richard_smith237

The Moto-Taxi stopped to let you off at the left side of the road... but leaving a gap... and another bike tried to 'under-take'... IMO - 100% not your fault. Refuse to accept any blame... I don't see how you can be at fault for getting of a motor-cycle (to the left). It is also against the law to 'undertake' (pass to the left), so even though the moto-taxi you were alighting had stopped, this is still 'undertaking'. The following motorcycle should have passed to the right. The BiB know this... and are just trying to take the path that most suits their agenda... they are not following the law (IMO). The following (injured) rider... 1) Undertaking 2) Riding dangerously (too close to avoid the bag) 3) Riding dangerous (too fast to stop)

good thing that is not how you are supposed to drive. not yours but i find that kind of excuse quite lame. It's incredibly lame.... There are posters on this forum who have mentioned that this is how their wives or other Thai's they know drive. Thus... I suspect it is the reason for so many similar accidents... -------- I recently properly shagged up my right ankle in a sporting accent - I was unable to drive for a few months... At one point I very briefly considered giving driving the car with my left foot a go, which I realised would have been an exceptionally daft idea.

The corrupt of one nation selling to those even more corrupt of another nation... Someones getting rich... Classy.

You get the 'going exchange rate' at the time of transfer.... Effectively, its the same as buying cash... you get it for whatever the exchange rate is at that time of purchase. Regarding comparison of rates between SCB (Banks Vs Superrich) - todays rates. SCB Planet: 10,000 baht = 42,735.04 JPY (Rate 1 JPY = 0.2340 THB) SuperRich: 10,000 baht = 42,643.92 JPY (Rate 1 JPY = 0.2345 THB) The difference in rates is negligible..... the convenience isn't.

Not really, she must have stuck plasters over them...

Well done BiB... While I'm often critical of the general degree of apathy within the Thai Police Force, this is not one of those situations... I hope these scum get put away for a decent amount of time - must have been a horrific ordeal for the woman.

... are the sticky rice balls theirs or yours ?

..... when the hybrid clubs first came about the Caddies didn't start naming them that 20 years ago ???

Is getting a gold necklace stolen by ladyboys in Pattaya on some sort of Bucket List for Indian tourists or something ???

I have yet to find a business in Thailand that does not accept QR payment, though I'm sure there are a handful of 'mum & pop' type shops who haven't moved to that yet... As other posters have mentioned, we see the QR codes all around these days, even wet markets etc. Thats not to suggest cash is an issue, just that using the excuse that 'not 100% of places accept a QR Promptpay' as an excuse not to use QR Payments is rather flawed. ------- Slightly off topic - I'd rushed out to meet friends and watch the rugby... got to the bar (in Thailand)... had drinks etc.. It was only when the bill came that I realised I'd forgotten my wallet... This was a few years back pre-covid, the bar/pub didn't have a QR Payment option at that time... ... No issues, a staff member accepted QR Payment directly and was able to pay cash. (of course, I fully expect someone to pipe up how they never forget their wallet etc.. but thats just dumb and misses the point - stuff happens). Plenty of other options... Borrow from friends and transfer to them. Another option would be to go to an ATM and do a cardless withdrawal (with the phone). My point here - having multiple options available to us is an advantage.... Limiting ourselves seems somewhat shortsighted.

Figure it out. Figure it out Einstein. I don't spoon feed for free. You can't answer the question either because the delusion is just that.... The degree of paranoia is quite amusing, in a pathetic 'I don't want the government to know what type of underwear I'm wearing' kind of way...

If you can't be kind be silent. "If you can't be kind be silent", ironically, also applies to your comment admonishing him! And yours for admonishing him admonishing him... and now mine for admonishing you admonishing him admonishing him !!... This could go on...

It'll cost you more than that to insure it each year...

Yup - they got blocked after proving themselves to be diyakheads..

flippin ek.. It gets very slippery on that soap box on the top of an ivory tower... its a long fall from that exaggerated position of virtue....

I recall having a couple of Westerners getting quite upset with me because I wasn't interested in their low-ball offer... I was selling my car for 3 MB... and I recall one Westerner offering about 2.2 Million Baht... I just said nope, too low... He wanted to negotiate and I told him not from that starting point... He got angry, and started telling me I don't know how to do business and I should learn business 101... he flooded me with angry messages !!... The car sold within a couple of weeks for 2.95 MB. With another car, another westerner got angry and was rude after I rejected his lowball offer.... I told him even if he offered me the asking price he can go F himself... he's not getting the car !!... There are some very entitled people when trying to sell something - it goes with the territory I suppose, but some can get nasty...

Baht&Sold has a very limited Audience... just expats really and thats missing a huge proportion of the population. By all means list and item there... but don't go exclusively with that IMO... List in as many places as possible... ... and also watch out for people trying to 're-list the car... (acting as middle men to make some cash).

Trade it in for... ???? Trade it in for a new car at the dealership you mean ???... If so... Dealerships in Thailand offer appallingly low trade in values and often only accept the 'same brand'.... I did ask similar when purchasing a new car... I asked them if they'd accept a trade in (same brand), they would but I was shocked at the lowballing... about 70% of the cars value... The 'tents' aren't much better... they may offer about 80% of the value you could sell the same vehicle for privately. Facebook Market Place is most definitely the place to sell if the Op wants the best price.

People can suffer anxiety or panic attacks and do such things. I never pushed a car off a cliff, but I've done some things under such attacks. Not saying that's the case here though. Its been mentioned before on this forum... that some drive with the left foot for the brake and right for the accelerator, and when panic sets in this happens... ... the underlying issue is of course, no driver training.

Always the enigma, public attitudes in Thailand are incredibly prudish and somewhat puritanical... yet so extremely juxtaposed to the overt and very public flesh-trade... Good luck to her as well - there's no such thing as bad publicity... her sales are perhaps not the only thing swelling...

And whats wrong with that ?? Are you suggesting everyone should be avoiding tax by using cash ? This leads to a larger debate about tax.. but one of the reasons some countries are less developed can be tied directly to the amount of tax paid, or rather the amount of missing tax... If everyone paid tax - there may be a national ambulance service, a better fire service, better public hospitals, Police better paid and less corrupt etc... No one likes paying tax, but it benefits society.... Most businesses already have well over 3000 transaction... my BiL has a restaurant and probably exceeds 3000 transactions in a month... many of those are 'online orders'... Regarding the VAT issue... thats also beneficial as it avoids the cascading of tax in other areas, public funds have to come from somewhere... so people Pay VAT on their spending.... there is less demand for income tax etc... Thus a noodle shop selling a bowl of noodles for 50 baht... may have to increase their price to 55 baht to account for the VAT - but theoretically, that offsets the demand for income tax, but greater spending power remains in the market The economics its more complex than this of course - but again, it highlights the flaw in the argument you presented.

Pay by QR, it's much quicker than faffing around looking for the right money or waiting for the cashier to count your money, calculate change, then get the change, then count it twice, then hand it over and wait for you to put it away before they can serve me. Not to mention all the germs that money is coated in. Such nonsense posted in these threads. If you like cash, use cash. No one wants to convert you to cashless - we don't care - just do what you prefer. But don't make up stupid stories to try to make cashless sound slow or inconvenient, just use cash if you prefer it and save us the boring posts. Absolutely agree... ... Though, I don't want to live in a world without cash... my own reason for using cashless is nothing other than it being so very quick and convenient... I guess its how adaptable we are to the changing and developing world. That said, the debate has a place... and its interesting for me as it highlight the extent people will go to to justify their choices and seem to lose a sense of critical balance.

I want to point out, that I'm not anti-cash... There is a place for cash in society, I believe all shops should accept cash and all payment options. Its bad business to refuse any payment method. But... what I do see in these debates is repeated flawed arguments against 'cashless' payments. ------ The only valid argument I have ever read about cashless payment is the devaluation of currency when the cashless transaction comes at a cost... (which it doesn't with Tap-n-go, QR Payment and TrueMoney, Apple Pay etc). BUT... the 3% credit card charge per transaction IS and issue.. thus, when a person pays 1000 baht for an item, the vendor receives 970 Baht.. That 1000 Baht is now worth 970 baht to the vendor, who pays another vendor by card, that original 1000 Baht is now worth 940 baht.... After 22 Credit Card transactions the value of that 1000 baht has been halved... to 511 baht (if 3% is taken each time). But, that doesn't happen with QR payments or TrueMoney Wallet - so its only an issue with credit cards. But, we don't see the same 'anti-credit-card' argument as we do the 'anti-cash-less' (anti QR payment argument) - which highlights to me the whole basis of this argument is not based around fact, but purely emotional and some are attempting to justify their 'emotional choices'... If people have their preference, just because thats what they prefer, thats fair enough... But the arguments presented to justify that choice are often very flawed.

Two points here... Firstly... Tax is paid income from profits.. not turnover... Which 'Thai Vendors' were visited by the revenue department ?? - are you sure you aren't projecting some 'whatifery' into the debate and peddling it as something that has occurred ??? QR transfer is as instant as a debit card, credit card, union pay, tap-n-go transaction... there is an instant notification of the receipt of funds.. Those not checking funds have been received are opening themselves up to scams as you pointed out - every time I use a QR code payment, the vendor doesn't need to see my confirmation as they receive their own. But, how is this issue any different from receiving counterfeit cash ?? Additionally... businesses can set up notification to more than one devise... i.e. thats how shops know you've paid - they don't have access to the account, but have access to the notification of payment at the point of sale. That said, I'd agree that a 'mom & pop shop' may not have this set up correctly... and an assistant may not be able to confirm that the account has been paid as they may not receive the notification... But again, how is this different than someone paying with a 'fake 500 baht note' ??? - can the average Thai shop assistant identify a fake bill ? --------- The 'Anti-cashless' argument always seems to carry the same flaws... the point raised are based around paranoia and when presenting the argument the balance of a bigger picture is missed - as above, digbeth only mentioned the risk of getting scammed by a photo of a QR code, but ignored the risk of 'counterfeit cash'...

Hmmm. Do you think the Thai Govt are checking your 7/Eleven and Lotus purchases and how many liters you fill up in your vehicle for example? And scrutinizing your electric bill if you pay online? Or your bar bill if you pay with QR? Exactly... Some of these guys seem like absolute nutcases... kind of like the doomsday preppers of the monetary world - they're buried so deeply into their paranoia the simplicity of common sense eludes them... We've been paying with our Debit Cards, Credit Cards for decades... We've been paying with 'tap-n-go' for about 10 years... a QR or True Money wallet is not really any different.