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9 minutes ago, worgeordie said:
He forgot to mention Immigration problems , no problem at
all for me, but for many it seems
regards worgeordie
Another area where Thailand actually made substantial strides, say compare to the 90s. Back then staff where laughing at you when trying to exchange even a broken product. Still not Amazon with no questions asked, but much better consumer protection already, largely thanks to giants Lazada and Shopee.
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17 minutes ago, ezzra said:Someone long, long ago coined the phrase TIT.. this is not for us to ask why, it's either adapt and play by their rules OR NOT... changes will come only if and when Thai people will complain, we as non Thai, don't count...
Well I happen to be Thai. Does this give me less rights to "complain"? I just think over the past years, with no real checks and balances on anything, the TIT situation got a little even more Thai.
I can happily live with the usual TIT and admire Thais for their many gifts. But a society that is not able and not allowed to question itself, well I think that backfires in a way now that things from top down are considerd as god-given with no real incentive to improve.
Don't get me wrong! Many things improve, I mean BTS and MRT are a blessing. There is even awareness about pollution, etc. But if exposed to big companies and authorities, it has gotten more TIT.
Of course the old saying says people get the authorities / politicians / rulers they deserve. Dunno.
But maybe it's just me who always gets the lemon.
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5 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:Well let's move out then, then your life perfect!
Ignorance seems indeed a blessing ????
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3 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:Cry me a river, you could list as many things in any country. It's you being the actual problem really.
Tend to disagree. Just spent a few months in other countries, doing similar things. Not run into any of these obstacles.
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Rant. Spending hours and hours rectifying problems caused by Thai authorities, companies, systems.
- Changing a TG flight. New e-ticket shows half the baggage allowance. Takes many calls and wait until departure to correct error
- Changing bank account for monthly debit payment at PEA. Docs don't get processed, electricity bills not paid. Customer runs to PEA, spending unnecessary time again to rectify authority's errors.
- Changing bank account for monthly debit payment at MEA. Exactly same as above happens.
- Financial institution keeps on asking for KYC docs. Supplied months ago, they say all is okay, but system still hasn't processed any docs and customer gets reminded again and again that KYC is not yet finalized.
- Online shopping: returned a product exactly the way as received. Seller claims to have received product incomplete and used. Only a call to file a police report against the lying seller solves the problem. Very quickly.
I could go on. Thailand is run by huge companies that have lost sight of their purpose. Lots of employees causing lots of dysfunction.
In one thing Thailand excels. Controls and bureaucracy. They're at the heart of everything and grow bigger and bigger.
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9 hours ago, Arkady said:
Someone who recently travelled in and out of Swampy with a brand new 10 year Thai passport told me the e-gates were working on his way back but an IO told him they are not yet usable with 10 year passports which sounds incredibly inefficient, since the 10 year passports have been in issue for some time now. I recall there was a rumpus with Big Joke alleging there was a lot of corruption in procuring the new e-gates system. So perhaps not surprising, if corners were cut. Someone else, however, claimed he was able to pass the e-gates with a 10 year Thai passport.
Just came back with a 10-year passport - no electronic gates, an official separates foreigners from Thais to their respective immigration officials.
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46 minutes ago, Neeranam said:
Had he cancelled his visa?
He did everything strictly by the book. Swampy immigration however claimed last time he entered the country as a someone with his original "former" nationality. That seemed to overrule his new citizenship. He says the officla had limited experience with these types of cases, and actually they used his case to train her staff. As said he was held up for a good half an hour.
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41 minutes ago, Arkady said:
Interesting that new citizens have been experiencing this hassle. It didn't happen to me and this is the first time I have heard of it. However, I think I exited the country the first time through the electronic gates. Did those who got stopped with new Thai passports cancel their visas?
Is there any sign of electronic gates being brought back into service? As tourism picks up, I imagine they will be under pressure to operate them. If they have them, I can't imagine why they haven't been using them, even with a reduced flow of travellers.
Had my PR cancelled properly. The still not reintroduced electronic gates might be the culprit since immigration staff see your old identity pop up.
The officer at the counter looked at me with big eyes and asked whether I’m a luk krueng ????
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2 hours ago, yankee99 said:
They stopped me the 1st time out and wanted to look at my other passport. Took me to another desk updated the system and i was on my way. This was in November when the airport was slow.
They scanned my other passport, let them have it. Still impressive though that all involved authorities have no clue what the others do. One would assume that once you’re in the system you’re in the system.
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9 minutes ago, yankee99 said:
They stopped me the 1st time out and wanted to look at my other passport. Took me to another desk updated the system and i was on my way. This was in November when the airport was slow.
They scanned my other passport, let them have it. Still impressive though that all involved authorities have no clue what the others do. One would assume that once you’re in the system you’re in the system.
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Observation I have not yet seen shared here. When leaving Thailand for the first time with the shiny new passport, I got stopped by immigration since I still popped up in their system with my old nationality passport and travel history.
Turned out this might happen the first time. All it took was five minutes of explaining. Returning to Thailand then just fine.
A friend who also recently got Thai ID was stuck for 30 minutes when leaving for the first time at Swampy. He had to produce the Royal Gazette edition ???? with his name.
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2 hours ago, Bkktodd said:
Will update 1 may. Some still will come before.
So what if you fly into Thailand say May 3?
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Anyone up to speed what the requirements for Thai nationals are? They still need ThailandPass?
And can ThailandPass already be applied for now for entries after May 1st?
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It's simple and anyone with a bit of brain knows: drop all Covid restrictions.
Thailand, known for its bureaucratic hassles, is not worth these hassles.
Am currently in Europa. No more masks, no more restrictions, life back to normal.
Of course Thailand could do the same without risking any death wave.
But as long as the brains-in-charge can't differentiate between mild and severe cases, well...
Just as a reminder: pre-Covid there were some 45k flu death victims yearly in LOS.
Of course, our control freaks in Thailand won't let go easily of this chance to control us.
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5 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:
So what are good makes of implants? and ones to avoid?
Well the top one I reckon are Straumann ceramic implants. Korean products seem to be the cheapest.
It's quite important how the material used reacts with the body over long time.
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Don't try to save money on an implant, material used is crucial. You get cheaper material, sure will be okay for a few years...
It's one of those events to preventively better pay more than less.
Most bigger clinics do a good job, some overcharge for bone graft, should not be more than 5k baht or so.
Altogether 70k-80k for one implant should give you a solid result.
Oh and doing the surgery and getting the implant fixated are two completely different crafts. I'd chose a clinic with specific specialitsts, not an allrounder.
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Finally some hope for this country, but the regime's cheating and lying to fight off change will be unsurpassed.
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21 hours ago, itsari said:
Inflation invites higher interest rates , that you can not ignore .
Higher interest paid to investors could well change many ways people invest .
There is no interest paid for money in any crypto currency account .
Lots of options to earn solid interest on crypto, DYOR.
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On another note: Thailand is quite crypto-friendly and one more the more progressive countries in regards to blockchain revolutionizing finance and other sectors.
Why would anyone use banks these days to wire money internationally? New much cheaper and much faster services mostly run on such blockchains, e.g. XRPL. You won't know you're using it, but select digital currencies are for real, solving real problems.
Of course anyone has the right to ignore progress. If you're happy with the meager interest a bank account pays, oh wait, did I mention inflation?
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5 minutes ago, Pravda said:
Just for fun....
What crypto coin is it?
- 27 trillion in circulation
- unlimited supply cap
- only 1 node
- 1% of holders own 30%
- 25% supply minted in the last 6 months
- 38 million notes printed every day
- loses at least 3% of value every year
- in a bear market since its conception
That's your normal <deleted>coin. But there's real value out there. DYOR.
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95% of the responses just prove: it's still very, very early ????
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Nothing will work for tourism as long as Thailand has this arbitrary quarantine scheme. People who test themselves negative get positive results, insurances don't cover asymptomatic quarantine, etc. etc.
Thailand gets a lot of bad press currently in the West for the quarantine ripoffs and arbitrariness.
Travelers prefer countries with less to zero such hassles, and there are many to choose from.
Thailand overestimates itself once again grandiosely.
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In the long-term it's still a good entry point. Even better so because there was like three months consolidation now, preparing for a next move. If the OP has a time horizon of say 3-5 years, it will be very worthwhile.
Just don't get into trading, it's like catching a falling knife, no one succeeds.
Many already wish they'd bought earlier. But they keep on repeating the stale old arguments - criminals use it, it's not secure tech, etc. In fact, cash is more difficult to track - and assets get more and more digitized, meaning initially the Internet was all about transfer of information, now we're about the enter the Internet of value.
Stocks, properties, everything will get tokenized.
Better stay with cash and banks? They're a thing of the past soon.
Actually, one can never have enough quality crypto tokens. Again, it's still early, relatively. Once Bitcoin tops $150-200k, everyone wants to jump in. Mark my words. This is just the beginning.
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Why nothing works anymore in Thailand?
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Living hand to mouth: life centered around 7-11 might be another reason for the increasing systemic disfunction.