MrMuddle

Customer in lingerie shop, "are these knickers satin"?

"No Madam, all of our goods are brand new".

There was another thread on this topic, where it was stated that this was only for people with new O-A visas. Has this now changed to all retirees, who I believe are on O visas?
I renewed my retirement last week, nothing mentioned about this by the immigration office.

Does anyone know if it will be on TV here ? Thailand women's team have qualified, so that should be an incentive for the Thai companies to show it, but I haven't seen any information anywhere.

Are they now enforcing the TM28 rules as well, where a foreigner must report in to the local Immigration office if he stays in a different province to where he normally resides, for more than 24 hours ?

Asking as I may be required to stay in Bangok for a while, undergoing medical treatment, in June of this year.

Thank you for all replies.

Can't believe some of the ignorant posts on this topic. According to the BBC the lad made an honest mistake, in thinking he could find out who the phone's owner was, if he took it back to his Hotel. Posts about his hairstyle are irrelevant, but do show the lack of intelligence of the majority of opinions on here.

2 hours ago, 300sd said:

Had a visit to Bumrungrad. Had searched out the top specialist for this particular internal problem. I also had brought him an MRI on disc, from Bangkon Hospital for a second opinion. He said the MRI was not good enough for him to read and he wanted to do a endoscopy for 100,000 Baht.

 

I got a second opinion with a top specialist working at Samitevej, at the time, and she read the MRI for next to nothing, said she could read it fine, and said to come back in 6 months for another check.

 

One smart honest young lady, with top credentials and ethics, gets my business.

I had cancer and went to Bumrungrad. they tried to talk me into all kinds of expensive tests, that I 'may benefit from" but I had more sense and went elsewhere.

1 hour ago, griffon2011 said:

In February my Thai GF was diagnosed with a type of lupus and initially treated for four days at a private hospital in BKK.  The bill was approximately 240K baht for the doctors, tests, a private room and the medicine. She was tested, diagnosed and in a hospital bed within 2.5 hours of us arriving at the hospital so I was happy with the good if a bit expensive service.  About 3 weeks later she took a turn for the worse and we returned.  The steroids prescribed compromised her immune system and she developed some type of infection.  However, this time instead of dealing with two doctors somehow 8 got involved.  Suddenly the amount of testing went up dramatically and now most of the doctors were dropping in each day with a nurse in tow for some reason.  One wanted to do an MRI (70,000 baht) on her hip due to an indication of inflammation and I mentioned that she had a lung infection detected on an X-ray the previous night, perhaps that was the cause and denied the procedure. I also cancelled the physical therapy they wanted to do as she was so sick.  I became suspicious and demanded a bill updated to that afternoon.  I discovered that a drug used for the lung infection Meronem 1gm injection was billed at 49,428 baht.  The price online was 1148 baht.  The price on other drugs were also overpriced by at least 300%. I demanded that they discharge her and drove her to her hometown government hospital.  Incidentally, they also failed to tell me what her problem was for some reason.  She had pulmonary tuberculosis!  One would think that would be important enough to pass along to me or anyone that entered the room!  The bill for 4 days was 450K baht and would have been close to a million if I had agreed to the other treatments and drugs. I had been a customer for 10 years but will never set foot inside that hospital again.    

Which Hospital was this ?

11 hours ago, Sealbash said:

These are private hospitals. In business to earn profit. They are not charitable or government run. They will charge what the market can bear. If they price themselves out of the market, they will not make profit due to reduced clientele. If Airbus or Burger King would sell their products at a price the market could not bear, they would soon be out of business. There are alternatives available to any of these products if the purchaser chooses a more economical route.


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Actually the St Louis is supposed to be a charitable foundation, it's ran by the Roman Catholic Church.

Two Newcastle supporters bouncing up and down on my car last night. Made a right mess of the bonnet. My own fault really. I could have swerved to miss them I suppose. 

2 hours ago, raccos21 said:

How bad their system anyway! Sound awful to me if you are on holiday you need spend half of your holiday time at police station and local immigration office reporting that your are here.Wow that ridiculous. I don’t think I need that kinda of holiday.

My local office said we didn't need to report, when we only went out of the Province for Hospital treatment (1-2 days), six months ago.
How old is this new poster ?

On 3/26/2019 at 9:13 AM, phuketrichard said:

This will screw up lots of backpackers plans to fly into Thailand and use it as a base for visiting other countries in the region. Also those traveling  onwards to Cambodia, Burma by land

Simple answer - they won't go to Thailand ! More tourist revenue lost. Young people are the lifeblood of the future tourist industry !

Thanks for replies. No idea why the post was moved here, it was a serious question !

17 hours ago, Benroon said:

Wow - given most brexiteers have just found out it doesn't stop Indians and Pakistanis coming to the UK that's a big call !

 

So find me an industry boss (the ones that provide all the jobs that provide fuel for the economy), that supports Brexit - they're pretty intelligent right ?

 

However cheers for the link OP

Couldn't agree more! Petition signers figure was over 2 million this morning, Thai time.

Asking for my wife. She thinks this would be a great boost to both tourism and the economy, and given what's happened in other countries that have legalised it, i'm inclined to agree with her !
Problem is, we haven't seen  any literature from them, are they standing in every part of the country?

Thank you, Kittenkong, I've looked around the town and haven't found one anywhere.

They should take their British Passports from them, and leave them in Syria.

Does this apply to foreigners, as well as Thai people ?

Does anyone know of a shop where I can buy a MIDI piano/keyboard in Phetchabun ? If not an electic organ or piano would do.

Thanks for the replies.

I read somewhere that the rules have changed regarding Bank accounts, for renewing yearly retirement visas. Is this true ?
I have had 800K left untouched for many years, in a fixed rate deposit account, which has always been acceptable to Thai Immigration. Is this type of account still acceptable ? If not, which accounts are ?
Thank you.

Is this no burning rubbish law for all of Thailand, or just urban areas ?
We have a problem with a neighbour who burns his rubbish in the garden.

I have had 800K, left untouched, in a Fixed Rate Deposit a/c here for many years, and have never had a problem renewing my Retirement visa. Is this type of account still acceptable to Immigration under the new laws ?
If not, what accounts are acceptable ?

Can someone please explain which type of Bank account, is acceptable to have the 800,000 Baht in, for the retirement stamp, under the new rules?
I have had my 800K in a fixed rate deposit account for many years, is that still acceptable?
Thank you