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You dont even need a store, if you have a newish phone. DTAC and every other carrier have ESIMs you can buy with links to store directly in the dtac link below
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4 minutes ago, Swiss1960 said:Bye bye, don't let the door hit your butt. You are obviously not fit for Thailand / have never bothered to understand the country and the people you were coming to visit / work with.
Flying out….. of Sydney.
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Western society is boring but you really get used to processes being put in place and those processes being followed. Once you move to Thailand you realise what a cluster f&@k things are.
i recently finished a renovation on my condo, a 2 week job blew out to 3 months, it was escalated to the biggest boss at home pro sukhumviht in Pattaya (who was doing the Reno) who had to personally come to my place on multiple occasions to check the work (all this for a 40k baht job).
A few things which occurred.
1) Home pro hired anyone as subcontractor and denied liability when the contractors wife who he was “training” cleaned my fridge and table with a scourer. In the end contractor had to pay me out 10k baht for new fridge doors and the table was sent off 3 times to get repaired (before I threw it out the third time)2) TVs were wrapped in plastic and put face down on the bed. Painting plastic was then put down on the bed and the new painting team stood on 2 out of 3 tvs. Broken. Store Manager gave me 10k off a new TV and staff of course took the broken tv home to fix
3) They robbed me of 500b of classic Thai notes I was collecting
4) They painted one roof with super gloss wall paint and one wall with matte roof paint
5) My Thai building manager then said to me once it was all over “Why are you cleaning and painting yourself?” After 3 months of incompetence.
6) 2 brand new Samsung q65 tvs had severe shadowing in the dark and had to return both. Once at the shop I asked if this has happened before and they said no only farang complain ??? LolBasically everything had to be done 2 and 3 times, they have not grasped the do it once and do it properly antic because their time is worth so little.
This is just a snippet of a 5 month working holiday where I decided to renovate a condo.
Extrapolate this into everyday society, and dealing with “non educated” thais (cannot put everyone in a bucket) or should I say “Not used to western standards” thais. On every single level you come face to face with total incompetence and id say a well raised 11 year old Aussie kid has more common sense than most thais.
(Not talking about BKK or the thais I worked with in an office environment)
Basically if you are going on a holiday and you don’t need more interaction than ordering a taxi you will run into this continual incompetence.
Actually the only time things were done to my standards was interacting with my Visa agent who had everything down pat from visa extensions, to getting Thai license and opening a bank account.
My frustration was immense for only 5 months. Imagine being an expat after 20 years, living in a village and dealing with locals on the reg you will probably see they all started off with Rose Colored glasses and slowly the place has made them angry.
saying that…… only 35 days till I’m flying out ????
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22 hours ago, GStewart70 said:
You don't have to wait. If your so keen to get back to your beloved Thailand you can do the Phuket litter box or look at 4 walls in a Bangkok hotel.
Why would you wait?
Oh, wait a minute, you don't want to be frog marched to hospital for 2 weeks if you or anyone close to you on a plane fails a PCR test on arrival?
If your waiting to roll off the plane whistling dixie, scoot along to immigration, get a 30 day visa stamp and jump in a taxi to Soi Cowboy, your going to be waiting for a very long time.
Good presumption but thats not correct. Simple answer is im in Australia
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I love to read these emails everyday to stay in touch with the news in thailand however its draining to see the constant negativity from alot of posters here.
See you soon thailand!
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I am planning a month in december in Pattaya and I want to either hire a Kawasaki Ninja 300 (Same as what I ride at home) or a Honda Grom (MSX125). I want to ride down to sattahip or rayong maybe one day so want something with full insurance bigger than a scooter. I will have full insurance and international license.
I have found swissbike and BP rentals who have a single grom and cbr250r but just wondering if someone else knows of any other business where I can rent around Pattaya area (I have googled every site so I dont know it exists). I am also not interested in any dodgy places along beach road unless it can be verified
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Still for sale? Ill text you my line
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Does this sound like someone has paid a PR Company to Spruik some wellness or some certain Groups?
Why are there so many haters on this site?
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You have reached peak Sabai sabai. Any chance you on the wacky tobaccy? I think we need to take a page out of this guys book, roll it up and smoke it