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same here, wife bought 8 tvs for our new units, they came and set them all up, then when students moved in one didnt work, shop refused to refund or replace, they sent it off to be repaired and made us wait several months so we gave the student the tv from our bedroom while twe waited for it, the shop person that set them up would have known one was no good but said nothing and the shop would not accept fault, tv's were a good japanese brand too, these days we buy no electricals unless they test them first

we can only hope that the majority of thais agree with this and dont vote this lot back in, then the problem is who else to vote for seeing this govt has removed the best opposition to stop them from gaining popularity, thaksin mark 2 may be the only choice which doesnt really sit well with many either, really need to see a young team step up like they did at the last election

if this is a fact then why didnt the PM get it, he refused to have the chinese stuff, says a lot about how good it actually is, also on how much they are able to make from it and this is the real reason it is being pushed onto the thai people while the ministers etc get their western shots

but is it only going to be sold to the rich or can those of us with thai wives/partners own the land we live on as well, just allowing "rich" non thias to own land is absolute BS as it will be bought purely to make a profit on, those of us living on the land we already own with our partners are committed to the long term and to Thailand, profits dont come into it, it is owning our own homes/land for our future and that of our thai families

"What does he mean by “adequate”? ". It means that as long as he is making money from using it he doesnt care what happens to thais in general, the fact that the western world does not accept the chinese vaccines as valid to enter their countries shows it is not what he is claiming but by forcing it onto everyone he is laughing all the way to the bank

had my first pfizer vaccination, second one in October, wife is getting her first moderna vaccination in October as well at a private hospital in Bangkok, has been confirmed

no surprise really, I have found a few tradesmen in Thailand that do really great work, unfortunately there are many more that dont, a lot has to do with the lack of professional standards as well as proper apprenticeships/tech schools etc to ensure they are taught by qualified professionals. Much cheaper to just get workers that lack the enthusiasm & technical knowledge for their work to do it, when you do find a good one you need to hang on to them

wonder how long before the govt find something to shut this down, cant have anyone helping the populace to get smarter/more knowledgeable about what they are doing. Removing any threats to their authority as has been shown in the past will mean doing whatever it takes so they remain in power

Thailand, where money and profits come before the health/lives of their citizens, covid is still running rampant but it goes to the back of the queue to making money from farang tourists, maybe if the govt had pulled its finger out and had vaccinations from the western world ordered/imported at the start instead of pandering to their chinese masters we wouldnt have all the problems we are having now. Opening up when the country is still spreading covid all over the place is not the way to go when it should be vaccinating everyone with western vaccines, it was their push to get everyone travelling again for money/profits that started the second wave yet here they are wanting to do it all again, shows how pathetic they really are, money, money, money is their only catch cry

they need a police presence on the road in patrol cars/bikes so they can catch all th drivers/riders doing the wrong thing as well as booze busses operating to catch out all the drink drivers. Problem is it would cost money to get started which they dont like to spend plus the police would not want to go out and patrol roads etc as we have all seen, a presence at night would also help, policing is supposed to be 24 hours not sun up to sun down. Paying police a decent wage would also go a long way to clearing up the need for graft and getting them more enthusiastic to do their jobs

I was on 400 mg of tramadol sr(2 x 200mg) for many years in Australia and tried to get off it, started by getting it in 50 mg tabs instead of 200 mg tabs and removing one a day till I got used to it before removing another 50 mg a day. Finally got down to the last 50 mg tab after many months that I needed to take of a night to enable me to sleep and could not go without it as it would cause me major problems, a friend that grew his own dope told me to try "cookies" to see if that would remove the problem so I got all his trim and made a batch. Apparantly I used too much trim as they were pretty potent, one bite a night was all that was needed to let me sleep, after a couple of weeks I was able to sleep without it, my tramadol addiction was finally over. At one stage a few years before I did this a new doctor refused to prescribe tramadol for me and said seeing I had given up smoking it wouldnt be a problem stopping but I ended up being taken in to hospital in a pretty bad state after a couple of days, the doctor that saw me went ballistic about the idiot doctor that had refused a prescription saying that being on it for 20 years you cannot just stop cold turkey. Many years earlier I had been able to stop doing dope fairly easily(years before my injury) as well so for those that say tramadol in large doses is not that addictive and easy to get off are simply wrong or I would not have had the problems doing it that I did, should also say that I was told kratom(red) would be helpful to get off it but couldnt get it in Australia so here you should be fine to try it

Thaksin private hospital was the vaccine centre yesterday, next shot is 7th october so hopefully better organized. After effects have been headache with a bit of a high temp(sorted by tylenol 500), sore arm and was very light headed yesterday afternoon so had to lie down for a couple of hours, this morning the hedache is still there as is the sore arm but thats it.

Went in to get my pfizer jab today, appointment time was 2pm and it said dont come early as they dont want a crowd, turns out everyone had a 2pm appointment so there was a very large crowd. Very poorly organized to say the least, they had to borrow one mans wife to read out the name list as none of the hospital staff was able to do so in english. The forms you had to fill in had very small printing on them and many were unable to read it then after the shot people were just leaving still carrying the form they filled in, no one told anyone that the forms had to be collected before leaving and the new appointment time for the next shot picked up, again all at the same time/day. To say it was totally miss managed is an under statement, convinced these people couldnt organize a p*ss up in a brewery, the staff were walking around like chooks with their heads cut off, couldnt answer any queries at all, tried asking about a vaccination card and they just looked at us like we were stupid, total shamozzle but at least we got our first shot and not the chinese one thank god so they did do one thing right, just got to hope the econd shot is pfizer as well

dhl are straight up thieves, I have used them a few times and the duties they charge are over what Thailand requires, they also tend to add on extra fees, the latest item I bought online already had the thai duties included but dhl then told me I had to pay their office fees for making sure all the correct duties were paid, just happened to be virtually the same price as the item, you either pay up or they keep the item. They are the biggest rip offs around and will overcharge everything, I wil never use them again, anyone that does is asking to be ripped off

prayut would be kicking himself for vouching for this man and claiming he was not jailed in Australia for drugs, he made up BS excuses so that he would have him and his following behind him to make sure he won the election, now it is all backfiring. If thammanat changes parties I get the feeling he will suddenly be found to have been jailed for drug importation when some missing/over looked paper work suddenly shows up or he will die from "natural" causes guaranteeing his followers do as they are told

The page I was being taken to so I could log in was not same as the one above, shortly after lodging a complaint with datc about the problem I was having they messaged me & apologized telling me that there had been an error on the updated website/link but it had been fixed. Thanks for all the replies

currently with dtac and have been for around 10 years, service is good but they keep re building their website and now I cant even log in to it to pay my monthly fee as it will not recognize my computer is using optic fibre to the computer, it keeps telling me I am using wifi when I am not so I cannot log in. I am really over all this garbage and want to move my number to a serice provider that works, will look at updating my phone as well so will look at packages. I rarely use my phone for internet and it is used basically for calls only, can member suggest/recommend a good provider

problem in Thailand is that they do not put out any warning lights before any sort of road block etc, I know we have nearly had head ons when all of a sudden there is a totally unlit road block in a very dark section of road with an open speed limit. One of the reasons though is that people steal the lights or the fact that it costs money to keep them on, a lot of safety gear in Thailand depends on the costs involved, a few deaths is nothing to those that pocket the profits

I have no hesitation saying I love it here and would not move back to Australia to live, in the last couple of years we have bought land and built a second home, something not possible back in Australia. I dont find it expensive to live here at all, its cheap to go out for dinner plus other everyday costs are quite good, the only problems I see that really effect us are the corruption and the racist policies for non thais that make it hard to get visa extensions etc. They really need to get rid of the 90 day reporting as well as all the paper work for visa extensions and making them for longer than just 12 months(really think all this is for is financial gains for them), think you would find that more pople would retire here if the govt stopped making us jump through hoops and let us live here care free for a couple of years at a time before having to do an extension/paperwork etc

biggest problems in Thailand is the fact there is no work ethics, many simply want to do as little as possible. My wife after university got a job with a Japanese company, they sent her to Japan for 6 months to learn all aspects of the business. She eventually left the company(Bangkok) to move back closer to home(Surat Thani) where she became the manager of a large export company. Her work ethics are that of the Japanese but she has a lot of trouble with many of the workers/laborers they employ as they dont have the same work ethics although she has trained the office staff to have her work ethics and they do a great job. Many thais also do not like taking responsibility for anything which is why its hard to find good higher level workers/managers as well, they like the more important positions but do not want to have to think about everything that is being done let alone being responsible for the workers under them. Adjusting to the way thais see work etc is all you can do, maybe do a western thing and have them sit for a writen exam then the ones that pass have to sit with you in a discussion of what they will be doing and explaining how they would go about it, get them to show if they have the talent/ability to do the job before hiring them

I registered the day they opened the site, I got my vaccine date last saturday for next week, they dont tell you what vaccine they will allocate for you but if its the chinese one I will be walking out after tellng them where they can stick it, I have also booked and paid for moderna so will get that as the second shot if the first one is pfizer or AZ or as both if the govt try to give me the chinese one

my old passport expired in march this year and my visa extension renewal was in December '20(final approval in Jan this year) so I made sure to get a new passport before the extension date and save the hassle of having to get all the stamps transferred over to the new passport, worked well for me

Yes, how dare they tell the truth and expose the current govts efforts to line their pockets and rip of the thai public

In Australia we would pick them up and take them outside, never killed them, huntsman are ok

no surprise really, everyone knows that there is always a big commision on anything the govt buys or contracts for/out, it used to be around 30% but wouldnt be surprised if it is now higher with this lot. Probably be a lot of cake boxes being distributed to the right people to ensure there is no graft found in any of the purchases made or fault with buying chinese vaccines