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3 hours ago, DrTuner said:

Kids have reverted back to Central for meeting their friends. Apparently T21 isn't the teen magnet I thought it might be. Waiting for the first farang restaurant casualties, beerfest and teddy's in the dead corner are likely to croak first I think. 

PALA by Pan Pan is definitely on the watch list, it's on the top floor next to the loud game arcade and cinema. When they were in Central even as it was getting long in the tooth they had the 'old faithful' menu and the Pizza was always dependable, now with a new format and menu there's more pasta on the manu but the Pizza is reheated from a selection in the window, ok for grabbing a few slice before going to the cinema in idea, but they price for a couple of reheated slices of Pizza is about the same or more than their freshly made whole pizza in their other locations.

4-5 storey building with workshop, accommodation and retail space could just be a shophouse 

6 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Now we are talking about a serious crime here!

How much didnt she pay? was it 10 baht or 20 baht

 

The SIM has nothing to do with online banking.  The SIM is for the telephone part of the smart phone that will allow you to receive OTOP's or other text messages from your Thai bank. Usually are free since they are free for the Thai banks to send (I get SMS from both Bangkok Bank and SCB while in the US using a Thai SIM card that I keep in an extra phone)

 

Online banking is done on the Internet, independent of what type of SIM card you have, the only connection between the two is that the SMS from your bank on your phone may notify you that you need to check you online account via an Internet connection 

The Kasikorn phone app does check the HTTP header to see if the telephone number of the originating packet matches the registered number and won't let you connect over wifi or other sim cards, it must be via the data from the phone number that you registered only.

but if you quit the app and use a browser to ask for a desktop site, you can log on normally anywhere. To my knowledge only Kasikorn bank does this, other bank lets you use the phone app on whatever internet connection you have

Thailand is a tropical country and the humidity means you have to have showers every day 

What's the best place to catch a Baht bus from T21 heading back towards beach road and Jomtien? does the bus stop by where they make a u turn on North Rd.? or do you have to walk further down towards beach road?

I see T21 has a made a pull in drop-off lane in front but like the one in Central Beach, they seem go unused, but I don't see the Songthaew waiting around in front of T21

2 hours ago, tropo said:

November 22 is NOT the rainy season at all. It's way past the end of it and it is probably one of the worst rain showers in Pattaya in November for many years, but calling it the worst in 11 years (as one poster did) is a stretch. I remember seeing Pattaya Tai as a virtual river back in mid-2015. I was having a coffee in Starbucks and it provided riverbank style scenery under the moonlight.

The big 2015 one was November 15

in 2014 the big one was Halloween day October 31

Last year was October 22

Usually the stray flooding is around mid October, this year it has been unusually late and even the humidity lingers around now still.

Why would you go to the dealer for perishable stuff like battery and tires? you'll be overcharged and get old stocks. Even rip-off shops like B-Quick would be cheaper than Honda dealers for Tires and Battery.

A new battery after a year and new tires every two? next you'll be complaining that the car needs fuel every couple of days also

Your car probably uses 5x100pcd/bcd pattern, the wheel you got is probably 5x112pcd Toyotas uses both pattern but more recent cars are 5x100. 

aftermarket rims in 5x100pcd for Toyotas are rare, most shops just drill the hole a bit to fit, that's the cheap fix, if the shop is competent there shouldn't be any issue 

for expensive fix, adaptors or sell the wheel you have and try to get one that fit correctly

Apart from the classified magazines with pictures from each dealers and personal ads, the 2nd hand dealers and showroom when trading in uses Red Book which would list car model for each year and conditions

also there's some banks which does their own like this blue book (link in Thai)

On 11/23/2018 at 5:27 PM, marcusarelus said:

Hard to compare since the one at Foodland you can pick food from the grocery store and they will cook it.  At least they cooked it for me.  Make your own menu.

There's a Foodland in T21

Super rich exchanges in the basement of the Airport where you take the trains to Bangkok has better rates than bank, almost the same as most Pattaya rates that's always worse than Bangkok

 albeit the rate in Super Rich in Bangkok is better still.

So are they having another crackdown on counterfeit goods on beach road I see... fake watches, fake brand name clothes and now fake ladies.

you can go to driving schools that will pay to bring officials in to take tests on their premise, which will then provide you with a paper to prove that you've passed to go and issue a licence from the DLT. On schools that have this facility, they don't do these every day like the DLT so the waiting times could turn out to be in months still, but a better option that waining multiple months for an appointment at DLT

no

17 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Bangkok Bank no-fee withdrawals from Bangkok Bank ATM anywhere. They charge a fee when using their plastic in a rival bank's ATM.

 

The original plain plastic Bangkok Bank VISA debit card could be used in any ATM including rival banks (with surcharge). When they introduced their first chip & pin VISA debit cards, they could ONLY be used in Bangkok Bank ATM's. Not sure if that all changed since they ditched VISA and went with UnionPay and more recently MasterCard.

Wrong

You'll get hit with a fee even if you use Bangkok Bank's own ATM when you are 'out of zone from your account' (different province) They had a promotion this year in April where it was free for out of zones withdrawal i think just for the Songkran Holidays. 

https://www.bangkokbank.com/en/Personal/Digital-Banking/Self-Services/Bualuang-ATM/ATM Fees

Chip and Pin cards can be used at all bank's ATM now,

for Bangkok bank it's free to use at other's bank AT 4 times (within same zone as your account) a month, after which they'll charge

The bus station itself does not let you park and will tow your car/bikes away if you leave it there and get on a bus.

The 'secure' paid facilities next door is not associated with the bus station but does have an attendant there 24/7 and is fenced, the only way out is to pay the attendant or present the ticket/receipt if you've pre paid when you parked there.

The 'theme' thing will age badly in about 8-10 years time

The one in Asok is about 7 years old now, even if they renovate, which Thai  malls seem to do once every decade, they have painted themselves into a corner for being known for the Airport/different locale for each floor theme. How many way can you make a Golden Gate bridge and Pisa Tower? 

The glass and metal 'airport' bits are unonffensive enough, the statue and theme decor while for tourist who don't come to Thailand often and only gets to see it once or twice is fine, but for us locals seeing the same thing every time will probaly get old and tacky, or maybe it'll work like in 2-3 years time someone will post that there's an exiting new restaurant by the fat cat on the Japanese floor.

Central Plaza in Pinklao in Bangkok used to have a full-on faux roman theme with columns and stuff, all gone now. Most 80's or early 90's mall in Bangkok that survives is all renovated and barely resembles their former selves.

Central Festival Beach road is going to be 'refreshed' next year, They already had the tacky theme in Central Marina which doesn't seem to draw the crowds who's just there to take pictures like T21, would be interesting to see how will Central Beach road will turn into

2 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Bangkok Bank only allow account holders bank books to be renewed at the account holding branch. Updating the bank book can be done at any branch, anywhere.

It used to be that  you have to go back to the original branch to get a new book once the page ran out, but not anymore, I had my new book made at a different branch that I had no account with just the other week.

1 hour ago, marcusarelus said:

Do you pay a fee for ATM withdrawals at other branches of Bangkok bank? I thought there was a fee.  Could be wrong haven't checked my bank book in a while.

You only get hit with a fee if you make ATM withdrawals 'out of area' if you're within the same area as where your account is opened it's always free to use at the same Bank's ATM.

You can use other Bank's ATM for free up to 5 times(I  Think?) a month, after which the fee is charged even within the same area.

14 hours ago, bbi1 said:

Does K-Bank charge you fees if you make a deposit in Pattaya while having your main branch being in BKK? And what about internet banking, if your main branch is in BKK and you transfer to another K-Bank with a branch in Pattaya?

You must have Pattaya accounts to not get charged fees even for deposit.

If you only have Bangkok acccounts, when you make a deposit in Pattaya to that account you'll be charged the 20 baht per 10,000 or what ever they're charging now.

If you have Pattaya account, there's no fee, and you can use online banking to transfer between your own accounts for free. 

11 hours ago, bbi1 said:

... Do people usually recommend going to the original K-Bank BKK branch and asking them to change my main branch to be in Pattaya to save on fees? I already have a K-Bank visa debit card issued in BKK.

If you manage to open an account in Pattaya, you can use online Banking to move funds around between BKK-Pattaya to avoid fees, otherwise if you use your BKK debit cards in Pattaya every time you'll get hit with fees. 

I've seen case in dealerships where the main part of the wait is for the parts (if plastics) to arrive, often if the damage is minor and car still driveable they'll call and book a time with you once the necessary parts has arrived, rather than take the car and have it sit there doing nothing waiting for the parts, wasting space means less customers for them too.

Talking to body shop owners, they'd try to make a job as quick as possible, 2-3 days tops, the length experienced by customer seem to be the wait in line. Any big body shop capable of handling many booths etc at once already has their calendar booked through with insurance companies. 

you now have an opportunity for great Thai pun

introduce yourself to the 'brother in law's family' as ฝรั่งดอง่

as you're the farang that's เกี่ยวดอง into their family

which happens to also sound like pickled guava