NoshowJones

20 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

He can only win after all these disasters with the last PMs. Good Luck Keir.👏👍🙏

A multimillionaire "Sir" running down the Tories???? Does the average working class British person really believe this hypocrite is actually on their side??

6 minutes ago, Felton Jarvis said:

Exactly my point.   WALK AWAY!!!!!

I would walk away if it was a Thai as I don't fancy taking on another 5 of them, but a farang??

On 5/25/2024 at 7:56 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

That reminds me of Yingluck. At the beginning she was reluctant to enter politics. Then somehow she changed her mind. The rest is history.

 

Image Thailand without Thaksin and the Shinawatras. It could be wonderful. 

As long as there are no, playing at being politicians, soldiers involved. After what we have been through with the Chuckle Brothers, the previous unelected soldier and his right hand man, can't remember his name.

21 hours ago, statman78 said:

I have used my US credit card at the Honda and Toyota dealers here in Chiang Rai without any problems.  On the other hand it is not accepted at the place where I buy my swimming pool supplies.

My local Honda garage won't even let me use my Thai debit card.

19 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:

 

If I am staying at the hotel and witness it, then Yes indeed I am.

Why am I not allowed to use the emoticans?

On 5/24/2024 at 8:01 AM, worgeordie said:

Government numbers are far from realistic , in the real world it's different,

prices up , smaller products , especially any Farang foods ...

 

regards worgeordie

I have noticed prices in food in BigC on ie jars of Jam, increase by about 30%. Tins of beans and spam by at least 15% in Makro.

2 hours ago, PJ71 said:

yes i agree, but i doubt everyone unbelted were on route to toilets.

 

many people like to sit without their belts on, i'm sure they have their own reasons why. 

Comfort?

2 hours ago, jwl53 said:

What a sad disrespectful person you are

Any motorbike which comes down the wrong side of the road where I am riding will get blasted with my horn, and there are many, that will never change.

7 hours ago, Udom said:

NOT TRUE!!!

In Thailand driving safely it is ABSOLUTELY NOT enough to be ok!!!

You purposely forget about the OTHERS (Thai) lack of driving skills and, above all, the carelessness and stupidity in their driving (and thinking) way of life…

Note the word "sensibly" here. If you have good motorbike experience and genuine common sense you will be safe on the Thai roads.

" (Thai) lack of driving skills and, above all, the carelessness and stupidity in their driving (and thinking) way of life…"  You definitely have got this part of your post spot on.

19 hours ago, Wobblybob said:

It can be very confusing as Lazada will say "free shipping" let's say that the shipping cost is 170 baht they will knock 40 baht off making it 130 baht, slightly duplicitous?

I would not trust Lazada for anything. Too many cheating sellers and lying staff. Only use them if I can't get what I want anywhere else.

2 hours ago, MeaMaximaCulpa said:

FWIT, I am not part of any "brigade", just reporting my experiences. And for me, the pink card/yellow book has never been accepted at the land transport department for car or driving licence stuff (Pattaya). Yellow book is OK for immigration, but not banks or other institutions I have tried using it. So for me still useful, but no, not life changing. YMMW.

I was asked for yellow book when I opened a bank account.

16 minutes ago, MartinL said:

Don't want to belittle your experience, NSJ, but did you start the Lazada returns process proper rather than just contacting the seller? Contacting the seller isn't necessary and seems to just add a extra layer of problems. Personally, I can't remember the last time I contacted a seller prior to a return.

 

I don't know how long ago your chair incident was but, until very recently, once the return process was started, the seller had 3 days to respond after which Lazada automatically assumed return was approved and issued a return label and arranged a courier to pick up. Once the item was received (by Lazada, seller, idk) then refund was approved and made. 

 

That seems to have changed within the 2 months since my last returned item. The return I mentioned in the OP - Package was received about 9 am on Monday 19th. May and was obviously wrong, based on size of package alone. I didn't bother to contact the seller. Started the Lazada returns process about 11 am same day, the item was picked up and refund made by 11.20 next day to my Lazada Wallet which was then used to pay for a replacement order, from a different seller, about an hour later. No wait for seller approval and thus a saving of at least 3 days. I was expecting to have to wait those 3 days and was very happy that it wasn't necessary.

Thanks for all your help. I spoke to Lazada on the chatline day after day, they eventually said they would contact the seller which turned out to be lies. i just got fed up with all their garbage and lies.

6 hours ago, cnx101 said:

Normal behaviour they’re all rotten

Any government which has soldiers involved who are trying to be politicians is rotten.

3 hours ago, twizzian said:

Once you understand the process of how Lazada works it’s all quite simple with no scam.

The only scammers, are some vendors selling fake products

There is more to it than that I can assure you. Lazada may have some honest sellers, but a lot of them are crooks and in my experience Lazada themselves were no help either.

22 hours ago, MartinL said:

I wanted to post in this thread but it's closed - 

This is my latest experience with a Lazada refund.

 

I ordered an electric massager for my wife and it arrived in 2 days. It was a COD purchase as are 99+% of our Lazada orders.

 

Unfortunately, it wasn't as described so I started the returns process yesterday afternoon and we were at the "Pending pick-up" stage. About 11.15 am today, we got a call from the return courier to say they'd collect in 30 minutes. But we had no return label for the parcel. The courier arrived and, while she was waiting and chatting to Mrs.L, the label arrived for printing. At the same time, the refund was made to my Lazada Wallet, even though the courier hadn't actually touched the package at that point. Label was attached and the courier was on her way.

 

Last time we returned something, we had to wait 3 days (?) for seller approval and then maybe another day for the return label to be generated. No waiting this time. 

 

All in all, a very good return/refund experience and, TBH, all my recent returns have been dealt with well although not as swiftly as this one, probably because of the seller approval requirement mentioned.

I am stuck with a chair which costs 1,200 Bt it was the wrong one. The seller refused to contact me and their Chatline made me promises they would not keep. Do not trust them.

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

not one beer can in the photo 

The only empty beer cans you  are used to seeing are your own Steven.😃

8 hours ago, smedly said:

the guy lost it, I don't see a lot of damage that a quick tidy will sort out

 

 

he needs to stay off the weed it can cause serious mental episodes like this : )

 

 

Maybe he was angry because he got  crushed in the rush at the all you can eat buffet.

Was there an all you can eat buffet in progress?

38 minutes ago, Robert Paulson said:

Something tells me this guy most likely did something very stupid b4 he got stabbed 

Exanple please?

4 hours ago, steve187 said:

what normal tourist/expat is out in a well known nightspot area at 4.40am

What do you define as normal?

19 hours ago, JoePai said:

The article says he dies in his hotel room and as for cause, it’s too soon to have the results from the autopsy

That's fine. but far too often you read something then don't read any follow ups. This report is very interesting as the deceased appears to have had been a very popular man with a very clean bill of health. RIP.

2 minutes ago, Georgealbert said:

Sorry, not that helpful, but just a limited basic opinion.

It was a help but someone will probably be along to further it. Thanks.