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this is what happened to me recently, a reflection of the differnce in attitude and culture between two different countries,

I have a waterproof phone from sony, in a moment of sillyiness, I was with a friend and said lets test to see if the phone is waterproof, I ensured that the two flaps that made the phone water proof were secure, my friend also checked it,

we put it into some water for about 30 seconds, and lo and behold the phone was full of water, the camera lens was like a fishtank,

anyway, we took it back to the shop and they said they would try and get it replaced under "goods not fit fur purpose" however, Sony will probably say the flaps werent on properly., and then it becomes a "he says, she says" type stiuation

the shop who was on my side because I was not the first person to complain about the same problem, anyway, after a bit of forwards and back by the shop, as a gesture of good will, they gave me a brand new phone

Would this ever happen in thailand in light of a guy having problems even getting his phone repaired under warranty!!!!

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Japanese food is ok but in my opinion can never compete with thai cooking

Japanese seem to like raw food

I prefer cooked food!

Also with some of the japanese dishez too many hands touching and proding and fingering the food.

"sorry too many cooks spoil the broth"

fair enough, I can see your view,

I agree the japanese do like their food raw, as a general rule to appreciaet the quality of the ingredients you need to eat it as natural or untouched as possible, imagine getting the best live fish or beef, and mincing it, putting spices in it, flouring it, crumbing it, deep frying it and smothering it in sauce! that is truly a waste as you wouldnt get a true understanindg of the original ingredient ie you could use some mouldy gutter fish and it still taste the same,

that being said, the japanese have a very sophisticated palate, their flavours are very delicate and subtle, a lot of the japanese find other asian foods to be simply too strong, heavy and ruins the appreciation of the true flavours of the origianl ingredients,

btw. I like thai food a lot, and asian food

From what I get at home it's a well rounded diet with veggies, seafood, pork, chicken, fruit all inclusive....just by Thai diet alone I lost 10+ kilos a few years back.....the weight only goes up if we vacation and I start eating more western food. Here - maybe a western meal once a week....rarely eat beef/steak - maybe a good burger a few times a year.....

When I went to China with a Thai tour group they barely touched the Chinese food unless it had the Thai spices added to it - the general opinion was it was pretty repusive to them the way it was cooked, ingredients, etc.

Before a few years back I'd been known to eat a little Thai from time to time ...but now my diet is full time Thai....... .....maybe that's a different forum....

youd be surprised, a steak and burger (obviously not from an american franchise) is quite healthy, obviously the pattie shouldnt be full of fat and covered with slices of bacon and cheese,

if you actually ate, steaks, salad, burgers without the bacon, cheese and fries, every day, thas a damn healthy meal! go brown bread and its even better, far better then white rice, and sugar laden sauce stirfry

When I hear stories like this that end up me shaking my head in disbelief, I always ask myself, do these people seriously think they are entitled to something?? or do they just try it for the sake of it??? or do they seriously think they have been hard doned by it???

Ive never worked it out as I dont tend to associate with people like this, they are a cancer to me, they will eat at me until I sink to their lows

I would not waste much time on it. Pay, get it back and forget about it.

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and encourage them to keep on doing it to someone else?!?!?!?!

yes I agree, it may not be worth your time, however, by allowing it means you are encouraging them and saying its ok to do it

and its got nothing to do with Farang or thai culture, in case you want to go down that path,

sure, getting agro may mean you lose face, which is another topic,

but at the end of the day, charging for a product thats a warranty issue within the warranty period is simply UNACCEPTABLE, farang or thai

I like thai food, but in terms of comparing asian food for example, japanese is far far far far better in almost every way

thai food uses too much sugar, a lot of deep frying, coconut creams/milk, msg,

Japanese food doesnt have any of those problems

I reckon if a farang with their bigger appetites ate thai food all the time, theyd get fat pretty quickly

I would love to be in the court room to hear the lame excuses that these twits will no doubt come up with, and see the faces of the jurors when they hear this crap.

i reckon depending on how good/bad/reasonable/stupid their lawyer is they will use the loss of face as an excuse

thanks for all the really helpful feedback

unfortunately today she seems to have changed her mind

i guess things aren't going so well with the "rich guy"

anyway this info will be helpful when she changes her mind again

cheers

so now what? she comes back to you cos her better ATM has shut down?

and you will continue to get ripped off until she finds another ATM?

and you take her back???? I sincerely hope you still have your balls intact!

haha,talk about taking the piss out of someone, thai or farang

you pay if you get married !!!! ludicrous

she should be paying you from TODAY, she left you!, she left the kids

the balls of some people I cannt comprehend

I wonder if their defence involve using "face" as an excuse?

Would love to have see the jury face if this was the case

i assume its the same for thai customers as well, unless you call up and speak english t them

Why don't these westerners who complain about such things in Thailand just move to the Philippines where most of these issues would be resolved? Same weather, prices, girls, but with small land ownership available and easier business setup process, easier visa, locals all speak decent English, and you have great casinos etc.. Only downsides are the disgusting local food (eat foreign food) and higher crime (be safe). Why waste your money on a place like Thailand? Leave the place to the Eastern Europeans and the Chinese

I dont know what you call this phenomenon

but any loser back home, divorced multiple times, ugly, fat, old, unattractive, poor, alcoholic etc. etc. is going to be ignored so nobody really cares what they think

they come to any thirld world country, especially one where farangs are put on a pedastal

they then experience, being noticed and actually given some respect,

so they get some form of entitlement and think they the world owes them something and they should be treated like a god

look at how many posts on TV demanding, why the thais cant do things the correct farang why? why cant they do it better like the farang way?

its a natural human reaction for the most

for me it is very simple. I am 67 and find a bar girl 33 . every one gives is part in the deal no money no honey and no honey no money. we are together 3 years and I enjoy my life . she is good to me and I give her money that make her able to save give 3000 the parents and stop working at the bar. we are renting a condo in Bangna near Mega and have a swimming pool and fitness room. the only think that you need is to be carful with money . there is an amount that I give her monthly and she can do what she wants with her money. when I am in Thailand I pay all the living expenses and when I am out for work she buys food from her money.

I would call it great arrangement for an old guy like me. at least better from what I can get at home.

congratulations, you are one of the very few men on here or in thailand that can see reality,

if it works for you and her then good for you,

Most of the others have a wild imagination , whether its gained in Thailand or they had it before they arrived, I do not know

never meet a thai lady that did not ask for money or car house ,what does that make them all , for sure i am old got nice young lady in Bed and its cost me ,but its better than a OAP home and i can't take the money with me when i go ,thats the wives words

how would she react if you asked her to give her money to you citing "you cant take it with you"

Thai men are just less susceptible to blackmail.

My former western wife tried it on with me, being a sensible Thai man, I just moved country.

They/we just place "not being a pussy whipped doormat" above "being a dad".

Sounds like a loser attitude, real men take care of their kids.

thats the typical "im a farang, I know better then everyone attitude", and is completely BS

I actually agree with you on the concept, but not on the delivery, referring to "real men" is a cop out

some countries, the men dont do housework, cooking and cleaning, as think long as the father financially supports the kid, then his responsiblities are done,

who are you to say which is better, you could also argue that being blackmailed and badmouthed by the mother is just as toxic and its better for the child to not know the father instead of knowing the father while being poisoned by the mother,

who are you to judge

I hope I don't regret posting this...

Social status, 'pecking order' is complex in every society and always difficult to determine by anyone from another country. I think this is more how Thai people see it:

1. Royal family and their descendants

2. Highest ranking Armed Forces and Privy Councillors

3. Rich families with established business empires

4. High ranking Armed Forces, high ranking civil servants and politicians

5. Other wealthy and overseas/best Thai uni educated people who are associated with any of the above

6. Senior grade professionals including bankers, doctors, technicians, industrialists, other business people and professors

7. Middle grade professionals, Armed Forces, civil servants and politicians including doctors, technicians, industrialist, other business people and teachers

8. Salaried employees of all types ranked by wealth and position. Small business proprietors

9. Wage earners

10. Farmers

11. Unemployed and self employed in dubious professions

Thais are well aware of their status and that of other Thais. They cannot readily determine the status of foreigners and so unless the foreigner is known to clearly fit into one of categories above, tend to lump them all together (in one word or another). Thai language ability has no relevance to a foreigner's status. If a foreigner's status if not known as above, it is determined more by their dress, manners, behaviour and to some extent yes, by the status of their Thai partner (which is easy for another Thai to determine).

Are you saying that they would classify say korean, japanese, indian, african, white american in teh same category???

I can assure you ignoring money, the number of thai girls preferring White males>>>>>>>>korean/japanese>>>>>indian

This has to be a troll looking at his posts.

A better question is

WHY DO ALMOST ALL WOMEN LEAVE A MAN THAT HAS NO MONEY OR JOB?

Thai bar girls are not different than any woman in any other part of the world. They marry so that they have a husband that can look after them for the rest of their lives.

If you can not do that then what good are you?

Do you think that if you married a good Thai lady and had no money and no means of supporting her that she would stay with you?

How many women in your home country would go out with you if you had no money or income?

Don't blame the girls for your own stupidity.

well what I have learnt is that every one on TV or possibly thailand

look 10 years younger then they are, they are handsome, and go to the gym, arent alcoholics and are not old/smelly/fat,

and their teerak who is 20 years younger is not a bargirl, has never asked for a cent, looks 10 years younger then they are, and are haaaaaaaaawwwwwttttt and every farang who walks down the street is soooo jealous of him

Actually I am always amazed at how loyal some ex bargirls are to their husbands. Of course the ones that scam their partners money are the ones you here about, but you never hear about the ones who stick with some old geezer through a bypass operation or bout of cancer. Probably because most of the guys who hook up with one will never tell you.

well if they are havinga bypass or operation, then chances are they wont be around for much longer,.

why would you risk a potential inheritance windfall when you are so close to the finishline!

Serious question, no smart ass responses

I know of two sisters who were born in udon thani to farming parents

both are very pale, tall and skinny and attractive

Both went to university

One now works in an office job,

The other did some business and did quite well and now works In a office

Both now live in bkk

Both now roam the hiso scene, with their cars, jewerely, branded stuff, lubes etc etc

From a thai perspective , is your class based on where you are born? Or the circles you move around in?

Most people that roam the Hi-so scene are wannabes living on credit trying to land one of the real ones, but most of them are just living off parents money until they pull the plug on it.

Most people who earned the money or are old money go no where near it.

I agree, thats not thailand specific,

often those that need to show it off, cant afford it

those that are filithy rich, dont feel the need to show it

To climb up the social-ladder: Use liberal amounts of Skin-Whitening cream or marry a Farang.

Cheers.

A whore who marries a farang is still a whore, however her husband becomes a man who married a whore.

ie, she stays the same, he goes down a notch.

exactly,

if they are poor issarn bar girls and marry some old smelly fart on a uk pension then they are still considered the low of the low despite what they think

however if some mid or hiso girl married a David Beckham type of guy, i would assume its an upgrade

Serious question, no smart ass responses

I know of two sisters who were born in udon thani to farming parents

both are very pale, tall and skinny and attractive

Both went to university

One now works in an office job,

The other did some business and did quite well and now works In a office

Both now live in bkk

Both now roam the hiso scene, with their cars, jewerely, branded stuff, lubes etc etc

From a thai perspective , is your class based on where you are born? Or the circles you move around in?

Status depends on ethnic background and skin color more than money.

So 1 & 2 are correct, the rest is rubbish.

Thai sex workers rank above western foreigners.

Issan Thai below Lanna Thai.

Hill tribe at the bottom of the Thai ranking, arranged by skin color.

Then you get to rank non-Asian foreigners by skin color.

White at the top, brown in the middle, black at the bottom.

oh yeah asian foreigners get ranked above non asians.

Are you referring to nonasians as every one that's nit oriental Asian? Or is it excluding firings?

I dont think its right either, the costs involved are the same so why should double pricing exist,

that being said, if they are going to blatently take advantage of you being a foreginer, I would hope you could take advntage of being a foreigner, but Im not sure how you could benefit, or what tax laws there are or anything