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12 hours ago, SteveK said:

The government would appear to me more concerned about their relationship with China than they are about the health of their own citizens.

Remember the old ABBA song "Money money money it's a rich mans world" ?

7th! Wow come on Thailand you can be better than this you can be Number 1 if you try.

1 minute ago, nobodysfriend said:

Well , I read somewhere today that the market in Wuhan that is in the center of the Virus outbreak , offered enough live animals to fill a zoo , including civets, rats, snakes, giant salamanders and live wolf pups.

It is what they call the ' bushmeat trade ' plus broader human encroachment on wild habitats , that caused this virus to spread over to humans . Even in China , that ' bushmeat trade ' is illegal . But they still do it ...

That seems to be a lesson taught to humans by nature ... hope they learn from it ...?

 

I also just read 5 million people got out of Wuhan before the quarantine was put in place.

Just on the local news in Australia.Indonesia wants to build another 10 Balis to attract tourists,5 in a years time. The rest to follow.That'll be an alternative for tourists  to Thailand too.

18 hours ago, Rawnthai said:

It only makes “cents”, less money to skim if they create a scare.  It is affecting tourism. I have family considering canceling a trip here in February.

Yes don't upset the tourist dollar under ANY circumstances.[Even if it kills people]

21 hours ago, PaulHamon said:

Yes, I thought this the case also each branch having its own autonomy, they were telling me this is not the case. So, Pectahburi and Phruap Khiri Khan (as poohy confirms above) both follow these rules which leads me to wonder if times are changing.  Maybe someone else will prove your point, which would be great.

It happened to me awhile back one bank branch said no, main branch said yes.Immigration .TM30 not required followed by. oh yes TM30 required. The movie line "We're not in Kansas anymore Toto" comes to mind

I thought UbonJoe may know something about this.I was just talking to a bloke who lives in Maha Sarakam.He had a few nights in Udon and went to MHS immigration today with his missus to do an update.He was told it's no longer needed.

He said he questioned them as far as he could and they told him it'd been dropped countrywide..I can only hope this is true.It wont restrict my internal travel plans as it has previously.

15 hours ago, ThomasThBKK said:

These brands are positioned as "premium" brands here, same as KFC.

 

They don't want to be cheaper, but i have good news, you can get a real burger for 200 baht with dry aged steak...

It's really easy, just buy somewhere else. MCD and co prices are so unimportant, i don't know who gets riled up over that. 

 

What really matters is gasoline, taxi, real estate, rental, insurance, hospital and TAXES etc prices.

Unfortunately when Petrol goes up, everything goes up.Transport,production costs etc.

58 minutes ago, cmrichsw said:

But don't you understand he is a VIP in Thailand... 

Do you know who I am?

Why not show this Benz drivers Number plate? Public shaming,loss of face is something more than a 500bht fine. 

On 11/9/2019 at 3:39 PM, Peter Denis said:

As @Estrada mentioned already > downloading the Section 38 app, or registering on the IO TM30 website will allow you to file a TM30 on-line.  Registering on the website and filing your first report is not difficult at all (provided you have clear instructions on how to do it).  Once it has been set-up and first report filed, later reports are a piece of cake and take less than 1 minute.

PM me if you need more info on how to register.

Note: There are rumours that proof of having a TM30 filed, will not be required anymore.  But at the moment it is still required, and non-compliance enforced at some provincial IOs. 

Thanks for that offer Peter, but I'm a dinosaur and ,believe it or not, I use an old flip up phone not a "smarter than me" touch phone.I might go to the local office in the next couple of days and see if I can get it on my missus's phone.Another problem is that I'm here for 2 or three months then gone for 3 or 4 .I  have then  been fronting at the local office when I return,which has been relatively pain free.

22 minutes ago, Estrada said:

I was at CW Bangkok 3 weeks ago and they confirmed that there is no longer a requirement to do a TM30 report when you travel within Thailand, only when you exit and re-enter Thailand. This would apply to all immigration offices. Any problems refer them to head office in Bangkok. You just download the Section 38 app on your smart phone in order to do the TM30 reporting. The first time you apply you will get a user name and password. Once you have that you do not need to visit immigration. You can also do your 90 day report online.

Thanks Estrada, this is good news .I hope it gets through to the Ubon office!.It's no hassle to visit immigration to do my registration when I arrive or an extension but to report with a signature from the owner of the house I rent every time I wish to do an overnight trip is.for instance I was planning a night or two away next week but the owner is going away for a week so wont be available to sign

to say I'm back until the week after.Very inconvenient. 

Thank fellas.The info I got was from the Ubon office so I guess I better do it.I put off a trip because of this stupid rule.I used to often go for a night in Khonkaen,Nakon Phanom or where ever then return next day but now it'll take a morning at immigration afterwards I'll need to re think.If I go it will be a few days at a time [or not at all!]

Does anyone know "positively" [I know this is a ludicrous statement in the LOS] if we have a night away from our registered place,do we need to go and report to immigration? I was told a few weeks ago by an immigration officer that we do but I read on TV last night in a post that it has reverted to "only if we leave the country and return" which was what I was told by the same immigration officer six months before all the latest "crackdown B.S.".

23 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

Yes, I have been asking the same in other threads. Everyone is leaving, the tourists have stopped coming and the Thai economy is about to collapse, a guy in a bar told me. 

I dont know anyone leaving, and I know a guy who knows a guy, and he doesn't know anyone either.

LMAO!

There's the Kawasaki Vulcan S 650cc .I paid 240,000 bht last year