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    Expats getting a Covid-19 vaccine in Pattaya for dummies with emphasis on expats outside the Thai system

    in Pattaya

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    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. 

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    Success registering for vaccine, Mor Prom app

    in COVID-19 Coronavirus

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    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

    Mazda RX-8

    in Thailand Motor Discussion

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    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.

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    Expats getting a Covid-19 vaccine in Pattaya for dummies with emphasis on expats outside the Thai system

    in Pattaya

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    2 minutes ago, redwood1 said:

    Swiss1960 ...Your the man.......The perfect expat that does everything right......Hats off to you Sir.....If only the rest of us could be so good....

    Nothing to to with perfect, but everything to do with adjusting to the country I decided to live and love in... with all the flaws and issues, including not always being treated equal by certain groups in Thailand, including ever shifting goals by the government in various areas, including being treated less favorable as the Thais are treated in my home country and so on.

     

    To those who always see the greener grass on the other side of the fence, to those who always think that their glass is half empty and to those who constantly moan about how much better "we foreigners" would be to lead the country into a brighter future while they sit on a bar stool... to those I say, maybe they should think about whether they are in the wrong place. 

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    Expats getting a Covid-19 vaccine in Pattaya for dummies with emphasis on expats outside the Thai system

    in Pattaya

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    3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

    Predictably insulting. You can't help yourself, can you?

    But you may have provided some ideas.

    Again, I don't have a Thai ID. I assume most retired expats don't have a Thai ID. 

    There are many people in my situation, so people doing a superior dance, I'm a good expat / you're a bad expat show is completely UNHELPFUL.

     

    Responding to your points:

     

    The app does not accept passport numbers, so I and many other expats can't use the app. 

     

    Maybe soon it will. We can hope. 

     

    Your point of contacting a private hospital is NOT CLEAR. You said explicitly that you were told by mail that you can register the same as Thai people. AGAIN, you need a Thai ID to do that. So what would be the point of contacting Bangkok Pattaya hospital to be told to sign up like Thai people, as I and many others, can't? Or were you trying to suggest something else. If so, maybe you could tell us.

     

    Can you point to a specific video on that FB page that addresses how to MANUALLY sign up for the program as an expat with only a passport number?

     

    Also as I made clear in my OP, looking for PATTAYA specific information which I suspect is not really available yet as so much of this is new.  Such as which hospital to go to, how to contact them if you only have a passport number, etc. etc. 

     

    For example if someone walked into the Soi Buakow hospital tomorrow and asked to register with their passport, would that work or not NOW, or is this something we need to wait for until the local Thais get their act more gelled on how to deal with us (or not).

     

    When I said "same as the Thai people" I did mean same as the Thai people who don't have a smart phone and therefore will walk into the next hospital (for Pattay probably Pattaya City on Bhuakow / Sai Saam, Memorial on Pattaya Klang / Sai Song or Bangkok Hospital on Sukhumvit) and start to ask. As you said yourself, if the app currently requires a Thai-ID, then you are out of luck using it. Going into a hospital for registration is the officially proposed second way by the Thai government - except of course, when you are too busy with other things?

     

    For your point about specific info for Pattaya: Since the government ist currently tightly controlling the vaccines / vaccine programs and since they clearly announce that registration starts in May and vaccination starting on 7 June for people older than 60 or with medical conditions.  Registration for people 18-59 starts in July with vaccinations starting August. There CAN NOT BE any Pattaya specific information, as all is currently "under construction" by the central government. 

     

    With regards to vaccine, the government also clearly outlined, that currently they import vaccines for health workers / tourist area workers and those people mainly will receive CoronaVac (from Sinovac), as the 50'000 imported Astra Zeneca shots would have been used by "other" people. According to government info, June is the availability date for the first shots of Astra Zeneca from Siam Bioscience.

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    Expats getting a Covid-19 vaccine in Pattaya for dummies with emphasis on expats outside the Thai system

    in Pattaya

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    Lot of whining about your personal situation... some facts:

    • the situation for the Thai people is the same. While they can sign-up using the app, it is completely unclear how they will get selected, when they might get their shot and which vaccine will be used for them. Here you go, you are in the same boat as the Thai - which you obviously don't like...
    • not having a Thai-ID is a deliberate choice of yours. I personally have a Thai-ID, but I am also outside the SS system, never worked in Thailand. Takes a bit of time and energy, but it seems you never invested that time and energy to get your pink ID card. The ID is a valid ID which I used to open bank accounts, get SIM cards, register in apps, all without the need of my home country passport.
    • both Bumrungrad in Bangkok as well as Bangkok Hospital Pattaya have informed me through mail (as I am registered as patient with both) , that I can sign up for the Thai government vaccine program, BUT the same way as the Thai people: No choice of the vaccine that will be used, priority given through health status and age same as the Thai people. So you should stop whining and go to the next private hospital and sign up for the vaccine program, they will tell you exactly how and what and when and where.
    • Finally, your lack of information seems to be a lack of looking. If you would sign up in Facebook to the group "PR Thai Government" (https://www.facebook.com/watch/thailandprd/), you would find a lot of official information, including information about how to register for the vaccination program through the line app "mor prom", nearby hospitals, village health volunteers or "health promotion hospitals"

    just hanging around waiting and whining will not do you any good

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    Question about fridges

    in General Topics

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    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.

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    Watch Repair in Bangkok

    in Bangkok

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    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.

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