joepattaya1961

Beware of changing your "main package" with post-paid services.

I was using the 599baht; 300 free call-minutes and 1.5Gb internet option, but since I don't call that much and mostly use wifi due to the crappy 3G I decided to scale down to:

299baht: 100 free call minutes and 500Mb internet.
I did this online using the AIS Eservice-website and I applied for the change on the 19th (my bill-cycle runs from the 12th until the 11th of every month)

Yesterday I got my monthly bill:

the 599baht package was fully charged

the 299baht package was partly charged, starting from the 19 th

I called 60 minutes more than the new package allows and was charged according to the new package, rather than to use the old package.

I contacted 1175 (AIS Call Center) and asked what was going on:

The friendly lady explained the AIS policy that in case of changes during the bill-cycle the old package will be charged fully and the new package will be charged from the date of its start.

I asked the lady if this was fair, since there is nothing on their website warning for this policy and she answered:

"Maybe it's not fair, but it's the company's policy, however, I will take care of the charges of the new package; they will be deducted from your next bill and i advise you next time: If you would like to change your package, call 1175 and let the chance be effective from the new billing-cycle".

The PM may be honest, but he is also a populist.

Mostly busy with the symptoms rather than curing the real issues.

I hope they notified Guinness

Chinese New Year's Eve (today) is the day that parents, grandparents and other important people are being thanked. Companies pay respect and one part of this all is the fireworks. For good luck and scaring of the ghosts, at least that's the Thai story behind this

Patsfrang, turn into Pattaya North Road. Take the first Soi on your left (approx 100 mtr). Follow this Soi until you see BigC on your right hand; for Foodland: pass BigC and turn left at the traffic lights. You're on Pattaya Klaang with Foodland on your left hand after 300 mtr

We should blame the social media. 20 years ago smoke-signals were used and no possibility to transmit pics.

As with all governments, government's offices and law-enforcement officers..........wherever in the World: 50% is frustrated and thinking on how to make people's lives as miserable as possible and the other 50% is enforcing the weird ideas of the first 50%.

We think that those kind of actions is strictly against foreigners (d_amn.....immigration is for foreigners)........anyway.......also Thai suffer under the regime of locally made up rules and regulations.

Why would you want a foreign sim?

Maybe the company involved pays only for a sim that was issued by them; could be cheaper then reimbursing Thai telephone-cost.......

I'm looking at a pair right now

What is unobliterated browsing? Sorry for asking.

As with most postal pieces and courier-items from abroad; upon arrival at the port/airport the packages will be randomly "stickered".

The stickered packages/items will undergo the regular customs clearance and that's what you pay for.........THB 200 clearance, THB 100 overtime for customs, somewhat THB 500 for paperwork and some other crappy charges + VAT of course.

Again: Not ALL, but randomly, that's why one gets a bill from customs and another one gets nothing (extra) charged.

Don't advise or warn a Thai, especially when they're drunk; they feel like Captain America and Buddha takes care

Check out this FB-page.

No clue where they are, but in almost every post they mention a telephone number: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005987829624

There will be no accidents over the coming weekends........with Valentines and the Chinese New Year coming up, the traffic will be completely grid-locked, so speeding is out of the question.....I guess.

Apart from that........the re-surfacing of the Sattahip bound part of Sukhumvit between Soi 69 and 75 is still going on, but now it's the 2nd lane from the left. Be prepared!!

My neighbor has stacked hundreds of chairs, tables and umbrella's in the front-yard.....hardly possible to recognize the home behind it.........

Well, as an addition, they could use one of the rubber-bands that comes with the streetfood

10 (ten.......TEN?????) to 19 year old

jeeezzzzz.........in case of the 10 year olds, the garbage-bin is still smelling from their steaming Pampers and THEY out of all STI's should complain of tiny willies?

Funny how people respond, talking about qualifications and training. It's probably the same people who rather pay THB 300 than THB 500 for solving a problem.

Luckily I know some technicians who do have common sense; they stay away from electrics: "I not make, I don't know"

http://www.edron.nl/start/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=8

Euro 4,50 excl. shipping

But I would try Yermanee's old Senseo first.

Was the Pilot Thai by any chance???

Yes, probably a former coach-driver making a U-turn

Someone "up there" doesn't agree on the tunnel-project either...........at least someone who understands "us".

But hey....one positive thing is.............after completion of the project in 2020 some bright light at cityhall will propose the extention of the tunnel pass Thepprasit Road and the extra pumps that are being installed at Beach Road will be relocated to the Klaang-tunnel........

It's a bit of a guess, but those coaches seldom use the orignal exit-lane of a U-turn otherwise they won't be able to make the U-turn in one move.
Probably the coach used the right "through traffic" lane and that was misjudged by the minivan driver.

However, it happened again......a minivan in a major-crash and what I guess could also be guessed by the minivan driver....I suppose.

The weather is hot and dry.

Bargains re. shopping: all year around.

May is low season; not many tourists