digbeth

VAT has always been here they just try to close the loophole that allows personal import of small value stuff to be vat-exempt trying to stop the deluge of chinese stuff

It was unfair that shops in China can set up store fronts in Lazada or Shopee and ship 'cheap' <1500.- baht stuff into Thailand tax free and with possibly cheaper freight than any local thai based stores can do... this is not even considering that Thai business has to pay business taxes on top but levying this on the platforms like Lazada and Shopee means people will move on to other platforms that don't have presence in Thailand like Alibaba,

Shops that makes their own gold Jewellery will happily take them https://www.goldtraders.or.th/DailyPrices.aspx this is the daily spot price from the Thai gold trader's shops would based their buy/sell price off this, for 99.99% 24Kgold, look at the last row, first column is price per gram, the middle is price per baht weight (15.244) grams, if the shops would only give you price for their usual thai gold (96.5%) you're getting ripped off at around 100 baht per gram

payday outage are common in Thailand as people pay bills and their lottery dealers on the middle and the end of the month

So baiting locals into confrontation on camera for 'views' is the MO for these guys? So getting <deleted> kicked in on camera would drive more traffic and earn him more money? I's a win-win I think I can tolerate this

conductor rail falls off, pink line had the same issue already last December, this time it didn't looks as catastrophic as it was the inside rail that broke off, and got caught in the walkway between the concrete guideways (rails) whereas the outside one broke off and fell to the street clearly there are issue with the material of mounting hardware or how they're attached to the concrete, last time it happened they said they had 'inspected' the tracks but that it happened again means they'll need to replace whatever it is that fails for the whole length of the tracks of both lines

I've seen case where the business call for Bangkok Hospital ambulance when their customers needed one in their shop, only once they start to realize which hospital they're going to that they jumped out of the ambulance and ran off

If the shop give you spot price for Thai gold (96.5%/23K) when selling 99.99% 24K gold walk away, it's not like they don't know what they are and will happily sell 24k gold for a premium calculating what price should be paid over the spot price will seem difficult, if all you know is the spot price for Thai gold per baht weight and the 24k bullion you have is in grams but the Thai gold traders association that set the price each day actually has a reference price for 99.99gold per gram https://www.goldtraders.or.th/DailyPrices.aspx

Also: Jomtien is open on the 19th , but good luck making it there and back

mail box rental companies do scanning and emailing, but then you'll have to change your banking address to the rented mailbox, or setup forwarding with royal mail to send all your mail from your house to the mailbox

bars are difficult to smuggle in unnoticed, they x-ray bags on arrivals sometime, if they noticed, you'll be watched after baggage claim and ask to open your luggage if you don't go through the 'something to declare' exit coins however, mixed in with regular coins in your pocket or purse... how could they tell? Selling to gold shops is no problem, they'll happily molten them down to use in their jewelry there are reporting requirements the gold shop has to comply for money laundering law, they'll need ID and has to report if the transaction is over certain threshold, 2 million baht if dealing in cash, transfer of sales to bank accounts are exempt from reporting rule as the banks will be the ones doing the reporting and they already have your details

they lost the right of "peaceful, continued, unchallenged" the moment they hightailed out of the house the first time the real owner showed up doubling down and going back in

There are parking on the building, or for a 2 minutes walk away you can park on the Central Rama 9, or the Unilever Building in the same complex

before covid there was big crackdown on hotels without hotel license in tourist town like Pattaya, back then it was found out that only small percentage of 'hotels' actually had hotel license, which to qualify they require facilities like pool, lobby, restaurant many went by with room for rent or apartment license instead Unlike condos, detached house can be rented out 'homestay' for under 30 days so nothing wrong with airbnb out villas

Berry Pickers?

That would be soi 7 or 8 bars, nobody would set up water buckets in front of the shops in most other area, South Pattaya and walking street would still be dry, coming from the dark side you could do yours shopping at Carrefour then or Tesco in North Pattaya without being bothered

That's why I stick (it) to ladyboys, they're more understanding of the issue

I miss the days where Pattaya only did the mad Songkran on the 19th only, sure it gets wilder than other places but it's only 1 day you can plan for, I'm sure the Muslim majority place like 3 Provinces down south frown against this sort of thing so you'll be safe there

two button vs one... imagine the cost savings

There is no developer in this case, the neighbor tried to claim empty house next door through adverse possession, got found out and with typical Thai media circus backdown

evaporative air cooler can work in air-conditioned room and does lower temperature as the initial humidity will be quire low in the room, but does it make the air conditioner works harder due to the increase in moisture in the room? While you might be able to feel 'cooler' I suspect the increased load from the air-con needing to remove the extra humidity will cost more in electricity than if you were to set the temperature lower at the air-con itself. Some normal fans to increase the wind-chill effect on the skin is probably the only assistance you can have with air conditioner

If the foreigner quota is filled up already, yes they have to sell

There is no small claims court in Thailand, you just go to the lowest (district) court which could be costly in money ant time your first port of call is the office of insurance commission, they have the power of the law in this matter and can force arbitration or judgement in this matter, o the sales rep's detail is not required but can be named in your complaint against the company

For around 150-200K, The Powershift in the Diesel version around 2010s isn't plagued with the same problems as those in Petrol too, decent power and economical considering the price of Diesel here earlier pre-facelift the diesel came with manual but rare as a hen's teeth

If you have the necessary paperwork, it used to be that it's quicker to get back from Betong if you go through Malaysia