Fab5BKK

7 hours ago, Peterphuket said:

You order? Than you'll have to pay a lot of tax, maybe nearly the same price as in LOS.

But yes you'll have one of the best wines in the world.

Yes, I do it. And I do it tax free...

In 2020, I bought this device (THB800 roughly)...

Cheap & very easy to use

Some fair comments here...

Wine tasting is all about sharing. However, quality wines could be hard to get here, because of:

• Choice
• Price (taxes, margins)
• Quality (storage)

Luckily, I manage to get my wines directly from France. I place an order twice a year (Champagne, Muscadet, Chinon, Sancerre, Chablis, Gevrey-Chambertin, Rielsing).

For casual style :

Marks & Spencer (Central)

Uniqlo

Decathlon

Levi's

Etc.

The quality is OK

Prices vary (promotions, sale, etc.)

I did enjoy Derek's contribution and he'll surely be missed.

RIP Fellow Biker

2 hours ago, observer90210 said:

You are comparing a Bugatti Veyron with a Toyota.

 

Both are individually and respectively efficient, get the job done,  but absolutely not comparable.

 

Most expats who live in BKK,  travel a lot and are more and nore getting the business apparel tailored or purchased ready made abroad, as they know the prices and want to get a extra mile for the money.

If you say so...

Just 3 questions (for the first 2 , I did/do...):

1. Did/do you use any Savile Row' s tailor?

2. Did/do you use BKK tailors such as Tailor on Ten?

3. Did you talk to every single expat based in Bangkok?

Please compare "like for like"...

A good bespoke shirt made in London (Savile Row) will cost you a minimum of GBP 200 = THB 8,900.

While a nice bespoke shirt from a good tailor in Bangkok (e.g.: Tailor on Ten) will cost you THB 2,800...

Same kind of difference for suits...

I live and work in Bangkok. For business use (suits, shirts), I go for bespoke. For something more casual, I go for the "off the shelves" (Levi's, M & S, Uniqlo, etc.)

Bangkok Bank website (credit cards)...

On 8/2/2023 at 8:22 PM, Agusts said:

2300km for 7 years...., first thing the buyer would think is that the mileage is fake.... ! ????

Full Yamaha Service History...

Meaning, every year the dealer did put its record (with the mileage) on the Yamaha warranty handbook + I kept all the dealer invoices

Question for the Scooter Experts 

What could be the value of a 2016 Yamaha Nmax (Feb 2016, mileage 2,300 km, full Yamaha Service History)?

Thanks!

Evernote does the job very well...

Evernote Web SIte

I was, for a number of years, a very happy AXA customer (premium travel insurance) until I had to make claim...

Making the story short, my claim (flight rerouted, flight delays, luggage damaged, items stolen from luggage) took ages to be processed (more than a year) and the “compensation” represented less of 10% of what I was supposed (according to the T&C) to get…

2 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

Calm down, how did I know it was copied?

My original reply had two parts:

1. Link

2. Article

The JPEG below shows you these 2 (two) parts... If you find the JPEG too small, you can click on it (with your mouse, I meant your computer mouse, of course !)

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

Calm down, how did I know it was copied?

I put a link (= internet link to a website article) AND I extracted a part of the article for your convenience...

Obviously, you didn't read it...

Hopeless...

14 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

I did not insist on it I only asked about it because it's what I do with my pushbike. I just don't want to get caught out, and I just wonder why the Honda agent about two years ago with the exact same thing fitted a new tyre at a cost of about 2000 Bt instead of just putting a plug on it.

I didn't write that you insist... It's part of the article I took the pain to copy for you...

That'll teach me trying to share knowledge with some people... Hopeless !

4 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

I got a puncture on the back wheel of my Forza, took it to a local repairer, he put a sort of plug in it.

I assume this is a temperory repair though I may be wrong.

Should I take it to a Honda dealer and get a tube fitted? The last time the exact same happened and the dealers replaced the full tyre. I always wondered why they did this when the tyre only had a small prick on it.

Tubed vs Tubeless Tyres

Can you put a tube in a tubeless tire?

If you insist on running a tube in a tubeless tire, the general rule of thumb is to treat the setup as one load rating and one speed rating less than the tubeless tire says it can handle. That's mainly because your tube and tire combination will be creating extra heat, especially the harder you ride.

On 6/21/2023 at 7:04 AM, Red Forever said:

What a sneering reply. My EU passport definitely doesn't have an address line and my American friend and Thai partner with whom I am sipping coffee with have addressless passports. That accounts for 1 billion of the world population. 

Perhaps you could reveal which country your passport was issued in. If you can't then I call BS. 

from brianthainess:

"it was a simple question"...

from brianthainess

"Since when do PP have your address in them? place you were born yes but your address ? "

1. My passport is issued from a country part of the EU,

2. My citizenship is not your business,

3. Are you part of any "authority" I should be aware of?

4. The "sneering part" wasn't from me (cf. brianthainess posts),

5. Calling other people BS is "awesome"... it does show your level

12 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

No need for your snide remark, i have explored the world a great deal more than most, and i have have never felt the need to look at a Frenchman's Passport ever, it was a simple question. Dare I ask are there any other countries that do that. 

"it was a simple question"...

"Since when do PP have your address in them? place you were born yes but your address ? " So... that's what you call  a simple question?!? Pathetic, really!

39 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

Since when do PP have your address in them? place you were born yes but your address ? 

For a very long time, my passports have my address in them... Really sorry for the inconvenience!

Please get out and explore the world, a little bit!

OP, are you talking about AIS Fiber or AIS 4G or AIS 5G?

Similar problem here:

I downloaded the SCB Easy app, then, when I tried to get registered my “credentials” (Passport Details and Date of Birth) were rejected. I did try several times.

I didn't have this kind of issues when I installed the Bangkok Bank app...

Last year, I bought a Lenovo ThinkPad X13 from Lenovo Thailand Web Site 

Fully customisable, delivered in less than 2 weeks

I chose the processor (AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U), the RAM (16 GB), the disk (1 TB SSD), etc.

My previous laptop is a X230 (another ThinkPad) bought in Hong Kong in 2012 and still running !

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

Yes I do, but I always had to unlock them to do that, but now I can't as the facility to do that has disappeared. now I can't lock them and both my Bangkok bank app and line app disappeared, though not from my phone as I got a local shop to put them back on my homepage. But as I said I cannot lock them. You have said I don't need to lock them. That has me confused.

Almost everything's manageable and customisable on Android.

You should have a look @ some Youtube vids et visit this website: XDA

Security advice: never ever leave someone "touching" your smartphone, especially when you've some banking apps installed on it...

I always have a bag with me...

Either 1) a leather briefcase (Tumi) for business meetings or 2) a 25-liter black backpack for the more casual walks