richard_smith237

15-20% under market is close? OK, so your Mazda is valued at about 650,000 to 700,000 baht... So if you’re happy selling your Mazda 2021 with 6000kms for *520,000 baht... its a good deal and someone on here will take it off your hands quickly. (* 520,000 baht is 650,000 baht minus 20%)

I'm not sure the Thai’s do that, hence the outrageous rood fatality rates.... ... But they may slip one on if they know there’s a checkpoint up ahead !

Good point... If you have a helmet in your home country... then you know what Brand your head shape fits and what size to get... it should be easy enough to order from one of the shops in Bangkok if there aren’t any dedicated dealers in Phuket. But... IF the Op doesn’t ride in his home country and doest have helmet there he’ll quite rightfully want to be trying on a range of helmets.

We have the Xiaomi Mi in a couple of rooms and the Pro version in the larger open plan living room... Filters are relatively inexpensive... we only have it on at times of high pollution outside... When its on ‘auto’ I spray my deodorant in the bedroom and the thing goes crazy !!! - its quieter than the AC. https://www.lazada.co.th/tag/xiaomi-air-purifier-4-pro/

One of mine is a modular helmet (Shoei). When stopped at lights etc its convenient to ‘flip up the chin’ and let the air in... but it doesn’t make a huge difference as far as ‘cooling the face goes' I also have a couple of Bell Helmets (Bullit full face - retro looking with a bubble visor, also a Custom 500 carbon)... both good helmets.. Fit nice and snug, but the Bullit does get hot on the head... Given the temperatures here and variability of riding from ‘nipping to the shops’ to ‘being out on a ride’ its difficult to find a ‘one size fits all’ helmet... I also have the AGV which I use if I’m going somewhere nearby and just leave the helmet with the bike, there’s a risk of theft which is why I don’t do that with the other helmets.

I was sandboxing in Phuket in 2021... I didn’t want to post my 25,000 baht Shoei Neotec (modular) down. I had a good look online but like you didn’t really see what looked like good helmet shops... (there may be some from personal recommendation on this thread). I was going to suggest Paddock in Bangkok - they’ll ship it to you... (but you’ve already mentioned you want to try on).. Or, as a last resort. I ended up ordering an AGV (open face) which I figured was ok for riding a scooter around. Options: Two helmets: - Closed face for longer rides. - Open face for popping to the beach / travelling very locally on a scooter etc. Temperature and humidity is an issue in Thailand... but I find its not so much for the helmet, but when wearing a riding jacket and pants etc... consequently, when riding locally its just gloves, open face helmet and trainers... When going further its ATGTT...

Fair enough.... ...a few years ago wanted to ‘part exchange’ my BMW... I laughed out loud at the price they offered me... it was about 500k below market value, they were clearly not interested... Tents were not much better... I sold it privately for my asking price (FaceBook Market Place). But... I did have a lot of time wasters (online, just wasting time trying to negotiate with low officers), even a couple of Western guys messaging then getting upset because I was not interested in discussing their ridiculously low offers - one guy got quite aggressive... All my cars were ultimately sold privately for very close to or the price I’d set. I just sold a watch... had about 50 messages.. So dumb, ppl asking ‘is it still available?’ then disappearing... or ppl offering half etc.. ... so I understand why you don’t want the hassle of a private sale - but if its priced right, it will get sold - it just depends if you don’t want the hit or not. Personally I’m surprised a dealership offers you something so close to the actual second hand value.

OK... I did very similar and had some smaller chrome parts on my motorcycle powder coated from chrome to matt-black (dealer in Bangkok) So any motorcycle dealership and repair shop should be able to put you in the right direction. There are also Truimph groups on Facebook - some of those guys would definitely know where to get this done.

- Get rid of the body - Prepare a sound alibi

.... Works for Jimmy Carr in front of an audience, not so well for you on an anonymous forum !!!....

To powder coat what ?.... Door handles, Alloy Wheels ??... i.e. car / motorcycle stuff ? Large stuff / small stuff ??.... Some automative shops will have a good source for this (if thats what you need). I had the dealer powder coat some items on my motorcycle (this was in Bangkok though).

The Op hasn’t bothered to respond to this thread for 4 days. Logged into AN yesterday... still not bothered to answer any questions, not much more help can be offered without better info... ... Perhaps the Op has the issue resolved already and just can’t be bothered to post and tell us ?

This had me convinced it was the British Embassy until your follow up response in the next reply down !!!

Heck.... in that case... see what they’ll give for it, then I’ll buy it and sell it privately and make the extra 200,000 baht myself !!!

You must be a right laugh at parties !!!

Agreed... Unless there is significant savings, it makes much more sense to go direct with the airlines. I made the mistake of booking a ticket though an agent a couple of years ago. Flights were cancelled (Qatar Airways)... It took 5 months to get a refund, Qatar Airways were the slow ones, but the Agent offered me about 80% of the refund cost claiming they had costs too. I wasn’t interested and got IATA involved, I was quickly refunded the full amount. In short - the Travel Agent still tried to ‘take some of the moment’... but the airline were still extremely slow to refund, by EU law the had a legal obligation to refund within a week... (something they never stuck to).

OMG.... some of the posters from page one are going to be beside themselves !!!...

Was back then during Covid , a few add ons though like luggage and food Cheapest BKK-UK flight I have seen in the past few years was 10,000 baht one-way with Thai Airways... Upcoming the cheapest one way is with 3 stops !!! (Mubai, Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv) not a journey I’d wish on my enemies !!! (10,817 baht). Its entirely conceivable that a Budget carrier adds promotions to fill a plane - 4000 Baht seems extremely cheap and is possibly a quoted price before taxes etc... its still jeffing cheap !!!...

sure you did. Yup.. you still didn’t get it... 2340 hrs to walk from Bangkok to Nottingham (approx 100 days).. just under 4 months... thread is 4 months old.... You didn’t get it, no need to try and save face, some people just miss a lot of stuff.

We went on an ‘unplanned ski-trip’... I was fortunate enough to have my kit with me, but Wife and Son’s was back in the UK... Kit for both of them was purchased from Decathlon, no issues whatsoever. As you mention, its not the best quality compared to Columbia, The North Face kit etc, but its certainly passable and yes.. in this instance, fine for being on the side of a mountain in a whiteout.... I trust the Decathlon kit more than I’d trust a knockoff from MBK.... It all depends what the Op is using the kit for.

Another option is heading up to MBK and taking a look at what they have there. Its all fake stuff and I wouldn’t use any of it when going up a mountain etc... But... If all you are looking for is a warm jacket when out and about, nature walks, the town etc... then what they have on offer should be fine.

have you looked at decathlon ? https://www.decathlon.co.th/en/search?query=Jacket&sortBy=th_pr_dosa_price_desc Size is always going to be an issue though...

I figured some people wouldn’t get it...

This is a 4 month old thread..... He’s surely made it home by now...

That 20% / 80% thing has been doing the rounds on social media for the past few months... I guess people relate to it... The suggestion is: The top 20% of men attract 80% of the women leaving 80% of men to fight over the remaining 20% of women. I think all that top 20% requires is to be reasonably tall, be in decent shape, have a decent smile and a comfortable confidence around females... If I ever was in the minority desired by women, I’m certainly not now... in my 40’s grey hair, swapped the swimmers physique for a beer drinkers... Wife seems into me still though, so thats a good thing... She even picks up the dinner tab sometimes but then I feel there is some expectation to give her a knee-trembler !!...