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6 hours ago, Muhendis said:
4. Free coffee...........????
6 hours ago, Crossy said:That was exactly my immediate thought.
I'm not sure that you would want to have a cup of this espresso gunk.
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16 hours ago, sometimewoodworker said:
All good if you don't have hard water, if you do the cure will be worse than the disease
Could you please expand on your advice.... what adverse affect will hard water have on the panels?
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17 hours ago, Muhendis said:
An idea which I am assured works well is to arrange a watering system to pump water from a tank onto the top of each panel and collect it in a gutter when it reaches the bottom. The water is then circulated back into the tank. This serves three purposes:
- The panel is kept clean.
- The panel is kept cool.
- You get some free warm/hot water.
I have not tried this myself but it was done in Australia by a TV contributor by the name of Jingjoe. It is on my to do list.
By the way I like the angle of your car port roof. It looks optimum to me.
17 hours ago, johng said:A spray bar system could work to keep the panels clean also it could keep them cool and so provide more power output...it could also be self powered as in when the panels make electricity some can be diverted to a water pump with closed loop water supply.
Many thanks for the suggestion of a 'close loop' water spray system. Certainly an option to investigate and the bonus of helping to keep the panels a bit cooler and, therefore, more efficient is appealing.
The only problem I foresee is that the 'coffee' dust will dissolved in the run-off water and after several cycles the water may become very dirty and defeat the original objective of keeping the panels clean. A filter in the water system maybe a needed.
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@Crossy.... Many thanks for a really helpful guide to DIY installation of a solar energy system. I have been considering having solar system installed for some time but have been put off by the extremely high cost quoted by my local PEA and a few installers, for example: www.solarshop-th.com
Having followed your project, and being a reasonable DIY merchant, I feel confident that a similar project on our car port would be well within my capabilities. The car port roof is North/South facing so the South slope (left) gets the sun most of the day. As seen from the photo below, the apex of the roof is quite high (about 6 meters).
The one concern that I have is keeping the panels clean in order to ensure their maximum efficiency. Unfortunately there is a factory not far from our house which produces instant coffee and as part of the roasting/grinding processes we suffer from fine particles of coffee powder landing everywhere when the wind is in the right (wrong) direction.
During the rainy season I would assume that the panels would become self cleaning, but in the dry season I would assume that they are going to need a wash every week in order to get rid of the coffee dust particles. As I'm 70+, and still fairly fit, getting up a ladder is not currently a problem but no doubt as time goes by there will come a time when such a task will become difficult, and Mrs MoneyBaht does not like/do heights.
To overcome this potential problem has anyone any ideas on how to keep the panels clean? I was thinking would it be practical and effective to fit a garden drip/spray watering system that might self irrigate/wash the panels. Any practical suggestions would be much appreciated.
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OP…. May I suggest that you have a look at the post which I generated last week (6th) entitled WAR & PEACE ! which details my experience trying to get the necessary documents from Bangkok Bank (HQ) in Bangkok in order to support my forthcoming renewal of extension of stay based upon retirement via the 65,000 BHT per month method.
As you will see my funds are transferred from the UK in GBP and held by Bangkok Bank HQ in a Foreign Currency Deposit Account (FCDA).
As I soon discovered the major problem with Bangkok Bank’s system is that they are only able to produce statements upon request going back 6 months. This appears to have also been confirmed by other members who have also requested statements at their local branches. If you want anything going back further than 6 months they can provide it, but it seems that they have to a manual search which can take some considerable time. Hence some people have been told that it may take a week to obtain this information.
As I said, my funds are sent, and held, as GBP. The system may be different for those having their funds exchanged to THB either in their home country or when the funds arrive here, but again other members have indicated that they have experienced similar problems in trying to get a statement just showing amounts transferred and confirmation of transfer method.
From my experience, I discovered that the key documents turned out to be the Credit Advice Note (CAN) which the bank can provide and details your funds ‘journey’, including the method of transfer e.g. SWIFT. (see example in my post WAR & PEACE).
Again, the bank can provide CAN's almost instantaneously, but only for the past 6 months (these are FREE). Anything further back than 6 months will take longer to provide and will incur a charge.
As you will see from my previous post. I had recently set up a notification request that Bangkok Bank send me an email when my funds arrive. Attached to the email is a pdf which is a copy of the CAN, so now I only need to save the pdf’s and then print them out next year when I need to do my extension renewal.
AS you will also see, my local Immigration Office (Nakhon Pathom) accepted the bank letter confirming my FCDA which showed the total amount (GBP) transferred during the past 12 months. More importantly the Immigration Officer accepted the copies of the previous 12 months CAN.
Hope this information helps and good luck.
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5 hours ago, gregchambers said:
The new PM, Boris Johnson, probably won't be amused as he is a good friend of former PM Abhisit and was probably planning to lounge around in the embassy... but you can imagine Madame May being keen on dumbing down the presence in Bangkok.
FYI..... It may surprise you to learn that it was in fact the Right
HonourableHorrible Boris Johnson, who in his position as Foreign Secretary, agreed to the sale of the British Embassy in Bangkok.At the time of the announcement of the sale Boris' stated that the money raised from the sale would be used to renovate other embassies around the world. The projects which he mentioned included new electrical wiring in the Paris Embassy, refurbishment of the Cairo and New Dehli Embassies.
Boris also stated that the sale price of the Embassy represented more than a third of the Foreign and Commonwealth Offices annual core budget.
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6 hours ago, watcharacters said:
Turning the building into a small hotel would have been a much better option.
Hate to see history just torn down to make room for bland concrete.
I totally agree, its sad to see it go. I'm sure that the ambassador's residence would have made a nice restaurant, as they did with the old Russian Embassy on Sathorn Road which is now owned and run by the W Hotel next door.
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Nothing new about these cars. When doing my 90 day report in January, at Nakhon Pathom, there were 3 of them parked outside the office.
What is interesting is what is mounted on the roof behind the emergency light bar. Its a tilt/pan/zoom CCTV camera which is connected to an on board computer that is linked to Immigration's main database and facial recognition system.
At a later date I spotted one of these cars parked outside a nearby food factory, which employs a large number of migrant worker, just before the shift was about to end. No doubt looking for workers exiting who may not be registered or have work permits.
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Not sure how the laptop is fixed, but it is in the most stupid place right in front of the dashboard air bag. If the vehicle is involved in a front end crash and the air bag deployed, the passenger will most likely be decapitated. SMART car!
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16 hours ago, EricTh said:
The passport is useless anyway to non-owners. Nowadays, they use fingerprints at the exit counter.
So nobody would want your passport.
4 hours ago, EricTh said:Stolen passport is useless in modern times with fingerprinting and face-recognition software.
The stolen passport won't match the buyer's face and fingerprints.
At this point in time very few so called ‘biometric’ passports contain fingerprint or iris scan data.
FYI….. Up until June 2018, the only information that is held on the so called ‘biometric chip’ which is embedded in most passports only contained the same biographical information that is displayed on the photo page of the passport (including the holder’s photo). The ‘chip’ has not held any biometric (fingerprints or iris scan) information.
The biographical information currently held on the ‘chip’ is encrypted and only accessible by scanning and reading the holder’s information presented at the bottom of the photo page between <<<< >>>>. That information is then used by a software process to unlock the encrypted information.
Once unlocked the biographical information held on the 'chip' is then available to be displayed on an Immigration Officers screen to enable him/her to compare the ‘hard copy’ photo page information of the passport against that held on the ‘chip’.
The design and information held in a passport, or other international travel documents, is governed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) which operates under the auspices of the United Nations. Currently some 160 nations have adopted the so called ‘biometric’ passport.
In June last year the General Council of the ICAO approved the inclusion of fingerprint and iris scan information on the ‘biometric chip’. The inclusion of fingerprint and iris scan data is not mandatory and the decision to include such information is left entirely at the discretion of the passport issuing authority.
The above information is referenced to the ICAO document 9303, Machine Readable Travel Documents, Seventh Edition, 2015, Part 9.
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37 minutes ago, BrakkaToss said:
Why so bitter?:)
Detention and getting deported back is one thing.
Being free after denied either in a consulate or on land crossing is another. I’m simply wanting info on where people go after this occurs.
Sent from my iPhone using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile appWhat make you think that I am bitter? You asked for advice and I gave you some. In the second paragraph of your original post you stated the following:
"I will go to my last visa run adventure next week. And I really need your advice on what to do if denied entry".
The recommendation that I provided was perfectly reasonable given what you has posted in another post (Denied Entry at Suvarnabhumi on METV) about your friends experience who was allegedly denied entry at Suvarnabhumi on Tuesday and who as a result of a lawyer's intervention was released from detention within two hours.
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OP.... With a history like yours, I would recommend that before you go on your so called 'visa run adventure next week', you ask your friend who allegedly got denied entry at Suvarnabhumi on Tuesday, and then released within a "couple of hours", for the name and phone number of the lawyer who expedited his/her release from detention.
It is obvoius the lawyer is able to push all the right buttons with lmmigration so you shouldn't have any problems if you get stopped.
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5 hours ago, Pib said:
What bank is that? SCB, K-bank, etc.
It's not Bangkok Bank as I get SMSs of international remittances and there is no PDF attached.
I don't know which bank @Genericnic uses, but my bank is Bangkok Bank HQ and I arranged with them about 4 months ago to send me a notification email when funds (GBP) have been credited to my Foreign Currency Deposit Account.
When I registered for this service I noted that there were 2 notification options, namely; SMS or email. I opted for email notification. As previously mentioned this service is FREE.
It took them about 2 months to activate my request, so I've only been getting email notification from them for the past 2 months. I just expected a very basic email stating that they have received funds which have been credited to my account, so I was very surprised by the amount of detail which they actually provided in their email.
I have attached a screen shot of a recent email from Bangkok Bank and as you will see it not only has the Credit Advice information in the main text body, but there is also a pdf file attached (just above the bank logo) which is a direct copy of Credit Advice Note that the bank provided to me on Monday together with the letter for Immigration.
The bonus of the pdf is that I can save it in my Immigration/bank file ready for next year.
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4 hours ago, sumrit said:
Thanks for your report. It seems that the only problem you and others have had is obtaining the correct documentation from the bank, Immigration have been no problem at all.
In my case the frustration of the day was definitely obtaining the letter and Credit Advice Notes from the Bank. It amassed me that they could not extract more than 6 months worth of CAN's automatically and had to locate those older than 6 months manually which took so much time.
As mentioned in my original post, I only went to my local Immigration Office on the way home to get their view as to whether or not they would accept the bank letter and ACNs pending doing my renewal next week. Much to my surprise the IO no only said that both documents were acceptable as evidence of 65K/month having been transferred into a Thai bank from abroad, but that she insisted that I do my extension renewal then - I had no other supporting documents, and as far as I was aware Immigration only allow you to do a renewal within a month of the existing extension expiring. In my case it was a week and one month. The IO copied all the necessary pages from my passport FOC all I had to do was get my photo taken and fill in a new TM7. A great service.
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8 hours ago, Genericnic said:
That is why I drop by my bank a day or so after the deposit comes in to update my passbook and ask for a credit advice for the deposit. Much easier than having to collect them at the end of the year. Of course, I am lucky. I am only about a 5 minute walk from my bank so I get a bit of exercise as well.
David
You could save yourself the 5 minute walk if you want. Just ask the bank to send you a notification email when your funds have been deposited to your account. The email has a pdf attached which is the Credit Advice Note that you pick up from the bank. This facility is free.
In my case it saves a 4 hour plus round trip on the bus and BTS from home into BKK.
Of course you may well say that you need the exercise which is a good enough reason to go to the bank.
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14 hours ago, Pib said:
...... it good to see your immigration office was happy with the basic bank letter and supporting credit advice docs. The immigration office didn't require letter that only listed the foreign transfers.
Thanks for your comments.
Correct, the IO was quite comfortable with the bank letter which only quoted the total amount of GBP transferred from abroad during the 12 month period. As mentioned, she quickly whipped out her calculator and divided the total by 12 and multiplied that by the exchange rate at the time.
Regarding a bank letter that only listed the foreign transfers, that was not mentioned or offered by the bank and the IO did not indicate that was what they wanted.
14 hours ago, Pib said:The immigration office apparently didn't care about passbook coding...coding that can vary (i.e., FTT, BTN, I/R, etc) depending on the transfer method, how the last leg of the transfer was handled, etc. With all the variations in coding used by different Thai banks it's got to be hard for immigration offices to determine which transfers were international or local. The immigration office seemed to place the greatest emphasis on "Thai bank letter and credit advice docs" confirming the transfers originated from outside of Thailand.
Again correct, she only compared the date/amount shown on the Credit Advice Note with that entered in the passbook. As you say, with all the various coded used by each bank, let alone used by the different banks, she would need an 'almanac' to decipher the all the codes.
14 hours ago, Pib said:One question I have is "Would Bangkok Bank have included transfers on the bank letter that did not have the FTT International Transfer or I/R International Remittance coding in their system? Like say for BTN/Bahtnet or SMT/SMART coding some people receive for some international transfers....that coding appears usually because the last leg of an international transfer was handled by another Thai bank.
That's the 64K $ question which I cannot answer as all my transfers were coded as SWIFT on the Credit Advice Notes or I/R in my passbook.
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14 hours ago, wgdanson said:
Surely a transfer of GBP to a GBP foreign currency account MUST be from abroad, and be coded as such.
Thanks for your observation, but FYI a transfer of GBP to a GBP FCA may not necessarily be from abroad and, therefore, will not be coded as an international transfer. For example;
a) When I initially opened the FCA with BB HQ, I gave them 5K GBP in cash as the initial deposit. The cash came with me from the UK (I had a UK bank confirmation of withdrawing that amount for UK/Thai customs clearance if required) so the money came from abroad. However, the transfer was coded as a cash deposit in the bank passbook. The bank would have no idea if the money came with me from the UK or I had some form of business in Thailand that only accepted payments in GBP cash.
b) If you have 2 FCAs, at 2 different banks, and then transfer say GBP from 1 account to the other I suspect that the transfer will not be classified as an international transfer.
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I renewed my extension of stay (Retirement), based upon income method, yesterday.
Background:
British citizen who over the past 8 years has relied upon the letter from the British Embassy to ‘confirm income’ in support of extension renewal.
My extension renewal is due on the 7 September. My local Immigration Office is Nakhon Pathom.
I have a GBP foreign currency deposit account with Bangkok Bank headquarters (Silom Road – Bangkok).
My income is derived from 3 pensions which are paid directly into my HSBC UK bank account.
In the past I have transferred GBP to my Bangkok Bank account, as and when required, via online banking with HSBC. The transfer is: HSBC to Bangkok Bank (London) who then transfer the amount (less their handling fee) to my BB account in Bangkok. Has worked well for me.
Following the British Embassies announcement to stop providing their supporting letter, and Thai Immigration confirming their rules in January concerning providing evidence showing income not less than 65,000 baht per month, I set up a regular 2,000 GBP transfer by standing order (HSBC to BB London) on the last day of each month. I also arranged with BB (Bangkok) to send me an email notification when the funds were credited to my account. Again, this has worked well.
Obtaining a letter from Bangkok Bank confirming transfer of funds from abroad
Yesterday I went to Bangkok Bank’s HQ in Silom Road. Arrived at 08:30am and was number 1 in the queue of the Foreign Remittance Department on the 2nd floor. I asked the counter clerk for their letter confirming that I had deposited money from overseas into my account, plus a statement showing the amounts that I had transferred for the past 12 months.
The lady showed me an example letter which only confirmed that I was an account holder and the current amount in my account. She informed me that she could only provide a statement showing all account transactions for the past 6 months. She said that they could not produce a statement showing only amounts credited to my account. If I wanted a statement showing all transaction for more than 6 month it would need to be ordered and may take a day. There would also be a fee for providing the letter and a 12 month statement.
I advised the counter clerk that earlier this year I had made an enquiry about a letter for Thai Immigration confirming funds credited from abroad and was advised by the supervisor that the bank that time was aware of Immigration’s requirements and that they were in discussion as to the format of such a letter. At this point the counter clerk called the supervisor over.
I reminded the supervisor of our previous conversation regarding a letter for Immigration. She said that after discussions with Immigration, they (the bank) decided that they would use an existing letter template which is used to confirm the amount transferred from overseas to facilitate the purchase of a condo by a foreigner. She said that the bank could provide a statement showing all transactions but not one that only shows credits from overseas. She said that they could provide Credit Advice Notes confirming each transfer and advised that these (letter and Credit Advice Notes) would be accepted by Immigration.
She said that the cost of the letter was 100 baht. The bank would provide Credit Advice Notes for the past 6 months free, however, if I wanted anything beyond 6 months they would make a charge of 500 baht.
I took the view that although the then Immigration Commissioner (Big Joke) had sent a memo to all offices earlier this year advising them to be lenient with regards to fund transfers during the first 12 months, I would still request documents to support 12 months of transactions just to be on the safe side.
Having made the request for the letter and 12 months of credit advice notes, I was informed that their system could produce 6 months’ worth of credit advice notes almost instantly but credit advice notes beyond 6 months had to be individually recovered from the system and that this process could take quite some time. No problem, I could wait.
The supervisor then directed to another counter clerk who would process my request. The counter clerk asked for my passbook and passport. When the clerk looked at my passbook she asked if I had my previous passbook. My current book was relatively new with only a few transactions in it. She explained that she needs to be able to identify dates that overseas funds have been credited to my account to enable her to extract the Credit Advice Notes from the system beyond 6 months. I asked if she could look this up on the system, or print out a statement, and she said that she could not, she needed the previous passbook. I explained that the previous passbooks were at home which would mean a 2-3 hour trip to get home and another 2-3 hour trip to return to the bank, which given the time would not be feasible that day.
Although I was doing my hardest to remain cool, calm and collective, the supervisor who was still hovering in the background could see I was becoming somewhat frustrated. She asked if someone at home could find the previous passbook and attach the photo the relevant pages to an email and send it to her BB email account. I called Mrs MoneyBaht who found the relevant old passbook and emailed photos of the relevant pages to the supervisor, who in turn printed them out for the clerk.
The past 6 months Credit Advice Notes were printed out almost instantly, but it took the clerk about 1.5 hours to extract and print the earlier 6 month’s Credit Advice Notes.
Eventually, at around 11am, I was given the bank letter and 12 months’ worth of Credit Advice Notes.
The Bank Letter
I was expecting a letter listing the dates and amounts that had been credited to my Foreign Currency Deposit Account during the previous 12 months. The letter was in Thai and only confirmed the total amount (GBP) that had been credited to my account from overseas during the 12 month period that I had requested. A conversion (at the exchange rate at the time) GBP to Baht was also given.
Because the letter contains considerable personal information and redacting it would make it meaningless, I have produced an English summary of the format which I’ve attached below for information.
The Credit Advice Notes
Upon receiving these, I realised that these documents were the same documents that the bank emails to me (as pdf’s) to inform me that funds have been credited to my account.
Note: The transfer of funds from BB (London) to BB (Bangkok) are shown as SWIFT on the Credit Advice Notes, but in the passbook the transfers are coded as I/R which is not listed at the back of the passbook.
A lesson learned here. File the pdf’s attached to email notification of funds credited to my account for next year and save both a lot of time and baht getting copies from the bank. Alternatively, when you go to the bank ask for the Credit Advice Notes applicable to your latest transfer or previous 6 months.
I have attached a redacted copy of the most recent Credit Advice Note for your information.
After the Bank (fiasco)
Because I was uncertain if my local Immigration Office (Nakhon Pathom) would accept the bank’s letter and Credit Advice Notes as evidence of sufficient income transferred from overseas, I decided to stop off at the office on the way home and show them the documents and seek their view. If they weren’t acceptable I would have sufficient time to go back to the bank before the renewal date.
I would say that my personal experience of visiting my local Immigration Office has always been very good. The wait times are normally quite short and the staff/officers always friendly.
Arrived at the office at about 2:30pm. The enquiry clerk directed me to one of the IO’s. I explained that my extension of permission to stay was due for renewal next month (7th) and I would be doing this based upon the income option (65K/month). As part of the preparation I had been to the bank in Bangkok that morning to obtain the necessary evidence of funds transfer from overseas, but that I was unsure if what the bank had given me would satisfy them (Immigration).
The officer looked at the letter and the Credit Advice Notes marking each date and the amount (GBP) of transfer. She then asked for my bank passbook and compared a few dates/amounts on the Credit Advice Notes with the entries in the passbook.
She noted that the letter stated the total amount of funds (GBP) which had been transferred from overseas during the past 12 months and promptly took out her calculator and divided the figure by 12. She then looked up the GBP to THB exchange rate for the day and said that there was no problem, the documents were acceptable, and the amount was of income was in excess of what was required.
I got floored
The IO then asked if I had my passport with me, which I did. She had a quick look at the last extension stamp and said OK I do your extension now. What, I don’t all the other documents with me they are at home as I had planned to do the extension next week if the bank documents were acceptable.
No problem she said, go get your photo taken from the booth outside the office and then fill in a TM7.
When I returned she had photocopied the relevant pages of my passport, got me to sign them plus a document acknowledging penalties for overstay and requirement for 90 day notification. After she took my photo (via web cam) she disappeared into the back office and returned a few minutes later with a big smile on her face and handed my passport duly stamped for another year extension of stay.
Arrived at 2:30pn, out just before 3:00pm. Back home at 3:30pm completely cream crackered (good old British saying).
Hope this helps other members who have a Bangkok Bank Foreign Currency Deposit Account and are contemplating their extension of stay based upon the income option. Of course, I cannot vouch for what your local BB may or may not offer you as evidence, or whether your local IO will accept such evidence.
Good luck.
PS…. As a side issue
I noted that when the IO took my passport she placed the photo page (which has the bio chip embedded on the reverse of the page) onto a passport scanner (as used at the airport/entry points). I was able to see her screen and see that my biographical data was being displayed, including my photo. She then compared the passport photo page with the information on her screen. I have never seen these scanners in my local Immigration Office before (was last there only a few weeks ago to do my 90 day report). Maybe the next piece of kit they will get is for taking fingerprints. Who knows!
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@FarangFB FYI…. On the 2nd floor of the MFA Consular Affairs building there is a small translation shop directly in front of you at the top of the escalator. The people who do the translations for the shop are MFA Legalisation Department employees who do the translations in their ‘free time’.
Because they do translations which specifically need legalising, they have a library of document templates, so the documents that you mention will present them with no problems and they should be able to do them fairly quickly.
How long will it take? That will depend upon their existing workload and the availability of a translator.
Their prices are similar to what you will be charge elsewhere, about 300 to 400THB per sheet of A4 depending upon complexity of the document.
They can arrange (at an extra cost) to have the documents legalised. I’m not sure if they bypass the normal same day procedure, but I suspect that as they are MFA employees they are able to facilitate a quick certification if requested. The bonus with their service is that in the unlikely event that there is a problem during the legalisation process, they will get it sorted immediately.
You can collect your documents from the shop once they have been legalised, or they can arrange to have them sent to you by EMS.
Hope this helps.
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On 7/9/2019 at 12:09 AM, wreckingcountry said:
The billing will show a charge in August for the Labour and materials,LNB etc ! Be prepared
Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa ConnectIf they do they can stuff it. The information displayed on the TV advising users to contact True to have their LNB replaced before 1 August clearly states that it is FREE.
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An update.... further to my previous posts # 158, 164 & 166 regarding problems which I had encountered trying to get TV to come and replace the LNB and upgrade my 3 boxes.
TV did respond to our original letter a bout a week after receiving it. A representative called and advised that TV would contact the technical contractor who had originally been assigned to do the upgrade and find out what the problem was. The representative said that she would call us back and let us know what was happening.
A couple of days later we received a second phone call this time from another TV representative who was responding to the email which we sent to their contact centre. From the conversation it was apparent that this representative was unaware that someone from TV had already been in contact with us the previously. The lady apologised and said that she had not seen any mention of the previous contact on the computer.
A few days later the original TV representative call us again and said that the original technical contractor was under the impression that if we had more than one box operating at the same time after the upgrade, we would only be able to get a picture on one television at a time. She said that this was an incorrect assumption on the part of the contractor and that TV tests had shown that up to 6 boxes can be operational at the same time after the upgrade was done. She did say that if the 'splitter connection' was old it may degrade the signal to the boxes and that if this was the case it may need to be replaced.
She then booked for a technician to come and replace the LNB and do the upgrade yesterday (10/7). Date and time of our choosing.
The technician called us at about 9am yesterday and advised that he would be at our house around 10:30am. True to his word he arrived on time. As others have indicated previously, he began by downloaded software onto each of the 3 boxes using the original LNB. He then replaced the LNB. When he set up the first box the signal strength was about 80% which he said was lower than it should be, so he replaced the 'splitter connection' and bingo the strength shot up to 98%. The original 'splitter connection' was heavily corroded. He then set up the other boxes and as a bonus he replaced all 3 hand controllers which we've had for several years.
A positive outcome that upgrade has been completed and HD pictures appear (in my feeble opinion) to be better than before.
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@ALFREDO…. From the information that you have provided, I am very certain that if your ‘enemy’ turns up at the airport tonight, and after checking in he then presents himself to immigration with an overstay and no money to pay the fine he is going to find himself with a big problem. I am given to understand from a conversation that I had at lunch time with very senior and reliable source within Immigration that Immigration will:
a) Not allow him to proceed to the gate to board his flight. FYI - The only time that Immigration may overlook the situation is if the overstay was caused as a result of circumstances totally outside of his control of the person.
b) Not allow him to backtrack to the check-in area with a view to obtaining funds to pay the fine (from ATM). Immigration will not allow him to backtrack because there would be a high risk of him disappearing. So far as Immigration are concerned he is now an overstayer who has not officially surrendered and paid the stipulated fine as per the relevant Police Order, therefore, he will be detained.
He will be taken to the airport police facility where he will be questioned further and then officially arrested as an over stayer. Arrangements will then be made to have him transferred to the Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) in Bangkok. He will remain in the IDC until he pays the overstay fine and also pays for a new flight to his home country.
Because he was detained by Immigration and, therefore, unable to catch his flight, the airline will classify him as a ‘No Show’. This will effectively means that his return ticket will be cancelled. If he was travelling on a cheap ‘saver’ fare, it is very likely that he will not be entitled to any refund for the cancelled portion of his ticket. Hence, as mentioned (c) above he will eventually have to purchase a new ticket in order to get back to his home country. FYI – a single ticket, often required a short notice, can be very expensive.
Although the length of his overstay is relatively short, because he was handed over to the airport police who will have arrested him for overstaying, he will be subject to a 5 year ban from entering Thailand.
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1 hour ago, wayned said:
They are currently broadcasting from both satellites, I think, since my diagnostic software now says Thaicom-8. If you wait until 1 August there will be a long Que and they haven't said when the Taicom-5 satellite broadcasts will be shutdown. You could be left with nothing if they shutdown the Taicom-5 satellite before you get the upgrade. The guy that did mine was a contractor and he had done many as the back of his truck was full of empty new LNB cardboard boxes.
I made my appointment through thr TV e-mail system and did not talk to anybody until the day they came.
Once again, many thanks for your comments/observation.
I think TV tend to use local sub-contractors. In the past when we have needed, for example, a box or remote controller replacing, it has always been someone who does not wear any TV uniform or arrives in an 'beat up' old unmarked pickup. They do have a TV job ticket/paperwork.
Have to say I'm not over impressed by TV's customer care. We contacted the TV local shop on the 9th June. The technician called the next day and explained he could not do the conversion/upgrade. On the 12th June my wife wrote to TV HQ asking for clarification/advice. The letter was sent by EMS and was received on the 13th. To date we've not had any response.
I have sent them an email today (to the address you provided). My email has the facility to feedback that the message was delivered to the address server, and more importantly, it also notifies me when the email was opened, which it was within an hour of the message being sent. So now its a case of 'holding my breath' and waiting for a reply.
If I don't get any response, then I will seriously consider closing our subscription and using Android boxes instead.
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9 hours ago, wayned said:
They came to my house on 12/6 after I sent them a message regarding the change. They downloaded the new software using the old LNB to 2 boxes and, since the new software would not work with the old LNB, they changed it. All was fine after the change and both boxes have functioned OK ever since. However, I never use both boxes at the same time as I live alone. The technician never mentioned that there could be a problem using more than one box at the same time.
The email for True Visions Customer Service is : "[email protected]"
Many thanks for your report and details of TV email address. It seems from a couple of other reports from members that have more than one box that some technicians appear to be reluctant to do the upgrade/conversion and they are advising customers to wait until after the 1 August and see what happens and if there's a problem call back.
It's worth noting that according to the current information that is being displayed on the TV, the upgrade/conversion is free if done before 1 August, but the question is will it still be free after that date?
I've emailed TV Customer Services and asked for a confirmation that they can, or cannot, do the upgrade/conversion when more than one box is involved.
Once again, many thanks.
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Thanks for the safety warning, much appreciated.
Mrs MoneyBaht and I went to our local Global Home store last week and they had the same panel in stock and at the same price as you quoted. I tried to lift one to get some idea of their weight, and as you have indicated, yes they are quite heavy! I think if I go ahead with a solar system I will ask the coffee factory owner if I can borrow their fork lift for an hour - were on good terms.
You mentioned the steel lengths which you used to lift the panels off the roof. I was thinking of using aluminium sections similar to what they use for window/door frames. It may be a bit more expensive, but they hopefully wont rust.