I always buy the materials myself. Most of my local shops, DIY stores deliver some with a small fee.
I definitely wouldn't use metal sheeting, I used a fibreglass/ceramic type from Home Shop. 66 baht each.
Just get him to provide the labour cost.
I took both my old and new passports to avoid any possibility of being asked for the old one and not having it with me, as a precaution not to do another 150km round trip.
Everyone who lives here knows that the Thais are inextricably linked to the butchers in Burma because of the decades long links between the corrupt in both countries.
Obviously the scammer is operating with police help or perhaps owners as is usually the case here, which is why they aren't interested in investigating themselves.
Immigration officers have the right to question anyone entering the country, it's part of their job.
If you don't like being asked questions by them the simple answer is stay at home.
I've always submitted the original and a copy but as these things vary from office to office, you should always err on the side of caution and get 2 originals.
So now yet again the Muppets expect the public to report any psychiatric symptoms, utter BS.
Since when have ordinary citizens had any qualifications to determine when someone is suffering from mental disorders.
As for the physical condition of officer's the number of pot bellied ones at my local station does make you wonder...
And now the book is full excuse from the bank, I smell a rat as we've seen all to recently here with bank employees.
I would get a lawyer on the case PDQ...
And what about the all the other corrupt national police chief's...
The cars aren't smart apart from being called smart by the BiB to justify their ridiculous cost...
Too many hoops to jump through and the financial requirements are out of touch with the real world, as well as no guarantee of actually being successful.
People with that sort of money must be desperate to wait 18 months to get an approval or not.
Another botch, you have either broken the law or you haven't and if you have the punishment should be commensurate with the laws of the land.
Simple but the poor Thais have to make a dog's dinner of the simple.