The Fugitive

I was advised by call centre staff (Talk Talk) to always remain 'in contract', that way my/their router would be replaced free of charge if it failed. Also, I would benefit from whatever introductory offer applied at time of renewal.

Thanks! I was thinking UK where your router is covered only whilst you remain 'in contract'.

Perhaps (like my own router at home), it transmits 2.4Ghz only?

Some guys know (or at least strongly suspect) from their family history what's in store for them. Once they've decided 'I'm not going to see many more birthdays' that more than likely would apply.

Hit the nail on the head! Many retirees lured by warmth, sea and lower cost of living etc. They hope it'll never happen.

My nearest city, immigration office, home to many hospitals and, of course, Khon Kaen University. Otherwise, just another busy city best avoided IMHO. Decent enough restaurants and entertainment especially Tawandaeng Mahason although haven't been there for 4 years.

Shrewd and timely selection of policy! May I ask whether you had any pre-existing conditions and/or were prescribed regular medication prior to taking out this policy?

£140 per month sounds great. However, no doubt they would have increased your premiums or cancelled cover following any claim. Also, from what you say, sounds like there was an upper age limit.

Very good value! We all know there are foreigners here that couldn't find 220,000 baht. As Sheryl has advised on many occasions, if you have no healthcare plan, as a yardstick you need a minimum of 3,000,000 baht available in an instant access account to cover accidents/illness.

My grandparent's generation appeared old in their fifties and were on their last legs in their sixties. Males died around 67, females mid-seventies. My parent's generation fared better, males reaching early seventies and females early eighties. I believe we should reckon on reaching at least 85?

Can't stop laughing at this!

Brilliant! If only Vyke offered Thai mobile numbers!

Totally agree. Mrs rents a shop. The owner recently transplanted a 20+ year old Mitsubishi Heavy Industries unit from another of his properties into his own shop next door to ours. Performs like new. I notice that all the Chinese owned businesses seem to have this brand installed. For some reason my Mrs always insisted upon buying Samsung products but latterly we've bought dual inverter LG air conditioning units.

Interesting reading upon this thread. A while ago in UK I was suddenly unable to connect to my ISP (ADSL). Scratching my head for ages and finally resorted to ringing their call centre(s). You either get through to Eire or India. I was advised that someone at their end had made a mistake in flipping the wrong switch and changed my password (that's the password you enter into your router). Very sorry but you're now back on again! Same thing happened twice more. Of course I was then ready for them. It's all the fun of the internet!

Great suggestions, most useful information!

We always go to both Global and Big C (because they're next to each other in my town). However, have always bought from Big C with installation included. We begin with looking at the units on special offer. Mrs asks the sales assistant if they have any others on offer but not on display? Surprisingly, they always come up with more! She then haggles a further discount, then asks 'if we buy two together what else can you do for us?' She then gets a further discount. Big C seems to be the way to go for us.

Very helpful info coming out of this thread, thank you! Our family has had many moto road traffic accidents and, in all cases, our Government Hospital has produced bills for payment. All admissions were at our local (registered hospital). I understand that you can only be registered at one Government Hospital. You would, of course, be covered by your 30 baht scheme in another Government Hospital providing you had been referred by your own one.

Thanks for the clarification. As is the norm elsewhere, treatment for injuries resulting from a road traffic accident not being covered by National Health Service, the hospital produced a bill for the full cost (57,000 baht), 40,000 of which will be covered by either your grandaughters third party cover or that of the other party? It's debateable whether the NHS should cover the 17,000 balance (thinking poor Thai people) or if the police should apportion liability and make an order for payment against the other party (if appropriate).

Alternatively, the bee sting could have triggered something else and been an indirect cause of death?

Don't know what's worse, being killed or reduced to a vegetable with half your brain removed? Whilst once waiting in Regional Hospital spoke to two ladies with a teenage girl in a wheelchair. One was her Mother and the other her Aunt. Apparently she had only gone 'around the corner' for 5 minutes. Now she needs constant care for the rest of her life.

Interesting. Says on www.gov.uk webpage that after 30 days unclaimed cadavers given a paupers cremation. However, this conflicts with the below which states that, in Thailand, the 'body management' method is burial. Would make sense that 'unidentified' be buried instead of cremated as 'unclaimed?' https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JTJS/article/view/240183 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/what-to-do-after-a-british-person-dies-in-thailand

You may have missed the point. Sad, but nobody wants them. Who is going to spend money to pay their hospital bills, retrieve their corpses and pay for their funeral? The news article was a couple of years ago or so but will be findable on this forum. Where else could the elderly, single ex-pat's living from day to day on state pension in a basic apartment eventually end up?

Some time ago Thai mortuaries reported they were inundated with falang cadavers. A case for compulsory funeral plans?

Just checked my UK PayPal account. I changed it to a UK Vyke VOIP mobile number last year. No problems then but maybe wouldn't be accepted today?

It would be interesting to hear the outcome from the OP (Dan747). If the hack was of his Agoda account only and the booking was the initial (trial) transaction to verify current validity of the stored card, then cancelling his card and requesting a charge back should be the end of his problems.