Cyclone88

Post the white ticket and I can tell you what is says in Thai 

6 hours ago, madmax2 said:

Has anyone tried this scratch removing pen, and does it work

Personally i do not believe a lot of claims posted on the internet, only personal recommendations 

I product i recommended does work well, i have used it

Tried it and no it didn't work

On 27/08/2017 at 0:25 PM, 4MyEgo said:

The air conditioner has been used for a fair while and the air temperature when I put it on 25 or 26 as I usually do, is as if I was running a fan, i.e. no cool air, I thought there might be a leak as well, oddly enough he didn't suggest that, would be a waste of baht to refill if it has a leak, will speak to him today and get him out this afternoon, and if there is a leak he can fix the leak when he finds it and then refill it, but not before providing me with a quote, because a 1,000 baht to refill sounds excessive if it has a leak.

 

If he finds the leak, assuming its coming from the copper pipe, then he can sort it and refill for a 1,000 baht which in my opinion would be about right, i.e. whats the labour charge for a days work, tops (300 baht), and the gas refill (500 baht), allow for copper piping (200 baht), one can then justify the 1,000 baht.

 

Will  investigate further before going for the refill, I think Bankruatsteve in his reply is on par to what I am thinking, i.e. 500 baht in the village, 800 baht I think is a little high personally, but depends if you live in the city or the village, add for labour and parts if any and I think the 1,000 baht is justifiable, thanks to all.

You make me laugh. You say 300 baht TOPS for a days work. 

Why not just offer him a bowl of rice and some monkey nuts.

On 27/08/2017 at 9:48 AM, papa al said:

Well, Certificate of Residency and a couple other papers; power- of- attorney, one other.

You screwed bro.

Correct.

You need a transfer form, a power of attorney form and a residence certificate from Jomtien all must be signed in blue ink . Also the green book. Copies of your passport and TM card. 

Without all the above nobody can transfer it into their name.

Without that you will be lucky to get 7k.  

Either keep it or sell for whatever your best offer is. 

5 hours ago, gandalf12 said:

If it takes 5 minutes per person and you are number 10 in the line that is 50 minutes before you have cleared immigration. That us way too long.

It doesn't say that every person takes 5 minutes to process.

It states that 5 minutes is the average time to pass through immigration. 

A very big difference

2 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

Why is student not punished for breaking the rules.

ThAt is the problem YES the teacher may have been over the top but the kid did disobey  parents and child also need to learn responsibility

I think you need to read it again.

That was the punishment. 

You say the teacher MAY have been over the top.

Humiliation in front of other students is the same as bullying and not acceptable in any form.

She is.not fit to be a teacher.

1 hour ago, SWW said:

My 3.2L truck drinks around 0.7L of diesel every hour if it's sitting going nowhere (I have one of those OBD-II gadgets so I have checked). If you assume that a taxi drinks 2kg of CNG over the same hour (and it's probably way less!), doesn't that mean the "actual cost" would be less than 30 THB per hour? So yes, by all means modify the price to reflect the "actual cost", although that would mean cutting the price to a quarter of what it is now.

It may cost 30 baht to tick over for 60 minutes but why should he only charge 120 baht?  Fuel is not the only cost of running a cab. 

So you think the driver should sit there for a loss if they cut the fare to a quarter? 

Wake up. This is the real world.

8 minutes ago, georgemandm said:

Now that is just  total rubbish .

were do you get your  information from ?. 

In possible to get that much money ,

3,300 thai bht a day in 30 days no way unless she is 10 out of 10 in looks and body then she gets her day of the month and that can run for up to 5 days if she is lucky.

Not rubbish at all. 

Many of the young good lookers go 2 or 3 times S/T a night .

I know of several who who make 15-20k alone in lady drinks a month.

150k a month is a minimum for them. 

Many rooms in soi Excite and side soi's off beaukow for 3000 /3500 a month. Basic no aircon. Where all the working girls stay.

I walked into True at Big C Pattaya Klang, asked what different packages they did post paid. Got 600 mins free talk time and 8gb internet. 599 baht month. 

Took copy of my passport with extension based on retirement. Copy of electric bill. Asked to have bill sent by email. Had it over a year now with no problems.  

States on the bill that the credit limit on the account is 5500 baht. 

If in Pattaya and you go speak to them nicely and explain the situation they will help you out normally. 

2 years ago I asked 50 days early as I had to leave urgently and doubted I would be back before it was due.

They were very helpful. 

36 minutes ago, tomacht8 said:

Must be a typo.

600.000.000.000 / 1.000.000 =

600.000 baht per visitor?

I know u can blow a lot of money here away, but 600.000 baht as average, no way.

I was just thinking the same thing.

The figures just don't add up.

13 minutes ago, The manic said:

I have to do my 90 day report by 22 May so I went today to do it early but the IO was closed due to it being a Buddhist holy day. I am leaving town tomorrow early morning and wont be back till 23rd.  Would it be a problem if I do my 90 day report one day late.  Please advise Thanks

 

No. There is a 7 day grace period.

28 minutes ago, soalbundy said:

one with a handle that the wife can lift. You live in Bangkok breathing in all that filthy air and are worried about getting cancer from a frying pan ?

Exactly my thoughts when I read the op.

1 hour ago, SiamBeast said:

There's no official number, as long as you're not trying to date your granddaughter.

 

IMO, age/2 + 7 is good here too. The only thing Thais despise is seeing old men (60+) with girls who look under 25. As long as you're happy and share values, go loweer but not too low.

 

Remember, men age like wine, women age like milk.

And what the hell has it got to do with a Thai persons opinion or anyone else's for that matter? 

4 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

I'm a sprightly 56 and my wife is 27, and it is working well for us and our 2 year old son.

Same here. 63 years old and wife 31. Been married 8 years with 2 young children. 

Couldn't ask for a better wife and kiddies couldn't ask for a better mother.

Saying that, I did have a few relationships previously with girls at lot younger than me which didn't have a hope in he'll of working.

Age dosent matter. The hardest thing is find the right one. That goes for both sides. 

Time to buy a new one.

I prefer San Mig but drink Singha Light also due to being 3.5%. 

Oh well back to San Miguel I guess.

Just have to drink less.

19 minutes ago, simoh1490 said:

How do they know spending has increased by 12-14%? The same way they know what the unemployed levels are without having to ask everyone in the country, by modelling.

 

Look at hotel occupancy rates in selected hotels and compare to the previous Songkran numbers; look at tourist arrivals for the period and ditto; and so on and so on.

I doubt that very much.

It takes them 5 minutes to give me 100 baht change from 2000 baht. They still use a calculator to work it out and then double check it again to make sure it's correct.

Mathematics aren't their greatest asset.

17 hours ago, dirkjones said:

only other question is, i believe i'm going to be in Chiang mai For 6 months then back in the states for 3. and again back in Chiang mai for 6 then back and forth maybe for the first 2yr. So with this type of back and forth schedule does it make sense to buy a bike or just rent? as i'm aware the price of a year rental is basically the price of a bike to buy.

While i rather buy is there any type of secure storage solutions? My only idea was to do a 1year condo lease, and take the hit by living there 9 out of 12 months a year. and just have my bike parked at the condo while i'm gone.

If your thinking about going back and forth for 2 years then renting a bike is best option.

Don't know about Chiang Mai but in Pattaya you can rent a new Honda Click for 10k for 6 months. 

Buy a new one for around 58k and in 2 years time it's only worth 30k. 

11 minutes ago, seancbk said:

 

Did they try to use the actual debit card number or the virtual visa number? 

I did it 2 months ago with the virtual visa number and it worked fine.   

What is a virtual visa number as opposed to debit card number?

After 14 years you realise you can't buy a shoe to fit you?

You must be shopping in the wrong places.

All the major shopping malls sell virtually all the top UK brand shoes. 

I have wide feet and in 20 years here never encounter a problem. 

But... My thai partner seems to think that this is grounds for me to get arrested if I go ahead and install without landlords permission, which seems completely crazy!

I think your the completely crazy one.

The stats don't add up.

200000 people a day in high season.

In the report yesterday it stated they have 18 desks and it takes 45 seconds to 1 minute to process each passenger.

At that rate they would need to process almost 8 passengers every minute of the day. 

They process on average 1 person every 45 - 60 seconds.  That's 75 people per hour per officer.

18 counters x 75 is 1350 an hour.

How many flights leave in an hour fully loaded?