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On 5/31/2024 at 3:35 PM, KhunLA said:

I would stay near the river myself

+1 

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

… socks with sandals , absolutely ludicrous …

I detest socks with sandals ,I really do !

 

They’re now acceptable and OK with the fashion cognoscenti in the UK. But you’re in OZ so it won’t affect you.

Best of luck anyway.

22 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Could it be the rough waters or strong current that caused this guy to drown in his swimming pool ?

This is the sort of response that would be posted by Sparktrader/BigNok.

22 hours ago, BritManToo said:

they all have very short fuses.

Absolutely; and they can spin on a satang.

13 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

That is a good point, I do have friends who live in Prachuap, and though it is an exquisite town in my opinion, and has wonderful restaurants and seafood, and is very inexpensive to live, the highway from there to Bangkok is not exactly a piece of cake, and the Rama II national disaster going in and out of Bangkok towards Hua Hin is an absolute nightmare. if I attempt it at all, it's at 5:00 a.m. heading south, or 10:00 p.m. heading north. Being able to fly into BKK would be huge. 

 

Hua Hin Airport seems to be the least utilized airport in SE Asia. Nobody knows why there is such astonishing ignorance in the operation of that hapless and nearly useless airport. 

Not so long ago you posted that you might relocate to Prachuap Kiri Khan as it was a kind of idyll. Is that off the list now?

Going back to the OP, Thais can spin on a satang  😞

1 hour ago, Robert Paulson said:

Imo it’s designed to be a scam and to make the refunds difficult so they can keep some free dough.

It's inconceivable that Lazada, a giant cross border customer oriented organisation, would operate a small-time scam or indeed a scam of any kind. 

Just take Jayboy’s advice and ring ‘em up and get it sorted.

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

… we are no exotic creatures anymore like we used to be many years ago. So, there is less curiosity involved.

That is exactly right.

Hate is too strong a word imo but checking listings and or recommendations at the bottom of the  page on Lazada is a very good idea.

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I've not left my house since Wednesday!

Same here :)

This, for a change, is a very useful and  informative thread.

50 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

Maybe but the BMAX B2 Pro Mini PC seems to contain obsolete components.  For instance the graphics card is no longer in production and was first produced in 2017!

 

Worse is that they’re equipped with a Celeron chip. Alright for non-demanding tasks though.

As an aside, OP probably doesn’t mean to be sarcastic but these desktops are not midgets, they are NUC - Next Unit of Computing - or mini-PCs. It’s the way the world’s going.

5 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

A few hundred words in a long paragraph are very easy to assimilate

For anyone who is willing to suffer them.

These huge blocks of text come over as rants and opinions hammered out at great pace without any concern for the reader. It’s as if it’s too much thought or effort is needed in pressing  the return key, and sod what people think 😞

6 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

I'm leaving as soon as I can

You’ve been saying this for the longest time but you never go.

Also these huge blocks of text are hard to read, for some of us. It’s rude and inconsiderate to post in such a way.

On 3/15/2024 at 2:36 PM, JohnAllan said:

He - or IT - isn't worth your time responding.

 

It'll go away ... eventually.

Agreed, but too optimistic to think it’ll go away in (most) of our lifetimes.

5 hours ago, Mike Lister said:

The 300,000 or so Westerners living in Thailand account for less than USD 10 bill per year.

Where is there actual evidence of the number of Westerners living in Thailand?

On 1/19/2024 at 11:40 AM, Mui8899 said:

Good morning: I'm asking for advice because I believe I'm doing the right thing and I don't want to have problems. A person purchased something from me, but the item arrived in poor condition. I am willing to refund the amount to the buyer (even if I am not at fault) and I have sent multiple messages asking for the bank account details for the refund. But he doesn't want to give me the details and actually wants to  report me to the police for fraud, when I, and I'm honest, sent the item in good condition. What can I do?

Doesn’t help with your question re how to send him a refund but is it a certainty that the damaged item he received is the actual item you sent him?
 

Could be that he already had a similar item (which has been scratched) and he’s trying to pull a fast one.

13 hours ago, LoeiI said:

Is Siamburis a shop or just online ? 

As has already been posted, Siamburi’s has a retail shop.