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Did you notice Shopee.co.th prices differ for Thais and Farangs?
Many times, I have seen the exact item, from the exact same shop, considerably cheaper on Shopee than Lazada. I hardly ever by from Lazada any longer.
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Getting items from U.S. retailers that do not ship international
A couple of things I failed to mention about Stackry: It's free They have several locations throughout the US, which you can choose from. I chose New Hampshire because it has no sales tax and Stackry's location is close to Logan Airport in Boston, so sometimes they ship through there.
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Getting items from U.S. retailers that do not ship international
I used Stackry for years until I recently started having a family member tranship packages. Stackry was great. They process everything very fast. They can combine several packages into 1 in order to save costs. They give you several choices of which delivery service to use, such as USPS, FedEx, etc., and they display the costs and shipping timeframes of each. https://www.stackry.com/ I highly recommend them.
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LAX-BKK United flight
We took one of the first flights, on October 28 from BKK. You must get off the plane in HKG with everything you brought on board, go through security, then go wait in the lounge until boarding from the HKG to LAX flight. You reboard the same plane and go to the same seat you had from BKK to HKG. Immigration and customs in LAX were very quick.
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At least 44 killed in Gaza since dawn
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/palestinians-killed-israeli-strikes-safe-zones-exclusive-nbc-report-rcna148008 Other sources show that more than 50% of the Palestinians killed were in so-called "Safe Zones"
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Need Accountant that can do USA, Canada and Thai Income Tax.
I use American International Tax Advisors. They have US and Thailand tax specialists, but I don't know about Canadian specialists. I suggest you contact them and inquire. Service is great and the price is very reasonable. I used PWC in the past, and they were very expensive. AIT was significantly more responsive and much quicker. https://aitaxadvisers.com/
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Samsung Screen Green Stripe - resolution
About 3 months ago, my wife dropped her S20 Note Ultra and the screen then had a horizontal stripe where the screen had broken. I bought a replacement screen from Aliexpress for $70 and also a replacement Samsung battery for 400 baht. I had a local shop replace both for 700 baht. Everything seems to be working perfectly.
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Chiang Rai Golden Clock Tower
Many people on Thanon Baanpa Pragarn (the main road) think that they have the right of way, but that's not necessarily true. Whoever is already in the roundabout has the right of way, as Ripstanley mentioned. I am extremely careful when I'm in the roundabout because probably 25% of the drivers there don't understand the rule and blow through it.
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SCB, no more exemption from facial recognition in app
As a matter of fact, you cannot pay your credit card bill from your savings account in one go if it's over 50,000 baht. You can only transfer a max of 50,000 per day even when it's between your own UOB accounts.
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Switching from US based Netflix to Thai
It used to be that the content in the US is broader and more current than the content you get in Thailand. I believe that's still the case. I switched to a Thai Netflix account because I was tired of the VPN companies trying to keep up with Netflix blocking when Netflix found the VPN IP addresses. The US Netflix content that is not on Thai Netflix can be found on BitTorrent sites.
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Shipping Test Kit From US
Sorry, I don't remember but for sure it was not DHL because I've always had problems with them so I haven't used them in at least the past 15 years or so. For the past several years I've only used USPS but I don't remember exactly when I made that decision. With USPS, the most I've ever had to pay was 7% VAT.
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Shipping Test Kit From US
I bought that test kit in 2020 from Amazon and had it shipped to a relative in the US. She then forwarded it to me in Chiang Rai without any problems.
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5 year life of tyres
I had to replace my Pirelli's at 42k kms and 2 years because 2 of the tires had small cracks on the inside sidewalls. One of the tires developed a slow leak and I immediately brought the car to B-Quik because it was next to the shopping mall we were going to. B-Quik could not find the problem until they removed all the tires and they then spotted small cracks in 2 of them. I would have expected better from 17.5k baht price per tire. I replaced all 4 with Michelins extra heavy duty and I assume they'll perform better.
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Can you recommend best airline to fly from Bangkok to New York.
I recently used Qatar business class for a trip[ to Boston. It was fabulous, the best experience I've had by far. I've used many different airline in the past, such as EVA, American, United, Nippon, etc. For me, jet lag is worse for the Thailand => US thand for the return trip.
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US Passport Renewal Hell - Thailand Edition May 2024
I sent in my passport in late September and had exactly the same experience, same timeline, same delivery, same lack of entry in the Thai Post Office system.
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