thailandsgreat

Truemove blocked "paid spam" and I got a verification on Sep 26. I also blocked the numbers in my phone. This resulted in me not seeing the messages arrive. But I still get three messages @3 baht every day 🤣🤣🤣 I see that in my billing. This is a joke. The big corporations have taken over and care s--- for their customers. Back to Truemove tomorrow. And look at the content (Google translate) the big corporations have united and just spread chaos and hatred among ordinary people, competition between businesses is gone. If there was true competition between telecom operators, this crap would never occur. Enhance your luck and make you more lucky on Sunday. Suggestions for making merit for a coffin Not being taken advantage of

They charge whether you click or not. Stop trolling. 🙂 The only sure way, according to Truemove is to block via *137 /9 for English

Yes. Same thing. But they have stepped up to charging. Big corp's are taking over.

It is a relatively new postpaid account. As has been explained it hasn't to do with what I click. It somehow came with the new account. It can be turned on and off by calling *137. Either it is endorsed by True or it was the "initiative" of the sales person.

It went very fast when True did it for me. Buy I think she called 137 and disabled "paid ads"

I don't know. It hasn't to do with the phone, as I understood, True has to block "paid ads". The 3B go straight to "websites", True said. And I don't understand why members put confused smileys to the topic.

I didn't go so far. I don't think True does that. I asked why I should pay and True said it was out of their control. Now arrived another one from a similar number. They will squeeze the last money out of me before the block hopefully sets in, in 24 hrs. 😄

Most of you probably know this but I learned today, so I put a heads up here. For about a month I have received spam SMS/text messages from two numbers. I didn't care but now see that for each message they nicked 3 baht from my account. I went to Truemove and they blocked "non free ads" I believe. About 5 text a day for a month is about 450 baht. No big deal, but stupid system that they can send SMS and cut money and I must actively block them. I also blocked them in my phone.

Deposit and passbook update worked fine at the office you described. Very close to BigC on glang so that will be fine. Definitely a quicker way to update passbook for me than going to my branch outside Pattaya center. Just insert the passbook opened at current page and that’s it. You don't have to enter account number for deposit. All is in the card I just sometimes withdraw the maximum amount from home country to cut fees. Now I can easily deposit what I don't use. The only fee I now get will be if I use ATM outside Pattaya area, I guess.

Thanks, I just stumbled onto it. I can find the ATMs and office towards Foodland on the map. On Google maps they also have a deposit machine. Do you know how find which ATMs have deposit cash machine?

I have had Bangkok Bank accounts for long time and recently got a card connected to one of them. I believe the bank told me it was an international Mastercard debit card. Today I was going to try the card out and ask in Big C, Pattaya glang where I could find ATM:s for deposit. The other banks' staff told me that the Bangkok Bank office had closed and there wasn't even an ATM left in Big C, Pattaya glang! Kasikorn seems to be the top dogs there now. I have an account there too buy I usually deal with Bangkok bank.

Will you keep warranty if external workshop replaces parts? What is the warranty BTW?

I have mostly seen big guys with top box and maybe gf on forza 350. But some girls do ok:

One must be careful, especially on the Sukumvit. Maybe I get a bigger bike one day, but not for racing the Sukhumvit, I have too little experience for that. Buy a top box and side boxes might be nice. I can just say that Cambodia, 10-20 years ago, was worse. Even the experienced bikers had problems with the Lexus who braked for no one. I am no biker so I shouldnt say so much. But safety videos I listen to often talk about cars not seeing the bikes, not expecting them. But Thai are so used to bikes and "eveyone" probably grew up on a bike, so they are aware of bikes. But of course, it will suffice that one car fails and you are done.

I can see your point. Following your girl to her home village in Isaan and leading nice life with her family sounds ok. But hasn't the "party life" gone down a little? 10-15 years ago there were plenty of girls around Pullman hotel in KK. More quiet on my last visit. Udon "farlang street" was OK on my last visit which was a while ago.

That was interesting. I don't know much about bikes. You hotted up the suspension of the Click. It has monoshock rear. That is obviously your premeditated move. It is a very nice feeling to ride what the Thais ride. (I would choose Filano. But 125 is on the low side for the sukumwit?) Or is it so that we fall in love with certain bikes and keep modifying them. (Far easier than the women we marry.) How would you compare the original suspension of an ADV to what you got now?

That sounds good. I have been to Kao Chi Chan. You know the road so you can drive faster. Recently on a rainy day I took the left before Lotus Sattahip and ended up in water covering about half the front wheel!

So you are one of those I just see the back of when I go towards Sattahip ????

I have rented click 160 in Patts. My impression is there were several available.

I passed the library and Youth center today. Nice area to go around. But still difficult to find empty parking lots or similar with paved surface for slow speed training. Most is "dirt and gravel".

There wasn't much I could say to the officers since I wasn't even aware of the existence of such signs. They were ok. Waiting is ok. I just hope I will not block traffic from behind that doesn't follow the rule. The signs look different in different crossings. https://snipboard.io/cmMfE7.jpg https://snipboard.io/bO8epV.jpg Worse can happen. In Georgia, during Covid, I was walking alone in an empty street when a police car ran up, blocked my way and booked me for not wearing face mask. But friendly officers.

Maybe the certificate of residence is a hitch. It may only allow us to buy bike within the high spending zone of Pattaya and only a little beyond. And I was on rental bikes when I shopped around. The rentals contracts often limit your movements to 60 k. The Click is a good bike but the gas tank encroaches on storage. If I bought 125cc I would look att Filano (which Thai seem to like) or Lead (37 liter storage!), both with step through

You may have been riding in Thailand so long that you trust the same instincts, Buddha amulets and flower garlands as the Thai do. They just feel what will work in traffic and what not, and that works. I have to try to think myself through this.

The 45 l boxes I have seen would definitely need consideration if you trickle through a traffic jam. Just because your mirrors will pass, the box may not, also laying down the bike slightly. I would have to drive more like a car. But most boxes can be removed by the press of a button. They put crash bars on my PCX today. That will hopefully reduce damage, at a fall in very low speed, practicing maneuvers.

Good to know. It is probably not a problem. What I was mostly concerned about is if the box becomes as wide or wider than the mirrors. The mirrors you can see and slowly maneuver between car mirrors. One must just be extra careful in jammed traffic with a large box behind. Can also advice any bikers to be careful with the "no left turn at red light" sign. The strict but friendly men in brown educated me about it today and let me off the hook. I must do better here. I honestly didnt know about it even though I passed the grueling exam for Thai motorbike license. My attitude to Thai traffic police improved even more today.