mran66

I need to get vertical blinds (those with twisting stripes of fabric or plastic that can be slid aside if need) after

some remodeling, (about 2.1m high 1.8m wide).

Obviously many shops around making those, however wondering if anyone would have

recommendations for good experiences with some place, good quality/service and reasonable price? 

Staying in Pratamnak.

have been using this one for few years, guess tens of times, no problem ever.

1000b each way swampy/1500 don muang.

Mr KeaK 

+66813401365 Line ID...titapat.oor 

+66862520221 Line ID...keakpattaya

email: [email protected]

http://www.pattayataxi.info/

I have not seen but you could give a try at the screw shop on thepparasit. They have all kinds of stuff related to screws and related tools incl machining tools. I had luck finding some tools there I could not find elsewhere. 

North side of thepparasit, i recall somewhere between soi 8 and suk. Clearly visible sign stating 'screws'. 

was shopping for groceries today and checked if indeed they discontinued acetone at friendship - seems still there, 50bt for 450ml and 18bt for 100ml bottle. Bought this before and worked well for all cleaning...be careful it easily damages the surface under the stain so it probably is real acetone. At least says acetone and smells like it.

Right under the toothbrushes, on alley opposite where butter/margarine is placed.

...But where to find Oxalic acid...in some other towns seems to be available in stores selling chemicals - anybody know of such general chemical store in Pattaya area?

I have bought mine from friendship supermarket. In cleaning/detergent section . 

On 11/7/2016 at 7:05 PM, Nice Boyd said:

For cockroaches???


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for cleaning rusty and oxidized metal parts

...talking about acids, where to find oxalic acid in Pattaya (in home use quantity)?

I paid 700 for the very same thing some time back in a small shop when had puncture and had the outer tire replaced at the same tlme

Usually 180bt to replace punctured inner tube only. Had a few done... 

4 hours ago, Linesy said:

I have had success with Hitachi Service Centre in Bangkok. I emailed a photo of a part with model number of the appliance. They responded promptly with the part number, stock availability and cost + delivery. Very professional.

thanks - googled the contact and sent email with my issue to the email address

on their service website ([email protected]) and got a reply quotation incl

shipment and payment details within half an hour (seems need to buy the whole

motor but still worth).  Will proceed and see how the delivery actually works.

My Hitachi vacuum started to loose power and smell electric - seems  I would need to get new commutator

brushes. Anybody know  if there is any Hitachi service center or other spare part shop in Pattaya

where could go ask for such to try if still would have some life left instead of getting a new vacuum?

I had mixed problems with by 3BB for couple of weeks, sometime connection drop temporarily, sometime very slow, sometime got a 3BB prompt on my screen asking some password (their system password of some nature I guess) etc. On Friday I accidentally clicked Save on the password screen, and the whole system stopped working, saying that password incorrect too many times or something like that. Called 3BB service and a guy came by yesterday to reset the password (could not do myself as no computer with LAN port). He got the password done, but connection did not work properly, was very very slow (like 0.2M or so), intermittent, and at the end stopped work completely. The guy went to look the 3BB switch box and came back sometime later telling that a cable is broken between my house and the 3BB box, being able to isolate to about 15m part of the line based on his investigation. I hopped on my bike to get a new cable to replace that 15m section and voila the networks works like a charm since.

I pulled the old cable off the bush (completely covered by plants) and it indeed was damaged so that the copper was visible (though did not see where it was cut or whether it was cut or just exposed), I guess due to the foliage causing too much stress on it over time.

Anyway, I assume, though can not be  sure, that all the issues I had with the access were caused by the damaged telephone cable that initially caused intermittent problems as described (maybe not completely broken, just intermittently connected to ground or plants esp when wet), then finally totally stopped working completely.

So you might want to check/have checked that the telephone cable from 3BB box to your router is not damaged. If can not find any other explanation and still have intermittent issues, you might just replace the cable to exclude the possibility (was 20bt per meter in hardware shop). I guess the 3BB guys should be able to measure the the cable though. Might be so that on dry day no issues, but on wet day (when damaged insulation has more meaning) have.

Overall I am pretty happy with 3BB service when problems occur (as they do every now and then as the last mile installations not really that well made), guy normally comes within hours and helps solve the problem.

3 hours ago, onemorechang said:

This is all good information,  good job

But i would not bother trying to do Tax for car or motor bike

on a weekend,     it will always be hit and miss.

do this stuff on a week day to avoid disappointment and an extra trip 

...well for those of us who live west of Suk, the trip to DLT is long and big C short and also can shop at same trip...and it is hit and miss also at DLT as sometime they seem to have off-days. Happened to me once, I recall earlier this year when rode there to settle tax of my HD and the place was closed, just a note on the gate. Back home and another trip next day.

What are the pitfalls you thinking of on weekends, please share so that can try avoid?

At least was a breeze for me once got the insurance (which I can buy

on way to Big C now, and even do the inspection if needed)

5 hours ago, johng said:

 

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Surprised that the insurance company's where closed on Saturday,  I would have thought the weekend would bring them lots more custom

because of the mini DLT office at Bic C  on the weekend.

 

@mran66  I might have remembered wrong  but I thought the  mini DLT office at Big C was  only  open 9AM till 12 or 1 PM  Saturday and Sunday  maybe the insurance companies close for half day  on the weekends ???  after the DLT office shut there would be much less customers.

at least signboards of the insurance co's clearly stated they open Mon-Fri only.

As I was there at about 1.30, can not say whether they open on morning.

I understood from some other post that the "mini DLT" on Sat 9-15 only, not Sun,

but not sure if so. At least until 2pm yesterday they were there.

...is it really so that nobody has seen this kind of chairs in any furniture shop in bangkok?

Have you tried the Fur-9 furniture shop opposite Macro on Sukhumvit? They have that style of furniture on display so its worth a look.

That's exactly the shop I was in...yes they have on display but not available...

thanks but different...I can get one effectively comparable to the IKEA one from Index at 990bt, even locally in Pattaya...

the one I am looking after is with flat padded seat...a bit more comfortable and works with different butt sizes more

comfortably than the scooped plastic ones.

seat belt?

Was trying to find bar stools like in attached pic from Pattaya. Very common made-in-china model widely available

everywhere - expect Pattaya...the shop had one piece and said can not order more (strange...).

wonder if anyone would come across furniture shop in Bangkok that would have (or be professional to order) these?

I bought some stuff from IKEA few mo ago and had delivered to Pattaya. Recall delivery was 3000baht so not much, stuff worth about 100k bt.

Some items were out of stock at the time I made the purchase & payment (in store), however they said they will deliver separately at no additional

charge when items arrive (scheduled about a week later).

Before the second part of delivery, I wanted to add some items to my list (kitchen cabinet add-ons). No problem to add the items and

have them included to the second delivery, no additional delivery charge either. You just need to know the item codes, have some

email comms and then once you get the price quote, go to bank and pay i.e even if they do not have online shopping as web store,

effectively you can do the same by emailing with customer service.

Overall, a good experience with their customer service via email. And about quality, as scandinavian for some reason I find IKEA quality

better than local Index etc even if some might feel other way, and I think price actually cheaper in IKEA as well. Was similar in China

when lived there, local copies were crap and higher priced than IKEA.

LG service center on sukhumvit seems to have good selection of spares on stock at reasonable prices, and repair service not expensive either.

Used for aircon and mobile myself.

Had a screen replaced for my Lg G2 sometime back (under warranty) and while the guy was changing it, I asked how much new battery.

Was about 700 incl work (internal cell)

sent you a pm

...it is all relative...traveling in nothern Europe this week, people saying 'nice that spring is coming blah blah' - this

morning cloudy, little mist, and mercury set to 4deg C...

just to make you all feel better about the local temperature;-)

A TWO-year? When I got mine, the first licence was for only 1 year.

used to be 1 year at a time, but I also got a two years one at my 2nd renewal. guess they changed the validity from 1 to 2 in 2015.

no need for visa, at least I did my original as well as two renewals with 30d stamp...but always took longer than OP, about half a day or so.

easily goes so that can not finish prior to lunch even if go in morning if not early in queue so would take till afternoon as lunch breaks the process.

My back can not stand the hard asian mattresses at all so the first thing after getting a place here was to find a soft comfy

mattress to replace the rock that came with the place. Tried thick soft topper first but not soft enough for me.

Bought one from the guy selling mattresses just outside HomePro cashiers on Pattaya Klang.

Brand is Homematt, I recall I paid something around 13 or 15k for Queen. Soft, just right for me, no complaints so far.