StevieAus

2 minutes ago, J Town said:

Can they buy one when they get here?

As you seem to be able to buy most things here if you have the money why not ?

3 minutes ago, Aussieroaming said:

When I moved here to Thailand I realised that by doing so I had to forfeit my future pension unless I returned to Australia for 2 years, so I decided to save more and forgo any future pension claims and have hence worked towards being a self funded retiree.

The point I was making was the way they have lowered the bar by means of the assets test.

I saw the writing on the wall years ago and did exactly what you are doing now.

Many of my friends in Australia are in the same boat working hard and planning for a little extra in the future doesn’t pay off in Australia.

I compare this with the UK I worked there for about 6/7 years in the late sixties early seventies and was surprised to find out that on retirement I was eligible for a small pension.

No need to go back and apply like Australia all done online.

Anyway I am glad I made the decision to retire here very happy despite all the whingers.

2 hours ago, Chosenfew said:

I’m in the process of shopping for insurance - thanks for sharing about AXA.

 

Can anyone share a company with a positive experience?

I don’t know about Covid insurance but we have had Accident and Hospital insurance with Allianz for several years.

We have had excellent service over the years and never a problem with claims.

Last year I had a serious accident at home and wanted to be transferred to a private hospital.

The government ambulance wouldn’t take me and Allianz paid for an ambulance and two nurses which for them was a  300km round trip.

6 hours ago, Aussieroaming said:

As I previously stated.....why weren't Australian Permanent Residents invited to participate in this roll out? Australian Permanent Residents are residents of Australia, pay taxes in Australia on all applicable income until retirement age, when they then become eligible for the Australian Aged Pension and they also pay and participate fully in the Australian Medicare Scheme (Australian Health Scheme) whilst employed. The Australian Embassy has discriminated against their own Permanent Residents by not including them in the roll out. 

Don’t forget the Australian Government also discriminates against Permanent Residents by denying them the aged pension for a number of reasons, notwithstanding what you have paid into the system.

7 hours ago, mikebell said:

A tip; before you renew, take a copy of old PP & keep it safe.  I ran into flak when doing business at the local teseban because my new PP didn't gel with their old records & they needed my old PP which I'd surrendered on receipt of new one.

Which country require you to surrender your old passport?

Australia and the UK allow you to keep the old one.

I have every passport ever issued.

40 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Very true; how many state pensions have the UK Gov saved by letting Covid ravage through care homes?  Here vaccinating foreigners is frowned upon & many obstacles are thrown up.  Sending vaccines abroad begs the question are there no aliens in Vietnam etc?

Myself and several expat friends received the AZ without any obstacles being placed in our way

I know many Thais who are still waiting.

3 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Personally I would not waste time I'd just go DLT now and let them inspect it telling them you had a new engine block part replaced will you change the engine number in the book.

Unless the DLT office he is dealing with are rather lax I don’t think that will work.

We had an engine changed by Ford a few years ago at no cost.

The DLT people wanted a letter from Ford confirming they had done the work and there was no charge to us.

On 7/6/2021 at 8:40 PM, fishtank said:

 

No. Only the Thai ones.

Sorry to disappoint you but my wife is the owner of a block of ten apartments and a small motel.

The tenants and guests are treated very fairly and for example she often allows the tenants to break the lease agreement without penalty when they have had to leave early.

Unfortunately it is not always reciprocated it’s amazing what people manage to steal even  the wooden numbers attached the keys.

23 hours ago, EricTh said:

I always thought it was a nation-wide rule....

I live in Chiang Mai Province and the DLT office I use applies different rules to the Head Office in Chiang Mai.

5 hours ago, pseudorabies said:

If we forgot the Aussies that wouldn't be very noice now would it?

Don’t worry Scomo will look after you. Ha Ha Ha

1 hour ago, possum1931 said:

Another case of greedy people trying to get rich during a world pandemic, they must be among the lowest form of human life, they want an extra charge of 500Bt, when people are working for less than 400Bt per day, just how long does this "service" last? 5mins, 10mins?

Private hospitals are private businesses, they are not subsidized by the government.

If you don’t  want to use their services you can use the government hospitals.

Its the same with airlines if you want better service you fly business or first class, in a hotel pick five star not two.

Its a fact of life the list is endless.

Sounds as if you come from a country where you don’t pay directly for medical services and are suffering from a case of Welfare State Syndrome.

19 hours ago, ThaiPauly said:

...and they have some poor ones as well.

 

But, they should be held accountable for placing people on lists and then not contacting them.

This  has nothing to do with the Government 

Well as a consumer if not happy vote with your feet and go elsewhere.

We have received excellent treatment over the years and will continue as is our choice.

15 hours ago, malibukid said:

  you can not blame RAM hospital entirely,  the government is who is holding the ordering of the vaccine up,  not the hospital.  RAM has excellent doctors and i have been treated well there.

I would agree with your comment we have been dealing with them for years and the normal level of service and professionalism is second to none.

One of the doctors who has been treating me told me about a week ago that they have tried all means to obtain the vaccines but are blocked and stonewalled by the government.

16 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

 

 

Good for you, and your friends. Youll be fully vaccinated in another ~ 8+ weeks, assuming there are second doses being distributed then. The government may choose to vaccinate more people with one shot, and let the second shot wait.

 

Primary registration site for foreigners is intervac; been down for what, three weeks.

 

Yes, some foreigners got through intervac early, mor prom, pink card, socsec, work.

 

Haven't heard of any others getting appointments recently. Specifially older, nonworking foreigners. I have heard of employees getting appointments, Sinipharm and Sinovac mostly.

 

 

 

 

We didn't need to register online but at the local hospital.

At least one shot is better than no shot.

On 7/3/2021 at 11:43 AM, smedly said:

just wait until Thai government gets free supplies of vaccines from the west and still refuses to vaccinate us under their rollout program and that would be additional to already donated millios of dollars - do they realise that we are part of the funding for these donations

 

why are we being excluded from their vaccine rollout, why is the government not distributing the vaccines

I have had my AZ as have several of my expats friends.

We have also been provided with dates for the second shot in twelve weeks time.

On 7/3/2021 at 8:02 AM, TheFishman1 said:

Well with this new Delta virus spreading in the government reporting almost double what the virus was last month each day I didn’t I should ban alcohol and gatherings and Chiang Mai for at least 14 days I think that would be a total lockdown for 14 days this virus is very scary and the government so far has not done a good job and rolling out the vaccine to foreigners and retired foreigners that live here T IT

They might not have done a very good job re vaccinating retired foreigners where you live, but myself and several expat friends have had our AstraZeneca shot and have dates for the second shot in twelve weeks.

10 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

 

Waste of time and human life.

 

Why not go chasing after Pedophile's or hardcore drug dealers.

 

Idiots wearing badges in my opinion.

So can I presume from your comments that in which ever country you came from the sale of fake drugs, however dangerous they may be are  not investigated?

Must be a delightful place in which to reside.

You clearly have little knowledge of how law enforcement operates particularly in Thailand and that different divisions investigate different categories of crime.

In relation to this matter it was consumer protection who are unlikely to be pursuing pedophiles or hardened drug dealers, as neither would be Traffic Police, or Immigration who are also a division of The Royal Thai Police.

On 7/1/2021 at 7:47 AM, Bim Smith said:

So the UK government are targeting vulnerable groups overseas but want to mass vaccinate its own population including children with an emergency use vaccine still under clinical trials. 

For what it’s worth I think you will find the BCCT is not the UK government but a private organization and are certainly not involved in any vaccination programs in the UK.

19 hours ago, AquaThai said:

I wrote and its Sinovac...  a short sentence.   I said nothing  about wealth or poor.  You wrote a book compared to my one sentence.   Where did I discuss rich or poor?

If you read the comment immediately after the post I explained that for some reason my comments attached to the wrong post it wasn’t intended for you.

1 minute ago, StevieAus said:

What you are saying about poorer people not having access to better vaccines isn’t completely true.

In the main those over sixty receive the AstraZeneca.

I received mine last week along with my wife’s uncle and he certainly isn’t wealthy.

On that day I was the only non Thai out of about 200 people most of whom arrived on foot, by bicycle or motorbike again hardly wealthy.

The above attached to the wrong post I was responding to Aussienam

52 minutes ago, AquaThai said:

And its Sinovac that was used in Phuket and they are opening Phuket!

What you are saying about poorer people not having access to better vaccines isn’t completely true.

In the main those over sixty receive the AstraZeneca.

I received mine last week along with my wife’s uncle and he certainly isn’t wealthy.

On that day I was the only non Thai out of about 200 people most of whom arrived on foot, by bicycle or motorbike again hardly wealthy.

16 hours ago, fangless said:

Why?

This should be for the benefit of the general public and supplied by the Government at no cost to the public

What the "$£$$%" has private hospitals got to do with this?

If you read the article it states 4m Moderna towards the end of the year and a further 1m early next year for Private Hospitals.

Why should they be excluded from supplying the Covid vaccines as they have been supplying other vaccines for years.

Unfortunately they cannot obtain them directly only through the government.

If I choose to use the private hospital system and pay that is my prerogative, but then again I don’t  suffer from Welfare State Syndrome.

15 minutes ago, PEE TEE said:

Sunday the 27th T0 June 30th Samui giving A.Z. to foreigners  under 60s and over 60s saw it myself as  I got my jab 

Obviously not complying with official government policy but what’s new ?

After saying that however when you look at the numbers the chance of it being fatal even for someone under 60 is minuscule.

I am sure people have had adverse reactions to other vaccines and even died but that’s life.