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11 minutes ago, evadgib said:

Will they payout if overseas Australian participants win? Ours (Pom, hence the whinge!) used to until a decade or so ago but now they've shut the door; even to direct debit entries via home bank accounts.

 

An FoI request confirmed they'll payout to anyone purchasing tickets by cash, inc illegal immigrants, prisoners on day release etc.

I have an Australian online account and wins are paid into that. I am not sure if I won a major prize but would head back to collect. 

There are many things to consider. Volume of room, number, size and orientation of windows, insulated or not, shading, adjacent rooms cooled or not.

I did a post on here sometime back with a calculator written by and HVAC engineer but can't find link.

Hi is there anyone travelling from Chiang Mai to Sydney, Australia in the near future? I  have a favour to ask.

The story:- I took my Thai born baby to Australia in Feb/Mar to put him up for adoption (long story). I took photos of him before, during and after the trip. Just after I returned from Australia my iPhone met with an accident and was reasonably destroyed. Unfortunately I had not backed up the phone since November last year so have lost all the photos. I took the phone to Apple and many repair shops but all said no. I looked around on the net and found a few places in America and Australia that specialise in recovering data from damaged items such as this. I finally selected one in Sydney and went to post the phone. Being honest I told them what it was and was told I could not post it because of the battery.

I have a friend going to Brisbane in July but if anyone is going to Sydney if they could take the phone and post to recovery place in North Sydney. Because of the battery the phone would need to be taken in carry on luggage.

There is nothing illegal about this and the phone has nothing valuable on it except a few photos that are very sentimental to me. I have to make a declaration to the recovery people and have to provide them with the passcode of the phone so as they know it owned by me.

If anyone can help please let me know.

Ok. Before was trialling a DNS/VPN service called Getflix. VPN was not available on the trial so I just signed up for a paid subscription and set up VPN and am now able to login to the lotto website. 

Thanks for the replies.

3 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

I can on the site https://thelott.com/ but the results part of the page just has the loading circle.

Yep, I can also do that. I try thelott app and it says can't update as not connected to internet but I am.

Maybe a website issue or they have changed their login detection.

36 minutes ago, altcar bob said:

Probably detect unusual traffic  especially a VPN   better use P2P   most vpn sites have them    cannot be detected

I have been using my iMac all this time with no problems. Did try on iPad once but detected I wasn't in Australia so stopped me. I Just signed up with Getflix and now can't log in even after putting everything back to normal. But does look like they are also updating their website (the lottery site)

Hi, anyone been lagging into thelott website In Australia and if yes can you still do so?

I have been doing so for nearly 5 years but can no longer do.

2 hours ago, Uncle95 said:

Strictly speaking pyramid selling is the practice of selling positions in a chain of people, not product. It is illegal in many countries. Amway’s model is not pyramid selling.

Yes you are right it is illegal in many countries including Australia. If it were a pyramid scheme it would have been long gone in those countries.

19 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

It's not insulting.

If you can't accept that you wasted your time (unsuccessful?) for a Multi Level Marketing (MLM) business and were sitting at the end of the chain (?) and don't have the knowledge to see in what business you are, and not being able to judge about the products, and can't see that they are too expensive (they have to be, because every level will get a percentage of profit) in comparison to other brands, hen I can't help you. Open your eyes and listen. Sometimes it will help.

Anyway have a wonderful Chakri Day.

Amway (short for "American Way") is an American company specializing in the use of multi-level marketing to sell health, beauty, and home care products. The company was founded in 1959 by Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos and is based in Ada, Michigan.

2 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

I suppose you are deaf and blind?

You say you are a scientist. I thought scientists base their findings on facts not opinion. You can't be much of a scientist and now you are becoming insulting. Typical.

1 minute ago, sawadee1947 said:

I can't fight ignorance and stupidity

I was a distributor 10 years plus but you seem to know more about the business than I do. So who is ignorant and stupid?

8 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

you don't need to be an distributor to know about the Amway business. (I know indeed a district manager, who is going for incentives to everwhere in the world. Who do you think will pay for it?)

The system is similar to HERBA LIFE.

As a scientist I know about the ingredients and I'm able to compare the products with other brands

Again you say what you don't know. Every MLM chain is its own business. There is no such thing as a "district manager". 

1 minute ago, sawadee1947 said:

you don't need to be an distributor to know about the Amway business. (I know indeed a district manager, who is going for incentives to everwhere in the world. Who do you think will pay for it?)

The system is similar to HERBA LIFE.

As a scientist I know about the ingredients and I'm able to compare the products with other brands

Yes it is MLM. And you don't think that happens in normal stores like Big C?  Manufacturer, wholesaler, distributor, retailer, customer. Most are companies that have CEOs that get bonuses for whatever they do.

As far as quality goes the only true test is if you use yourself. Test companies like Choice in Australia have a criteria for testing and if a product does not fall within that criteria the products are rated low. When I was a distributor (not an agent as there is no such thing as an agent in Amway), I read many Choice articles on Amway products and many times they did not use product as per instructions on the box and, hence did not meet their test criteria and rated poorly.

Just now, sawadee1947 said:

...and now even you!

Were you ever an amway distributor?

3 minutes ago, sawadee1947 said:

If you know that's a MULTI LEVEL MARKETING business the you would know that they sell crap for a stupid high price.

Obviously you know.

4 minutes ago, yardrunner said:

t is not more like pyramid selling it is pyramid selling

In the 37 years I have known Amway I have never seen a single pyramid being sold.

1 minute ago, yardrunner said:

t is not more like pyramid selling it is pyramid selling

Ignorant

Pyramid selling, as the name suggests the price goes up each person. As I wrote about the price is the same for ALL distributors and same price for ALL customers so I can't see how you call that pyramid selling.

2 minutes ago, DGS1244 said:

Yep just like yours.

I was an amway distributor for years so I think I am quoting more facts than opinions.

2 minutes ago, DGS1244 said:

"Yes bonuses are built into the price for distributors but so are things built into store prices, store costs, staff costs, theft, insurances, etc, etc. But Amway product prices are generally constant for one year and catalogues are printed with prices. Cant get constant price in store for one year printed on paper."

 

Doesn't change the fact that the product is overpriced so they can pay large 'commissions' to their agents. Had experience in the UK years ago, never again.

 

Your opinion

2 minutes ago, DGS1244 said:

Totally overpriced goods, three times more than the average supermarket. Agreed good quality but not that much. The way they set up their 'parties' with agents more like pyramid selling.

Like I said used many years and happy with quality and price.

And you don't think normal products you buy are "pyramid" selling? Manufacturer sells to wholesaler who sells to distributer who sells to retailer who sells to you and each one of these have a makeup.

Amway products are at a constant price to customers. Distributors are not allowed to sell at a higher price than other distributors like stores do.

Yes bonuses are built into the price for distributors but so are things built into store prices, store costs, staff costs, theft, insurances, etc, etc. But Amway product prices are generally constant for one year and catalogues are printed with prices. Cant get constant price in store for one year printed on paper.

4 minutes ago, Suradit69 said:

Maybe they want to discourage people who come in simply to ogle "the check out chicks."

 

 

I have been to the Amway store in Chiang Mai a number of times. Ummm, the checkout chicks are not worth ogling and quite often it is a guy.

We used an number of Amway products in Australia since about 1980. When we came here we went to an Amway store and discovered you needed to be a member to buy from the store. Don't need to be a member to buy from a distributor. A lady standing nearby signed us up as members and we just go buy what and when we want.

Most of their products are great and some seem to be overpriced but as I said we have been using since 1980 and appreciate the quality so I don't mind taking the time to fill in a form and pay 100 baht.

1 hour ago, Pungdo said:

I use SmartDNS with True, but I also had it working with the neighbours 3BB in the past, it has to be setup correctly though. Ch 7 in Oz have the rights so you can view it on: https://7plus.com.au/live-tv

 

Part of the setup you need to do is set your computers clock to Eastern Australian std time, ie 3 hours ahead of here and set you location as Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne.

Thanks for that.

SmartDNS did not work for me on 3BB. VPN company support helped me but no luck.

Wife managed to find BBC1 broadcasting it so uses her iPad to send to Apple Tv and hence TV

Hi all,

Anyone set up for viewing the Commonwealth Games in Thailand?

Tried VPN before but won't work with 3BB due to them DNS hijacking. Did ask for help around that on a previous thread but no one was able to help.

Any ideas on viewing much appreciated by my wife.

4 minutes ago, terminatorchiangmai said:

Finally found it, at the end of the clip you see the correct line id and the QR code.  Good luck and good health !!

 

 

 

Thanks for that.