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1 hour ago, cinnykaty said:

The war on Plastic waste was just a publicity stunt. A charade intended to dupe international audiences into believing that efforts are actually being made to curb plastic waste. They abandoned the project almost immediately after starting it as the spotlight was no longer on them. There is no governing body supervising that the "War On Plastic Waste" promises are fulfilled. Most local Thai people don't really care about the abundance plastic waste. They certainly wouldn't bother changing their daily habits in order to reduce the amount of plastic waste they generate. 

It's unfortunate but I'm forced to agree with you. Thailand has no intention on stopping the insane amounts of pollution and plastic they are dumping into the sea. Any official claims to the contrary should be assumed to be false.

1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

Why does everyone want the government to do something?

 

Why don't all the people moaning just get off their dead butts and go pick up some trash? 

Both your replies to this thread are completely pointless to the extent that I'm convinced you're trolling. These 2 videos should explain to you WHY simply picking a bit of plastic here and there from the street is nowhere near enough to undo the damage that is being done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qhhJ_vFbpk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHe5KuX_LQg

I am mostly concerned because they told me that they'd keep charging me even though I'd shut my account and returned my Router. The bill would thus get larger over time.

Not sure if this is the right section to post this. I hope so.

A few years ago I lived in Bangkok and I had a AIS internet router in my apartment. My contract was for 12 months but I extended it by a few months to match the time I'd be staying in Bangkok. After paying my final bill, I went to AIS and returned my router and ended the contract. Everything was fine. No problems at their office, the staff were helpful and polite. After this I went and closed down my Thai bank account and prepared to leave Thailand.

On the day of my flight I got a phone call from AIS saying there was a problem with my bill. I went to my local AIS office to solve the problem. It was explained to me that due to a technical issue on their end they are charging me for an extra month even though I paid a month ahead. The lady at he office said it wasn't her call and that she can't do anything about it. She also told me that unless the extra month was paid, they'd continue to charge me for internet despite the fact that my contract was ended and my router returned. Finally, she said that I could only resolve it via one of the big AIS offices as the little branches couldn't handle that sort thing (which meant I couldn't pay the bill right there even if I wanted to). Given that I had to leave the country in a few hours plus Bangkok traffic, I had no time to travel to a main office to resolve the issue before I left Thailand.

I tried solving it from overseas but they wanted me to pay for it via my Thai bank account, which was impossible given that the bank account was already closed and emptied. After a few failed efforts to resolve it from Europe, I gave up and forgot about the whole thing.

It's been about 18 months and I've been thinking of visiting Thailand for a 2 week vacation. I'm concerned however that this AIS issue might land me into legal trouble upon arriving in Thailand. IS this something I should be worried about? Could I be arrested and charged at the airport over this?