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15 hours ago, brendan3150 said:
thanks for the reply. will it recover ?
Re the frangipani as the original poster said notorious for this type of infection I have given up trying to treat they will keep growing and flowering burn the leaves.
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I suspect the answer to your final question is that for reasons we westerners don't understand, Government Departments and even individual offices are allowed to apply their own rules.
This then allows corruption to take place.
The only place I have found over the years where it doesn't seem to exist is the Department of Foreign Affairs who issue Thai passports.
They are very helpful and efficient,scan the documents they require and the passport is delivered to your home in two or three days at a fraction of the cost you pay in Australia or the UK.
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7 hours ago, Gottfrid said:
Another senseless act by a failed Thai man against a woman.
Plenty of failed men around the world who do terrible things to women, have a look at India and some of the Muslim countries.
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17 minutes ago, CygnusX1 said:
I think it should be stressed that it would only cover UNPAID medical bills that delinquent travellers without sufficient means or travel insurance were unable to pay.
I think you are correct, there seems to be a belief including by posters on this site that the proposed 300 baht fee is to provide free medical/ hospital treatment for visitors, that’s not my reading of the proposal.
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9 hours ago, roo860 said:
That's with Qatar, my check in last week with Emirates was a breeze, plenty of security staff on hand to get people through, was A380 aircraft, pre booked my seats, bulkhead behind me, so no seat kickers, you can book certain seats for free. So, seems like Emirates is the choice, departed 14.30 and arrived BKK around 13.30 next day.
Obviously didn't read my post wheel chair services, aero bridge and security not handled by the airline but the airport and their staff.
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15 hours ago, roo860 said:
What's the problem with Manchester Airport?
To give a couple of examples of what I experienced in June,
On arrival no wheel chair assistance for arriving passengers
The usual chaos at Immigration and baggage retrieval including long waiting times.
On departure
A fellow traveler requiring wheel chair assistance waited over two hours for wheel chair assistance while staff sat around playing on their phones.
The security staff were their usual rude and officious selves
The aerobridge wouldn’t work resulting in passengers being held on the arriving aircraft for more than one hour.
I observed three different sets of steps being brought before one set worked
Qatar staff advised me that they requested that the aircraft be pushed back to one of the other gates which were and remained vacant but the airport authorities refused.
I have experienced other issues in the past but unfortunately there is no easy alternative if visiting the North.
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After your derogatory reference last week to those who live outside Bangkok as “ Country Bumpkins” I am sure you may be please to know that a couple of those people I have spoken to are also mourning the loss of the late Queen Elizabeth, including this one as well, for in case you didn’t know, she was our Queen as well.
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Have flown Business class Thailand - UK several times and as recent as June always excellent service and reliability.
As long as you can avoid Manchester Airport life should be good.
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48 minutes ago, kennw said:
Yes, my experience with Shoppee so bad I deleted their app and refuse to have anything to do with them.
We have bought a few items through Shopee but not clothing or footwear and had no problems.
I suspect it depends as it does with Lazada on the dealer you end up with.
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10 hours ago, steven100 said:yes ... I tend to agree , Shopee exonerates themselves of all responsibility when buying online.
Today I ordered a pair of sandals,
I asked the shop 3 times what is the size of the sandal from top to bottom in cm ? so I could determine exactly what size sandal to order.
It's like asking for a tooth to be pulled ..... so much pain '
I simply wanted actual sandal measurement from top to bottom before I order. So they send me the EU foot size chart which is useless because some sandals are larger than others.
Finally he comes back and say's ...oh the sandal is at our warehouse so I can't measure.
jeeeeze ...... couldn't you ask someone at the warehouse to measure a sandal ......
I'm so sick and tied of this sort of non-helpful attitude from Shopee, Lazada, online shops and most Thai folk.
You send an email .... no reply, you leave a message on a mobile ... no reply,
You try to ask a question about a product on Shopee or Lazada .... no reply .....
So tied of this bs.
I would never buy clothes or footwear online because sizes vary and I am a standard size.
Go and buy from a store where you can try them on, that’s what we had to do before Shopee, Lazada, etc came into existence.
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On 8/19/2022 at 3:09 PM, Lacessit said:
If you want to talk about bogus claims, I suggest you start a new thread. See how many posters you attract.
I would not deny there are bogus claims. Having said that, your post is classic look over there.
You've been given the evidence of bad faith acts by insurance companies you asked for by two posters, and I fail to see how being an Employer Director of a super fund assists your understanding of the insurance industry. Perhaps it's an attempt at argument ad vericundiam.
Very simple we provided Death TPD and Income Protection for our members.
Provided by Insurance Companies.
I learned a lot about Insurance Companies in nineteen years and had a Statutory responsibility to ensure that the Insurers met their obligations, which they did.
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On 9/3/2022 at 5:28 PM, DrJack54 said:
As I understand it CM is an office that insists upon TM30 for return from o/s.
Just one of the few offices that make up their own rules.
It must be peculiar to this Province as the DLT Head Office in CM accept the Pink ID as prove of address for licence renewal but the local office will not.
Yet they automatically renew the licence for six years not five.
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I don’t see how increasing fines is going to be a punishment as I understand many are not paid or pursued for payment.
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11 hours ago, brommers said:
The interpretation of the latest regs can differ from place to place. But in CM a friend who was overseas recently for three weeks went to Immigration on his return where he was told it was not necessary if he was living at the same address as last time he did a TM30 report.
I live in Fang Chiang Mai Province and in June made an overseas trip.
On my return I called in at the local Immigration Office which I pass daily and asked if they wanted a TM 30 report.
They asked for my passport printed a TM30 receipt plus a 90 day report receipt.
Bizzare yes, but I just go with the flow only takes a couple of minutes.
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I have lived in the North of Chiang Mai Province for about eleven years and in the last couple of weeks saw flooding never experienced before.
It seems the water is now heading South a present from all of us country bumpkins.
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30 minutes ago, prakhonchai nick said:
I used to work alongside the Health and Safety Executive in the UK 40+ years ago. They would make random checks on business of all types, and if something was found dangerous, and could not be fixed immeiately, the business would be closed down, until such time as all requirements had been complied with.
With my background, I am ashamed at the Thai authorities, who only check when forced to, and then just report their findings. All such clubs in Pattaya, and all and any other businesses in Thailand should immediately be shut down until all safety features are fully implemented
Obviously they missed the high rise in London with flammable cladding or was someone else’s fault?
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4 hours ago, Geoffggi said:
So better to be ill informed than Safe .........??
No, better to avoid such places in the first places, but again each to their own.
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4 hours ago, Cardano said:There is only one type of credit card available in Thailand and that is one that allows you to borrow money (credit) from Visa, MasterCard, Amex etc. up to an authorised credit limit irrespective of what bank funds you have. All other cards issued via Thai banks are debit cards irrespective of whether it states debit or credit card on them.
That is not strictly true as some banks such as the Bangkok Bank will not allow an expat who is not working , to have a credit card unless the amount of the credit limit is maintained in a separate bank account.
No deductions are made from that account so it is not a debit card.
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9 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:It's a strange country, isn't it. The police have only one job, which is to uphold the law. But any day on any street at any minute you can see them not doing that. And it begs the question, why does Thailand have a police force at all. So much crime is committed by them (including one mentioned in the article) that without them the crime rate would fall as they would have no uniform to back them up.
I think a lot of expats base the view on lack of action on what is observed regarding motoring offenses.
The jails seem to be full so they must be arresting some people.
A few years ago my wife got conned re some furniture bought online.
I told her to forget about it but she persisted and the police were pretty good tracking down the culprit which surprised me.
We also have a very good Thai friend who is a detective and seems pretty active.
In Sydney the police are not interested in pursuing minor crimes and stopped attending home break ins more years ago than I can remember now you get a report number over the phone to lodge with your Insurer.
I believe in the UK shop lifters are not charged if the amount is under something like 200 pounds, so maybe it’s a world wide problem.
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13 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:
How can you rescue someone that is already dead? ????
If you read the article a person from the “ rescue “ service not “recovery” service dived in to bring him out.
The journalist who wrote the article is probably not as precise as you and if it was originally written in Thai you may find that there is only one word or sentence that describes the procedure.
Although it doesn’t help the victim hope it assists your understanding.
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15 hours ago, steven100 said:
Thank you for that information. This substantiates the mothers concern and warrants action.
The poor girl did not die in the van as suspected .... it seemed a fallacy that she would die locked in a van.
Murder investigation ....
RIP poor girl.
I make no comment as to how she died tragic as it is, because I don’t know, but it’s no fallacy that a child couldn’t die locked in a van, through heat exhaustion.
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On 9/1/2022 at 1:29 AM, JimmyJ said:
"Earlier Phan Thong, Chonburi, police major Prasert Kulabutradee had been alerted about the death of a child at a well known private school in the area."
Absolutely pathetic that the Press is afraid to name "the well known private school".
Probably something to do with the draconian defamation laws in Thailand.
Even if what you publish is correct it seems you can still be convicted if the other party shows they have suffered “damage”.
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4 hours ago, Bim Smith said:
I agree. Why foreigners get involved with Thai politics I will never know. It's asking for trouble.
I often wonder why some foreigners here want to get involved in the politics of another country outside of Thailand.
I know one who seems to have an obsession about US or a particular US politician.
This person is not a US citizen, has never lived there or has any connection with the US.
Beggars belief !
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On 8/30/2022 at 11:25 AM, OneMoreFarang said:
What do you expect from Lazada?
Should they look in every package which will be delivered?
Lazada is a service for bringing buyers together with sellers. And they handle the payment.
Box is sent, box is received. That is about as far as what Lazada can initially do.
If there was any fraud going on then go to the police - as you did.
And before any of this: Look at the seller. Does he have a good rating? Does he have a rating at all? How many people bought that item already? Any good or bad reviews?
And last but not least: Is the price too good to be true? If you want to buy a phone which cost normally i.e. 10k then don't expect to buy to for 8k.
Until now I bought likely more than 100 things on Lazada, probably more. I think I only got one time delivery of a wrong item, and that issue was solved quickly.
IMHO Lazada does in general a good job.
Thats been my experience over the years sought three refunds using the online system
on two occasions payment re credited within 24 hours
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We have had two cars insured with them for a number if years.
I am 72 and I am sure last year they said they don't insure anyone over 71 they suggested we insured the car in my wife's name and me as a nominated driver
I had a small claim recently as I clipped a car at the school in torrential rain
It was all resolved and the claim was approved in a couple of hours
I only had a scrape on a mag wheel which they wanted me to claim.