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20 hours ago, robblok said:

I am sure about it if you look at expat long stay numbers and long term tourist they are a fraction of the short term tourists who spend the most. Those on longer holidays usually spend less per day. 

It's not either or, is it?

It's not like there is a choice between short stay tourism and longer stay tourism, so what is your point?

Twenty years ago, friends who kept to a tight budget were spending 60k per month and that was considerably less than what I was spending. I would spend nearly that much on accommodation alone.

I don't care if there are tourists that stay for 4.8 days and spend an average of US$184 per day. 

It's not as if they are stopping me from visiting Thailand.

What could stop me, is the feeling of being made to feel unwelcome and the utter sham of a visa application system.

Previously I could apply in person one day and pick up the visa the next.

Now you have to create an account online, upload sensitive documents to their system, print out a declaration and sign it. Then you scan that declaration and upload that too. Then book an appointment to take your passport to the Embassy, taking copies of all of the documents that you already uploaded and then two business days later, you can pick up the visa.

How in the world can that be called an eVisa?? It's not an improvement to their guest/customer in any sense of the word. Actually a huge backwards step. It takes longer and you are duplicating steps for no apparent reason. Imbecilic, on the surface.

So don't presume to tell anyone how it is for tourists, when you are clearly just making it up as you go along.

20 hours ago, robblok said:

Most tourists dont need a long term visa. That is only a small part of the tourists. 

Rubbish! Many of my friends would go to Samui/Phuket outside of their working season. 

Some work hard for six months of the year and then are free to spend the proceeds relaxing somewhere warm, when it is cold in their country.

They are free to holiday up to six months per annum and clearly there is no issue with them staying up to 180 days per annum, according to Immigration.

But, their e-Visa for Tourists is a sham and who knows how they will behave when you come and go?

So don't presume to try to tell how it is for tourists when you have no idea. I am a tourist and you are not. 

12 hours ago, madmen said:

23 million business people?  but I thought the bar stool economists said the economy is broken , By your account business is SCREAMING

You can view the full report here;

https://newsroom.mastercard.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/GDCI-Global-Report-FINAL-1.pdf

An almost disproportionate amount of overnight visitors come from mainland China. Being so dependent on a particular market brings it's own set of issues.

1 hour ago, Chivas said:

Thanks for the help lol. I did ask nicely. Will stick with what I've got

As I stated, the best deals are with new SIM. Currently unlimited 10 Mbps for 200 baht per month.

No older SIM deal can compete.

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

Outside every AIS shop, one in every Tesco, BigC, and shopping Mall.

Yes, but how many AIS shops are there in comparison to Boontherm machines outside 7-11/Family Mart?

Plus it is cheaper to use the Boontherm machine.

So if there an AIS machine is close proximity, great. But cheaper and easier to find and use a Boontherm;

11 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Every 20bht top-up in the machines buys you 1 month extra validity.

I just put 20bht notes 1 transaction at a time in the machine outside the AIS shop.

Takes a bit of time for 12 separate top-ups, but it's the cheapest way.

 

OP, get your kids to do it for you.

Will be 20 baht + 2 baht in the Boontherm type of machine. In that case it is better to use 10 coins, instead of 20 baht notes. Especially if he doesn't intend to use the credit.

AIS machines won't be easily found. Boontherm are everywhere.

I think that you may also be able to add credit to your AIS account via your KTB application.

i'm sure there are varied ways to do so. But there might be a minimum top up amount. Perhaps 50 baht. so you spend up to 600 baht for a year of validity. Though of course the 600 baht will remain as credit.

https://topup.ais.co.th/topup-fe/topup?lang=en

He can simply collect 10 + 2 baht coins and then pop them in one of the Boontherm machines outside 7-11/Family Mart.

Each 12 baht combo will add 30 days validity. He should be able to extend it up to a year that way and continue to do so indefinitely.

2 hours ago, craige1 said:

Can u tellme if all ATM has max cash withdrawal limit mentioned on them ?

 

What's the normal limit for withdrawals ? 

20 to 30 thousand.

2 hours ago, craige1 said:

I just got a fabulous deal for buying thai baht here on my forex card... just a markup of 0.5 from the actual price

1 INR = 2.356 Thai baht and I am getting it at 2.40 OR 2.41 max, isn't it a good deal !?

Rate is currently 2.34. So you are paying a commission of up to 3%. Depends on what you consider a good deal.

Then you have the hefty cost of up to 220 baht for ATM withdrawals in Thailand. Some vendors may even attempt to charge for card usage.

Be careful out there ????

8 hours ago, Chivas said:

JJ whats the best monthly deal on True at the moment.  ??  Only on a monthly basis though. I've mentioned before I use one particular True short code which gives unlimited data for 1 month for 199 plus vat albeit speed gets throttled after 1gb not that thats a big problem as only really FB Line etc.... Occasionally it would be useful at higher speed for the odd streaming though etc etc

The best deals are with new SIM. 

No longer posting new codes to this forum.

You'll only kno

14 hours ago, UKGeezer said:

So, do you find that the VOiP call quality is good when using the sim? As I really dont want to rely on a shared WiFi.

You'll only know once you are at the location. If one network is no good at your location, try another.

I would be surprised if one could not find Apcalis or similar there. 

3 hours ago, tjo o tjim said:

Works fine, any data plan will really do the job; I use AIS, and 1.5GB for two weeks for 200B should do fine for work, as long as you aren’t streaming. 

1.5GB for 200 baht doesn't seem like a great deal.

Especially when you can obtain 200GB @ 4 Mbps for the same.

http://osxdaily.com/2018/09/29/download-full-macos-mojave-installer/

6 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

Thanks.

 

 

 

What do you do?

 

1. Buy a Sim Card. Put it into this thing. Then connect it to your PC or Laptop via USB?

2. Buy a Data package, by putting the Sim card into your phone, topping it up with money, and purchasing it via a given number/code typed in on your phone.

3. Put the simcard back into it, connect to  the computer via USB and the PC/Laptop can connect to the internet from it? 

You have two options;

One is to put the SIM card with the data pack within and use the device's HotSpot function. It creates a WiFi signal to which you can connect up to ten devices. This is the way most will use it.

Alternatively, you can plug it in via USB and use it in the same way as a USB dongle;

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Make sure E5573s-320 is turned on(By tapping the power button to see if the indicator lights);To turn on E5573s-320, hold and press the power button until the light turns on to power on. If E5573s-320 is out of battery power, please charge it by USB cable or power adaptor.

Find the drive path “MobileWiFi”, it should appear as one virtual CD-ROM drive in “My Computer”. Double click to open it, then you can find “AutoRun.exe” ,double click and install the driver manually.

But most will just use the device as a HotSpot and connect via WiFi.

https://community.three.ie/t5/Phone-Support-KB/HUAWEI-E5573-Wifi-Router/ta-p/755979

These are more versatile; https://www.lazada.co.th/products/e5573cs-322-4g-mobile-mifi-dongle-lte-unlocked-e5573-wifi-router-pocket-wifi-aisdtactrue-i255246927-s393638764.html

4 hours ago, shdmn said:

Truly unlimited only because there is only so much data you can use at 1Mbps vs 6Mbps.  

I think just about everyone has given up on you.

13 hours ago, Yinn said:

The OP not have the full story about this one.

His wife caught sell drug. 

He admit in video. (Speak English)

I happy the police get him.

 

 

 

 

 

This one...

He doesn't look healthy.

Don't see the attraction of purchasing stolen products. They are still stolen. You can just download them for yourself and cut out the middleman.

3 hours ago, 4evermaat said:

I re-read what i wrote as i was driving home and realized you would have to do the opposite:  buy nmve first, then a 2.5" sata3 enclosure to retrofit. 

 

Hindsight is 20/20

??

Why would anyone do such a thing?

That would be akin to putting a Mini's engine in a Ferrari.

SATA III and PCIe are different interfaces. .

You need a casing with, for an example; a USB 3.1 Gen (1/2) to a  PCIe Gen 3 x (2/4) lane bridge controller.