pbouvier

Hello,

I just bought a used WM-P750GX that was said to be 'in perfect working order'.  But after installing, priming and powering-on, I get the error "FC2".  

I cannot find the manual, English or otherwise, for this pump.  This thread posts a link to an English version but the link is now bad (I notice the post is 6+ years old).  

Can someone please provide a link to the manual, or advice about the "FC2" error.

Thank you.

Whew!  I just read all 19 pages of this thread.  And, as one who is in the same boat as many of you, I will share my experiences.  First, my input to some of the questions raised, as well as I can remember them), then to my situation, and finally, to the result of my 'visit with Hua Hin Immigration.  My bank is Bangkok Bank, and I am a US Expat living in Hua Hin going on years now. I learned about TransferWise from this forum in January 2019 and began using it then, and have used it dozens of times since. My Visa renewal month is July.

Advice about Bangkok Bank New York, direct ACH from US sources to Bangkok Bank New York:

I believe it was in this forum where I had read that BKKNY was going to change their policy to require transfers to them comply with new International ACH (IACH) imposed by US Securities on April 1, 2019.  Sometime in May I received a letter from them stating they would be moving that date out to June 30, 2019.  

On June 24, 2019 I did a test transfer from a US source to BKKNY and it went through.

On July 7, 2019, I did another transfer from the same US source to BKKNY expecting it to fail.  It did not.

On both transfers came in as "International Transfer" on my online statement, 'FTT' in my passbook.  

Conclusion: TiT (This is Thailand).  Though it's good to know the route is there, but I do not depend on it being around long. 

My experience this year.

I was doing the affidavit method but now going the monthly income route as it works fine for me; I just had to establish new channels from USA to Thailand, per the issue with BKKNY above, and to establish a schedule.  I learned (again from this Forum) that "Credit Advice" letters were available from the bank and were a necessary accompaniment to the 'official' printout of 12 months of bank statements (I was actually offered 18 months for 200B, so I accepted)-which numbered 15 pages (keep a note of that count). 

I too noticed that, since June, some, but not all, of my transfers were marked 'Interbank transfer via SMART' (SMT in my passbook). I too am concerned that they will not be "accepted" by Immigration.  Thus I turned to this forum, which contains the most important information on the subject that can be found.  

So, last week I took my 4 pages of "Credit Advice" slips-which only went back to April-and 18 months of statements to Hua Hin Immigration, for my visa renewal.  I was *the only person* in the office behind one person who was nearly finished.  The agent was the 'middle-aged woman notorious among us as seeming hostile to our presence.  But I was confident.  I sat down, handed my 'stack' to her, and she began examining the statement, underlining the deposits.  After about 15 seconds she stopped, looked at the credit slips and told me I had to go back to the bank and retrieve slips dating back to December 2018, and sternly sent me off.  Seems to me her job was to confirm deposits from my statement, but I complied.

I went to the my Bangkok Bank Branch in BlúPort and did get slips dating back to December 2018; there were 16 deposits, so 16 pages; 17 including the certificate from the bank.  I returned to the Immigration office, which was busier, but she had told me to go directly to her when I returned, so I did.  I sat down, handed her my stack, which included a 6-page lease agreement, two sheets for visa forms, and 2 copies of my passport-I handed her a stack of 46 sheets of paper.   She arranged the stack, secured it with a large clip, and handed it back to a worker, who put it on a stack of others like it-her 'stack' was a 20cm high, just as high as the stacks of the two other workers. She then started clicking at the computer keyboard and stamping the many, many stamps on my passport, and, within a minute requested 5700 Baht for my one-year multi-entry visa.  

She never even glanced at the papers.

I sat there relieved, but wondering: did she just 'trust' me, or was she avoiding doing her job, again?  Did she make me get the other papers just to 'mess' with me?  (After all, a couple years ago she refused to accept the standard 90-day, certified bank statement claiming it wasn't 90 days (it clearly was). My spouse chatted her up and, suddenly, she accepted it.) 

Might someone verify the stack later and un-issue my visa?  I don't know.  I just left with a renewed visa, a little confused, but, relieved. 

End note.  

With each of us now being required to provide a dozen or more sheets of paper to 'prove our income', I wonder how long will it be before Immigration file cabinets burst. What will they do with all those sensitive, private papers? 

As per advice elsewhere in this long thread, I sent an email to TW support requesting my deposits be made directly to Bangkok Bank, as did my spouse.  If enough of us do that, perhaps TW will consider our 'special' needs. But not depending on that I will try the SWIFT method and drop to one deposit per month if necessary.  I am hopeful that we get clarity on FTT vs SMT by July 2020.

Or maybe next time I'll just use a 'service'.

I am buying a used car for a friend.  I wish to keep the blue book until my friend pays for the car in full.

We (the seller, me, and my friend) shall go the DMV for me to buy the used car from the seller.  I think I understand that part.

I will then sell the car to my friend, a bill of sale recording the transaction.

But here's my question:

Is it possible for my friend to register the car in his name but I keep the blue book (which will list me as the owner)?   

Hi all,

I retired to Thailand on a retirement last October and will be up for renewal of my retirement visa in October.

Upon entry last year I needed to to have rested 800,000 Baht in a Thai bank account for 2 months prior to applying for my visa. This time it will be a three month resting period.

I had planned on using the combination approach to save on US income tax (by not having to withdraw so much just to rest in a Thai bank). I would get an affidavit notarized at the US Embassy in BKK stating my pension portion, and rest the remainder in a Thai bank, to total 800,000 Baht.

But if Thai immigration is no longer accepting that option, then the third option -proof of 65,000 Baht per month option- is appealing to me.

Can someone tell me what Thai Immigration will accept as "proof of deposits"? I can't find anything about it on Thai Immigration / Thai Embassy websites.

Thanks in advance...