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They would normally mark a single entry visa as being used. Usually with a stamp but may have just written on it.

I don't know what you are missing, definitely something. I have been with lazada for about a decade, only ever ordered by COD. I have had many an order cancelled by the seller, you would need to explain how that scam works when nothing has been paid out. If you order by any other method and the seller cancels you have to make a claim to get your money back. If you are trying to say that some may send you something then cancel the order to try and catch you out you are making a mountain out of a molehill. Certainly not a leading scam Receiving goods is down to the recipiant and with no experience of COD you will be unaware of the need for someone to pay the courier. In order to facilitate payment I would think that most people like myself would track the package so arrangement can be made. You wouldn't receive an "out for delivery" message on a non existant order. Apart from that the drivers do not speak English and normally show me their phone. We get 2/3 deliveries a day and never been any real problem. My brother in law prepays and sometimes they just throw it over the gate. A lot to be said for COD.

I fail to understand why such a comment, did you miss the bit where I expressed the same reservation. Problems occur but the reality is however under the laws of probability the risk of a problem is exactly the same irrespective of when the eyes are done. Problems are more likely as a result of choices rather when the eyes are done. The decision should really rest on how uncomfortable it would be to have one eye done and not the other. If having one eye done has little detriment to your way of life then obviously the way to go, but who is going to know. My reservation was an error of judgement leading to quite an uncomfortable 10 weeks between ops. I was going about with the weak eye covered most of the time.

I wasn't too happy about both at the same time, waited till I had one done before booking the second. Bit uncomfortable for a few weeks my glasses could no longer be used and everything felt lopsided. I have seen a few people at the hospital I went have both eyes done at the same time, my wife's uncle booked a room and stayed overnight, never heard of any having problems. My half brother in the UK had to beg to get his done, his wife has MS and he was struggling to read the prescriptions. They suggested both eyes at once and he jumped at the chance, worked out ok. As they say, up to you.

Of course there is a choice but you have to understand what is being offered and price does not mean best choice. Variofocal lenses are about 3 times the price of good monofocal lenses but there was never a chance in hxll that I would ever consider that option. I wore variofocal glasses for well over 40 years and have had to take a few pairs back to the opticians, not so easy with surgery.

Take it you never bothered to read the post after the one you quoted.

Take it you are not from the UK. You have to be virtually blind before the NHS will do it.

VFS started doing UK passports after the change from FCO to HO in 2014. Proof of address was required by UK governemt as confirmation of delivery address and had to be a Thai address, I got a translation of my electricity bill. I was one of the first to apply under the new arrangement and needed embassy intervention to get it sorted. As far as I am aware delivery by international courier direct from the passport office never materialised with all passports having to be collected here in Thailand. VFS is not the sharpest tool in the box and not surprised they still ask.

Quite. The bulk of the rhetoric on here is fuelled by some ill conceived idea of superiority and unlimited knowledge. TAT has a job to do and in line with every other tourist dept in the world they talk it up rather than down.

You are free to believe that April 5th is a while away.

Have included you in previous conversations. This is the guy that did mine. https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30357531

I have had it done, I was 40K for both eyes by one of the country's top eye surgeons. I was 10 weeks between the 2 eyes and during that time the hospital had an upgrade to include laser equipment so I had one done manually and one done with laser. Rather than repeat myself I will try and include you in a previous conversation.

You are aware they use facial recognition.

I can only assume you have never made any returns, if you had you would know Lazada do not tell you anything as it is automated process. I have made many and never failed to be refunded. In several cases I have been refunded without having to return what I didn't want.

Yes, very nice river, been to a few places along it's length. The 2 biggest eyeopeners I had were Phu Thap Boek and Krabi. We drove up to the former and couldn't believe how much like Scotland it was, went late Sept and even the weather was the same, had to wear a coat going to the restaurant. Krabi was our first WTT in Aug 2020, flew down and got the airfare discount. Living in a rural community we hadn't really seen the effect of the pandemic on foreign tourist areas. Bit of an eyeopener to see the whole seaside area shut down. Even more surprising was the riverside area in Krabi town, absolutely heaving. A tale of 2 towns within a town.

Quite but there is a distorted view on this forum on who was intended to benefit. It was never the plan to benefit "people" in general. The intention was to entice those with some money in the bank to spend it rather than keep it in the bank. The knock of effect was that business in the tourism sector would benefit and some "people" would keep their jobs, in any business turnover is king. Certainly worked with me, we have visited areas under the scheme I would never have thought about going.

Information can be found here, including all participating venues. https://www.xn--12c1bik6bbd8ab6hd1b5jc6jta.com/

What you see at a hotel's website is a bit irrelevant. It is up to individual hotels if they wish to participate. Hotels leave and join the scheme all the time. There is different booking arrangements, some can only be booked via the WTT app, others via Agoda and some direct. The most annoying are those that have decided to leave but not delisted.

On the basis they are talking arrivals then they should have said "passenger arrival terminal" . Concourse D is the main drag in the "departure terminal" with the "arrival terminal" on a lower level. I don't think it is directly below departures and they may be referring to space adjacent to arrivals underneath Concourse D.

This is the Government initiative that was introduced in 2020 to promote domestic tourism. Nothing to do with the hotel, the government is providing the 40% discount on the price and you also get vouchers towards other expenses. The booking must be made by a Thai national but others can be included, to date I have had 17 nights away under the scheme.

In the Land of Stupid live people that think Disease Control checkpoints are after entry to the country. Just because some people think they have a god given right to tell other nations how to behave, it is not in fact a reality.

We went across the Nong Khai border a few years back. My wife had her 2 nieces with her and one didn't have a passport so all 3 of them got the temporary pass. Took ages for them to get through, much slower than me. We had taken the bus from Nong Khai to Vientiane and I had a bit of a job getting the bus to wait for them. Been an awful lot quicker when she has used her passport.

One can only assume that the term "statistician" is outside your vocabulary.

It is a bit the same for a marriage visa, the wife has to confirm you will staying. I do not know about NZ but the UK say all docs should be in English and a friend of mine said he was a bit concerned about his wife's English. I said she should just try it in Thai, so she wrote out a short note saying he was expected between certain dates with address and phone number at the top. Took a photo on her phone and sent it to him with Messenger. Embassy accepted it without question.

Global House have a few chainsaws under 3000 baht. A much safer option than buying online.