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7 hours ago, Bell1234 said:

And yet the biggest one of all the Songkran festival will not be haha.. To much money to lose even with the worst drought in 20 years.

I think they will not cancel Songkran because that would make to many farangs happy.....The majority of farangs despise Songkran...... 

Novostivl also claims that victims reported the fraud to Pattaya police but were told by officers there was not enough evidence to take the matter further.

So do the police have enough evidence that a crime has been committed yet? Or maybe he is still in good standing because this is just how real estate brokers roll in Pattaya...

1 minute ago, NCC1701A said:

England reports 25 new cases of coronavirus, taking UK total to 115

We know whats next.......!4 days in a hotel room......

No Songkran in Pattaya....Would be the most wonderful thing.....A true real live miracle..... 

What's surprising? This is par for the course for most public construction projects here.... 

1 minute ago, ChouDoufu said:

this is supposedly the biggest ever scam?

only 300 million baht.

 

that would barely cover the purchase of 8 floating plastic pontoon piers.

This is only 10 million dollars.......Hardly a kings ransom.....

11 minutes ago, SmartyMarty said:

Thai Airways deserve nothing. Thai TG491 BBK-AK on Tuesday. No alcohol served during dinner, the after dinner coffee without the usual cognac offering, no on board duty free, no salt/pepper with any meal, toilet rubbish bins overflowing, broken toilet roll holders, overhead air-vents all inoperable (maybe a virus thing). Probably won't fly them again

Sir I hear you.....No salt and pepper would be the straw that broke the camel's back for me....

4 minutes ago, Eindhoven said:

We don't know the model of TV. So cannot ascertain the function.

Have you looked at the TCL(Telephone Communications Limited) TV +APP Store?

I have not looked at the TCL store but I will now thanks....

Can anyone explain the easiest way to get internet working on a smart T.V.....The process is just not clear to me....I bet one of you guys have already done this....

I just bought a new TCL smart tv..........My telephone is a Samsung smart phone that has AIS wireless data........Using my smart phones AIS data to get YouTube videos on the smart TV seems to work pretty good....But how about the rest of the internet? Do I need to install a web browser on the smart TV or what? Can you hook a mouse up to a smart T.V? ....Help..lol

Thanks in advance.....

So how much money do they want to see in your bank account?

1 hour ago, Buba Ho Tep said:

I'm surprised they haven't ban coffee considering its popularity and addictiveness.  Kratom has about the "bang" of a triple-shot latte and isn't as addictive.  Really, banning coffee would be a statist control-freaks dream come true.  Think of all the people that could be throw into jail.

The powers that be love coffee and the effects it has on people....Coffee has no special tax or regulation on it in virtually any country in the world...Why not?.....Why have politicians not taxed coffee?....Think about it......Politicians love taxes....They love to tax the heck out of alcohol, tobacco,and cannabis, and I am sure kratom too....But they will not tax coffee at all, not even a little,any where...Why not?....Very Strange.....Now even Salt and Sugar are up for some good old fashioned taxing but coffee? absolutely no chance of coffee getting taxed... 

31 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

Scams?  People from the West are not running "marriage scams" to get visas - especially when old enough to Buy Off Immigration through an Agent for a retirement-extension, at a fraction of the cost of a "fake wife."  A handful were busted from India and such.

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Oh, THAT Scam - the one They Were Running Out Of Their Office with their agent-partners.  Yes, that's par for the course here.

 

I'd like to quit the Non-O-ME Visa-Runs and switch to a Non-O based-on-Marriage extension, but won't put my wife through immigration's interrogation-hell for my not paying them off.  If someone knows a good Bangkok agent who handles marriage-extensions, please PM me.

The marriage visa has to win the prize for putting the most people through the ringer.....Pictures in bedrooms, maps to houses,Surprise request for documents it just goes on and on...

On 2/25/2020 at 5:10 PM, recom273 said:

Great to see my local 7-11 observing the plastic bag ban - They no longer use branded 7-11 bags.

 

I don't particularly care, but whilst other retailers have stood firm and provided paper bags, cardboard boxes or sold reusable - 7-11 use brown plastic bags for some items, kinda missing the point slightly.

What I do if a store does not give me a bag I just throw a fit and many times this seems to help them find the hidden plastic bags....

6 hours ago, TaaSaparot said:

It is the Queen Vic. on Soi 6 that 1st Class Visa Runs work out of.

 

Their Border Run to Pong Nam Ron is 2800 baht which probably is a little higher than the average, but it does include a breakfast (of sorts) and meal on your return, and IMO they have the best Minibus of all of them, which has 6 single comfortable seats ( plus one up front with the driver if you so wish)

 

They leave from the Queen Vic. at 6.45am (no going around various hotels picking passengers up) and with two short stops at Service Station to stretch the legs, you are back at the Queen Vic. around 2.30pm.

 

And both the girls that work there, are pleasant and very helpful.

 

IMHO

Boy prices have gone up......Last time I went I payed 1,900.....But this was years ago...

I think if the students keep protesting the Army will be teaching the kids about good old fashion Thai democracy with clubs and tear gas....

So why not just say.....Yea yea I am registered.....Or do they have computer records of every one........I kind of think they dont.....

And anyways its the hotels job to do the registering...

What kind of visa did they have?