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1 minute ago, KhunLA said:

Mind boggling, BEV cheaper & so much better than our first 3 ICEV, and over 20 yrs ago.  2 Vois (600k) & 1 Mazda (550k).

 

Great time to be a new car buyer, options abound.   If the rest will just hop on the life time battery warranty bandwagon, sales would sky rocket.   MG, GAC, now need BYD & Geely to join in.

 

Competition is a beautiful thing, and just a matter of time.

When I bought my Toyota Vios , I paid ฿499,000 for the most basic model , manual gear box , even the wipers doesn't have an intermittent function.

Now 18 years later the car that I have just ordered is so loaded with bells and whistles , I might have to go back to college to learn how to drive the thing...🤣

On 10/13/2025 at 6:25 AM, Bandersnatch said:

While we are talking about the Jacoo E5 EV, it has just launched in the UK and they are raving about how cheap it is. 

£27,500 might be "cheap" in the UK but in Thailand they start from £12,500!

 

 

Put down my ฿5,000 deposit yesterday for the Jaecoo 5 EV Max configuration.

Told wait will be 2 months , so hopefully by Xmas.

Also , was offered a very good part-exchange price (฿150,000) on my 2008 Toyota Vios.

Which I hope they honour come the day to make final payment.

If not , then this well loved and cared for old car will remain at home..

2 hours ago, Oliver Holzerfilled said:

"Fortunately, he emerged unharmed after a 15-minute rescue effort, greeted by applause from his son."

 

What was the wife's response??????

Extreme Disappointment ....🤣

More than I expected to pay 

For some time now I have had a small rough patch of skin (less than 1 cm diameter.) on my cheek , that occasionally causes some slight irritation especially if I am sweating , it stings.

So today I decided to go to the hospital and have it checked out. I had read that cryotherapy was often successfully used as a  method of eradicating these things.

My appointment was for 1:45 at the Dermatology Dept., but got there 30min. early and was seen after about 10 min.

At first I was seen by a nurse who took my blood pressure and recorded my weight & height.

Then asked to wait for the doctor.

the doctor soon arrived and pointed out what the mark on my cheek was most likely to be.(see photo)

He then examined my back and informed me that I had a mole and recommended that I have a biopsy done on it , to which I agreed.

Back out to the waiting room and someone came over and proceeded to go over a breakdown of what the cost would be and asked me to sign various papers , which I did , the cost quoted being just under ฿22,000 , which at the time I thought that sounds a bit higher than I expected , but had no idea what the biopsy was about.

Next the doctor came back and ushered in to the surgery room.

First they did the biopsy , shaving a bit of the mole on my back , then applying nitrogen to the cheek. All in all about 20 minutes max.

Back to the waiting area and realising that that was the procedure over , I began to question (to myself) how this could possibly be ฿22,000.

The person who had given me this quote came back to ask for my e-mail address and phone number in order to convey the results when they became known , at which point I asked her if the hospital operated a 3 tier charging system that I have read about on this forum and if so was the price that she had previously quoted me was the highest tier (tourist).

She seemed a bit evasive to discuss this , but assured me that I was being charged the Foreign Expat Rate which was the same as the Thai Rate..

How she knew that I was an expat???

Finally I was called to the counter and given a pile of stuff (see photo) and directed/escorted to the Cashier Dept.

After a short wait my number came up and I went to the desk and paid ......฿18,799

Time from arrival 1:25

Time I paid the bill 2:45

Time spent waiting in waiting  area/cashier waiting area ~ 45min

This was my first experience using a private hospital.

The service was very good.

One has to be vigilant with regards to costs , I am completely convinced that I was being charged the tourist rate until I questioned the bill.

It is always best to be non-confrontational when querying charges eg  Oh! I was wondering if perhaps if an error has occurred ..., always gets a better result than outright accusations of bill padding or discrimination (even if true)

40 minutes ago, GammaGlobulin said:

"I developed regressed from a single-cell ZYGOTE into the creature I am today" 😁