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digbeth

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  1. The Bangkok ones like the ones in underground station and shopping mall are deserted, booking in advance only saves the time for the clerks to type up the details as you'd already fill in the details when you booked online, in and out in 20 minutes, The booking slots seems to be every half hour, so even if the place is packed if you'd booked the wait shouldn't be long.
  2. try taking a stroll down Lopburi and see if you'll change your mind then
  3. it's so they can identify your body in the eventual crash
  4. Checking a license plate would mean looking at the license plate then going to a book or a list of 'allowed/registered' vehicles, the regular guard might be able to recognize on sight some of the cars but you think they get paid enough to care? It's also good to have the sticker displayed when parked in case some accidents happen like a water leaking onto your car or in case of people blocking other people in while leaving the cars in gear they know which door to go knock on, sure they can have a list of registration in the book, but try making Somchai read that off a book in an emergency If you're concerned about privacy, stick the sticker on a transparent plastic and put them up on the dash and take it down when you go outside having just the access cards that open the gantry to the parking might not be enough as how it is setup you might be able to sneak multiple cars in on the same card, and again you'll have issue with identifying which rooms the car belong to Automatic numberplate recognition are used in shopping malls now, it's only time when it is used in residence too
  5. Thai persons also gets a grilling over FATCA as well Out of the boondocks, the banks might know what to do if someone tick the "Yes, I'm an American" , box on the application
  6. Privacy wise if you're concerned you can stick the sticker on a card, and put that on the front of your car when you come in most buildings have access control gate with rfid card or remote that open the gantry that alone should be enough but some with multiple cars might be able to sneak second car in if the system is not too smart
  7. It's what's the co-owners, or the committee agreed on, if enough people want to change it, bring it up at the next meeting. from the perspective of those that came home from work and has to circle around the carpark trying to find a spot and see the Farang pensioner's car sitting in the same spot sitting there collecting dust for months, they could feel unfairly treated, why does that guy get to hog the space while the rest of us has to play musical chairs, not saying that it is right of course, but situations change, when you moved in years ago the parking lot could be empty due to being full of renters with no cars or just that the whole building was vacant. In my very old condo while we don't have assigned parking spot and could comfortably park two cars, the past year more tenants has moved in and the car park has been more crowded, I rarely used my car whereas my wife drives almost every day, If I'm being courteous, I would park my car on the floors with no direct elevator access and leave the convenient floors for those that need it more like contractor moving stuff in or parents with children and lots of stuff, If it comes to worse, I could leave the car at our house instead, but that option is not available to many people.
  8. It's not a problem if there are space enough for everybody, if someone park their car and use it once a week, it just shows that they don't need the car that much compared to those that drive to work and go out everyday. making it inconvenient for them enough that they get the message that maybe they should park somewhere else
  9. The law seem to define it as ratio per square meters of usable area depending on size, works out to about 40-60% as in 40 spot for every 100 units as legal minimum, Unless the condo's couple of decades old or new ultra luxury high-end development 1:1 parking is rare
  10. It's not the act of moving car, but rather that stationary car means it's just being 'left' there, this is a problem with condos full of workers during the week, if there are cars they don't use, maybe they should have parked at their house or someplace else like parents' house. It doesn't solve the oversubscription of cars vs parking spot issue, but it makes it inconvenient for those that don't use their car often enough that they may seek parking/storage of their rarely used cars elsewhere If you want to have a garage where you can park without being bothered, 1:1 or 2:1 parking spot ratios condos or even with assign parking spot are available.
  11. If these were Motorcycle Taxis turf battle or Marijuana Stalls trader brawl the public would have a different reaction
  12. In case of online subscription or delivering, you don' get to choose, Amazon Prime or Netflix set their price in Thai Baht which will now incurs the DCC rate + this new 1% charge, Previously this won't incur Ordering things from the Apple Stores for delivery withing Thailand gets processed from Singapore, Some legs of Air Asia gets charged from Malaysia for example
  13. This is not just the 1%, but the DCC currency conversion rate which is worst deal always In this case the service providers like Netflix of Apple has decided to set their price in Thai Baht already and are prepared to absorb any fluctuations and the DCC rates shouldn't apply
  14. Saw some tourists' instagram and the weekend air-conditioned Pattaya trains were packed with some standing all the way
  15. I believe the free tolls days are a way for them to get out of paying the toll workers overtime on the holidays, the big ones like songkran and new years see Bangkok deserted anyway so people use the tolls less, might be cheaper to let the staff take the holiday rather than pay them to come in and man the booths
  16. The Thais are already going through the tax filings on the business, looks like it's claiming loss for multiple year yet he manages to rent million baht a month villa?
  17. If he's only renting the real owner's in a bad place now, the Thais are calling for scrutiny on the location of the steps being so close to the waterline means it must be encroaching on public land
  18. the problem? OP fits the pattern of visa runners We can argue that the criteria for denial should be made clear, but the immigration officers has exercised their discretion and allowed him in
  19. prestige and keeping up with the Somchais, When Teslas Bangkok delivers new vehicle with normal white plates, some idiots would go and buy fake red plates to put them on, in case the neighbor might not notice that they bought a new car, or worse that they bought a second hand one
  20. Maybe it was not a rip-off price for a four hour booking, but looks like he only enquire about a short ride to a destination which the driver responds that they only offer the 4 hour option as a minimum...
  21. police report no longer required, you can turn up to DLT to get new one made, but if the plate was from Bangkok, it has to be at Bangkok DLT, can't transfer to Chonburi before it is in order, so you can't just go to Pattaya DLT to get replacement or to 'move' to Chonburi
  22. 'legitimate tourists' according to the Thais should be fine with existing Visa-Exempt entry, those that needed the tourist visa can probably fork out the visa fee probably can't afford to Holiday in Thailand that long Tourist Visa for Thais going to New Zealand has been 5,000+ Baht for sometime now
  23. keyword is you want to be enrolled under "section 39" provision for voluntary payment
  24. They only mention the VISA section, this applies mostly to Thai nationals, if you don't need VISA to visit the UK. this doesn't concern you at the moment, If you find this hard to understand, you'll struggle to navigate through life
  25. class 2 covers the other party in vehicle to vehicle accidents only, plus fire and theft but only repairs the other party vehicle, your own you pay out of pocket for any repairs class2+ covers your own vehicle too, still for vehicle to vehicle (define as anything with licence plate) ie. if you hit a pole, or a bicycle, you're not covered also the insured value might be limited, say a 1million baht car the first class might covers up to 950,000 where 2+ might covers to 3-400,000 baht only, you can negotiate more with higher premiums of course
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