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1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

You make valid points...    they'd be a lot more 'effective' if the policy included 'swapping the phone' for one that does not have an issue, if an issue is found.

 

But, as I highlighted earlier in the thread, when they 'test' the phone, you've already paid (in most cases, but not in the case of the Op)... and if they find an issue, then that phone is yours, so iStudio will assist you though the 'warranty process' to send it to apple to get it fixed. 

 

Thus: I'm not acutally sure of the reason for iStudio checking the phones.

earlier this year when I got mine from AIS, they say if it's not satisfactory when they go over the phone with me they'll open another box

If studio 7 says they'll only assist in getting warranty work and not new replacement right away then yes it's pointless to inspect the phones with them

1 hour ago, qualtrough said:

I believe I saw that earlier. Was that the one where the person was repeatedly warned not to do that, not just a one time thing? 

 

Any other cases that come to mind to anyone?

even if you don't have thai passport on hand, you can enter thailand with thai ID card, I don't see why one would use foriegn passport to enter Thailand if you have thai citizenship

though i've seen thai born thais that has foreign passport use that to enter visa-excempt if they know they won't be staying long, often the thai passport is expired or whatever, but then if they exit thailand on the autogates, their foreign passport will be on overstay, or thai passport won't have exit stamp/ record which raises alarm bells next time they are at the border and some explanation

5 hours ago, James105 said:

 

You are correct I don't like the policy but I did buy a case with it in the first store, which was also refunded to me with the phone refund.   Every apple device comes with a worldwide Apple guarantee as standard for 1 year.   There is zero risk in buying these products and as someone pointed out earlier in this thread, if a fault was found with the device after purchase and tested in store, then the purchaser wouldn't get issued a new replacement device and the phone with the fault would be sent back to Apple to deal with.   So it makes the whole testing completely and utterly pointless as the customer might as well deal with Apple directly anyway if there is a fault after they have left the store.   

 

In the highly unlikely event that it is DOA then I contact Apple support and presumably I get a replacement from Apple.   Not sure why you sound so salty about this really.    

Just because apple will accept repairs doesn't mean the shop selling it have to accept return for no reason, 

only at physical apple stores and online direct from apple is where they accept 14 days returns no question asks which is beyond the industry norms and legal requirement for Thailand, if you bought from a resellers like this, they're only obliged to send it in for repair, which is might not be what the customers expected as they heard you can return any apple products; which is not true- if you go up to apple's own store with products purchased elsewhere they best they'll do is replace it if it's defective or you have applecare, but to return and get a refund for no reason? no 

- imagine the typical thai customer - if they had a session of box opening, going through and makeing sure every thign works with the staff this do cut down on this somewhat

Only apple stores and online actually has return policy where you can actually return for no reason, so if you're buying cash with no carrier discount/plan it's best to get them direct from apple.

only time there's a better deals from these resellers is when there's new model along and they have plenty of stock of the existing models

lots of their customers do need help with setting it up and signing in to everything though, 

I remembered around the iphone 4 days getting it from true, that during the process of going through inspecting everythign from dead pixels to moisture detector in the port - if you reject one they'll just reset,  wrap it up again for the next customer who might not be as critical 

some dealers do sell whole bikes on shopping website like Shopee and Lazada, they're mostly in Bangkok, often even with cost of transport plus all the cash(non-finance) surcharge over MSRP local dealers like to put on, this could work out cheaper than going to your local dealer like Mityon who has near monopoly hold on Pattaya area 

while it's much easier to get a sim card like e-sim with us numbers from Thailand without even having to leave your house just activaste e-sim on your phone, the use case seem to be targeted towards travellers to the US

if any of those sim supports wifi-calling it could work in Thailand without the need for roaming charge to use US number in Thailand

just compare to london-singapore - similar distance and potential for connections around SEAsia and Australia 

is the price difference enough that it's cheaper to get extra leg by changing at singapore either on the same airline or low-cost airlines with all the inconvenience of re-checking baggage and waiting time for another flights - that's debatable

If you don't fly from the big london airports, sometime it's more convenient to change in germany or middle east say if you fly from Manchester or Birmingham - the queues at immigration and car park at those airports are much bette than London too

the airlines are on the hook for sending you back if you were refused entry into a country, so it's understandable some staff might be over cautious, 

but it is rare that staff at the boarding gate will be raising this is unusual though, normally this would be handled at the check in desk, but for case wher passengers don't have luggage and print their own boarding pass there must be extra checks at the gate

On 10/22/2024 at 6:34 PM, Baht Simpson said:

Suea Saming is represented obliquely in the 2004 film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Sud Pralud/ Tropical Malady.  It's a good film and worth checking out. 

where can you watch that film, never seen it on sale anywhere, even bootleg ones, 

apart from insurance which the banks will happily sell, 

there's also government bonds that absolutely can't be touched until maturity 

at least she didn't sell out, I'm sure plenty of companies were offering to have her 'brand' be on a chain restaurant in malls

the singaporean chicken rice guy sold out quite sucessfully we even had branches in Thailand for a while but now he's lost the star in his original restaurant too

only some older or small condo buildings or private apartments would still be on adsl

if the building is big enough to make it worth the isp investment, they'll usually wire fiber to the rooms themselves.

in case where the isp don't see economic case they might offer to wire up to the rooms in exchange for exclusivity deal in that everyone in the building can only get internet from them

My condo in Asok Bangkok didnt have fiber to the rooms untill about 4-5 years ago, ADSL2 was the best we could get, earlier than that there was also true's DOCSIS that comes through coax which they phased out 
There was a brief moment where 5g was starting to come along and we got 5g router and unlimited package for cheap, which was lots faster than ADSL, but then they start wiring fiber to the room and we're good by now 5g with unlimited internet is like 1000+baht a month which is too much 

roadside stalls on corner of soi siam country and railroad has lots of muslim foods 

there's plenty of life insurance that'll only matures in 5, 10  years or even longer

some will pay out interests and benefits every year

if the insurance require annual payment of premiums, you can set up an account in your name and make a standing order to debit from that account and only you can touch that

caveat is that the insurance can be cancelled early for some penalty like loss of capital or the holder can borrow against the insurnce.

12 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

I prefer my windows made from glass.

Traditional sliding wooden windows is actually was of the style local to the north like chiang mai 

 breezy in summer and insulatin in the cooler months 

to be fair, every other day the past week see some very heavy downpours in inner Bangkok, it's so heavy I look out the window and can barely see the building across the street, so much that I'd thought the traffic will be pandemonium for evening rush hour due to floods, but the deluge and standing water in the street if there was any seem to disappear very quickly 

Even roads lik Chaeng Wattana which floods regularly seem to have things under control quciker than before 

7 hours ago, sungod said:

 

Never seen any crowd trouble at Pattaya, never seem any 'retired' hooligans causing any.

 

Heard plenty of unsubstantiated reports from those who dont have a clue though....

I thought the Port FC in Bangkok is the Millwall of Thai footbal, being in the catchment area of the country's biggest slum and all 

no offence to the crowds though - hi-so thais from sukhumvit mixing with Klong Toei residents happily, seem to have more Farang supporters than Pattaya even

their terminology is that there are 'fresh claims' and 'dry claims'

fresh claims are claims are accidents that has other party and you call their agent to make a claim on the scene

dry claims are claims with no party like scratches agaisnt walls, posts or where the other party can't be found - this is usually covered only in 1st class

now it depends on how much does the + in your 2+ for second class plus includes, usually loss, fire and theft plus maybe extra injuries cover for you too - but stil require other party for damages

for dry claim often there are excess payable or a 'fee' for the agent ot be creative in writing up the claim to include pre-existing damage, say you are on the threshold of your last year that the insurance company will cover your old 10+ years old car under 1st class, after which they'll kick you down to 2nd class, you might ask the agent to come over to submit a dry claim to get a once-over new lick of paint for your delapidated old car, for a 'fee' as you actually haven't had an accident per se

not sure if it's related to the royal barge procession or not but the Sane Saeb canal level has been kept low for lot of the past week, meaning no boat service west of Pratunam Pier for many days, 

or maybe they anticipated the peak high tide and rain together and pumped put water for that

7 hours ago, LOG54 said:

There are leaks from ceiling pipes for years in the parking lot.. instead of changing they repair after 10 days and one week later it leaks one meter away..

O maintenance in this building..

Yes a private company took over the meat department...Same one took over in Foodland, leading to outrageous prices !!

Friendship and Makro are far better..

Have a good day

I remembered seeing cars being showered in <deleted>s in the back of the parking lot there, this was more than 5 years ago 

in small volumes youi'd have better chance direct selling to thai (household) buyers online, but where do you store it after milling - bagging and shipping who will do the labelling, how much does all these 

many made it work cutting out the middle men like this 

whatever happened to the guy that claims the pillars of Central's carpark will explode and bring the building down when the mall opened about 10+ years ago?