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3 hours ago, Confuscious said:
A friend of me broke his upper leg in a scout accident.
He died on the way to the hospital.
A broken or hurt leg can be fatal despite all first aid care.Makes you think sometimes.
Just how fragile life can be.
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Some silly jokes on here about his living accommodation.
To me, it shows the primitive and sad conditions they have to put up with when they are making a living.
RIP, 30 years old, sad to die at that age, and not much to look forward to daily.
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Hope you all noticed but just forgot to mention it today:
He is BRITISH.
Fancy that, all you British haters, A Brit doing good things in Thailand and one of the few occasions, it gets noticed.
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46 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:
That's a huge effort for what is really not very much money. 2800 a day. Good on him, but I'd venture that he had expected to gather a lot more than that when he planned the run. Marathon runners get sponsors on board to raise money for charity. Did he try that route, I wonder?
I suffered the same disappointment though when I gathered items from numerous tennis players, the biggest names in the sport, to auction and raise money for doctors to operate on kids with cleft palates in Indonesia. Only made a few thousand dollars. I expected more.
@Bangkok Barry This charity cause is now very widely advertised on British TV for children with clefts, you might be pleased to know.
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First, well done to the man, and I like many others just hope it reaches where he intended it to go.
Every little helps as they say.
When I had the businesses in Pattaya, I did quite a lot for Baan Jing Jai, ( a lesser-known orphanage) Pattaya Orphanage, ( which had funds coming in from all over, so I stopped) and an Orphanage in Rayong.
We tried to give products as opposed to cash as in, sacks of Rice, toiletries, school books, cuddly teddy bears, etc as they hopefully then went to the young kids.
The problem for many charity fundraisers is that there are so many deserving causes and not enough people who have cash to support them. It's the same the world over.
It's usually those that have the least, that help the most.
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2 hours ago, Srikcir said:Airline's message to the public:
'Our cabin crew has no responsibility to assure the safety of their passengers in flight. In case of emergency it's every person for themselves.'
Such a welcoming policy.
Pretty amazing in this day and age.
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One thing that doesn't stop insurgents is giving in to them because they will always push for more and return to armed conflict when they don't get their way.
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He needs to get out and manage the country instead of this nonsense.
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1 hour ago, EVENKEEL said:If I had life threatening food allergy, I wouldn't be eating out. Or, I don't think I would.
I was thinking the same and I wouldn't put my trust in a young waiter or waitress, regardless of any assurances.
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Why don't they just allow the people of the country to live and let live.
Why the need to feel they must interfere at every juncture?
They don't allow the country to mature and grow up.
It is micro-managing people's lives while ignoring the elephant in the room, rampant corruption, cronyism in government, out-of-control road deaths due to laws not enforced, and a police force not fit for purpose. etc
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3 hours ago, trevoromgh said:If the guy is so obsessed with privacy why hasn't he fenced and gated his property rather than leaving it open like the photo shows? Sticking two piddly signs up saying 'No Trespassing' is clearly not enough and shouldn't warrant the reaction which 'supposedly' happened.
Not his property, he is only renting.,
All that over-the-top fuss for a lady sitting on a bloody step.
He needs his head tested and so does his big-mouthed wife.
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Much ado about nothing.
I would willingly pay 1200 baht for a four-hour tour in a tuk tuk and I know most other people would.
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Final upshot guys on this debacle.
We were already aware that the warranty doesn't cover broken screens or dropped phones.
I took it to the Samsung service centre in Roi Et today as I said I would,
They have quoted 2500 baht, to fix the screen and all other issues and the warranty stays intact for internals and software until November 2024.
So, forget the fuel costs, as I called in at Makro, the 2500 baht that was refunded, is now going for proper repairs at an authorized centre.
RESULT.
Lesson learned and note to self: if I have any problems with the Samsung or any Samsung in the future, get in the car, drive to Roi Et, and trust nobody in franchise shops.
And that particular Samsung franchise has lost any chance of selling any of us a phone in the future.
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14 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:
I think there may be another facet at play here.
Taking sending the phone to Samsung can take weeks (I guess), but getting the phone repaired locally could return solution within a day, perhaps two. Thus, when given the choice I imagine most Thai's would want the 'quick' repair.
Its possible the vendor was not trying to deliberately cheat the Op, but giving him the solution he thought he wanted and going about in a very clumsy, unprofessional manner becase everyone else is just more of the attitude of 'yeah whatever - just fix it'....
So... I don't think the Vendor was pulling a deliberate scam.... but just operating in an manner which is clumsy without clear communication - and thats is pretty much par for the course here and its only when we start asking 20 questions that we find out the rings, hoops and circles Thai's will jump through and run around not to do something properly....
Yeah, but then they want to return a phone that they have broken and can't fix.
They, of course, don't want to accept responsibility and give a new replacement phone.
Incidentally, all other shops in this area, including the franchisee Advice Centre IT send them to Samsung.
Anyway, off for a trip to Roi Et, as I have bugger all else to do and may kill two birds with one stone and call in it Makro.
14 hours ago, kennypowers said:Because it is the principle. They are ripping people off. It's fraud. What if a poor person had worked months to save up for a decent phone, and they did this to them? These people need to understand that in a civilized, adult society you don't carry out such deceptive behaviour at the expense of others.
I agree, and that's why I have made a full official complaint to try and make them think they cannot just carry on like this regardless.
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13 hours ago, chickenslegs said:
Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB) Thailand may be able to help if your visit to the Samsung Service Centre doesn't resolve the issue.
https://complaint.ocpb.go.th/#
I have no personal experience, but I'm sure there have been positive reports from members here.
Just hate them thinking they've pulled a fast one and got away with it with no recourse.
If it makes them think twice, good!
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I forgot to tell you guys, when we collected the phone, that not content with voiding my warranty by opening the phone up without permission and not sending it to Samsung, the screen they had replaced, they have taken out and put the broken one back in place of it.
I am going to lay it all out politely to Samsung repairs tomorrow and get their views as recommended by Bangkok today.
Disgusted isn't the word.
But, they do the usual cowardly way and block direct access to themselves by hiding behind staff, leaving customers to vent their anger at them instead.
There was no miscommunication whatsoever with them.
They did something I specifically asked them not to do, and that was trying to fix it themselves, to squeeze more profit.
There is another local phone seller here by the name of Advice IT, I have dealt with them on numerous occasions and bought computers, printers, phones etc and whenever there has been a phone issue, they have always sent it to the Samsung repair shop in Roi Et.
I don't know why she decided on this occasion to buy from Samsung in the Lotus supermarket.
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They actually do know us at Roi Et and tend to be a little more professional.
I'll try and see what they say tomorrow, I don't mind an hour's drive to get there, it gets me out of this madhouse, where we live.
It seems to be bloody everything though, as soon as they have the cash, that's it, they don't want to know. You say it's under warranty or guarantee, and they just say contact the company.
Not like Tesco or Curry's in the UK or any decent company over there, You take it back with your receipt and no quibbles, it's sorted there and then.
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33 minutes ago, mfinasi said:
I can't see you winning on this even if you are in the right, accountability doesn't happen here, I would be tempted to play dumb and see if Roi Et would accept it as a warranty repair without disclosing the screen has been replaced.I phoned Bangkok, and they have said take it to Roi Et and explain the situation and tell them you have spoken to Bangkok, and this is what they recommended. I will, of course, pass this over to Madam, to sort out.
10 minutes ago, steven100 said:and you are right Scouse123, I would be angry also ...
It seems to be everything, as soon as they've sold it, they aren't interested and don't want to know.
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3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:
From a points perspective yes.... But you'll still get the fine.
Recently I got caught for doing a 33 mph in a 30 zone.... (which means I was probably doing closer to 36 mph - if we factor in the tollerances).
It was a 3 point Penalty (if we hit 12 we're banned from driving for a year I think).
With points insurance premiums are also affected, but only from 6 and up I think (as nearly everyone has 3 points these days )...
It was a £100 fine...
With penalties this severe - it makes me very careful about my speed when driving around the UK....
Conversely, driving in Thailand is alot more haphazard and I hardly look at the speedo..
I wonder, when driving in the UK how much of may attention is taken from the road onto my speedo to ensure I'm never drifting over a limit... More dangerous ?... think there's scope for a debate about how the strictly enforced speed limits could potentially cause distraction to drivers watching their speedo too closely....
I agree with you on watching the Speedo, I became addicted to it.
Then I found I had hired a Peugeot 2008, (they said they had upgraded me from a Ford Focus), and the great thing about the car was it had a speed limit indicator in the middle of the speedometer.
It adjusted automatically as you travelled in speed zones from 20, to 30 to 40 etc,.................... I loved it.
If you exceeded the limit, it would keep flashing at you. I thought, What a great idea. Why don't all new cars have these.
Another plus, on the motorway, if I drifted too close to another lane and before the thumping of running over cats eyes, it would again issue a warning.
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12 minutes ago, mfinasi said:
2,500baht to fix is very low price, and would of suggested to me that it wasn't an authorized repair. I just paid 9k to fix a few dead pixels on last-gen Samsung Flip phone to give you perspective on price, and who knows if it was really Samsung that did the job..
The problem you have on the second fault is that they can claim it was damaged from the first incident.
The phone value was 9000 baht.
The screen was cracked, and they quoted 2500 baht, that was their quote, from a Samsung dealership, for a cracked screen.
The shop is an authorized Samsung seller/dealer.
I told them to send it to Samsung repairs. The nearest repair shop from Samsung is in Roi Et, I have been many times over the years.
They didn't do that. They tried to fix it themselves, in their probably grubby workshop nearby, and now there are other issues with the phone, which was bought brand new.
The first fault should not have been carried out by those with the Samsung franchise, authorized to sell, but not repair, phones.
It should have been sent to Roi Et, where I requested it to be sent.
On your Samsung flip, it must be out of warranty, to get such a bill. That's the difference, mine isn't.
What if it had been an expensive Samsung flip, and they just tried to palm me off with a refund on a screen, but in reality they had messed up the whole phone?
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51 minutes ago, retarius said:Some people, it's only 11,500 baht, why would you waste time, effort, energy and raise your BP over such a small amount of money? Do you put no value on your time? Is someone going to reimburse you for all your petrol and the wear and tear on your car? And you chances of success are what exactly? Close to zero I would suspect.
So, you think just let it go?
That's why the service and back up on goods once they are bought is so bad in this country, because of attitudes like yours.
They do things like this because people don't have the know how or the guts to face them off and complain, hence adding fuel to the already blazing fire of corrupt practice.
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6 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:
Tell them you want the 2500 thb and the 9000 for the phone. Let them keep the phone and buy one somewhere else.
They are refusing to speak to me and blocking me access through members of staff, so it's pointless shouting at them, they are just following a script.
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5 hours ago, JonnyF said:
Lindsay Hoyle should step down. Cozying up with the leader of the opposition was pathetic. I didn't think anyone could be more biased than Bercow but it seems Hoyle has achieved that. Jog on Lindsay, put a fork in him, he's done.
As for the poor little MP's feeling threatened by the Islamist protesters, well, you made the bed now you can lie in it. I guess they never expected the threat to be on the doorstep of their leafy Islington streets or Westminster. They thought it was only the common man in the poorer suburbs that would suffer, while they patted each other on the back, quoffed another glass of Champagne and congratulated themselves on creating such a wonderfully diverse society. They're not so brave when they have to face the reality of the consequences of their policies and inaction.
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At the end of last year I bought a brand-new Samsung phone from the Samsung dealer in Lotus up in Kalasin. The phone was around 9,000 baht.
Anyway, the phone screen ended up cracked, the fault for that is with my other half, and we took it for repair back to the same Samsung shop in the supermarket.
I know the Samsung warranty doesn't cover things like broken screens and scratches etc, but I told the lad clearly, who actually sold us the phone, to send it to Samsung, get a price and get it fixed. He phoned us back and said 2500 baht.
We paid 2,500 baht for the new screen.
Anyway, we were leaving for the UK on January 20th, very shortly after the phone was given back to us on or around January 16th or 17th, the screen froze.
We didn't have time to go to the shop on January 18th, and on the 19th, we were in Bangkok for a night, so we left it until we came back.
We took it back to the shop, and the same young man tried telling me that there was no warranty as it had already been repaired once.
I told him he was talking out of his ass, and the worldwide warranty from Samsung was one year, and if it was internal repairs to do with the programming or software, no matter how many times we took it back, the warranty was for one year.
I said send it to Samsung, and you'll find I am correct. He was tongue-tied and red-faced, and I smelt a RAT.
Furthermore, I then discovered that the Samsung franchise was operated by the same person who operated another phone shop in the town, who of course was faceless to us.
Now the story unfolds is that they have been doing their own repairs in the town, i.e. cracked screens, which are the most common, and opening up the phones, in effect, bypassing Samsung, to earn profit on repairs thus voiding Samsung warranty.
They offered to refund the 2,500 baht and return the phone. When we went back to the shop, the boy was on a day off, and the girl had our phone and 2500 baht in cash.
I told them this is not acceptable, and the only reason the warranty was void as they had taken it upon themselves to do unauthorized works on the phone, when I had specifically told them to send it to Samsung repairs in Roi Et, a shop which I know well.
I will now have to go to Roi Et and seek a confirmation, in writing, that the warranty is null and void because the phone has been opened.
We then intend to take this to Samsung head office if necessary and even complain to Samsung international if necessary.
I was told by my other half, it's common practice for them to do this to generate extra profit. So guys, if you are getting Samsung repairs, make sure it actually is going back to Samsung.
This is a 9000 baht phone, and I am pissed, but what if it was a top of the range 25,000 baht phone, with this type of scamming going on?????
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Off-duty officer causes multiple collision in Samut Prakan
in Bangkok News
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He should face charges, but extremely unlikely. One of his police pals probably did the breathalyser at the hospital.
He should be, but he won't be.
This is the RTP and they make the rules up as they go along. So your outrage is a waste of energy.