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14 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Visas cannot be transferred and can be used from an old passport... is it perhaps an Extension? I thought the transfer of that +entry stamp_ was free. (I ask as I expect to do it soon). 

The entry stamp is free but the transfer of Visa fee is charge by the elite visa for service. 

So in Thailand is: He come in kill you he go to jail. He come in you kill him you go to jail.

Either way, one should pray hard nobody jump over your fence.

I just renewed my passport thru my embassy in Bangkok. Online application done within 5mins including payment and recent photo upload on 25th Sept. Received email notification for collection on 7th Oct. Collected passport at Sathorn on the 8th... walk in walk out within 5 mins. 

Now I have to spend a whole morning in Chaeng Wattana for arrival stamp transfer to new passport and a whole afternoon to transfer my Visa to new passport with a 2,000 baht fee. 

Thailand 4.0? Su Su na! ????

It's simple. Give all foreigners already in Thailand 100M Baht and see how many leaves immediately then you will know if 1M wealthy foreigners is going to come. 

I could actually hear many bags packing up once this "rules out going back to the old Thai tourism formula of crowded bars and nightlife" is confirmed. 

Forget about the tourism industry. Haven't they learn the lesson relying on this? Time to attract foreign investment to build a strong workforce that doesn't get affected much by virus spreading around the world. What if after covid comes covif followed by covit? 

First step is to scrap the stupid labor compensation act. Working after 3 months get 1 month compensation and after a year get 2 months compensation for each working year. The workforce became ignorant with the longest serving worker has the attitude of fire me if you dare. 

3 minutes ago, bbko said:

Ouch, unless you already paid for the item, maybe give an exact description of the needed item, Lazada, Shoppee and AliExpress aren't the only online places to buy computer parts in Thailand.

https://frederickscompany.com/products/0717-4304-99/

This is the sensor I'm trying to buy. 

I usually could find most things in Aliexpress... Even the processor chip ST92F150 series, but the little sensor seems so rare in it's application till the point that I could not find a similar replacement too. Not even different brand.

3 minutes ago, bbko said:

Is it the USPS or the company that's bumping up the shipping cost?

They do not use USPS because they will have to make a trip to the local post office. 

They only offered UPS or Fedex. Add in their cost of exportation paperwork and stuffs work out to be $225 for a 50g package.

9 minutes ago, ross163103 said:

As others have said, pretty outrageous. A week ago I shipped an 8lb box from the middle of US to Chonburi and it cost around $97 USD...........helping out the USPS with their debt. 

8lbs is about 3.6kg. Not too expensive in my opinion. Used to send so items to Swiss from Thailand cost about 2,200 baht about the same weight via Thaipost.

12 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Did you search AliExpress, Banggood, Shopee or Lazada for the same item ?

 

Wouldn't be surprised if the US vendor didn't source it from Alibaba ????

No luck at all... it's a on board tilt sensor. Only PCB manufacturer will purchase such a thing and usually in huge amount.

12 hours ago, BritManToo said:

http://www.jinzon.com.tw/Fredericks/sens_tilt_0717_4304.tpl.htm

Emailed them twice with no reply...

12 hours ago, DJ54 said:

Has mail (credit card) shipped USPS Priority August 8 not received yet.. although others have used and received in 10 days. Sent a replacement DHL good service @$65 USD

It's a risk we have to take.

On 10/2/2021 at 6:21 PM, Panadadad said:

For $225 I would have hand carried it for you yesterday that was half of my airfare lol

Missing the chance for me... I would gladly pay you $60 for your trouble... So you in Phuket now?

53 minutes ago, thaijoe said:

I know what ur going through, I moved back to the states, you can use my address if you want,I live in ohio.

email me if you need me to send it to you.. [email protected]

buy it on line, ship it to my address and i'll ship it to you. I know shipping thing is like 2-4 weeks, sometimes. and i have had it in 12 days, but this covid has everything screwed up.  and next month UPS  is raising there prices up by 8% I think. i know its going up and stamps

Oh.... Thanked god! I will be contacting you shortly for your address.

9 minutes ago, bluebluewater said:

Good Gosh  -  have someone stick it into a padded envelope and send it USPS registered mail.  It's not expensive at all.  Sorted.

That's the intention... have to find a local address for help. 

16 hours ago, bendejo said:

I have not had to deal with this myself, but others have told me stories about exorbitant duties and various fees on the Thai side when using private services (DHL,Fedex et al).  Myself, I have only received packages sent USPS to Post Restante, the only fee was the post office storage, I think it was 5 satang per day.

Perhaps another source for the part -- tried eBay? 

 

 

Yup... trying to get help from a friend in US but still unable to locate him. I read that USPS non commercial shipping is about $40 to Thailand for small packages. I have tried everywhere, ebay, aliexpress, amazon, etc. No luck... have to buy from manufacturer. 

https://frederickscompany.com/products/0717-4304-99/

This is the sensor I'm trying to buy. 

23 minutes ago, walt1 said:

That does not seem right. Go to usps website to check prices, should be much less. Could it be they don't want to deal with the forms needed to ship or are they trying to overcharge?

I believe it's the former. They are trying to sell it on their door as they mentioned to send fedex to their door step will be the best. They will get it pack and ready for collection. usps indicated about $40 small parcel mail to thailand 6-10 business days. $225 is a bit steep. 

I can't complaint because they are manufacturer selling in the thousands of units and I managed to persuade them to sell me a few for my board repair.  

Hi Americans, I need to purchase a sensor for a PCB repair from Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. 

The postal service worked up to about $225 for a $20 sensor. The sensor is only 1/4 of my pinky finger.

The seller did warned me about the S&H is going to be expensive and hoping that I have a local address to ship against. 

I believe fellow Americans do post parcel to Thailand from time to time. May I know if you have any cheaper alternative advise I could follow? 

It's so confusing... exactly who is the kettle and who is the pot? 

A professor in psychology named Joseph Ferrari got a million search hits thanks to Joe Ferrari in Thailand.

Associate Professor Yongyuth Chalamwong... Really?

It simply means that if you are paying an immigration officer, please make sure he is really one. But you still have to pay.

1 bottle comes with 5ml of vaccine and 3ml is use for injection. Every 2 used bottles can inject an extra person.