thailandsgreat

Only another update: Just got a crash cage from US. Duties are also levied on transport fee, on top of that VAT. All in all 50% price hike! When Jeff Bezos sends these he will bribe the customs officials so his minions can inspect and let pass themselves 😉

I managed to download the app from Playstore but it doesn't help since it crashes for unknown reasons. Thanks for VPN suggestion, surprisingly it may sometimes help to go from neighboring countries and not straight from my Thai nbr! I havent checked yet if the stores are chosen from KL and I must wait for freight. Prices are in Ringit. But if I just get a screenshot I can maybe ask Thai person to image search it in their Shopee app. Laptop is also useful.

I have started logging in to the web page with phone number (Thai) and ditching Google or Facebook log in. It could be a solution. Let's see how long it lasts.

I used to surf Shopee and hotel staff helped me buy. But since a few days I get blocked "Shopee app not available in your country." Changing my Play Store address would mean changing my Google address and shifting it out of EU could be bad for my medical insurance etc. You can also only change it once yearly. The advice using VPN is meaningless. I am already surfing on Thai True phone. How can I access the Shopee links appearing in Google? I can see the content for a split second and then it's blocked.

Very clear reply today from BKK bank Sukhumvit office Pattaya: 800k on the account for 4 months or they can lock 800k for 4 months to come. No exceptions. They were also aware that the BKK Bank and Thai immigration rules were different.

And what did SCB demand to write the letter?

I thought Nancy was an anglification of Nan but I am not sure. She told me I could get a letter after overnight deposit at K-bank. I also went to K-bank Festival and they said they could write a letter if money was in bank 2-3 days. "But immigration may ask questions" This is a tricky subject. If I ask K-bank to lock the money for 4 months. Will I then get a letter on the day and it is likely it will pass immigration scrutiny?

It was after Monday morning, this week, I forgot which day. The first lady, Miss Nan. I was with the Boonsampan office which was good but it closed and the Sukhumvit office has had long waiting times the few times I have been there. But I will have 2 mo matured money on July 27. I should maybe transfer money to K-bank and ask them to lock for 4 mo and write letter right away. Would they do that?

I spoke to Maneerat a few days ago. I showed them the passbook from Bangkok Bank. They said the rule was 2 months before applying for the letter. Were they not updated?

Have made a few visits to Maneerat lately, my impression is, for Pattaya/Jomtien If you have had >800k for 2 months it is OK, you get a letter No more letters from BKK bank with shorter time deposits K-bank issues letter after shorter time deposit but BI may ask questions BKK-bank in Festival said if I deposit 800k today and lock it for 4 months into the future, they can issue a letter today. If I missed anything, please let me know. Is the "deposit 800K today and lock 4 mo ahead and get letter today" general practice? I use another BKK bank branch than the one that told me this.

The rules about cash on account for Non-O seem to be enforced more rigorously now. I heard of a rule new to me: If you deposit ฿800k and ask the bank to lock it to the account for 4 months the bank will issue a "letter for immigration" right away. Is this general practice or could it face some problems, asking for this? I also learnt that K-bank issues letters after only having had the money for 2-3 days but a K-employee said immigration may ask questions about the origin of the money. Is this method likely to succeed?

I don't go into what is decent. But I believe the error in manufacturing could be intentional so Givi could sell their products at a lower price in some countries and the error stops them from reaching countries where Givi.can charge a higher price. There may also be shops around here where the "foreign standard" is sold. They will not fit plates bought here. The official Givi retailer for Thailand advertises on Lazada, as I remember. It's all a mess.

I believe this could be some "region coding". I bought a very good Samsung cell in Buriram some years ago. It worked in Asia, Africa but never in Europe. The worst hacking tricks including flashing new ROM didn't help. It was a cheap but good model only intended for some countries in Asia and Africa. This problem with the Givi boxes could be the same. Chinese plates and boxes have their own standard. Therefore cheap Chinese boxes can not leak to Europe or US. (Not cheap when they reach Lazada, though.) It must be intentional. A counterfeiter couldn't make a perfect box but fail with the lock. The Asian standard is a region code.

Yepp. You are probably right.

I think you are right. But I want to switch boxes between my bikes so I will import from now on. The large Maxia 4 was 30.000 Baht in Shopee/Lazada but only about 13.000 to import + tariff + VAT about 2000 from Italy. (And transportation) Glad I imported. I started a thread about it. But now I found a small box @ B 2500. Have to send that one back too.