Everything posted by digbeth
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SCB EasyNet Mobile App logon?
The Bank's logic is sound, in the past they might have to cover loss to phone scam, so making remote access while using the app impossible, the irate customers are going to be in the minority and every time a big scam case hit the media, the mass are ready to blame the bank for facilitating the scam Unfortunately there are no Thai law protecting disabled access for people that might need screen reader to use with the website they discontinued
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Travel to Laos with a car registered in Thailand
if the car's under finance you'll need a permission from the finance company to take it abroad (not likely) otherwise the owner just take the relevant document to make that car's permit (essentially a passport for the car) thai citizens can apply for border pass without passport, but they'll be limited on where and how long can they visit
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SCB EasyNet Mobile App logon?
even if you manage to get the app software to run, using android emulator that replicate a phone OS like bluestack, the banking app probably can detect it's being run where it shouldn't, normally they would even refuse to run when you have root mode enabled or the phone jailbroken already if the above paragraph doesn't make sense to you, just getting a sim card dongle and plugging it in your computer's not gonna work
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Weird practises at Thai banks
It's supposed to require card and PIN to use the deposit machine now
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Thai Mobile Banking Apps Crash On Payday, Transfers Put Off
to be fair to the Thai banking system, how many western country let you transfer directly between individual bank accounts with just mobile no or qr codes without the need for third party company or apps? and for the cost of free?
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Weird practises at Thai banks
What makes you think they don't ask Thais for their ID? even at automatic deposit machine you can't use without inserting your card and identifying yourself, it used to be that you can just punch in the bank account number into the machine and off you go
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Is There A Nando's In Pattaya?
The Piri Piri place seem to be modelled very closely from Nando, but looks like they're closing down in many place, most of their mall locations are gone now, only the tiny one in Sukhumvit Soi 17 in Bangkok where the trendy building is left I think
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Is There A Nando's In Pattaya?
If a business never register their product or brand in Thailand, anyone can legally register that name in the same business field no problem Recently there was an 'Al-Baik' (Saudi Copy of KFC styled fried chicken) that was famous in the middle east that appeared in Bangkok but seem to not be connected to the parent franchise unless they copy everything down to the trademark logo, then the parent company would have a case, but would they bother suing a company in country they never intend to have local presence? Western brands like Taco Bell might seem to only sprung up in the last few years but the franchisee that own the name (Yum Brands) have had the business in Thailand for a lot longer than that
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U-Tapao Airport is Pretty Dead
4-5 years ago I used to go to Chiang Mai regularly from there, when they still used the old terminal buildings, since then the road connection has got better with the hwy 7 extensions opened, before I had to use the 331 to drive down there but after covid, many flight had not returned, like Air Asia, looks like Thai Lion Air only has one flight to Chiangmai Taxi situation to get to Pattaya hasn't improved either
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Whose responsibility is the power cable between meter room and condo in a large condo building?
We had to replace the water mains in our condo, it is agreed that the main pipes to the meter comes out of the common fund, (the meter was the condo's not the water company) and anything behind the meter to the room belongs to each room's owner, as long as the work is being done any owner that wanted to can replace their pipes when the work is being done, any that didn't agree can keep their old pipe run but if they wanted to replace it a later date, they'd have to pay for the removal and fixing back of the ceiling at their own cost granted, the run was only from each floor, I don't see why if only 1 guy' power cable need replacing and the whole condo should be responsible for it
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Anonymous bank deposit
normally she won't know where the amount came from but to make a deposit to transfer, you need to be identified at the bank if you have a bank account here, you can also transfer the amount from your bank, unless she goes to the bank concerned with the source of the deposit/transfer into her account she won't get any details of who sent her the money in case if's you making a deposit in person, they'd have to look back at cctv footage to find the time you made it, dig to the copies of your ID that they had made, the bank won't do it without valid reason like she suspect she's being scammed by being sent money? or a court/police order
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Is there a market for a full service consultant for getting net access via a Sim router?
it's probably easier to offer this service as a mobile ISP, can't get fiber in your condo/apartment rentals? call us.... and lock you in whatever sim/mvno plan you have, come and install it just like the wired isp those that don't have the means to check and compare speeds between providers won't care or bother to switch providers or sims anyway
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Is there a market for a full service consultant for getting net access via a Sim router?
if you have access to or keep a sim from back home with roaming, single roaming sim could potentially access all network in Thailand in the right equipment relatively easily, no need to swap sim
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Don Mueang Airport ranks among the most dangerous airports in the world
must be the golf course, nothing to stop people in the fairways from walking down taxiways or driving balls into the flightpath plus some of the publicly accessible road on the east (airforce base) side looks like they can be driven into airside
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Is there a market for a full service consultant for getting net access via a Sim router?
It'd be easier if the company selling the router let you take it home, test drive it and return it if it's not for you due to the government requirement regarding mobile simcards sign on requiring ID, it'd be hard to get the router with multiple sims to try, a good network engineer might already has all the tools needed to see the signals, evaluate what level of data you actually need according to your usage, but these engineers aren't cheap there used to be a networking dealer company that let you pay a 20-30% deposit, and would let you have the brand new gear or a demo unit, after you have satisfied that the thing you want works, pay the remainder to get a new one or keep the ones they sent, but they only deal in certain brands and then the selection of mobile router quite limited, an independent retail shop could offer this with selection from all brands a lot of online retailer already has generous return policy so you can try them all out and return them if you need to
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Son with thai and EU passport??
The issue could arise If a Thai passport issued in Thailand was being used to enter Thailand for the first time without previous exit stamp, or entry of the exit on immigration's computer you could present passport to the exiting immigration officer, explain your situation and persuade them to stamp you out on the Thai passport as well, the worst they can do is link your EU identity with Thai identity in their system claim that you used the auto gate to exit, hence no entry stamp... but only at land border where they don't have linked computer, be sure to have detail regarding flights out and how long just enter wit Thai ID card, they can't bar thai citizen from entering, keep the thai passport for next exit
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Strimmer catastrophe: Thai man slices off penis while cutting grass
it was reported in Thai that he put the angle grinder blade in the trimmer
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The New Skytrain (continued for 2019)
but it's a stairs down to ground level, not connected to the mall yet?
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How to deal with an overwhelmingly negative opinion of Thai people.
having a shower and putting on a shirt helps
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Thai huge tech company on the brink of collapse 99% crash triggers alarm
It's all over Thai social networks, no even the national TV news on multiple channel for weeks, What local newspapers do you read? if you don't read Thai and only rely on print like the Bangkok Post that's your problem
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The New Skytrain (continued for 2019)
The situation with The Mall Bangkapi is that even if they wanted to, they probably couldn't build a 'skywalk' in the middle of the road to connect to the station if they wanted to, there's a flyover bridge next to the road just after the station, the exit that comes down to Makro's carpark is essentially next door anyway, but due to the construction it's probably safer to exit on the opposite side of the road and use the pedestrian bridge in front of The Mall to cross back plus, the mall is being renovated anyway, half the floors are closed at the moment maybe if they bought the now quite empty Tawanna market next door they could connect to the station via that. It's not like they don't have the money, The whole EmDistrict at Prompong BTS has been done and now being extended to yet to open EmSphere With the Paradise Park, they're probably on a wait-and-see they already have walkway from Paradise Park to Paradise Place, which was quite empty of foot traffic for now, strange that they don't connect the exit to the mall directly I know that before they built the line, businesses that has their land appropriated for the exits were offered a profit sharing deal to develop the land around the exits instead of outright compulsory purchase of the land
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Kawasaki 650 4
was it a cruiser? 650? usually a twin, Only Honda has 650 4 I think Ninja 200 and 400 are fours of course
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Does your travel insurance cover you for scooters over 125cc?
is it still the case that in the UK you can ride up to 125cc with only car licence (with CBT) etc. There is no such provision in Thailand so unless you have full UK motorcycle license, you'd be considered unlicensed for the motorcycle
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Student Killed in Gas Explosion During Fire Drill
using powder ones in a drill makes a lot of mess, from the picture seen the drills are in the school courtyard, powder would mean dust in the backstop areas which looks like classrooms
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Student Killed in Gas Explosion During Fire Drill
being tested in Thailand means the guy that sold you the extinguisher comes around once a year, looks at the gauge that the pressure is good and writes a tick in the attached paper the drills are usually run by the local fire department, which probably got the extinguisher that's no longer wanted donated to them from the businesses that replaces their old extinguisher, there's probably good reason why they were replaced