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Should Uber be allowed to operate in Bangkok and other heavy traffic areas?
tomazbodner replied to moon47's topic in Bangkok
By merging with Grab? https://www.forbes.com/sites/daniellekeetonolsen/2018/03/26/grab-officially-takes-control-of-ubers-southeast-asia-operations/?sh=405cd04b6c57 -
Just got DDPAI Z50. Very happy.
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I'll say it looks awesome. The story is in large part recycled from part 1, though, which was a little disappointing. Literally knew what would happen before it did. And while I have FullHD and UHD versions of Bluray purchased for Avatar 1, this one isn't on my shopping list. But yes, worth to see in 3D... and prepare for the length of Titanic. IMAX should be your venue for visual masterpiece like this.
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Two People on Phuket Bus Injured after Gunman Opens Fire
tomazbodner replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
Metal detectors and body scanners coming soon to a bus stop near you... -
Maybe worth mentioning - my box is the big Samsung box (TrueVisions HD Plus), like satellite or cable TrueVisions use for years... It is limited to Full HD. There is another box which combines with TrueID, so it's a combo of both (TrueVisions Hybrid Receiver). From what I understand, that box connects both coax cable and Ethernet or Wifi, so it's basically just 2 receivers in one box. It supports 4K. And then there's only TrueID box, which only uses Wifi/Ethernet but has only TrueID lineup of channels, not whole TrueVisions set. I believe it supports 4K. Only TrueID TV: TrueVisions HD Plus (which I am using): And Hybrid receiver:
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I have True fiber for TrueVisions and internet. There is only one fiber cable, which comes from outside to the Huawei all in one router. There is no external fiber modem, only this one box, which then has LAN, Wifi and TV out. The True set-top box is connected by the coaxial TV cable. I would need to dismantle the whole thing to take photos, so I'm stealing them off Google: This is the back of the router - there's telephone sockets for VDSL, then 4 LAN ports, and finally coaxial TV output. Fiber cable goes into a loop at the bottom: Hence you do not need to drag any fiber around your home for True. Instead, get high quality LAN cables (CAT5E/6/7/8) for internet, and standard coaxial cables to wherever you would have TV sets/set top boxes, and you'll be covered.
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If I don't have a reentry permit ...
tomazbodner replied to Chicksaw's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
If you leave country without re-entry permit, then your extension granted is terminated by that exit stamp. It may be a hassle to start all over. If you know when you're going, why not go to immigration office, and request a reentry permit, which is valid anyway only for the duration of the extension, which means best would be to just get it at the time your request extension of stay? It is a 15 minutes formality to get it, filling one form, adding photocopy of the passport with the new extension of stay stamp in it, and handing over actually less than at the airport, as there you have to pay service fees as well, although they fill up the forms and make copies for you (at least they used to). So do yourself a favour and go to immigration to get this done before trip. -
Secondhand Online Macbook Marketplace in Thailand?
tomazbodner replied to AventurasEnMadrid's topic in Apple Products
But you say we have no future! ???? -
It is mysterious how even such a short article proves to be too much for some to read... Let me shorten it for you: "She had got the money after her parents were killed in an accident and it was to be used for her future education."
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She was in breach of labour laws for not cancelling work permit after leaving previous employer and stayed on. It states at the back of work permit when it needs to be returned, and from what I remember it said on the form for extension of stay in what amount of time the extension needs to be cancelled after work permit cancellation. If WP has been cancelled (actually when still having booklet, I would get it returned with punch holes at the back) then OP should not be in breach of labour laws (except if he kept working after cancellation), but in breach of immigration laws. It is however possible his WP never got cancelled. And that could bite him later. Either way, I'd get out of the country soon, and that should not be a problem for OP.
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Labour department at Din Daeng in Bangkok, department of employment refused to accept any documents, and instructed her to go to police station about 300-400m away, opposite direction from Rama 9 road. Don't remember name of building but police station is on ground floor. There she had to pay fines, and get a receipt and a police report that all outstanding fines have been cleared. Back to labour department, officers were shocked how quickly that was cleared and proceeded with the process. She got work permit approved shortly after that.
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If your passport still has stamp that says must leave before 15 Feb, you should be good at exit. Probably also OK in getting a new visa, but... When you apply for the next work permit, this will resurface. You are supposed to go and terminate your visa on the last day of work and the day work permit is cancelled. This isn't automatic. You can then apply for extension where you only get a week to pack up and leave, or apply for another extension based on a new work permit, if switching jobs. But as said, seems you have not cancelled extension of stay, you leave, probably no issues else you'd have another stamp in your passport cancelling that stamp, but when you apply for any extension or work permit in the future, they'll probably send you straight to police station to pay the fines before giving you anything. This happened to a Korean colleague of mine, though in her case she didn't cancel work permit, left country, no problem, entered country on tourist visa, no problem... got non-immigrant visa at Singapore, no problem... but... when she tried to apply for work permit to work at our company... they pulled out all her records, handed them to her, and pointed her to police station near labour department. All that said - she got the minimum fine of 2000 baht. Possibly also a result of how she dressed up and the old man salivating looking at her... Don't know what fine you could get. So get out of the country and get your affairs in order. Save up before applying for any extensions of stay as it could, and probably would resurface, if not earlier, then at the time you apply for work permit again.
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First Chinese group tour in 3 years landed in Bangkok Monday morning
tomazbodner replied to snoop1130's topic in Bangkok News
Isn't it illegal to call yourself No.1 or The Best, or... ? Top left corner... -
Worst Joke Ever 2024
tomazbodner replied to warfie's topic in Jokes - Puzzles and Riddles - Make My Day!
That would fit even if there was one less hole on it. Possibly even with the other hole covered... -
Remember those... used to have camera that used one of those as well. And you're spot on. This was likely one of the weakest excuses that could be given. 3 separate storage devices, connected to 3 different cameras, all got damaged at the same time. If it's so bad, then maybe it's time to check if any of them is working, and if not, replace and sue the supplier. This may have been attempt to just quick format the drive and claim it's empty. Had only there not been any recovery tools to bring most/all data back...
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Paying Tax on Overseas Investments
tomazbodner replied to 2009's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Thank you for explaining again, but it would not make any sense for any Thai tax resident to make any investments outside Thailand then. Let me give an example, if same principle was done on house resale (as many foreigners buy and sell property here), and let's say the tax was 30% (it's seen as 5-35% in the post above)... You buy the house for 29.5 million baht. You're moving so you sell it at 30 million. You have made 500,000 baht profit. But instead of paying 150,000 baht in tax, you need to pay 10 million baht in tax on 500,000 baht capital gain. I don't doubt poster got that answer from PWC, but there must be something lost in translation somewhere as that makes no sense at all. -
Paying Tax on Overseas Investments
tomazbodner replied to 2009's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
I still have a question here. If I buy stock at say 100k and then sell it at 110k, then transfer 110k (let's skip the fees for simplicity), then my gain was only 10k. How could I be taxed on 110k and not only 10k? How could I prove I've bought that for 100k maybe 10 or 20 years back? Dividends are taxed on Nasdaq anyway, so it's just about what happens if I sell the shares and transfer? I only have online access to broker, but stopped paper statements years back. I guess it does show gain/loss on the online page, but would they accept a paper printout of something that anyone with 10 min of time could fake in Photoshop and put arbitrary numbers in?