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Age old tradition with a new trendy name

2 hours ago, superal said:

Is Comfy easy to install on a smart tv or android box ? Does it get much buffering / freezing ?

I am same opinion as @bubblegum easy install, rarely buffers.

It has on occasions, but they all do. If it was frequent, I wouldn't be using it, as I am an avid football fan.

I am on AIS.

14 minutes ago, ukrules said:

 

Being non resident in Thailand means you can send as much as you want so long as it was profit from a year when you were non resident.

 

OK, understand from that point of view now.

However, it won't matter to me myself, as I won't be bringing any more large lumps of money as I did in the past.

As I have said in previous posts, I probably won't buy any more cars or big ticket items either whilst this rule remains.

2 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

Singapore is my go to alternative. Although it is expensive, everything in Singapore works, and best of all I can drink the tap water. My clothes will never smell like wet dog, and the likelihood of food poisoning is low. No cop shakedowns and people speak  English. medical care is top quality and there are building safety codes. I will be hiding out  in Singapore (or Japan) for Songkran 2025.

I agree with you completely,

But I think two expensive alternatives.

2 hours ago, ukrules said:

 

I'm in Cambodia, got a 1 year multi entry business visa through an agent in Phnom Penh named 'call kim' - highly regarded - there's some other agents who are also highly regarded and likely many who are not.

 

1 year visa with express fee $500 in 1 day, you can get it cheaper but I just wanted it quick and it's 100% legit, I've left and returned to Cambodia a few times this year - when you come into the country there is no exit date, no 90 day bs and if you extend the visa you don't need to leave I believe....

I'm paying $700 a month rent - will keep the place for a full tear, so in US Dollars it's less than $10k for a full year before any incidentals like food and electricity, etc, and that's for me and the Mrs who I also purchased a 1 year business visa for - she's Thai and had no problem getting the same visa as me with the same agent.

Oh, i you want to live comfortably in any apartment you're going to need to buy a load of stuff like decent fridge, freezer, big TV, some furnishings, etc so I probably spent like another $5k on all that stuff as well - including a full office setup and powerful new computer which cost nearly $2k alone. But each to their own I guess.

 

I'm going to continue doing this for a few years, maybe 4 or 5 years and I will be checking out Siem Reap next year, who knows, maybe I'll move there.

Yes, I have a Cambodian visa myself, I got mine in Phnom Penn on the front riverside, and I also did the express method, as I go there on personal business stuff for myself.

But It looks like you are planning to stay there for reasons best known to yourself. I am not sure how that would go down with your Mrs, as Thais tend to miss home.

I actually prefer Siem Reap to Phnom Penn, but it's got to be PP if you want to get things done. Siem Reap has quite a long list of characters living there and a vibrant expat community.

It's not for me, nothing wrong with it, but I like to be on my own.

However, my previous post was about with associated costs of staying outside Thailand, like you mention, this would be far in excess of any tax I had due for staying in Thailand.

It definitely wouldn't work for my circumstances.

For a start, I have no rent, all the items you mention I already have.

I am probably older and in a different situation to you, as I am 62 years old.

So now he is in custody, he is Arm-less!

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

I hope the Germans are enjoying the cultural enrichment.

 

After all, diversity is their greatest strength 😆.

I would laugh , but it's too serious a subject and the same is definitely happening in the UK, with Wokeism and weak governance.

2 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Would you like to explain why its a bit rich for Berlin's police chief, Barbara Slowik to warn Jews to exercise caution in areas with large Arab populations due to a climate of hostility and potential danger?

We know why, the good old Muslims again.

On the Telegram app channel, there is a sports service available for a small yearly fee that gives you all the Sports listings and which worldwide channels they are available on with IPTV.

I use Football on TV, but there are others that give all the different sports listings altogether, the same day as the games.

They also list more obscure channel feeds where big games are available, and you get better reception.

Example is, this week Liverpool will play Man City, no doubt it will be the main event channel on Sky TV or TNT etc which means with huge traffic to the site, chances of buffering increase a lot.

It will then probably be on a number of alternative feeds such as Hub, Bein sports, Now TV, Optus channels, Super sports PL, Stan sports, etc all in different countries.

The trick is to put all these channels in your favourites and flick through them all 30 minutes before a game, and attempt to get the most stable feed without buffering.

4 hours ago, Lite Beer said:

Maybe look at moving back. I did and it is working flawlessly.

He should give you a good free trial.

No, thanks,

I was with him a long time and many followed me, on my recommendations.

It's 2,200 baht for a year now with Comfy, compared to 7200 baht, for more or less the same service.

His service worked, but towards the end of my time, certainly was not without problems,

Eric did get buffering on his service, especially with sports and my beloved football, and his answer was, to take a further subscription backup service on top of the existing subscription.

The issues became worse when I moved from 3BB to AIS, he said they were throttling the service, but now I do not having issues and can use it, usually without a VPN.

I have come to the conclusion that any of these IPTV services have a limited lifespan, and it is best not to take out extended contracts with any of them despite their offers of great deals for 12 months. They eventually get caught and closed down.

When the service goes down or gets blocked, you have no chance of a refund.

At the end of the day, they are all SECONDARY sellers themselves, meaning they are just acting as agents, shopping around networks to use services that are available to us direct, and reselling them for profit.

However, people should go where they get the services they want, from whomever they want.

Bear in mind, all these IPTV services we use are illegal, and as the saying goes' nothing lasts forever '

57 minutes ago, Will27 said:

I thought you were using the IPTV you previously recommended by Eric I thought it was.

I moved a while ago.

On 8/7/2024 at 9:22 AM, YorkshireTyke said:

 

Someone on here recommended that earier this year so I took the free trial on the last day of the EPL season.

Froze 8 minutes into the match. Still frozen at half time. obviously I didn't subscribe.

I've been with Comfy a while now, and although not perfect, it's quite a good, cheap service.

I pay a fraction of what I used to pay, and in my old service I had many buffering problems.

Most obstacles of buffering can be overcome by turning on as VPN.

All IPTV services are only good for so long, but Comfy seems to be up there.

Maybe, you just had a bad experience.

On 11/24/2024 at 11:28 AM, georgegeorgia said:

I dont want to go off topic but is any other way of taking cannabis other than smoking ?

I'm like you and do  bike riding and cardio , walking up Hills etc ,I'm afraid smoking would damage the lungs over time 

I'm wondering if marijuana cookies are the same 

I know you are trolling, but there are the cookies and there are the gummies such as jelly sweets laced with the necessary ingredients and readily available bin Thailand.

So No, you don't have to smoke it.

How would you smoke a bloody cookie anyway?

On 11/24/2024 at 3:06 AM, georgegeorgia said:

So how can your wife work and you also get the aged pension??

 

Your not entitled to the old age pension if your partner is working !

What are you talking about?

In the UK at least, everybody draws old age pension at 67 now for me, when the OP retired it was 65.

17 hours ago, msbkk said:

OK, permanent residence might be in another category. The issue for us here is with a missing entry stamp it will be complicated

to fill in that date in the 90 days report and visa extensions. For visa extension we also have to copy the most recent entry stamp. Not sure about the immigration when entering the country.

Don't you mean missing an exit stamp?

The OP and other people using the gates were exiting the country, I believe.

21 hours ago, msbkk said:

I am in the same situation and was directed to the automatic gates. I pointed out to the staff that I do have a 1 year visa and re-entry. I was told that long visa holders cannot use the automatic gates and was then directed to the normal immigration counter to receive a stamp for departure. 

It seems weird if you can't use it, yet a person who has an annual work permit and visa can?

I would have thought the circumstances were similar.

Do work permit holders use re-entry permits?

My cards have always worked. I am with KTB.

Sometimes if you are using a KTC credit card, they tell you to inform your credit card company that you are going abroad.

With debit card, just enter your PIN as you would in Thailand, another good thing is most UK card ATMs charge you nothing for withdrawals.

7 minutes ago, Blueman1 said:

Did We ever find out Which BEACH This Was ???

This for the next exciting episode, it might be on pay per view.

3 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

Sihanoukville is the the only place that comes close......but I hear the Chinese have forked that up.

 

Still if you are OK with hoardes of Russians................................

Sihanoukville is ruined.