

I would assume that retired Thais can register even though they don't contribute any longer, is it age or something else? Any idea?

 

It is open for several groups of people, 60+ just one category, you will choose the category that fits for you in one of the first screens of the app during the registration. As long as you have a pink card and match one of the categories, you can register and later choose the hospital and date of your choice. Whether you fit into a category at this time (i.e. health conditions), you have to find out for yourself.

You have two numbers on your pink card, the first one on front top (ID in 5 groups of digits, enter without the spaces) and the second a string in the white strip on the back in the lower left, mine having 3 blocks, the first block a uppercase character. Again, enter the full string without spaces.

It is open for anybody who have an ID in the Thai person register (which is your ID on the card), no matter whether you ever paid into SS or not (I never did, but many Thai citizens working in the informal sector also never did).

1 minute ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Why not call it the pink card or the Non-Thai id to avoid confusion ?

Calling it the Thai id is obviously not correct !

as I said.. splitting hairs, when every reasonable person knows what it means. Kind of like the mostly very long rants some people can do, when somebody calls the annual extension a "Visa", when this term is even displayed inside immigration offices to point to the "retirement visa" counter... we all know it is not really correct, but we also know damn well what is meant.

2 minutes ago, alant said:

can you please clarify for me?

I am retired so no social security work permit etc.

Spouse visa.

Pink ID but that I am repeatedly told is a foreigner id not a Thai id

 

I would rather like a Thai id so any help in how to get would be appreciated

Some people deliberately split hairs about that description. "Thai ID" is an abbreviation and means an "Identification Number for a person in the Kingdom of Thailand". It does not matter, what nationality you have.  It is an ID number given to a person and stored in the register of persons for the Kingdom of Thailand. In order to get the pink "Thai ID card" (the card that displays your identification number as stored in the persons register of Thailand), you first need to acquire a yellow Tabien Baan (house book) for your place of living.

Proof? I use the number to
- register SIM-cards

- work with government offices

- get a drivers license

- register in government apps like for the vaccine process

- open bank accounts

- ID check in police check points

without (almost) ever needing my passport. This ID number can be accessed throughout the Kingdom of Thailand. So, if you have a pink card, you have a duly registered Identification Number (ID) for the Kingdom of Thailand.

AND: most people do not even know, that you can get a yellow Tabien Baan even when you rent a condo. All you need (I know, that will be the main problem) is the consent of the house master in the blue Tabien Baan, which normally is the owner of the condo. 

Can I ask, if anybody was able to do the registration AND getting a date for a hospital in the Pattaya area, and if yes, which hospital? I did register within the App, got accepted in my group (over 60), but when it comes to choose the hospital and a date, I get a message that says (translated by an app) that "the hospital is not open for registration". They give me 5 different hospitals to choose from, I have not tried all of them, so hopefully somebody knows more about the hospitals in Pattaya that are open for registration? TIA

1 hour ago, Kwasaki said:

What you have already said that it's not a reliable car.

 

My take is it could be a big problem to own one in the west, in Thailand I would say it would be a nightmare.  

Your are SOOOO completely wrong, just shows you have no idea about that car.  I owned an RX-8 back in my time in Switzerland, drove it for 5 years with 130K+ kilometers and only ever had a single issue with the car.  The reliability issues were with the RX-7 but not the 8. The issue was my own mistake, I had to repark the car in a cold winter morning and after reparking, I did not wait long enough for the engine to heat up and burn the excessive gasoline in the rotary engine, therefore flooding the engine and preventing restart. The Swiss automobile club TCS had to drag me for almost 10 minutes for the engine to properly come back to life. 

The car was great fun (while I was still "fit" enough to fold myself into it and out...), horse power/weight made it a little rocket and the acceleration left many people pretty astonished AND behind me. Speed over 200 km/h, drives like a go-kart in the mountains (glued on the streets, but be aware when that glue gets lost...), specially with deactivated security systems...

Yes, the rotary engine needs care like the right special oil... when I used the car on German highways, I normally needed one liter of oil for one filling of the tank, the rotary engine burns LOTS of oil for cooling and lubricating during high speed / high rotation. During normal use in Switzerland, it was around 1 liter for 5.000-10.000 km. 

Problem in Thailand: IF you have an issue with the engine, you won't find a mechanic who is properly educated with that type of engine. And that would be the end of the fun with the car and the start of a nightmare. Can you find a mechanic with RX-certificate? Can you get the company approved oils for the engine or did the previous owner just use any "similar" oil? That will also influence the longevity of the engine.

Never seen white pipe, but orange was recommended to use for the hot water connections (boiler to bathrooms / kitchens)

1 hour ago, faraday said:

So just make sure you don't use your horn - or is that something you don't have. ????

 

Bit like Bangers, eh mate?????

Seems that I hit a nerve with you, right? ???????????? 

I have cams from EZVIZ, easy to install, have their own app, offer cloud services, good IR for night view, all functions you asked for and muchore

Free advice: Omit the area, if you look/behave like a drug user (or are one) and you will not be harassed...

Wrong info. Travel to Thailand is possible without Visa, under certain other conditions (see Website of Thai consulates)

1. If your friend is vaccinated with an approved vaccine, his mandatory quarantine will be 7 days.

2. If not, the quarantine will be 10 days.

Info current as of April 1, 2021

Without knowing what was fixed / what failed, it is almost impossible to say whether or not something different or the same will fail again... so would need more info about that.

But as Crossy outlined, regular failures should not happen and should be addressed by the brand (Samsung), probably with a replacement.

That said - your other question - yes, the newer and the more (electronically) complex a device is, the higher the risk for failures, that is one reason why I tend to buy "last year" appliances, the major bugs should all be fixed by then, no matter fridge, TV, A/C etc.

When ever I need repair one of my genuine and more expensive brand watches, I bring them to a brand shop in one of the bigger shopping centers like in Siam Paragon. For Breitling, see the list of shops here: https://www.breitling.com/th-en/service/centers/th/bangkok/

Yes, definitely a bit more expensive than your mom-and-pop-shop, but hey... you want to keep your watch for years to come and you will get warranty on the work and parts that might need to be replaced.

Everything to do with robotics and digital technologies. There was a massive investment during the pandemic (i.e. remote work) and that will continue to grow.

16 hours ago, Kerryd said:

How are the armrests holding up on that chair ? I've had a couple chairs with armrests. I usually end up breaking one of them and then removing the other.

So far they seem pretty stable (you can even move them up and down), but I do not really need them. You can remove them (3 screws each), if you don't need them.