Russell17au

I had to take the wife shopping at Tesco and have just gotten back and I saw something there that would solve your problems. It was a walking machine the same as those used in gyms. With one of those you would not have to leave your property thus you would not have to wear a mask and also you would no be at risk of infection or a fine. With one of these you would not be restricted to only walking on fine days either. I believe it would be a win, win situation, that is if you are serious about your walking and not just using it as a perving excuse.

Just remember this. If you choose to leave you house without a mask on and you get caught and get a heavy fine then don't come crying back here about the injustice that has been done to you. I have not seen anywhere where outside exercise in public is excluded. If you do decide to go ahead with your  exercise without wearing a mask is to be aware that so far there have been no recorded cases of either the South African or the Indian strains being in Thailand both strains are in Malaysia and with the constant fighting between the Thai army and the Malaysian insurgents in the south of Thailand  and with the insurgents continually crossing the border Malaysia it is only a matter of time for the first case to be recorded. 

16 minutes ago, RJRS1301 said:

Why should a person who has cardiac, and or respiratory conditions which can be exacerbated by wearing masks longer term feel ridiculous??
 

Forget about it because it just shows how ignorant, arrogant and uneducated he is when he makes the ridiculous comments that he makes. It just shows what type of person he is and that type is not worth even talking to. Karma usually comes around for that type of person.

1 hour ago, l4ml4m said:

 

 

yes sure, everybody has a health issue when wearing masks ! this is why people die of wearing mask in the world !

don't you feel ridiculous ?

 

 

It is easy to see that you have not got the same problem as me and that you have not spent the time in the hospital with a heart complaint and that with the continual wearing of a mask puts extra pressure on my breathing which puts the extra pressure on my heart. So now don't YOU feel ridiculous by your stupid uneducated remark?

21 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

They will kill each other off. The Indian strain will knock out the South African strain, and then die of exhaustion. And we will all exalt! Goodbye Covid. Nobody is going to miss you. Be gone. Be gone now. 

The big problem thou spidermike007 is that with the insurgents fighting along the Thai Malaysian border both of these bloody things are just as likely to sneak into Thailand without anyone knowing as most are interested in the tourist from India and not bothering to watch the back door

A friend of ours in Immigration talked me into applying for it at Khon Kaen. I ended up giving it up as a total waste of time and money because of the person that I had to deal with at the Amphur office. I am married to a Thai National and our marriage is registered at the Khon Kaen Amphur office. What I needed for this person at the Amphur office was

1: Certificate of residence from immigration

2: A letter from the local police (which turned out to be a TM30 filled in by the police)

3: copy of my wife's blue book

4: copy of my wife's ID card

5: copy of my visa extension stamp

6: 2 passport size photos

7: copy of my passport information page as it is in the passport

8: copy of my passport information page translated into Thai and certified by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bangkok

There was a certified copy of my passport in the office directly across the hall where we were married but that was not acceptable, it had to be a new one, so I gave up on the idea.

I do not know if it will be the same for you. Good Luck.

I almost forgot, 2 witnesses and they must be Thai.

5 hours ago, EricTh said:

He should have locked down Bangkok at the beginning of the month and banned Songkran, then this third wave wouldn't have happened.

 

I am worried there might be a fourth wave because they banned non-Thai from India one week too late.

 

There were some infected Indians who were in quarantine and the virus might have slipped through the quarantine center (it's not 100% foolproof).

 

They were too laxed during the 3rd wave.

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry Eric Th but I was going to correct you on your claim that the Indian strain was going to be the 4th wave as I saw somewhere earlier today that the South African strain was in Malaysia just waiting to cross the border into Thailand but whilst I was searching for the link to that I found a link on Thaiger that the 1st case of Indian strain has now been found in Malaysia. 2 things could happen here and that is the Indian strain does battle with the South African strain and they kill each other off or they join forces into a super virus before they invade Thailand together.

https://thethaiger.com/news/regional/malaysia-en/first-case-of-indian-covid-19-variant-found-in-malaysia

14 minutes ago, jack71 said:

You have no idea what your talking about and you dont know my background or what Im capable of.  Dont ever make assumptions about me or lose your manners again. 

Anything you say Mr Dictator. hahahahahahahahah. what a joke "you don't know my background or what I'm capable of" Are you threatening me?

Let's have an honest look at it. They must have approached you last December to lease your property from around end of March/beginning April but YOU decided that they should move in, in January free of charge for 2 months. You coerced them with the 2 free months rent. This was done in December last year when the infection rates were low and there were no restrictions on businesses and everything was going fine. But, now when there are record infections and deaths and restrictions on all types of businesses your tenants come to you and ask you for a reduction in rent and you have to ask the members on TVF for their advice instead of being a man and making your own decision about this. There is a word of warning about what some of those on here have advised and that is don't even think about court because you will lose. I saw this happen 4 years ago and the farang lost big time when he thought that he was in his home country and took the Thai tenant to court for breaching a contract. This is Thailand and not your home western country and things happen different here. Now you need to ask yourself would they still have signed the contract at the end of March/beginning of April when the infection numbers were starting to rise and the restrictions were starting to be placed on businesses. Did the coercion of the 2 months free rent encourage them to sign earlier than they would have.

What you need to think about is that when this Covid rubbish finishes there are going to be an abundant amount of vacant premises for rent and  they will be offering big deals to get the tenants to sign up

11 minutes ago, AlfHuy said:

Play the game.

 

Arrange a few of your friends and have a walk around the property and ask the tenant to have a look inside too.

 

They should act as potential new tenants, delighted with the state of the property, especially the location.

And then your tenant packs up and moves out and you are left with an empty property that neither your friends nor AlfHuy will pay the rent for. It does not pay to get too smart if you still want the money coming in for your property 

8 minutes ago, BTB1977 said:

My wife has a hair salon and a signed contract for 8.500 a month. Last year when corvid hit and customers stopped coming the government ordered her to close. She asked her thai land lord for a rent decrease.  The response was not my problem. Can not do. She owns the property.  No mortgage. Even once back open my wife made maybe 500 to 1,000 baht a months after paying rent and electric.  Who works 30 days a month for a 500 baht profit?  She made good money before corvid. We are very close to cleaning out the shop and put everything in storage until this is all over. Have seen many thai land lords do the same. So thais don't care. Why should you. 

We were in the same situation being closed by the government but our landlord offered to halve the rent so we accepted as we had no income from the shop but this time we will close the shop and leave, place all our things in storage and then open a shop again in a different premises so the old landlord will lose out on the rent as there is no one else to rent here and we will not renew the lease with them but instead open in a new shop. I believe that we have been good tenants as we repainted the whole premises and fitted new air-cons. 

37 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

What kind of business people are they to agree a rent, commence alterations and seek a reduction before opening the business?

 

It says they haven't done their sums properly! Covid19 does not enter into this because it was January 2021 not 2020 when they agreed the deal. Your misgivings about renting it out do not come into the equation here and have no relevance except for you personally.

 

Thais usually drive a hard bargain and if they are pulling on your wife's heartstrings means they have identified her as the weakest link. You say it doesn't affect you and you can afford to reduce the rent as it is easily affordable through your other business.

 

I would sit in on the conversation, offer a rent reduction on a charitable basis or ' good heart ' as they like to phrase it, making sure your wife gets the message across loud and clear, it is a one time deal.

 

Make sure you get across that you know how difficult it is for people right now with the economy and you want to help them but you can only do it this one time. Believe me, after 25 years experience in business in Thailand, they get this and they get being spoken to like this as you come across as fair minded.

 

That way, you stay the good guy, you look good to your wife as reasonable and not uncharitable. You have given them a break. Your wife will remember that you have done this for them and it gives her ample ammunition in the ' face ' stakes if they try to come again.

 

I would not pretend all is rosy in the garden, I would tell them I have to pay the bank and I have repayments too. That way if they are trying it on, they will think twice before asking again.

 

I would draw up a new contract, whether it is valid in court or not because they have shown their colours and they are wanting it to succeed by what they are putting in right now in terms of capital.

 

I doubt they will increase their deposit as it is probably already committed or spent on alterations.

 

I never take notice about what people are driving, even in the UK, my sons mate drives a nice Mercedes on lease finance and he's a plumber.

 

Good luck. In these times you can afford to bend as it states in your OP, and you are giving a bit back and a helping hand but ensuring you are not taken for a ride.

 

I have a German mate leasing a small resort on Samui, his Thai landlord has reduced his rent from 80K THB a month to 25K THB a month up near fisherman's village in Bophut. I say that just so you know, the Thais understand the hard times people are facing as well as us.

Sorry but this new strain of virus does enter into it because many things were starting to pick up until the new mutation hit and now many people are a lot worse off than they were since the end of March this year.

The way that I see it is that the agreement was made before this UK mutation of the Covid-19 hit plus well before Songkran and now many businesses are in trouble. The customers are just not going to many businesses because of the unsurety of this bloody virus. I know my wife's business has dropped and the customers are just not coming because of this virus, her business has been operating for over 2 years but we are seriously thinking of closing it because we cannot continue to pay the rent, electricity and water now because the income is just not there now. Unless her landlord is willing to do something about the rent then we will close and then the landlord will lose that income. They did not want to sign the agreement and move in until April/May but you coerced them by giving them 2 months free rent. If they had of continued with their plans of April/May they probably would not sign the agreement because of the changes in the situation with Covid-19.

9 minutes ago, joecoolfrog said:

Yes because every country based their response on the domestic production of a single vaccine .

Educate yourself as to who owns the company producing that vaccine in Thailand , then come back and confirm that its us that are the idiots !!!

I don't have to educate myself as to how this company was set up and financed.

1 minute ago, Danderman123 said:

It’s pretty obvious that Sinovac will be for the plebeians, and AZ for the patricians. Maybe they will buy some North Korean concoction for the Farangs.

It is well known that Sinovac is unsuitable of over 60's and therefore it is not used for them in every country in the world. The main vaccine used for over 60's is AstraZenica and the Thai production of that will be ready in June when those that are over 60 who have registered will start to get vaccinated.

1 minute ago, clivebaxter said:

Not line then, I installed the play store app with Thai, has a rating of 2.8 at present! cannot see anything about registering 

That seems to be the problem. The registration part of the app is not there. So rabas needs to see if he has the section for registration or not.

I have searched: LINE, Google, Google Play Store for the Dr Ready (Mor Prom) app this morning 1st May when the government claimed it would be ready for the vaccine registration and there is no sign of it anywhere yet

"to a LINE account called หมอพร้อม (MawPrawm = "Dr. Ready")." This is not the correct translation. The correct LINE account is "Mor Prom"

There has been many posts that state that the registration starts on 1st June. This is incorrect, the registrations start on 1st May with the injections starting in June.

AstraZeneca is the vaccine that is listed for over 50's and the Thai version is due to be released in June.

Sinavac is for use for under 50's

A shipment of Pfizer has been purchased but it has not arrived yet with a further shipment to follow.

The vaccine is FREE to all people that LIVE in Thailand, I am not sure about those on Tourist Visa's.

I honestly don't know about you lot of uneducated farangs. It is simple that they need that much room in their building so that all those swelled empty airheads with no brains will fit inside.

6 hours ago, Andy from Kent said:

 

 

As an attraction I wonder if it will be open to the public, both  Thai and foreigners?

 

I'd like to visit it on my next visit to Bangkok.

 

Entry = 10 baht for Thai's

              1,000 baht for Chinese & Indians

              1,000,000 baht for filthy farangs

7 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

It was all a misunderstanding, after getting on social media.

The Myanmar embassy IS closed and it closed 1 day before her passport expired and it is only closed until May 9 and in that time there are public holidays both in Thailand and Myanmar that the embassy observe. It is bad planning by her.