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  1. 4 hours ago, Purdey said:

    Is this the norm in other countries? 

     

    A little twist.

     

    A mainstream very old bank in Australia charges a 'fee' for withdrawals using debit cards at their ATMs in Oz, cards issued in other countries, mine issued in LOS and linked to VISA.

     

    Also, same bank charges another fee because the issuing bank is abroad of AUD34- per transaction.

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  2. 4 hours ago, spermwhale said:

    Dummy. I just don't understand foreigners who have a bad attitude about living in Thailand and treat the locals with such disdain. 

     

    And they do exist.

     

    Two+ decades back there was a regular 'event' in the big supermarket in the basement under Robinsons Sukhumvit Bkk. I saw this event several times.

     

    A big overweight loud EU man, I guess 50

    + years old would be walking, meat, fresh vegetables etc., and all other areas of the s'market, smoking a big smelly cigar. Staff / managers / foreign and Thai customers asking him to put out the cigar or leave the store, often with quite some abuse, mostly from the western customers. He always ignored their comments / requests.

     

    Eventually he got to the cashier with his shopping, paid and then left. All the time with more abuse from locals and foreigners which he totally ignored.

     

    Often he would then enter McDonalds, stiff smoking his cigar, order food wait for his food, still pumping cigar smoke over everybody.

     

    His food would come then he would sit in MCDonalds and eat, still smoking his cigar.

     

    Always lots of abuse and McDonalds mgr / supvr and customers asking him to leave. Most of the customer abuse was from westerners.

     

    He ignored it all, finished his meal then left the store still pumping out lots of cigar smoke. 

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  3. Just now, JimTripper said:

    Maybe it meant a horn blaring to warn him to get out of the way, not a siren.

     

    Don't know bout today but 20 years ago many business / private citizens had such sirens with flashing light installed on the roofs of their pick up trucks / cars / luxury cars. 

     

    Then an accident and it became a complex argument which revealed that there were no laws on this subject. In other words no laws to stop anybody from installing such sirens /lights. 

     

    Then laws were passed indicating that only police cars / fire engines / ambulances etc., were allowed to have these items and with a license. 

     

     

  4. 6 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

    The justice system is weak??? No there is no justice system.. it is a system that is corrupt, and only for the poor and the unwanted. Elite, and people with money can do as they want even as the treatment of prisoners or suspects by the police...Examples more over..  Thaksin case, look how they treat hungerstrikers, the prisoners in the Covidperiod, and in normal cells which overcrowded etc etc...With the corrupt judges and the influence on sentences of Government and others by them there is no justice. 

     

    And don't forget the red bull absconded boy.

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  5. 23 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said:

    Nothing new, really. If the pension is specifically mentioned, in the double-taxation strategy, it is not taxed. All other income brought to Thailand will be taxed. LTR visa holders are never taxed. All others will be treated equally. US SS won't be taxed because it is specifically mentioned in the Double Taxation Treaty. If not mentioned, you pay tax. Plain and simple.

    But:  For Australian Old age Pensioners the payments are not subject to tax (but if the person has other income then the situation changes).

     

    So for Aussie OAP recipients with no other income residing permanently in Thailand does the 'not subject to tax' mean that tax has been considered by the Aussie system and not taxable, therefore the 'not subject to tax' flows through to the Thai tax scenario? 

  6. 3 hours ago, david rucker said:

    Recent trip to VN. Prior Visa on arrival approved. 1.5 - 2.0 minutes per approval at immigration desk. No biometrics or camera shots. Was impressed.

    Same, many times at both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city international airports. 

     

    - Get visa and pay for visa on line, easy.

     

    - Join any passport arrival line (and there's officers watching the length of the lines and asking arrivees to change to another line if the line they are in seems to be slow). Very new well designed super clean airports.

     

    - Show passport and printout of visa approval received by e.mail.

     

    - One minute all done and down the stairs to collect check-in luggage (always seems to arrive quite fast). Currency exchange right there (and the VN central bank created rules years back to ensure there's no rip off in terms of exchange rate).

     

    - Go outside and take taxi / meet friends etc. 

     

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  7. 5 hours ago, bradiston said:

    What a total shambles. There's Srettha running around luring 1000s more tourists and the airport can't cope. Totally Thai.

     

    Well he has clearly twice said publicly that he is not satisfied with the service at the airports and demanded change.

     

    I'm wondering if the minister and senior officers involved are just ignoring the PM.

     

    Also, there would be no doubt all of these activities involve corruption and collusion.

     

    Perhaps the snr. staff at the airports are reticent to make changes because it would upset the corruption 'system' already in place. And quite possibly the ministry and airport staff are intimidated by the 'leaders' of the corruption process and therefore there's no action for change. 

  8. 46 minutes ago, mikebell said:

    I can see this team advising farmers on why they shouldn't be setting fires next year BUT the police need to act immediately they see a plume of smoke visible for miles.

    Sure as a first response and responsible to lay charges where due, but I'm suggesting that there should be a unit who are knowledgeable specifically about this subject who should be monitoring this subject and advising the RTP in laying charges. 

     

    I'm guessing that someone calls the RTP because they see a massive cloud of smoke, the RTP arrive and they all scratch their heads because they don't know what's burning and therefore don't know what specific laws have been breached. 

  9. 14 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

    Nothing to do with the situation I'm talking about.

    But as that incident seems to have disturbed you enough to remember it.

    And the psychology behind that is you are not used to it , if you are abused by  street drug addicts/ mental illness  every few days as I am it becomes the "norm" , 

     

    I encourage you to walk in the late hours around that area rather than use "avoidance" but you won't 

    Of  course you will blame that Canadian city when in reality you could walk in Sydney Australia and get the same thing in the early hours

    You will continue to have that PTSD with that incident,there is no evidence he was of any harm to you ,just shouting abuse , it's you wernt used to that situation , you must get used to it and continue to walk to confront your fears !!!.

     

    if you can't fight then keep walking , it shows your weakness in confronting these situations, learn Krav Maga or boxing !!  

     

     

     

    "... you must get used to it and continue to walk to confront your fears !!!. "

     

    Not your business to be telling others how to conduct their lives / manage their thoughts etc.

     

    You do this repeatedly, your arrogance seems to be limitless in telling others how they should think about life / how they should think about various situations in life.

     

    After I submit this message I will immediately block you forever. 

     

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  10. 5 hours ago, brianthainess said:

    Couldn't agree more,  4 hours to make my marriage extension & that was from when I got the forms to fill out, 61 signatures, having to take our witness along (lost wages to her), almost 1 hr. to get all the copies and photos printed (12), Bank & Amphur the quickest say 1hr all up.

    So 6 hrs. all up.

    And then the immigration officer had the Audacity to tell me it's to much paper work, as if it was my fault. 🙄 I still don't understand why they can not just scan all docs. into their system, it makes no sense, since once they have all the copies they then scan and upload into their system Thailand 0.0000004   

    Many other countrie are now close to paperless, it can be done, Singapore is a good example. 

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  11. On 2/26/2024 at 3:20 AM, webfact said:

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    On February 24th, 2024, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin posted a message on X regarding an unofficial evening visit to Suvarnabhumi Airport without prior announcements to inspect airport services.


    Srettha stated that he visited Suvarnabhumi Airport in the evening when there are many passengers. Srettha reportedly timed the airport service time from the checking-in system to the immigration checkpoint and thoroughly inspected all the services which were still reported as slow by many visitors and tourists.

     

    In response to the airport services, Srettha instructed relevant agencies to find solutions for spending less time in the checking-in process. Srettha also stated that he would perform a surprise inspection again by himself.

     

    By Kittisak Phalaharn

     

    Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2024-02-26

     

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    So he's now done 2 surprise inspections and not happy at all with what he observed.

     

    Seems to me the minister should be sacked immediately and replaced by a person who previously had no connection to this area, and should be a person who is not easily intimidated by people / gangs who don't want any disruption to their gravy trough, not forgetting these folks will likely have no hesitation to be ruthless / violent if needed. 

     

    Perhaps a very detailed corruption investigation is also needed to gain total proof of where every budget Baht is being spent and why? 

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