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  1. On 1/21/2025 at 3:55 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

     

    Are they charging more for exactly the same service and maybe exactly the same medication?

     

    In my limited experience hospitals and doctors in hospitals want to make money. If they can sell you something more expensive then they will do that.

    Recently I had a little accident at home. Before I visited a hospital I checked about the possible treatments on the internet. When I arrive in the emergency room a doctor suggested to do this and that and whatever. I told him that I heard somewhere that maybe x (a cheaper and probably medially better solution). He was a little reluctant but then he agreed that that would also be an option (where he and the hospital would make a lot less money). So that's what we did. I paid about 3500 THB.

     

    Obviously, it is not always possible to check in advance about the options. But if possible, people should do that. And they should ask if there are cheaper procedures compared to what the doctor suggests first.

    It seems to be that most of them want to make money. That is their very first priority.  

     

     

     

    A doctor has probably seen similar injuries many times before and has to rule out other causes and further complications. If you are willing to run those risks and want to draw your own conclusions then its your right. Just sign the waiver that you go against medical advice and keep your fingers crossed you gambled correctly. 

  2. On 10/4/2024 at 7:49 AM, giddyup said:

    My gripe for today.

    I understand there are shipping costs and tax, but how does a A$4.20 jar of vegemite cost nearly $12 (260 baht) in Thailand? If Australia imposed those kind of markups on Thai products I doubt they'd be able to sell a kilo of rice.

    I bought a 5kg bag of Thai rice in northern europe and was charged 16 euros for it. Thats over 500 baht while its 120-140 over here.

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  3. On 7/13/2024 at 9:48 AM, Keeps said:

    You can ask at the airport - either check-in or baggage drop. I have even seen people upgrade on the plane using credit card/swipe machine.

    Last year i figured it would be worth a shot to ask the ticket desk what an upgrade would cost. This was about 60 minutes before boardig on the connecting flight and after having received several emails in the prior weeks mentioning upgrade costs of 500 euros which increased the closer we came to the flight.

     

    At te desk they indicated that of the 40 business class spots there were still 30 available, but the price was now about triple what they emailed me earlier.

     

     

    Basic rule of thumb: costs of upgrade go in lockstep with the ticket prices and the shorter before your flight the more expensive it becomes. There is no last second buying of business class seats for bargain prices; they rather fly them empty then sell them to you for a discount (to preserve the optics of value).

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  4. 4 hours ago, seajae said:

    she was due to be paid at the start of June for her first month of work but has been told she may not be paid for 3 months by the govt

    Same happened with my wife (must have been about a decade ago); it is "normal". She earned the money and will get it, but there is a delay of 3 months.

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  5. All planes are about the same as they take you from A to B through the air. Hpefully at least 55

     

    The rest is preferences.

     

    Reading through the posts here makes me think none of you have ever been in the Air Force or experienced a flight in outer space. Neither is comfortable but you can compensate with the right mindset. Thats what they teach you in The Force (not Star Wars).

  6. On 4/27/2023 at 3:40 PM, Henri said:

    Your information is not true. They have many ways to check if you lied.

    When you lied you must pay back the difference over the time you received a pension for a single person. You get a fine of around 150%, you get a criminal record, and in worst cases even an arrest warrant from court and extradition back to The Netherlands..

    Nowhere do you dispute my information, you just add some more details. My information is still true, you just found it incomplete and wanted to add something like "they have many ways" but give no further explanation. You might have noticed I never talked in absolutes; "this or that will happen", my post was mainly aimed at warning not to lie about your status because the post I reacted on implied they might never know if you dont tell them. 

  7. 3 hours ago, F Groenen said:

    And the only way they would know is by you telling them ? I can't imagine the AOW coming for a visit to check.

    Maybe the AOW simply asks the local government how many people are registered on a certain address.

     

    If not, then you could lie and hope they never find out. If they do, some way or the other, you will be fined I suppose for the difference plus a huge markup.

  8. Getting 920 only sounds about right (maybe not fair, but thats another question).

     

    They would simply require a Dutch Citizen Number (persoonsnummer) from your wife, which she doesnt have.

    For tax purposes it is the same: although you are married and your marriage is registered in The Netherlands, she isn't your fiscal partner because the Dutch IRS does not know her.

  9. On 4/3/2023 at 9:55 AM, kingstonkid said:

    BOB you miss the point.  Fines are not there to make life easy they are there as a deterrent just like prison and jails in the U.S.

     

    Look at it this way I agree that 5k is a lot of money, but if I have a choice lose my bike pay a fine or buy and wear a helmet.  It becomes a no-brainer.

     

    Yes the U.S. has a lot of people in jail but look at the crime rate.  

     

    Which causes more poverty and misery Dad having to buy a helmet and wear it or losing dad because he had an accident and did not have a helmet?  Which one causes more poverty?

     

    It appears the deterrents are not really working then.

     

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