strewth mick

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right place to post this so please let me know if I should ask this question somewhere else.

I want to get some personal things shipped from Bangkok to Sydney. Does anyone have any experience doing this and if so can you recommend a service provider. I'll be looking to send a medium size box weighing about 30kg.

Thanks for any info you can give me.

Regards,

strewth mick

13 hours ago, Songkran18 said:

Uber most likely has been operating illegally  in every city until local governance caved in. 

 

I live in Miami Beach and use it quite often to cross the causeway and save on $30 parking at whatever event. I'll tinker with it in Thailand at difference scenarios.

 

BTW, my flight arrives 1140P on Apr 2., China Airlines flight from Beijing. I'm assuming immigration folk cringe when they service passengers from that destination. How bad is passing immigration and customs in BKK ? I will pass on Uber upon arrival even though 1000 sounds cheap via accustomed standards. I'm currently in Orlando and getting a $76 quote, 15 miles from airport. 

I wouldn't bother using uber from the airports. At both BKK airports they have well serviced taxi ranks. The taxi to my place in central BKK is 400 baht (uber 1000 baht).

There have been huge queues getting through immigration in the last year or so.

On ‎05‎/‎08‎/‎2015 at 10:40 AM, kennypowers said:

All Uber rides to and from the airport are a set 1000 Baht fee. It has always been this way. I always grab an Uber; I mean come on, 18 quid for a safe ride to the airport in a brand new sedan with a decent driver whose taxi doesn't stink, is serviced and MOT'd and has a driving licence. A no brainer, as they say.

I've never had any of the problems you mention from the airport in normal taxis.

Also, plenty of stories about the same problems you mention in uber. For example, driver cancelling at last minute, driver doesn't know how to drive, car smells, etc., etc..

Can I ask how do you know the car is serviced and MOT'd here in Thailand? How do you know the drivers have licenses. In London for example, the uber cars are run down because the drivers aren't earning enough money to properly maintain their vehicles. Do you think this is going to be any different in Bangkok. Don't even get me started on insurance and criminal record checks.

I'm glad you like uber but I'm equally glad that I never feel the need to use them.

1 minute ago, ubonjoe said:

You can get a 30 day extension of your visa exempt entry.

Same TM7 form as other extensions.

Thanks Ubonjoe....legendary.

Hi,

I know this has been covered in the past but I'm hoping for up-to-date information.

I arrived on Australian passport without any visa.....so I got the 30 day visa exemption on arrival.

Can I extend this by a further 30 days? If so I guess I would just use the TM7 form as per extending the 60 day tourist visa.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

On a slightly different angle.....does anyone actually know if uber drivers have their criminal records checked here in Thailand? The reason I ask is that on a daily basis there are stories of uber drivers committing some pretty major offences. Just today the New York terror suspect was an uber driver and in Australia an uber driver has been charged for grooming a 14 year old girl on-line.

Having criminal record checks for drivers is important because in the long run crimes will be avoided this way. I suspect most uber lovers won't care about these details though.

26 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

My dear friend, if I fully enjoy trips to London, allow me to assure you that Europe (which may seem a no man's land to UK .-) ...Europe has many other metros where UBER is highly popular and sucessful.....

 

I did catch your point on their financial issues....but consumers don't give a hoot on the account logs of a company if they can get the extra miles for their hard earned bucks,  I understand that you are in sympathy with the taxi unions, but I regret to say that the days of taxi monopoly are outnumbered worldwide and if London did give in by the mayor who has obvious cultural ties with the people who drive taxis in the UK, the rest of the world is far ahead.  But your engagement towards the taxi is honorable but sorry to say, consumers don't give a hoot...

 

 As an exemple to what's to come, consider the lower price for a TV made by underpaid people in China or double the price tag if not triple of the same TV made by adults, well paid, in the USA or in UK....which TV will most purchase ?..honestly?....welcome to the 21st century consumerism where the consumer decides what to pay and not to get ripped off and have a nice day.

Thanks Observer.

Your point is that you like uber and as a consumer you don't care about the details. Also you don't like existing taxi drivers.

Why didn't you just say that in the 1st place.

41 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

I'm not sure what you may mean by "bring standards down further...".???.....

 

In Europe, the Uber cars are much newer then the taxis, the cars are clean inside, all UBER drivers are far more polite, their rates are much cheaper then the regular taxism, they don't give the usual social and trafic ranting while driving, they don't argue on which route to take, are always on time, the UBER app gives a clear record of costs, routes and the drivers used....etc.......so if this means "making standards go down further? ?????.......... I humbly may consider that society is more then willing to accept it !!!.....

 

As for a few scattered incidents here and there with UBER drivers, considering the huge number of jobs it provides worldwide, it would not deserve further paranoia........

 

The success of UBER /GRAB is not due to their "capitalist friends" as you suggest, but solely out fo the greeed and crookedness of a large majority of taxi drivers all over the world, including Bangkok - that made UBER so popular, practically overnight....

 

Observer....you seem to have ignored the point I made.....uber are losing bucket loads of money. Why do you view them as so successful?

As for your point about Europe....in actual fact London is their main European market and TFL (the regulator) has refused to renew their license due to concerns over public safety amongst other things. You can read about the sexual assaults and car crashes in London if you are interested.

I don't think making generalisations about taxi drivers around the world is particularly useful either. Its not the highest paying job and if you've ever had to deal with the public to make a living you would appreciate that its not the nicest job either.

22 hours ago, observer90210 said:

This is why UBER became a billion dollar golden goose....thanks to all the cheats and crooks who drive taxis worldwide, including Thailand ...

 

One could pray however that the ruling powers will put a stop to the taxi scammers in lovely Thailand. Thank you Sirs....

I'm not sure what you mean by "billion dollar golden goose".....uber are losing in the region of $3 billion every year and people are reporting the same sort of problems as with 'normal' taxis. That's not to mention the rapes and crashes that are seen with uber too.

The only reason uber have survived this far is because their venture capitalist friends have deep pockets.

In the long run uber will only bring standards down further. Its up to the local authorities to raise standards and enforce any laws.....unfortunately these local governments are fooled by the uber story too.