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14 minutes ago, NancyL said:

I'm always amazed at how many resident foreigners pay for every transaction with 1000 baht notes and then complain about getting ripped off by cashiers.  Once a week or so, when either Hubby or I get money from an ATM we go into the bank and change some of the 1000 baht notes into 100s and 20s so we can give clerks and cashiers close to the exact amount of a purchase in our daily transactions.  Eliminates the opportunity for "confusion" in the change making process.

 

As for a major purchase like car rental -- that should always be charged on the U.S.-issued Visa card, along with other travel-related purchases like airline trips, hotel stays, etc.  That way, if there's any dissatisfaction, the charge can be contested with the credit card company for a refund.  Not possible with a Thai-issued credit card, but has worked for us several times when Thai merchants or service providers haven't lived up to their end of the deal and we filed a claim with our U.S. credit card company.

Amen.  This has saved me several times.

7 minutes ago, bangkokairportlink said:

 

10+ years and never needed any tourist police as I never needed help from any cop of this world. Your life are weird guys.

 

 

Good for you.  You sound like a made guy.

Regarding the Udon Thani rental car attempted ripoff the OP describes, I had a similar thing happen there a few years back.

I rented a bike and left a 1000 THB deposit and also paid for three days of use.  I returned the bike to the rental place and waited for the proprietor to return.  "She coming soon" said the staff.  I needed to get to the airport and she did not show despite repeated phone calls from me and assurances from her.  Finally I called the Tourist Police and told them the situation.  They asked for her number and called me back 5 minutes later saying she would be there in ten minutes.  Sure enough, ten minutes later she showed up with the deposit.  I then took a tuk tuk to the airport and caught my flight.  An old timer there told me later, "Yep, that's the Udon way.  Rip off the tourist first chance you get"

BTW, that is the ONLY time the Tourist Police have ever helped me.  A couple of experiences in Chiang Mai resulted in them trying to get money out of me.

1 hour ago, janhkt said:

How so? I don't see any U's, only A's.

Yes. "a" is correct as it shows.

3 hours ago, janhkt said:

I'm wondering about "krub" as well.

 

Krup as in cup.

Krap as in car.

 

I'm hearing the latter one, and using it. Maybe some are refraining from using "krap" because they're reading/hearing a flat a (as in "crap"). "Krup" as in "cup" does not sound like what the thais say, unless you pronounce "cup" as "karp".

And you are wrong.  http://www.thai-language.com/id/131341

11 hours ago, djayz said:

Probably the same reason why so many younger native English speakers can't formulate a single sentence without using "like". 

In the past it seemed to be predominantly young Americans, but recently I've noticed more and more young Brits using it too... 

I like so hate this word like... 

 

 

 

Or starting it with the word "So"

1 minute ago, transam said:

For sure, must have been something else...........

OK, Mr. 83000+

 11,702 profile views.  I didn't know I was that handsome!

3 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

I agree with you.

I have seen so many reports of people letting a immigration officer bluff them into using their other passport. When it happens they should take it to higher level and they will be stamped in with their Thai passport.

What would be the IO's motivation to do this?

I agree. IQAir is the best, bar none.

I frequent two in Chiang Mai.  One is full of foreigners and one is full of Thais.

Sure, Starbucks in Thailand has Thai workers, but all the signs are in English only. 

So who are the preferred customers, Thais or Westerners?

"So what is the goal of environmental policy?

'We redistribute de facto the world’s wealth by climate policy,' said Edenhofer."

http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/another-climate-alarmist-admits-real-motive-behind-warming-scare/

LOL!

Where was this?

1 hour ago, stament said:

Been here for 5 days now and no sign of rain, where has it all gone pray tell? ?

 

On another note, I was very pleased to see the Intellectual whore thread finally put to a halt at 33 pages. I was worried it would catch-up and overtake this as the largest thread, given the pace of postings on there. Nice to see normality restored ?

 

A Donald Trump morning to ya all ?

YES!

3 hours ago, mick220675 said:

A English man near me was fined 1200 Baht for driving his car without a shirt on.

Thank God.

A while back when Chiang Mai was swarming with Chinese tourists, it was fun to watch them cut in front of the Thais, essentially beating them at their own game.

12 hours ago, Fabricus said:

 

I agree with this.

 

In other words, I disagree that former winners should be prevented from competing.

 

If you continually weed out previous winners, the competition just gets meaningless.

 

The POTY only really works when forum heavyweights like Transam, JingThing, Blether, David and Nancy line up and put on the gloves.

 

I for one would love to see Transam give Blether a blinding left hook. I'm sure Blether would respond with a well-timed uppercut, but might JingThing step in with an exquisite suckerpunch? 

 

 

It's an election, not a boxing match.

6 minutes ago, villagefarang said:

Congratulations to Naam, condolences to transam, and my sincerest appreciation to all who voted for me.  Once again I feel lucky to have come in third, on the podium but out of the line of fire.

Picking up an honest bronze in this year's contest where gold and silver were tainted--very good indeed.

I was going to vote for Trans, but after he liked a post threatening physical violence against me, I voted for someone else.

Next time use USPS if possible.  I do this and about 20 pc of the time they let it through with no import tax.

We should all hold our votes until the very last minute, thus making the contest suspenseful.


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My vote is for sale.  Make offer.

9 hours ago, Ron19 said:

LEADER BOARD

 

Members Voted.....176

Votes Cast..............630

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Replies....................657

 

You have not included member NONE OF THESE which at this moment has 157.  They should be on top.