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1 hour ago, Alotoftravel said:

Hi,

Any recommended places to repair ipad out of warranty in  Chiang mai . I am aware of the ICARE in Central Airport/Maya plus the Studio 7 in Central Festival and Maya. I called Apple directly. Apple Support advised to go an authorized dealer. Apparently, authorized dealer can repair free if it is not a hardware problem and also they can give you a estimate price to fix it. There is no cost to estimate to repair. Any thoughts much appreciated/.

I've had repairs done at iCare Airport. They do Apple authorized repairs in shop. No charge (if under warranty).

One failing business model acquiring another failing business model. What could possibly go wrong?

18 hours ago, Guderian said:

 

I'd suggest you and/or your wife visit with some of the friendlier Chinese neighbours, take them some moon cakes or whatever, and ask their advice on how best to market the house in China or to Chinese people already in Thailand.

We've already done that. And we have made a couple contacts with individuals who maybe may know somebody.... but we can't count on anything. We'd prefer to find a dedicated agent.

11 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

Did a Thai person list this? I see these kinds of crazy prices and they make no sense to me. Normal middle class houses in Chiang Mai are like 2.5-3.5 million so your house would be  the same as 7 mid priced homes. Maybe the idea is that you buy the lot, demolish the house and build a condo. Chiang Mai is rip off these days if you ask me.

 

Sorry that's just a rant, won't help you find your Chinese chump. 😂 Good luck.

This isn't a normal house.

10 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

Btw, how much did you pay for the property 9 years ago? Curious what kind of inflation we're looking at here.

We originally paid 15 million, and we have since expanded the size of the house, kitchen remodeling, extensive landscaping, and we've just completed refurbishing all the teakwood inside and outside the house. All these additions cost another 3~4 million. While there may be some home depreciation to take into account, the land value itself has skyrocketed because it is in the actual city, not the suburbs. The neighboring moobaan, built at the same time as our home, but with smaller identical looking houses, has even higher asking prices (per sqm), and is full of Chinese families.

Partner and I are selling our 9 year old house and downsizing. Our house is located in Muang Chiang Mai in a secluded wooded moobaan in a very convenient part of the city. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) due partially to the increased land value, it's listed at 22 million baht. Compared to similar property listings in the vicinity this seems to be a reasonable price. Yet we've had zero interest from local buyers. We kinda knew this was going to be an issue as there does not seem to be much demand for properties of this price in CM.

So we want to focus on selling to an foreigner, specifically a Chinese buyer. Our moobaan and the surrounding area is becoming more and more popular with Chinese families so it's not a bad idea. However, none of the agents we've contacted in Chiang Mai know how to find Chinese buyers.

Could anyone suggest a real estate agency with good connections to China and Chinese buyers?

I was actually a little worried for this guy when he announced this. I've seen the remains of a cross country cyclist run down and killed on the main road in front of my house in Chiang Mai. He used the wrong bike, no support vehicle, no safety lights, no logical plan, grossly underestimated the weather, and drove on the main N/S highway at night. Just one massive clusterfüx of stupidity. I can't imagine how it would have gotten easier for him as he got closer to BKK, he should consider himself extremely lucky that he walked away from this misadventure unscathed.

He should go back to singing his cringey songs or, perhaps instead of spending US$40k on a silly Antarctic youtuber cruise, he should invest in some common sense.

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59 minutes ago, timendres said:

You must have a stamp similar to this one with the critical "extension of stay permitted" line.

If you have that, then you are okay until the date stamped.

If you do not have that, then you have an issue.

Yup, I have that stamp. Thanks. My confusion was because they did not also update my entry stamp (from the airport) to indicate I can stay longer than the expiration date of my prior Non-O visa. So according to that stamp, it looked like I had overstayed. As indicated by other people here, regardless of the "Until" date on that entry stamp, I have not overstayed.

Whew! Thank you everyone.

This was my first time doing the renewal, wasn't sure whether I had screwed up or not. And for sure, I'll be getting the re-entry permit.

My non-O retirement visa was due to expire on Feb 13 2024 so I renewed it in late January. The visa extension says I'm now allowed to stay until Feb 13 2025. All good. So I thought.

I just today noticed that the latest entry stamp on my passport (when I returned to Thailand in November) says I am permitted to stay until Feb 13 2024, and there is no supplemental mark or stamp saying that I am allowed to stay any longer than that.

Have I just overstayed?? Was I still supposed to leave the country before Feb 13? How does this normally work?

We had a router-sized box mounted on the side of our house pointed in a specific direction. It connects via standard coax to a signal booster box under the stairs, then via coax to each room with a TV. We setup the TVs to auto-detect the channels and now we can use the TV remote to change channels. Something like 36 total channels. Previously we used a satellite dish with a separate tuner and remote, which was clunky. And I feel this digital signal is far clearer than what we got off the satellite. I'd post a photo of the box but it's dark out. I actually have no idea what this box is called, but it works perfectly.

I have previously always applied for my re-entry permit at the airport when departing, only took 10~15 minutes. Is this no longer an option?? Or is it no longer a recommended option?

I was unable to book online, there were zero spot available at any time, so I assumed the site was broken.

Instead I just wandered down there mid-day, got my queue #, got the retirement visa extended and outta there in just over one hour. If CM Immigration continue being this efficient I'm gonna have to stop griping about them.

4 hours ago, johng said:

So who would you say is the best now ?

Here's a couple comparable public sites like The Pirate Bay, https://1337x.to and https://torrentgalaxy.to/. There are also, of course, specialty trackers (anime, pr0n, documentaries, k-dramas, warez, etc) and private trackers out there. Those you gotta search for.

Personally, I only torrent these days when a direct download is not available. Armed with an Alldebrid account, Jdownloader2 or a NAS, I can snag (nearly) anything I want - and be watching it - in a matter of seconds. Best of all, there is zero chance of getting 'busted' for piracy - though that's never really been an issue in Thailand.

On 1/19/2024 at 6:22 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Yes...

We, those who have used Pirate Bay for many years, understand how torrents work.

 

Don't know where you've been but The Pirate Bay has long since lost the torrent crown, it is now poorly managed, finding new releases is very hit and miss, and it is chock full of viruses and malware. Any self-respecting pirate would never in a million years use that site, anymore.

Yeah, as others mentioned, if you are going to buy HDD locally, only buy from JIB or Banana or other official vendors. You can buy from their official store on Lazada or directly at their brick and mortar store (same price). If you're gonna purchase from HD overseas, those ebay drives are refurbished - not new - and more importantly, no warranty. The last thing I personally would put in my NAS is a refurbished HD with no warranty. If you want the cheapest drive, with full 3 year warranty, just purchase from Amazon. You'll get free shipping (normally under 2 weeks). Price beats any legit Thailand price by a decent amount.

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Recommended. He helped a family member overcome severe bipolar disorder when other doctors back home couldn't do it.

26 minutes ago, noodleslayer said:

So, you're saying Amazon charged $17 for the import fee, and then refunded the whole $17, meaning you paid $0 for import? How long did it take for them to refund you?

 

It was appx. one month later. I would add though that that was the only time I've had the entire import fee refunded. Usually it's few dollars only. Sometimes nothing at all.

15 hours ago, McTavish said:

AFAIK it will be a new store, Thai Watsadu and BnB combined in one...  a Mega-store.

That could be the case. They just last month opened a Thaiwatsadu/BnB mega-store in Sansai.