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3 minutes ago, RoiEtDale said:

AIS customers keep calling AIS keep their phone lines tied up I see we’re doing that now so far. Their phones are busy!! Keep it up thanks. 

Their phone are always busy I don't think your one-person campaign will make any difference I am sure HBO Max will be launched soon different pricing though will be more expensive

7 minutes ago, RoiEtDale said:

Even if AIS manages to stay in business True will be the top dog in Thailand again for sure. If we want to keep our service than us AIS customers better speak up now and make sure AIS is well aware of that. 

The only person that has that opinion is yourself I am sure many people will never use True again for various reasons

9 minutes ago, RoiEtDale said:

Right that’s why AIS stole the contract from True back in 2016 then because it’s “not important”? Really ????. 

True dropped HBO as they weren't willing to pay the price increase demand by HBO

1 minute ago, RoiEtDale said:

Yeah and HBO probably knows how important the contract is to AIS they probably just figure if AIS won’t renew it True would be happy to have it back so True can get all their business back again. 

And we can see that the HBO contract is not important to AIS hence the removal

Most Thai's I know they use the same Service provider that their family and friends use as they get free calls to numbers on the same network as for internet service provider that might be a different service provider 

1 minute ago, RoiEtDale said:

It has nothing to do with price it’s simply about keeping the current service as is. 

Either HBO wants to drop the service and it seems they do as they are bring out HBO Max later this year or HBO wants to increase the price of the current service and AIS don't want to pay the increase more than likely due to lack of useage.

IF HBO want to drop the service there is nothing AIS can do and if AIS don't want to pay more for the same content there is nothing you can do about it except move to a different service provider

Of course you could see if AIS will keep the HBO channels if you are willing to pay double that message will be passed up through their chain of commands

1 minute ago, RoiEtDale said:

They’re trying to switch to a cheaper contract probably because they don’t understand enough about western culture to know the full extent of the mistake they are truly making here. I was trying to explain to that to a supervisor earlier at AIS and I think she understood me and it actually worried her because it’s true. I was trying to explain how it might be a cheaper contract but it’s gonna cost them most of their customers especially for cable. But it’s going to effect all their business because who wants phone service with a different company as their cable and internet in this country? 

Haven't seen anyone on here saying that they are willing to pay double the current price to keep HBO and the other channels

I think most people use the service provider that gives them the best signal quality and voice quality for the area that they live in and use a seperate service provider for their internet service Don't put all your eggs in one basket comes to mind

11 minutes ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

oh, someone is not able to understand rather simplistic humour. 

 

Brits that have dimensia (i.e. memory issues etc.) sent to Thailand because of cost to be housed here.  They may not even know they are not in England since dimensia affects short term memory.  All they see is a bunch of Brits at the house / hospice and all the peoundple who look after the place are foreign to them (then there is a dead giveaway that this was humourous for people that don't understand - the rolling laughing face with tears).

 

Got enough of them here that don't have dimensia and have problems with foreigners ...

Suggest you post in the Jokes section as Brits are not being sent to Thailand, if your relative has dementia or alzheimer's and that person is deemed to be a self funder due to savings or property some families are choosing to send them to Thailand as the quality of care is superior to their own country, they have been welcomed by the Thai Goverment and more than likely bring more revenue to Thailand in a single month than what you do in 5 years and none of the patients or their familes are complaining only a few idiots on this forum

38 minutes ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

Oh great a lot of elderly Brits in Thailand complaining about the UK going downhill because every care giver is now a foreigner ????

I think you haven't read the thread based on your comment

30 minutes ago, bannork said:

German trade with the UK comprises 6.6% of its exports. 2.6% of its GDP.

UK trade with the EU comprises 45% of its exports, 8% of its GDP.

 

 UK imports from the EU were £357 billion (53% of all UK imports).

The EU Risks
Tariffs on €47 Billion
Without a Brexit Trade Deal

Germany is poised to take the biggest blow, with €18.8 billion of its goods potentially subject to tariffs—about as much as the combined value of close U.K. trade partners Belgium, Spain, Netherlands and France.

The €17.5 billion of autos Germany shipped to the U.K. in 2018 would incur levies from 10% to 16%, adding €1.8 billion to the cost of doing business. Automobiles—including cars, heavy-goods vehicles and motorcycles—are by far the largest category by trade value targeted, making up more than 77% of would-be tariffable 2018 exports and affecting every member country.

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-no-deal-brexit-trade-tariffs-european-union/

4 hours ago, Logosone said:

Umm, the British don't have an empire anymore.

 

Not that shooting natives holding spears with Gatling guns is any kind of achievement.

 

I do agree with the previous poster, the economic miracle of Germany is far more impressive than violent theft from unarmed natives.

 

 

Germany narrowly avoids recession despite trade war hit

The country's economy grew by 0.1% in the third quarter of the year after contracting in the previous three months.

The value of total German exports - including services - is about 47% of the country's whole economy, its gross domestic product or GDP.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50419127

If I remember correctly it was Germany that invented the word dieselgate

Europe is divided into two camps: the net contributors who do not want to contribute more than 1% of Gross National Income (GNI) to the EU budget, and the “Friends of Cohesion”, who reject cuts in regional funds and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/in-portugal-15-cohesion-countries-call-for-stronger-eu-budget/

2 hours ago, Logosone said:

A fitting metaphor, the Maldives, for the not-so-great Britain. An island that risks to go under.

 

Exactly the same fate awaits not-so-great Britain. Your economy is massively in debt, against all your efforts your manufacturing output has over the last 30 years been reduced by two thirds, Italy and India produce more than the UK now.

 

And you have a Prime Minister who announces to the world proudly that economics takes a back seat to utterly childish Union Jack waving.

 

What could go wrong? ????

The EU is stagnant and debt-ridden. The EU is not exactly a picture of rude health. In the final quarter of 2015 the Eurozone’s GDP was still below its pre-crisis peak of seven years earlier. To put that into some sort of context, in the same quarter the US economy was 10% above its peak, which came at the tail end of 2007.

Are we not just leaving a sinking ship by parting ways with the Eurozone?

https://uk.businessesforsale.com/uk/search/businesses-for-sale/articles/brexit-the-potential-pros-and-cons-for-your-business

I have heard people say that they don’t begin to understand how I could defend Brexit whilst living in Spain. This sort of attitude is what explains the long-running series of reports on British TV, where liberal journalists snickeringly interview British ex-pats who live on, say, the Costa del Sol and voted to leave the EU.

https://www.thelocal.es/20200129/opinion-im-a-brit-living-in-madrid-and-im-a-brexiteer

36 minutes ago, samran said:

They’ve got their brexit tea towel, blue passports and bendy bananas. Seems that was about the extent of their imagination as to what happens next...

In the event of No deal

imports of cars from the EU will have a tariff of 10% applied,

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47551266

Most imports tariff-free under no-deal plan

The new tariff regime would mark a shift in favour of products from non-EU countries.

It would mean 82% of imports from the EU would be tariff-free, down from 100% now.

92% percent of imports from the rest of the world would pay no border duty, up from 56%.

Imports of cars from the EU will have a tariff of 10% applied,

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47551266

1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

No, there are no facts that say that the government is "forcing dementia sufferers to be dumped in third world countries". 

 

What the article really seemed to be saying was that a few British people have come here for dementia care, voluntarily, because full-time care here may be a bit cheaper than in the UK.  Big difference.

The article written on the 1st post is misleading as it ignored the main reasons why families are using care homes in Thailand

From the Guardian article most people are stating quality of care and staff to patient ratio is higher in Thailand than the UK or other western countries

In Thailand, in contrast, 1:1 around-the-clock residential care with fully-qualified staff – in award-winning facilities that look like four-star hotels – costs around £750 a week.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/12/families-sending-relatives-with-dementia-to-thailand-for-care

26 minutes ago, nausea said:

Isn't this covered by the NHS? I wasn't aware that relatives of people in NHS residential care and nursing homes were expected to contribute to costs. I know there's an issue about people's inheritances as the resident's own hard earned assets (including their house), will be taken to pay for the care, but that's not the argument used here, of "families struggling to meet the cost of care in the UK".

In the UK if you are assessed as having a ‘primary health need and you meet all the requirements to receive NHS Continuing Healthcare funding ( most people don't) then all costs will be covered by the NHS

https://caretobedifferent.co.uk/

2 minutes ago, zydeco said:

Nevertheless, it is reprehensible that he British government is denying its own responsibility to its citizens and forcing their family to dump those afflicted into a third country. This will not go down well for anyone involved.

Suggest you do more research as it not the British Government that is choosing Thailand for its care home facilities It is the person family likewise here an article about  a person from Switzerland sending her mother to Chang Mai in 2014

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2536580/The-families-sending-relatives-nursing-homes-THAILAND-Care-cheaper-better-Asia-say.html

5 hours ago, Yinn said:

Why the family not take care each other? Nobody care?

Very sad.

There are around seven million carers in the UK.  dementia and Alzheimers are complex illnesses with many different stages some people can no longer be care for at Home as they require constant medical care

https://carers.org/key-facts-about-carers-and-people-they-care

41 minutes ago, Mister Fixit said:

I'm not saying you are wrong, but in that first link you posted, there is no mention that I can see of losing your NHS entitlement after only 3 months.  I did a quick Google and I can't see anything in the results that specifically tells me that.  

The second link is a very interesting read and I shall look at it in more depth later. 

EDIT - it seems that whether a permanent resident or not, emergency treatment at an A&E department is always provided free.

 

Here is a reply from the Department of Health its 6 months not 3 as I previously stated 

Anyone who lives outside this country for more than six months is no
longer automatically entitled to free NHS hospital treatment.  If the
person is away on, for example, a one-off extended holiday, then they will
continue to be fully entitled to free hospital treatment as soon as they
return to live permanently in the UK.  

Right to NHS care if you have been on extended holiday of 6 months or longer.

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/right_to_nhs_care_if_you_have_be

1 hour ago, Mister Fixit said:

Because he's been out of the country at least 13 years, and it's safe to assume he's been out a lot longer than that.  A person's entitlement to the NHS and many benefits is lost after 15 years.  

Of course, he may just squeak in if he came 14 years ago and never bothered extending any initial visa he may have had, but I think that's highly unlikely.  

The only benefit he will still be eligible for is the State Pension and there's no way anyone in the UK can survive on £7000 or so a year.  He'd have to pay an NHS surcharge too, I strongly suspect.  

 

That incorrect you lose access to the NHS if you are out of the country for more than 3 months 

If you're moving abroad on a permanent basis, you'll no longer be entitled to medical treatment in the UK under normal NHS rules. This is because the NHS is a residence-based healthcare system.

https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/healthcare-abroad/moving-abroad/planning-your-healthcare/

If you are a UK national, you have automatic right of abode in the UK. If you have been living abroad, you pass the ordinarily resident test on resuming settled residence here and are immediately entitled to free NHS non-emergency hospital care

https://www.ageuk.org.uk/globalassets/age-uk/documents/factsheets/fs25_returning_from_abroad_fcs.pdf.