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As you can guess from the posts, we went ahead and bought two of the robot vacuum cleaners. If anybody is interested to buy one or two (for bigger discount) on their own, please see the links above.

I would be interested. I would add Auf der Au restaurant buffet, since it can make almost anyone happy.

Just discovered that it was sold on Amazon and there it has 4.4 rating: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CSFSH5Z1

Hello, I have had my eyes on the global version Laresar Mars01 Robot Vacuum Cleaner with LDS Lidar Navigation App and Mop for hard floor and thin carpet. https://s.lazada.co.th/s.I2GT0 This unit has been reduced now to 4839 THB and I my trigger finger was itching. But then I noticed that Lazada and the store have a special discount which reduces the price to 3824 THB IF I BUY *TWO* UNITS! So I am looking for someone to go in with me. I live in the Chiang Phueak area. This is a very well equipped uni - I think something like this has been sold for 20000 THB just two years ago. Please check out the video and the unit's specs at https://s.lazada.co.th/s.I2GTO The store selling is a LazMall certified Flagship store, which is according to my knowledge the highest rating a store can have on Lazada. Plenty of replacement parts like brushes etc. are available for very little money on Lazada as well as on Ali. Please send me a PM soon if you are interested, since the deal finishes tomorrow and tomorrow I will be most of the day at immigration to get my extension.

Actually if you didn't need to show lease, you don't need to pay anything. I kind of remember that I didn't have residency certificate, so I showed them the lease. But all this was a long time ago well before Covid. But by the book every landlord is supposed to stick those tax stamps on a lease, but noone does. So when they see a lease without tax stamps, they stick them on and then you pay what supposedly the landlord has to pay. Probably when you have a residency cert they don't ask for a lease.

You go to the tax office and say you want a tax id. If they ask why, then you say you want to get back withholding tax from fixed deposit account. Bring signed lease, passport, and I think tm30 and resident certificate (not sure about the last 2). Be prepared to pay a little bit for them to validate signed lease by sticking tax stamps on the lease, which I am sure your landlord forgot.

So who is right: @CallumWK (Thai citizen online only) or @sometimewoodworker ("No, that isn’t required, you may be able to get 1.5%") ????

@sometimewoodworker Oh wow, 0.9% were a little bit disappointing. 1.5% sounds much better. I have a Krungsri savings account. Can I just apply for it in their app? EDIT: I just saw that there is a separate site where you can apply for Krungsri accounts: https://www.krungsrionline.com/BAY.KOL.WebSite/Common/cplus-app/how-to-apply-en.html And of course the big question is: Would CM immigration accept the online (I assume no passbook version) of this account for the 800k proof?

Thank you for your kind replies. I just want access to my money even when I am not in Thailand and still get a reasonable interest on the account, no need to pay international bills. It's enough if I can transfer part of the 800k when I am overseas from the interest bearing account to my savings account. I thought the Mee Tae Dai account of Krungsri can only be opened with a Thai ID card?

Hm, maybe some things I took for granted have changed in the last few years? I have savings and fixed deposit accounts. A few years ago, my bank (Bangkok Bank) told me that I have to appear in person with the bank book to transfer money out of the fixed deposit account. Has that changed now? Can I do it via the app? Or do some other banks allow to do this by the app, even when I am overseas? That would take care of what I want. I have just always been nervous that some day for whatever reason I cannot come or don't want to come back and then the money will not be available to me any more. So you mentioned SCB and LH Bank. SCB has given me a very bad experience in CM when I tried to open an account: I gave them the paperwork, they said they have to check back with their head office and will call me back, but it never happened. And when I visited them to ask about it, they said they have no record of any of this. So this incident has diminished my willingness to deal with them again. This is the first time I heard of LH Bank, and Google helped me to find out a little bit more about the Land and Houses Bank, though I would like to ask our members to share their experiences with them, particularly if they can give me a 1 year statement on the spot in Chiang Mai - which is something Bangkok Bank cannot and that is what I really loathe about them. Thanks for your comments. I hope to kindly hear more from you.

Thank you very much. Just to recap: Of course @Pattaya57 is right, 45 days before Dec 15th is in Nov. So if I apply on November 10th f.e. (extension expiry is Dec 15th), then the 800k must be in the account by Sept 10th. Correct?

Hello, could you recommend to me a bank account, that pays decent interest and where I have access to my 800k even when I am overseas? On my current interest bearing accounts, I have to come in person and transfer the money to my savings, before I can transfer it out or use it to pay bills. But I don't want to do that. Thanks for your advice.

Hello, let's say my Non-O extension expires Dec 15th. I can apply up to 45 days early, so let's say I apply for my extension October 5th. Does the day where I need to have the 800k in my account differ depending on the day when I apply? Thanks for your help.

Yes, I can order it from Lazada. It's already in my cart. My question was more related to the second part: under my name and then activate under a Thai friend's name And of course: can I upgrade any time from 99 to a bigger YEARLY plan?

If I want to buy a Gomo 99 THB yearly, can I upgrade at any time to a bigger YEARLY plan. The monthly plan here changed from 149 to 259 THB, as far as I can see on their website. Can I order the SIM from Lazada under my name and then activate under a Thai friend's name?