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13 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

OP, lotus on sukumvit, a couple of motor accessories stores out the front (part of the mall but outside) that sell seat covers, fit etc.

Thanks will check it out. 

Nothing available from the Toyota dealer. Their suggestion was Lazada or Shoppe.  

1 hour ago, mavi said:

Impossible to find shops similar to what we have in US, I really do not understand why, as the customers base is so large.

 

Thanks for the reply!  Hate buying from Lazada site unseen.

Looking for an auto accessory store in Pattaya where I could buy seat covers for a Toyota Fortuner.  Google didn’t produce anything worthwhile.  Will be in Pattaya a few days so any recommendations would be appreciated. 

Received 2nd Pfizer jab at Central Festival Pattaya yesterday.  Same lot # as 1st jab and they give you a certificate after.  

Some more video. 
https://www.facebook.com/1391732761098191/posts/3047033612234756/?d=n

Bought a Toyota when I first retired to Thailand and the local dealer said you had to have a yellow book to finance no matter how much you put down. Another option was to find a “guarantee’r” too sign for me.  Wouldn’t accept a certificate of residence from immigration or an affidavit stamped by the US embassy saying I could buy a car. Finally got the yellow book and showed my retired military account statement plus Thai bank account printout for the month and made the deal. 

As with a lot of things in Thailand requirements vary from dealership to dealership and you may talk to a different person at the same dealership the next day and get a different answer.  Good luck!
  
 

Province: Chon Buri (drove from Saraburi)

Date: 26 August

Location Bangkok Pattaya Hospital at Central Festival 

Are you over 60/chronically ill?  No

How did you register? Online google form from link provided by BPH

Vaccination received Yes

If yes,  Type of vaccine : Pfizer 

Second jab booked for 3 weeks later. No response from expat vac so decided to drive to Pattaya. 

That is the Big C we shop at sometimes.  Not a good PR time for the Thai Police lately like there ever was.  Think the whole police force needs an enema and start from scratch.  Police were called to our village once and they asked who would pay gas money for them to come.  

Two hours of white out rain this evening.  Probably the most I have seen it rain here in that short of period in a long time.  You could white water raft down our dirt road, scary to see what the road looks like in the morning.  Good to live near the top of the hill.  Hopefully it was a local event an no one else in the area got this deluge. 

This spider ran out from underneath my recliner while watching TV, almost spilled my beverage it startled me so much.

Snapped a photo with my iPhone, wicked look creature and quite large.  Looked on the internet but haven't positively identified it yet.  Wonder if it is venomous?

13 hours ago, NancyL said:

I wonder if this could explain some unauthorized charges on my U.S. bank-issued credit card last month?  I had used it for a Bangkok Air flight in early July, making the reservation in late June.  Fortunately, it's a card from a U.S. financial institution, so I won't be liable, but it's still a pain to be without a Visa card for a couple weeks while a new one arrives.  The Visa-card lady asked me if I used Google Play or iTunes; I do use Google Play from time-to-time so I had assumed that was the culprit since she asked about.  The unauthorized charges were not from Google Play, however, but a supplier of vitamins and supplements that is well-loved by the expat crowd in Thailand.  We've never ordered from them.

Almost exactly what happened to me.  Only use the credit card for travel (air tickets/hotels). Which has been 4 times since March 2021 one of them being a Bangkok Air flight. The only exception to above post was my card was used by a popular e-wallet app in Brazil.  A US card which has good fraud protection and denied all the charges luckily. 

7 minutes ago, Denim said:

I'm not an anti vaxer but I am anti running around like a headless chicken in a panic trying to get one.

 

Four hour drive to Bangkok then back again to self isolation for 2 weeks ? No thanks. I'll get what I want when it eventually arrives. Meanwhile , since our home is pretty isolated anyway , no big deal to keep on waiting.

I too live in an isolated area and have been staying at home since March of this year.  It was refreshing to get away from the farm and spend a night in a nice hotel looking over the beach in Pattaya plus get a jab also.  Felt good to drive further than the local grocery store.  Had food delivered to motel via Grab which was nice change up from food at home. Wife and I both feel refreshed.  No worries about staying isolated for 2 weeks upon return home we are isolated everyday anyway!  

Under 60 and drove 4.5 hours for the fist jab today  at Central Festival Pattaya  by BPH. Worth every km driven.   The process was easy to navigate, well organized and can’t say enough about the super staff. Next appointment booked on the spot.   Only down side was overhearing endless complaining and the guy in line in front of me who kept pulling off his mask to pick his nose every 3 minutes, almost like he couldn’t help it. Compulsive nose picker who wiped his finger on his shorts. 

Registered with expatvac only and received successful registration email 2 August. Under 60 by a few years no response in Saraburi from expatvac.  Good to see movement though! Locals have an opportunity for Sinovac at the local clinic which is good to see come to a very out of the way area. 

Seems like things with expat vac are progressing, seeing movement and an email address to rectify failed registrations is good news. 

2 hours ago, pseudorabies said:

FYI - this thread is about ACS's indifference to the difficulties that Americans (and other foreigners) in Thailand in getting vaccinated.  Not about their donation of vaccines.  Difficulties arising from incompetence and/or corruption by the Thai government.  As we've seen from so many news reports the donated vaccines haven't always been going to where they've been promised to go.  France, China and allegedly Japan have arranged for their citizens to be vaccinated.  The US should have done the same in addition to getting a promise that may be worthless from the Thai government to set aside a portion for foreigners. Outside its borders the US's consideration of foreigners and expats (like me) is often callous to put it mildly.

Nothing to do with Afghanistan exit. Americans whine so much and expect the govt to  cater to them. 

49 minutes ago, macnmotion said:

It's a long thread and I've put most information in the discussion as it came up. I cannot go back to edit my original post with all that additional info. In short:

 

I'm under 60. No medical conditions. I work here and have a family, so going to the USA to get vaccinated is a major time undertaking considering quarantines and time between injections. If I went to the US to visit family, including my mother, without having been vaccinated I would self quarantine for 10-14 days even as I would get a first dose on my first day back. I have a very clear understanding of the disease, the vaccines, breakthrough infections, etc. While everyone in my family has been vaccinated I will not put them at an unnecessary extra risk of a breakthrough infection before I am vaccinated (or until I am done with self quarantine), especially after 30 hours of travel being around a lot of people. And since it has now been 2 years since I've been home to visit, my preference would be to be fully vaccinated before I go so that my limited time home would be spent with family, not in isolation. I have prepaid for Moderna at 2 hospitals, and can take that if I am not vaccinated before October (if they truly come in October). The reason for my initial post was partially to vent, and partially to raise awareness among Americans as to options for making change. In June, 25 US Senators sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Blinken asking him to commit to vaccinating American citizens overseas. Chris Murphy, one of the authors of that letter, has also introduced legislation concerning this. My desire for my government to help their citizens overseas isn't the lone voice of an angry American in Thailand, it's one of many in America and around the world who understand the unique and dangerous situation our fellow citizens are in. I am in no way suggesting that Americans are more important than any other foreigner here, and I'm pleased American-donated vaccines are reaching expats, but my efforts for change are directed at my own country. 

 

My heart truly breaks for you having been kept away when your mother died. I have woken up many nights this past year dreading that same possibility. I vent because I am losing time I won't get back. My venting doesn't prevent me from actively pursuing a vaccine as well as advocating for my government to assist it's citizens during this unique crisis.

COVID-19 is an unprecedented situation in modern history. 

Missed opportunity to improve multi-lateral humanitarian operations by the countries that participate in the annual Cobra Gold multinational military operation by giving COVID immunizations to people in austere areas this year.   Geo political win I would think for all that did by sending in multinational medical teams/information technology teams to vaccinate local nationals and expats and assist with administration? Win win I would think?  Tired planners that lack foresight to only rinse and repeat Cobra Gold.  It is the realm of possible to vaccinate Americans in Thailand more so than other countries in SE Asia. The planning infrastructure, contracting mechanisms and senior leadership is in place

No reply or rejection email yet living here outside the Kingdom of Bangkok. 

Seems like the expat vac effort has some promise, seems like the MFA is working to get things ironed out with the website and MOPH is moving on registrations. I selected and drug my passport data page and last visa extension stamp at the same time when registering. Didn’t upload my original O visa from a few years ago.  Communication in Thailand is poor on a good day but seems interagency communication is almost impossible.  All operate as independent entities with independent systems who spout news without vetting with other agencies from reading the news.  A few good data techs could develop a system quickly to integrate and disseminate the vaccine pool for Thai and foreigner but not sure there would be someone on the receiving end that knew how to manipulate and use the data.  

@Chris.B  Thanks for keeping the things on point.